Townes Van Zandt-Sunshine Boy The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos 1971-1972-2CD-FLAC-2013-FORSAKEN
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Artist : Townes Van Zandt
Album : Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos
Label : Omnivore Recordings
Genre : Folk
Source : CD
Street Date : 2013-02-15
Quality : 740 kbps 44.1kHz 2 channels
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1
Size : 536.28 MB
Time : 95:20 min
Url : http:www.amazon.comSunshine-Boy-Unheard-Sessio
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Disc 12
1. T For Texas 3:48
2. Who Do You Love 3:48
3. Sunshine Boy 2:58
4. Where I Lead Me 3:02
5. Blue Ridge Mountains 2:17
6. No Deal 3:20
7. Pancho & Lefty (Alternate 1972 Mix Without Strings And Horns) 3:43
8. To Live Is To Fly 3:18
9. You Are Not Needed Now 4:21
10. Don’t Take It Too Bad 2:24
11. Sad Cinderella 4:37
12. Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold 2:28
13. White Freight Liner Blues 4:48
14. Two Hands 2:39
15. Lungs 2:05
16. Dead Flowers 3:19
Disc 22
1. Heavenly Houseboat Blues 2:53
2. Diamond Hell Blues 5:13
3. To Live Is To Fly 3:12
4. Tower Song 3:35
5. You Are Not Needed Now 4:26
6. Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold 2:49
7. Highway Kind 2:20
8. Greensboro Woman 2:28
9. When He Offers His Hand 3:01
10. Dead Flowers 4:42
11. Old Paint 3:12
12. Standin’ 3:29
13. Untitled 1:05
The embodiment of the tragic troubadour Townes Van Zandt’s
prolific and sublime output reached what some would deem its apex
with the release of two 1972 albums: High Low and in Between and
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt. Van Zandt’s lonesome folk-blues
songs were at their most passionate desperate and visceral at
this point and his painful path continued to escalate in
difficulty as his masterworks were less than commercial successes
and his heroin habit drained his spirit heavily. As time went on
the strength of his writing especially in this prolific period
would elevate Van Zandt to levels of almost mythical American
legend status and his songs would be covered by bigger names in
country and folk. Sunshine Boy collects rough studio mixes
alternate takes and demo recordings from this golden 1971-1972
period all previously unreleased. The 28 tracks here offer an
especially intimate window on the artist with spare demos and
stripped-down studio mixes spotlighting Van Zandt’s weathered
vocals and straightforward often heartbreaking storytelling
lyrics. The studio half of the collection features languid blues
covers (Who Do You Love) bluegrass romps (Blue Ridge
Mountains) and country-fried western rockers (Two Hands Mr
Mudd & Mr. Gold). An early alternate mix of Van Zandt’s biggest
single Pancho & Lefty is heard here without its mariachi
horns or string arrangements. Without these elements to date it
the crushingly sad ballad takes on a timeless feel more direct
than any era of singersongwriter sounds it may have been created
in. The 12 off-hand demos included here are what truly offer an
intimate portrait of the singer in his prime. Van Zandt sounds
especially candid accompanied mostly by his own guitar and
singing softly to himself between takes. Tracks like Heavenly
Houseboat Blues the traditional Old Paint and a very
laid-back take on the Stones’ Dead Flowers are all as
disarming as they are enjoyable. The loose approach of these
demos doesn’t take away at all from their power. The space and
simplicity just allow more room for Van Zandt’s unique character
to come through. Though all of the songs on Sunshine Boy found
their way to official albums in more fleshed-out versions these
uncluttered takes offer a beautifully bare look at a young artist
whose combination of astonishing gifts and troubled life would
eventually make him an American folk hero
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