RSD 2024 ONLINE 9AM MONDAY 22 APRIL click here
Artist: | Townes Van Zandt |
Title: | Townes Van Zandt Live At The Old Quarter 180gm vinyl 2LP + download |
Released: | 04/2009 |
Please note this release date may be subject to change and also stock arrival can be subject to delays, in particular if this is an overseas release. |
|
Format: | LP |
Country | US |
Barcode: | 767981111810 |
Catalogue number: | FAPO1118.1 |
Store location: | COUNTRY / FOLK |
SKU: | 14302794 |
Condition: | BRAND NEW & SEALED |
The items we sell are brand new and unused official releases supplied to us by record companies, unless stated otherwise in the listing. Generally all items are sealed (this will be stated in the listing title). Occasionally we may open an LP to confirm any colour variant. We sometimes sell used items, this will be shown in the listing. | |
Genre: | Country Blues |
Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas is a double live album by Texas singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt. The recording captures Van Zandt in a series of July 1973 performances in an intimate venue and there is a strong critical consensus that this recording is among the most exemplary of Van Zandt's career. In July 1973, Van Zandt performed a string of shows over five sweltering nights at the Old Quarter club owned by Rex Bell and Dale Soffar that were recorded on a portable four track by Earl Willis, the album's producer and engineer. They would eventually be released four years later by Van Zandt's previous producer and manager Kevin Eggers on his new Tomato Records label. The liner notes describe the recording as the "Rosetta Stone" of Texas music. One can hear Van Zandt's influences in covers by artists like Bo Diddley, Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins, and country picker Merle Travis. Van Zandt's most famous works can also be heard, such as "If I Needed You" and "Pancho and Lefty" played to an audience not already familiar with these songs. The singer's laconic banter and corny jokes are also on full display. The album is also noted for the intimacy of the performance, with Van Zandt taking the stage alone and accompanying himself on guitar as he did thousands of times during his career. In the 2007 biography To Live's To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt, John Kruth writes that Van Zandt played "to nearly a hundred folks per set, packed shoulder to shoulder within the club's bare brick walls. The room was so jammed that it was impossible for a waitress to wend her way through the crowd to take drink orders. People had to pass money hand over fist and wait, in hopes that a mug of cold beer would eventually find it's way back to them." Van Zandt is introduced by Dale Soffar and, after apologizing for the busted air conditioning, performs a gentle reading of "Pancho and Lefty". At the end of the song the singer remarks, "I've never heard it so quiet in here." The photograph on the album cover was shot by Steve Salmieri.
dispatched in | 24 hours |
format | vinyl |
year of release | 2016 |
condition | new |
genre | Blues & Folk,Blues,Country Blues,Folk,Texas Blues |
artist | Townes Van Zandt |
label | Fat Possum Records |
Country | US |
Recently In Stock | No |
Forthcoming | No |
Great storyteller
By: Chris Smith on 19 November 2018I bought this album on reviews only , apparently he is one of the best songwriters ever . After listening to it quite a few times I can’t really argue that , i love it, Not a bad song on here and it sounds great . It’s a great way to have a few drinks and kick back . If your on the fence about buying it , I say do it .
(4)
Review This Product!
Help other Discrepancy Records users shop smarter by writing reviews for products you have purchased.
AC/DC vinyl
Sent In By: Will on 16 April 2024Excellent customer service & prompt delivery of my vinyl. Definitely recommend, I’m a lifetime member now.
Awesome customer service
Sent In By: Remy cacace on 13 April 2024I ordered a vinyl and when entering delivery address I miss typed my address. I was promptly messaged about my mistake and the vinyl was able to still be delivered on time.
Best vinyl cleaning solution out there!
Sent In By: Shane on 12 April 2024always hit up Discrepancy Records when my big bottle of cleaning fluid is empty. best stuff out there I think and a decent price. always well packaged and super fast postage. Keep up the good work guys!!