Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song: First Album
Our Price: $14.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $8.71 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: Townes Van ZandtEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-09-04
Music Label: Fat Possum [Old]
Soundtracks:
- For the Sake Of the Song
- Tecumseh Valley
- Many a Fine Lady
- Quick Silver Daydreams Of Maria
- Waitin' Around To Die
- I'll Be There In the Morning
- Sad Cinderella
- The Velvet Voices
- Talkin' Karate Blues
- All Your Young Servants
- Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls
Free Music Notes for For the Sake of the Song: First Album
Free Music Review: The First from the Songwriter's Songwriter
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my second TVZ purchase, the first was the bargain 2-for-1 CD that has High, Low and In-Between and The Late Great Townes Van Zandt together. That, I believe, is a great place to begin if you want to get started on what will be a lifetime of listening pleasure. You'll soon want more though, and I'd recommend this one right along with the 2-for-one, since the same songwriting genius is here in abundance, but the production is slightly different and it will give you another perspective on the atmosphere that surrounds the stories his songs tell. On this CD, TVZ's voice seems to be set back from the microphone a bit and also seems to carry a slight echo with it. It lends a mystical kind of aura to the title track, "Many a Fine Lady," " Sad Cinderella" and "16 Summers, Fifteen Falls." There's a depth and emotional weight to these songs that you don't find in too many places or people, but he can also crack you up with something like "Talkin' Karate Blues," which is a lot like the song "No Deal" from "H,L and I-B." Also, it's great to compare his earlier version here of "Sad Cinderella" with his later interpretation of it on "The Late Great." His classic "Tecumseh Valley" offered another perspective too, because before this I'd heard versions by Steve Earle and Nanci Griffith. Townes has no trouble footing it with these two, who are no slouches when it comes to telling a story in song.
Truly this man is the reigning saint of the movement that seemed to evolve in the early to mid-seventies, with the Flatlanders, Guy Clark, and Billy Joe Shaver, and which continues with Robert Earl Keene, Steve Earle, Buddy and Julie Miller, the Cowboy Junkies and Dwight Yoakam. Nothing better than drinking from the source...
For the Sake of the Song: First Album Poster
Originally released in 1968 For The Sake Of The Song is a re-issue of Townes' well known debut album. Produced by Jack Clement (Charley Pride, Chet Atkins, U2 etc.) and featuring original liner notes by Mickey Newbury, Townes Van Zandt went on to cement his status as a cult icon among gifted song writers.Country Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Country Music CDs
Jenny Lewis - Acid TongueRelease date: 2008-09-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.86
Price in other shops:
Emmylou Harris - All I Intended to BeRelease date: 2008-06-10; Music CD
Best price: $9.15
Price in other shops:
Darius Rucker - Learn To LiveRelease date: 2008-09-16; Music CD
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops:
Johnny Cash - At Folsom PrisonRelease date: 1999-10-19; Music CD
Best price: $4.91
Price in other shops:
Kenny Chesney - Lucky Old Sun DeluxeRelease date: 2008-10-14; Music CD
Best price: $11.16
Price in other shops:
The Pretenders - Break Up the ConcreteRelease date: 2008-10-07; Music CD
Best price: $9.95
Price in other shops:
Raising SandRelease date: 2007-10-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.49
Price in other shops:
The Imus Ranch RecordRelease date: 2008-09-16; Music CD
Best price: $10.72
Price in other shops:
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The GrainRelease date: 2008-10-14; Music CD
Best price: $11.53
Price in other shops:
Lucinda Williams - Little HoneyRelease date: 2008-10-14; Music CD
Best price: $9.49
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Townes Van Zandt - In the Beginning...Release date: 2003-04-22; Music CD
Best price: $6.66
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van ZandtRelease date: 2007-03-27; Music CD
Best price: $10.62
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - High, Low And In Between/ Late GreatRelease date: 1996-10-01; Music CD
Best price: $9.73
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - Flyin' ShoesRelease date: 2003-08-26; Music CD
Best price: $11.03
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - At My WindowRelease date: 1992-12-01; Music CD
Best price: $12.90
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - A Gentle Evening with Townes Van ZandtRelease date: 2002-04-23; Music CD
Best price: $8.39
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, TexasRelease date: 2007-02-05; Music CD
Best price: $11.63
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - Delta Momma BluesRelease date: 2007-05-15; Music CD
Best price: $8.96
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van ZandtRelease date: 2007-05-15; Music CD
Best price: $10.38
Price in other shops:
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the MountainRelease date: 2007-05-15; Music CD
Best price: $7.46
Price in other shops: