Album
Our Mother The Mountain
1969 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
17 collectors on Gatefold own this
Our Mother The Mountain is a Country album by Townes Van Zandt, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 35 pressings tracked, owned by 17 collectors.
About
Townes Van Zandt’s second album is often regarded as his first masterpiece, though upon release in 1969 it hardly sold. The opener “Be Here To Love Me” (also the name of a 2004 documentary about Van Zandt) is a bittersweet love song that melds Tex-Mex tinged country-folk with a groovy flute and jangly tambourine — both of which sound endearingly indicative of the time. Tastefully arranged strings lead off “Kathleen,” recalling Gene Clark’s 1967 debut <i>Echoes</i> and giving this melancholy musing an eerie vibe as Van Zandt croons of joining a deceased lover. “She Came and She Touched Me” features a subtle harpsichord and Van Zandt trying his hand at psychedelically surreal lyrics that obviously owe a lot to Dylan’s early sideways wordsmithed songs. The title track is a slow waltz with haunting imagery about being hopelessly in love with one of his demons, but the album’s gem could be “Tecumseh Valley,” a gripping narrative about the desperation and tragedy of a coal miner’s daughter.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Be Here To Love Me2:36
- A2Kathleen2:45
- A3She Came And She Touched Me4:00
- A4Like A Summer Thursday3:00
- A5Our Mother The Mountain4:13
- A6Second Lovers Song2:12
Side B
- B1St. John The Gambler3:02
- B2Tecumseh Valley4:45
- B3Snake Mountain Blues2:36
- B4My Proud Mountains4:59
- B5Why She's Acting This Way5:32
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- sparse
- mournful
- poetic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Unipak sleeve.
Recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben BenayHARMONICA
- Ben BennayHARMONICA
- Ben BernayHARMONICA
- Charlie McCoyBASS BASS, GUITAR, HARMONICA, KEYBOARDS GUITAR
- Chuck DomanicoBASS
- David CohenGUITAR
- Don RandiKEYBOARDS PIANO
- Donald FrostDRUMS
- Harvey NewmarkBASS
- Jack ClementGUITAR
- James BurtonDOBRO, GUITAR GUITAR GUITAR, DOBRO
- John ClaudenDRUMS
- John ClauderDRUMS
- Jules JacobFLUTE
- Lyle RitzBASS
- Mike DeasyGUITAR
- Townes Van ZandtGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY VOCALS
17 collectors on Gatefold own this · 35 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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