Townes Van Zandt - Flyin' Shoes

CHARLY

£16.18

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: CHARLYF836P
Barcode: 5060767442814
Release Date: 14 Oct 2022
Genre: Folk

Newly remastered from the original masters Deluxe gatefold SleevePac CD Edition Townes Van Zandt’s 1978 debut studio album for Tomato Records was produced by the legendary Chips Moman at Nashville’s American Studios & contains some of the Texas troubadour’s strongest songs: ‘When She Don’t Need Me’, ‘Loretta’, ‘No Place To Fall’ (later a Townes duet with Willie Nelson) and the haunting title track, plus an inspired cover of Bo Diddley’s ‘Who Do You Love ?’. Beautifully remastered & lavishly repackaged with full-colour booklet, the release is part of the 50th anniversary celebrations to commemorate the beginning of Townes Van Zandt’s musical career on Poppy and Tomato Records. The sleeve is a replica of the original LP and restores Milton Glaser’s artwork design and Wood Newton photography from Glaser’s studio files while the 16-page fully-illustrated booklet has in-depth sleeve notes by Lola Scobey with a rare Townes interview, photos and complete lyrics. The death of Townes Van Zandt in 1997 at age 52 robbed the world of a troubled genius as well as one of America’s finest songwriters. While his albums never sold in large quantities, his reputation and popularity has grown year by year, inspiring books, a documentary and renewed interest from the media, passionately loyal fans and contemporaries such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris, all of whom have covered Townes Van Zandt songs to the upper-reaches of the American charts.

Tracklisting
1. Loretta
2. No Place To Fall
3. Flyin' Shoes
4. Who Do You Love
5. When She Don't Need Me
6. Dollar Bill Blues
7. Rex's Blues
8. Pueblo Waltz
9. Brother Flower
10. Snake Song