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(Fat Possum Records) 11 tracks, gatefold cover Sky Blue, a collection of unreleased songs by one... more

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Townes van Zandt: Sky Blue (LP)

(Fat Possum Records) 11 tracks, gatefold cover

Sky Blue, a collection of unreleased songs by one of the most famous songwriters of the 20th century, is a time capsule created by Townes Van Zandt 46 years ago, and we discover and open it only now to find its treasures.

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Interpret: Townes van Zandt
Album titlle: Sky Blue (LP)
Genre Folk
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
Label Fat Possum Records
EAN: 0767981170619
weight in Kg 0.23

van Zandt, Townes - Sky Blue (LP) LP 1
01	All I Need	Townes van Zandt
02	Rex's Blues	Townes van Zandt
03	Hills Of Roane County	Townes van Zandt
04	Sky Blue	Townes van Zandt
05	Forever For Always For Certain	Townes van Zandt
06	Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (Smoky Version)	Townes van Zandt
07	Pancho And Lefty	Townes van Zandt
08	Snake Song	Townes van Zandt
09	Silver Ships Of Andilar	Townes van Zandt
10	Dream Spider	Townes van Zandt
11	The Last Thing On My Mind	Townes van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt Pancho And Lefty During the third week of February, 1973, Townes... more

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"Townes van Zandt"

Townes Van Zandt

Pancho And Lefty

During the third week of February, 1973, Townes Van Zandt's sixth album, 'The Late Great',shipped out of United Artists Records' five warehouses across the country. The austere, black-and-white gatefold sleeve was embellished with two photos and a little over one hundred words, its minimalism foretelling the content. Townes' music hadn't always been so perfectly framed, nor had he so successfully balanced light and dark. The arrangements on his earlier LPs had sometimes been prettified or overwrought, but this time the backing was more in keeping with the tenor of his music. The album's title was a joke that probably alluded to the fact that Townes had nearly overshot the runway several times. The front cover still-life was framed by Gothic type as if it were a funeral invitation. The back cover photo was the polar opposite; Townes was alive and buzzed. Poppy Records boss Kevin Eggers said that he came up with the title to generate a little interest. Most people didn't know Townes was alive; perhaps they'd take notice if they thought he was dead.

All the words expended on Pancho And Lefty have compounded more than unraveled its enigma. In concert, Townes would preface it with a story longer than the song itself of how he wrote it in a motel after devotees of Billy Graham and the Guru Maharaji had taken every hotel room in Dallas. Was it set in the past or present? Were Pancho and Lefty men or metaphors? Cosmic Butch Cassidys? Perhaps even Townes wasn't sure. Jack Clement, who'd dubbed trumpets on Johnny Cash's Ring Of Fire, added mariachi horns to one verse and strings to another. Neither was obtrusive, although Townes claimed that they went on without his say-so. Eggers wanted drums on the track but Townes refused. Emmylou Harris - a latter-day songcatcher, ferreting out obscure songs just as folklorists sought them in the mountains - recorded Pancho And Lefty in 1977. Six years later, it became a #1 country hit for the duo of Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Since then hundreds of performers have recorded it, most recently the duo of Elizabeth Cook and Jason Isbell. Detail hounds note that the original 45 rendered the title as Poncho & Lefty and the original LP as 'Pauncho & Lefty,' Spanish clearly not being the first, second, or third language of anyone at Poppy Records.

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