Townes Van Zandt fans?

lot of tvz stuff out there, for sure.

perhaps my favorite is

live at the old quarter

a young tvz, playing solo in houston. if you're one of the folks who thinks some of his stuff is overarranged (like some tracks on high, low and in between) this 2 disc set is especially nice. among the highlights are white freight liner blues, and who do you love?. been a while since i listened, and could not check right now (gal is still sleeping), but i think the recording is better than rear view mirror.

also fun is

road songs

live covers including racing in the streets and ira hayes.

as mlauner said, the tribute record

poet

is also pretty good, with a lovely tower song by nanci griffith.

while in the neighborhood, why not check out vic chesnut's

west of rome

voice not for everyone, but good songwriting.

finally, richard buckners's first record,

bloomed,

has some of the best song writing i know about in the tvz vein ("I shot my insides out, with grief and mister kestler")

better stop now.

enjoy the discs, john

I recently picked up his eponymous album, re-released in 2003 on a label called Sunspots out of Italy. It was originally released in 1969 and the remaster is of excellent quality. According to the liner notes it was his third album originally put out by Poppy Records. It's a quiet, acoustic album of great songs, very thoughtful and enjoyable. I highly recommend it.

Of the Townes Van Zandt I have is on LP format. Three on the Tomato label & one on the Poppy label. The Texas Rain sounds excellent, is it aviable on LP format?

I believe "Texas Rain" is a CD only release. Tomato Records hasn't done many new vinyl releases since the late 80's/early 90's. The CD has very good sonics and performances, so it's worth picking up.

Regards, Rich

thanks fellas for the recommendations, I've got some of thoses discs on the way. rich...thanks & seeing those marantz pieces sure brings back alot of good early 70's memories. cheers