Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas [Vinyl]

Townes Van Zandt | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (April 28, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Fat Possum Records
• ASIN: B001QERPBQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,674 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Announcement

2. Pancho & Lefty

3. Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold

4. Don't You Take It Too Bad

5. Two Girls

6. Fraternity Blues

7. If I Needed You

8. Brand New Companion

9. White Freightliner Blues

10. To Live Is to Fly

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. For the Sake of the Song

2. Chauffeur's Blues

3. No Place to Fall

4. Loretta

5. Kathleen

6. Why She's Acting This Way

7. Cocaine Blues

8. Who Do You Love

9. Tower Song

10. Waiting 'Round to Die

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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 early in his career. The recording was first released in 1977. There is a strong critical consensus that this recording is among the most exemplary of Van Zandt's career. can hear Van Zandt's influences in covers by artist like Bo Diddley, Texas bluesman Lightnin' Hopkins, and country picker Merle Travis. One can also hear Van Zandt's most famous works, songs like 'If I Needed You' and 'Pancho and Lefty' played to an audience not already familiar with these songs.TRACKLISTINGDisc 1:'Announcement' - :44 'Pancho and Lefty' - 4:08 'Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud' - 3:40 'Don't You Take It Too Bad' - 2:57 'Two Girls' - 3:51 'Fraternity Blues' - 3:07 'If I Needed You' - 3:18 'Brand New Companion' - 4:20 'White Freight Liner Blues' - 3:26 'To Live Is to Fly' - 3:20 'She Came and She Touched Me' - 4:09 'Talking Thunderbird Blues' - 2:33 'Rex's Blues' - 3:05 'Nine Pound Hammer' (Merle Travis) - 3:06 Disc 2:'For the Sake of the Song' - 4:48 'Chauffer's Blues' (Lightnin' Hopkins) - 4:33 'No Place to Fall' - 3:08 'Loretta' - 2:26 'Kathleen' - 2:54 'Why She's Acting This Way' - 5:42 'Cocaine Blues' (Traditional) - 3:21 'Who Do You Love?' (Ellas McDaniel) - 3:44 'Tower Song' - 3:47 'Waiting 'Round to Die' - 2:35 'Tecumseh Valley' - 4:30 'Lungs' - 2:34 'Only Him or Me' - 2:42

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great reissue of the best album by Townes Van Zandt (about the 2LP), May 18, 2009

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schelti (utrecht, netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

This is one of those classic live ones form the seventies, as good as "live rust", or "it's too late too stop now".
Just one man, one voice and one acoustic guitar. Sounds like he's performing before you in your room.
The album has allmost all of Townes' famous songs, so it's also perfect to start with if you are not familiar with his repertoire.

I bought the vinyl reissue by Fat Possum Records: gatefold sleeve, flat vinyl, 180 gram each, comes with polylined inner sleeves. And most important of all: it sounds great. Get it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Foozeball is upstairs.....", February 20, 2010

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Roberto - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Who remembers "Foozeball" these days? But in 1973, it was still cool to play foozeball.
This double album is all you need to crown Townes Van Zandt as the greatest folk singing writer who ever lived! I remember seeing this record all over the place in 1977 (when it was first released) and NEVER BOUGHT IT. But then Townes never played the Rio Grande Valley in deep south Texas where I grew up, nor did the radio stations play him. A real shame. 20 years later and you couldn't FIND A COPY!
If you can find an original on Tomato Records (with the paper brown inner sleeves) GO FOR IT!
Otherwise, this reissue will do just fine.
4 sides of classic Townes, singing folk, blues, country and soul piercing poetry.
And always with the jokes, several here, but that was Townes......
Recorded in hot Houston, Texas during the summer of 1973, you can hear the bottles on the tables as the waitress picks them up.....

3.0 out of 5 stars Great album but it arrived new with dirty vinyl, July 23, 2011

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This review is from: Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

The record is great but it arrived new with dust and fingermarks all over the vinyl. Whoever is in charge of inserting the records into the paper sleeve should be reprimanded.