Townes Van Zandt | Townes Van Zandt + Our Mother The Mountain

50th Anniversary edition of Townes Van Zandt includes:
 Remastered Audio
 180 gram remastered vinyl
 Tip-on Jacket
 Lyrics included
 Townes Van Zandt's third recording is an early guitar-and-voice singer-songwriter classic laden with memorable originals. Start with "For the Sake of the Song," an oft-recorded classic here enlivened by tasteful percussion. Move on to a couple of Van Zandt's gritty, death's door laments - "Waiting Around to Die" (where the ex-con protagonist finds a friend in codeine) and a miner's sad tale, "Lungs." "Colorado Girl" is another in a career-long series of paeans to Colorado, where Van Zandt went to college. "I'll Be Here in the Morning" is a tender love song, while the Dylanesque "Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel" is almost playful. Like most Van Zandt albums, this one has the obligatory buried-but-beautiful small masterpiece, in this case the undeniably gorgeous "(Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria." The closer is another oft-covered piece of scrimshawed tunesmithery, "None but the Rain." This 1969 effort is the first of several essential Van Zandt albums. --Robert Baird
 Tracklist
 For the Sake of the Song
 Columbine
 Waiting Around to Die
 Don't You Take It Too Bad
 Colorado Girl
 Lungs
 I'll Be Here in the Morning
 Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel
 (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
 None But the Rain
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 50th Anniversary edition of Our Mother The Mountain includes:
 Remastered Audio
 180 gram remastered vinyl
 Tip-on Jacket
 Lyrics included
 Townes' second album, released in 1969 and produced by Jack Clement, contains 11 sorrowful and soulful tunes showcasing some of Van Zandt's best work. This 50th anniversary pressing includes authenticated lyrics on the innersleeve and is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. The weight and beauty of these songs are still standing tall against time.
 Tracklist
 Be Here To Love Me
 Kathleen
 She Came And Touched Me
 Like A Summer Thursday
 Our Mother The Mountain
 Second Lover's Song
 St. John The Gambler
 Tecumseh Valley
 Snake Mountain Blues
 My Proud Mountains
 Why She's Acting This Way
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