TOWNES VAN ZANDT Live & Obscure LP HEARTLAND RECORDS 1987 UK orig HLD 004 RARE

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TOWNES VAN ZANDT

with DONNY SILVERMAN and MICKEY WHITE

Among the most widely admired and influential Texas songwriters, 

an alt-country godfather with a dry, witty, allusive writing style. 

Townes Van Zandt's music doesn't jump up and down, wear fancy clothes, 

or beat around the bush. Whether he was singing a quiet, introspective 

country-folk song or a driving, hungry blues, Van Zandt's 

lyrics and melodies were filled with the kind of haunting truth 

and beauty that you knew instinctively. His music came straight from his soul by way 

of a kind heart, an honest mind, and a keen ear for the gentle blend 

of words and melody. He could bring you down to a place so sad that 

you felt like you were scraping bottom, but just as quickly he could lift 

your spirits and make you smile at the sparkle of a summer morning 

or a loved one's eyes -- or raise a chuckle with a quick and funny talking blues. 

The magic of his songs is that they never leave you alone

"LIVE & OBSCURE"

<Recorded live on April 19, 1985 at 12 & Porter, Nashville, Tennessee>

1987     LP     HEARTLAND RECORDS      HLD 004

MADE IN ENGLAND     ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE (HEAVY DUTY CARDBOARD COVER)

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LABEL:  HEARTLAND - CREAM LABEL with RED TEXAS LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) HLD 004

Catalog on labels: HLD 004 (HLD 004/A) / HLD 004 (HLD 004/B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): HLD 004 A1   A PORKY PRIME CUT.   MPO

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): HLD 004 B1   MPO   A PORKY PRIME CUT.

On labels: Lyrics and Music: Townes Van Zandt

? 1987 Townes Van Zandt

© 1987 Heartland Records

rim text reads "All Rights...........Prohibited"

On back cover: Notes by Robert K. Oermann Nashville, Tennessee

Producers: Stephen J. Mendell/Tovnes Van Zandt

tracklisting

Side A: DOLLAR BILL BLUES - MANY A FINE LADY - NOTHIN

PUEBLO WALTZ - TALKING THUNDERBIRD BLUES

REX'S BLUES - WHITE FREIGHTLINER BLUES

Side B: LORETTA - SNAKE MOUNTAIN BLUES

WAITING ROUND TO DIE - TECUMSEH VALLEY

PANCHO AND LEFTY - YOU ARE NOT NEEDED NOW

  grading

RECORD NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Townes Van Zandt played to a standing room-only crowd in Nashville on April 19, 1985, 

when he recorded Live & Obscure at 12th and Porter. The show was billed as 

"the return of the lost sheep of the songwriting fold." The rambling Texas troubadour 

did not disappoint his fans, peers, and colleagues that night (or any other). 

In this intimate setting, Van Zandt's aw-shucks charm comes through not just his songs, 

but his in-between banter. Luckily, he failed to heed his mother's advice to not talk, 

just play and sing. Another beauty that appears in a raw setting such as this is 

of the songs themselves. No one will argue that a stunning performance by 

a great singer can make any song seem transcendent. That phenomenon 

has certainly played a part in Van Zandt's career. But when the author stands on-stage 

with little musical support to deliver the goods in their truest, original form 

and they still shine, well that's what separates the men from the boys. 

That's the moment when legends are made or broken...(AllMusic)