Townes Van Zandt/Discography

Explanation

This page contains albums, compilation albums, live recordings and soundtracks released by Townes Van Zandt. Although Towne's wrote most of the songs lists here, some albums contain lyrics written by, and/or songs sung by others.

Albums of Townes Van Zandt with track listings

For the Sake of the Song - 1968

1. For the Sake of the Song
2. Tecumseh Valley
3. Many a Fine Lady
4. Quicksilver Daydreams of Maria
5. Waitin' Around to Die
6. I'll Be There in the Morning
7. Sad Cinderella
8. The Velvet Voices
9. Talkin' Karate Blues
10. All Your Young Servants
11. Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls

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Our Mother the Mountain - 1969

1. Be Here to Love Me
2. Kathleen
3. She Came and She Touched Me
4. Like A Summer Thursday
5. Our Mother The Mountain
6. Second Lovers Song
7. St. John The Gambler
8. Tecumseh Valley
9. Snake Mountain Blues
10. My Proud Mountains
11. Why She's Acting This Way

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Townes Van Zandt - 1970

1. For the Sake of the Song
2. Columbine
3. Waiting Around to Die
4. Don't You Take It Too Bad
5. Colorado Girl
6. Lungs
7. I'll Be Here in the Morning
8. Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel
9. (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
10. None But the Rain

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Delta Momma Blues - 1971

1. FFV
2. Delta Momma Blues
3. Only Him or Me
4. Turnstyled, Junkpiled
5. Tower Song
6. Come Tomorrow
7. Brand New Companion
8. Where I Lead Me
9. Rake
10. Nothin'

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High, Low and in Between - 1972

1. Two Hands
2. You are Not Needed Now
3. Greensboro Woman
4. Highway Kind
5. Standin'
6. No Deal
7. To Live Is To Fly
8. When He Offers His Hand
9. Mr. Gold & Mr. Mudd
10. Blue Ridge Mountains
11. High, Low And In Between

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The Late Great Townes Van Zandt - 1972

1. No Lonesome Tune
2. Sad Cinderella
3. German Mustard
4. Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya'
5. Honky Tonkin'
6. Snow Don't Fall
7. Fraulein"
8. Pancho & Lefty
9. If I Needed You
10. Silver Ships of Andilar
11. Heavenly Houseboat Blues

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Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas - 1977 [recorded July 1973]

Disc 1:

1. Announcement
2. Pancho and Lefty
3. Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud
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 Freight Liner Blues
10. To Live Is to Fly
11. She Came and She Touched Me
12. Talking Thunderbird Blues
13. Rex's Blues
14. Nine Pound Hammer"

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
11. Tecumseh Valley
12. Lungs
13. Only Him or Me

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The Masters - 1977

1. Poncho & Lefty
2. Loretta
3. No Place to Fall
4. Flyin' Shoes
5. When She Don't Need Me
6. Rex's Blues
7. Waiting Around to Die
8. Don't Take It Too Bad
9. Colorado Girl
10. For the Sake of the Song
11. (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria
12. I'll Be Here in the Morning
13. Delta Momma Blues
14. Saint John the Gambler
15. Honky Tonkin'
16. If I Needed You
17. White Freightliner Blues
18. Nine Pound Hammer
19. Why She's Acting This Way
20. Who Do You Love

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Flyin' Shoes - 1978

1. Dollar Bill Blues
2. Rex's Blues
3. Pueblo Waltz
4. Brother Flower
5. Snake Song
6. Loretta
7. No Place to Fall
8. Flyin' Shoes
9. Who do you Love?
10. When She Doesn't Need Me

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Live and Obscure - 1987 [recorded Nashville, April 1985]

This album is a compilation

1. Dollar Bill Blues
2. Many a Fine Lady
3. Nothin'
4. Pueblo Waltz
5. Talking Thunderbird Blues
6. Rex's Blues
7. White Freightliner Blues
8. Loretta
9. Snake Mountain Blues
10. Waitin' Round to Die
11. Tecumseh Valley
12. Pancho and Lefty
13. You Are Not Needed Now

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At My Window - 1987

1. Snowin' on Raton
2. Blue Wind Blew
3. At My Window
4. For the Sake of the Song
5. Ain't Leavin' Your Love
6. Buckskin Stallion Blues
7. Little Sundance #2
8. Still Lookin' for You
9. Gone, Gone Blues
10. The Catfish Song

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Roadsongs - 1993

1. Ira Hayes
2. Dead Flowers
3. Automobile Blues
4. Coo Coo
5. Fraulein
6. Hello Central
7. Indian Cowboy
8. Racing in the Streets
9. My Starter Won't Start
10. Texas River Song
11. Wabash Cannonball
12. Short-Haired Woman Blues
13. Man Gave Names to All the Animals
14. Little Willie the Gambler
15. Cocaine Blues
16. You Win Again
17. High, Low + In Between
18. When He Offers His Hand

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The Nashville Sessions - 1993 [1974 studio recordings]

1. At My Window
2. Rex's Blues
3. No Place to Fall
4. Buckskin Stallion Blues
5. White Freight Liner
6. The Snake Song
7. Loretta
8. Two Girls
9. The Spider Song
10. When She Don't Need Me
11. Pueblo Waltz
12. Upon My Soul

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Rear View Mirror - 1993 [recorded live Oklahoma, 1979]

1. Pancho & Lefty
2. If I Needed You
3. For the Sake of the Song
4. Our Mother the Mountain
5. To Live Is to Fly
6. Lungs
7. Flying Shoes
8. No Place to Fall
9. Dollar Bill Blues
10. White Freightliner Blues
11. Tecumseh Valley
12. Don't You Take It Too Bad
13. Tower Song
14. Rex's Blues
15. Brother Flower
16. Waitin' Round to Die
17. Colorado Girl

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No Deeper Blue - 1994

1. A Song For
2. Blaze's Blue
3. The Hole
4. Marie
5. Goin' Down to Memphis
6. Hey Willie Boy
7. Niles River Blues
8. Billy, Boney and Ma
9. Katie Belle Blue
10. If I Was Washington
11. Lover's Lullaby
12. Cowboy Junkies Lament
13. BW Railroad Blues
14. Gone Too Long

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Abnormal - 1996, reissued in 1998 with 3 tracks replaced

1. If I Needed You
2. Pancho & Lefty
3. Snake Mountain Blues
4. Two Girls
5. Kathleen (Into)
6. Waiting Around To Die
7. Tecumseh Valley (Into)
8. Dead Flowers
9. Catfish Song (Into)
10. Flying Shoes
11. Blazes Blues
12. Marie
13. A Song For
14. Lungs
15. Old Shep

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The Highway Kind - 1997

1. Lost Highway
2. My Proud Mountains
3. Highway Kind
4. Dublin Blues
5. Blaze's Blues
6. Wreck on the Highway
7. The Hole
8. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
9. Rake
10. Banks of the Ohio
11. Ira Hayes
12. Darcy Farrow
13. A Song For
14. Still Lookin' for You
15. Joke
16. No Deal
17. At My Window

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(Last Rights) Documentary - 1997 [issued, re-edit, in US as 'Last Rights']

1. For the Sake of the Song
2. Tecumseh Valley
3. Many a Fine Lady
4. Quicksilver Daydreams of Maria
5. Waitin' Around to Die
6. I'll Be There in the Morning
7. Sad Cinderella
8. The Velvet Voices
9. Talkin' Karate Blues
10. All Your Young Servants
11. Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls

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In Pain - 1999 [recorded live, 1994/1996]

1. Katie Belle Blues 2:12
2. Buckskin Stallion Blues 2:31
3. Loretta 3:07
4. Snowin' on Raton 3:51
5. Nothin' 3:27
6. Gone Too Long 2:40
7. To Live Is to Fly 3:25
8. Highway Kind 2:34
9. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold 2:41
10. Lover's Lullaby 3:24
11. White Freightliner Blues 3:14
12. You Are Not Needed Now 3:51
13. Rex's Blues 2:22
14. Stopping Off Place 2:40
15. Alone and Forsaken 2:41
16. You Gotta Move

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A Far Cry from Dead - 1999

This is a compilation album

1. Dollar Bill Blues
2. To Live's to Fly
3. Rex's Blues
4. Sanitarium Blues
5. Ain't Leavin' Your Love
6. Greensboro Woman
7. Snake Mountain Blues
8. Pancho and Lefty
9. For the Sake of the Song
10. Waitin' 'round to Die
11. Many a Fine Lady
12. Tower Song
13. Squash

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Together at the Bluebird Café w/ Guy Clark and Steve Earle - 2001 [recorded live, Sept. 1995]

1. Baby Took a Limo to Memphis (Guy Clark)
2. My Old Friend the Blues (Steve Earle)
3. Introduction to Katie Belle (Townes Van Zandt)
4. Katie Belle (Townes Van Zandt)
5. The Cape (Guy Clark)
6. Introduction to Valentine's Day (Steve Earle)
7. Valentine's Day (Steve Earle)
8. Ain't Leavin Your Love (Townes Van Zandt)
9. Randall Knife (Guy Clark)
10. Tom Ames' Prayer (Steve Earle)
11. The Interfaith Dental Clinic (Townes Van Zandt)
12. A Song For (Townes Van Zandt)
13. Dublin Blues (Guy Clark)
14. I Ain't Ever Satisfied (Steve Earle)
15. Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
16. Immigrant Eyes (Guy Clark)
17. Sirocco's Pizza (Steve Earle)
18. Mercenary Song (Steve Earle)
19. Tecumseh Valley (Townes Van Zandt)
20. Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)

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Anthology 1968-1979 - 2001

Disc 1:

1. Be Here to Love Me
2. Kathleen
3. Our Mother the Mountain
4. St. John the Gambler
5. Snake Mountain Blues
6. For the Sake of the Song
7. Waiting Around to Die
8. Don't Take It Too Bad
9. Colorado Girl
10. I'll Be Here in the Morning
11. None but the Rain
12. Delta Momma Blues
13. Turnstiled, Junkpiled
14. Tower Song
15. Come Tomorrow
16. Brand New Companion
17. Where I Lead Me
18. Two Hands
19. Standin'
20. No Deal

Disc 2:

1. To Live Is to Fly
2. Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud
3. High, Low and in Between
4. No Lonesome Tune
5. Don't Let the Sunshine Fool You
6. Honky Tonkin'
7. Fraulein
8. Pancho and Lefty
9. If I Needed You
10. Heavenly Houseboat Blues
11. Fraternity Blues
12. Tecumseh Valley
13. Lungs
14. Only Him or Me
15. Loretta
16. No Place to Fall
17. Flyin' Shoes
18. Who do You Love
19. When She Don't Need Me
20. Snake Song

Live at McCabe's - 2001 [recorded Feb. 1995]

1. The Hole
2. Pueblo Waltz
3. Pancho & Lefty
4. Short Haired Woman Blues
5. Shrimp Song
6. Snowin' On Raton
7. Katie Belle
8. Dollar Bill Blues
9. A Song For
10. Banks Of Ohio (TVZ W/ Kelly Joe Phelps)
11. Wabash Cannonball (TVZ W/ Kelly Joe Phelps)
12. Marie

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Absolutely Nothing - 2002 [recorded live, 1994/1996]

1. Flying Shoes
2. Kathleen
3. Waiting Round to Die
4. To Live's to Fly
5. A Song For
6. Snowing on Raton
7. The Hole
8. Two Girls
9. Marie
10. Lungs
11. No Place to Fall
12. Thunderbird Wine
13. German Mustard
14. Where I Lead Me
15. Nothin'
16. Heavenly Houseboat
17. Willie Boy
18. Dirty Old Town

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Acoustic Blue - 2003 [recorded live, 1994/1996]

1. The Hole
2. Snake Mountain Blues
3. Short Haired Woman Blues
4. Waitin' Round to Die
5. Goin' Down to Memphis
6. Coo Coo
7. Automobile Blues
8. Loretta
9. Nothin'
10. Gone to Long
11. Dollar Bill Blues
12. My Starter Won't Start
13. Lungs
14. A Song For

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In the Beginning - 2003 [recorded approx. 1967]

1. Black Widow Blues
2. Maryetta's Song
3. Hunger Child Blues
4. Gypsy Friday
5. Waitin' for the Day
6. Black Jack Mama
7. When Your Dream Lovers Die
8. Colorado Bound
9. Big Country Blues
10. Black Crow Blue

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Texas Troubadour

This is a compilation album Disc 1:

1. For the Sake of the Song
2. Tecumseh Valley
3. Many a Fine Lady
4. Quicksilver Daydreams of Maria
5. Waitin' Around to Die
6. I'll Be Here in the Morning
7. Sad Cinderella
8. The Velvet Voices
9. All Your Young Servants
10. Talkin' Karate Blues
11. Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls
12. Be Here to Love Me
13. Kathleen
14. She Came and She Touched Me
15. Like a Summer Thursday
16. Our Mother the Mountain
17. Second Lover's Song
18. St. John the Gambler
19. Tecumseh
20. Snake Mountain Blues
21. My Proud Mountains
22. Why She's Acting This Way

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1. For the Sake of the Song
2. Columbine 2:30
3. Waitin' Around to Die
4. Don't Take It Too Bad
5. Colorado Girl
6. Lungs
7. I'll Be Here in the Morning
8. Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel
9. (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
10. None but the Rain
11. F.F.V.
12. Delta Momma Blues
13. Only Him or Me
14. Turnstyled, Junkpiled
15. Tower Song
16. Come Tomorrow
17. Brand New Companion
18. Where I Lead Me
19. Rake
20. Nothin'

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1. Two Hands
2. You Are Not Needed Now
3. Greensboro Woman
4. Highway Kind
5. Standin'
6. No Deal
7. To Live Is to Fly
8. When He Offers His Hand
9. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
10. Blue Ridge Mountains
11. High, Low and in Between
12. No Lonesome Tune
13. Sad Cinderella
14. German Mustard
15. Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya'
16. Honky Tonkin'
17. Snow Don't Fall
18. Fraulein
19. Pancho and Lefty
20. If I Needed You
21. Silver Ships of Andilar
22. Heavenly Houseboat Blues

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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
11. The Spider Song
12. Upon My Soul
13. Buckskin Stallion Blues
14. At My Window
15. Two Girls
16. Fraternity Blues
17. White Freight Liner Blues
18. Talking Thunderbird Blues
19. Nine Pound Hammer
20. Chauffeur's Blues
21. Cocaine Blues
22. Only Him Or Me

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High, Low and in Between/The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

1. Two Hands
2. You Are Not Needed Now
3. Greensboro Woman
4. Highway Kind
5. Standin'
6. No Deal
7. To Live Is to Fly
8. When He Offers His Hand
9. Mr. Gold and Mr. Mudd
10. Blue Ridge Mountains
11. High, Low and in Between
12. No Lonesome Tune
13. Sad Cinderella
14. German Mustard
15. Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Ya'
16. Honky Tonkin'
17. Snow Don't Fall
18. Fraulein
19. Pancho & Lefty
20. If I Needed You
21. Silver Ships of Andilar
22. Heavenly Houseboat Blues

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Legend

This album is a compilation

Disc 1:

1. If I Needed You
2. Pancho and Lefty
3. Snow Don't Fall
4. No Lonesome Tune
5. Silver Ships of Andilar
6. Heavenly Houseboat Blues
7. Be Here to Love Me
8. Kathleen
9. Snake Mountain Blues
10. St John the Gambler
11. Our Mother the Mountain
12. For the Sake of the Song
13. None but the Rain
14. Waiting Around to Die
15. Lungs
16. Colorado Girl
17. I'll Be Here in the Morning
18. Nothin'
19. Tower Song
20. Come Tomorrow
21. Marie (feat. Willie Nelson)
22. Pancho and Lefty (feat. Freddy Fender)
23. If I Needed You (feat. Emmylou Harris)

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Disc 2:

1. Turnstyled, Junkpiled
2. Brand New Companion
3. Delta Momma Blues
4. No Deal
5. You Are Not Needed Now
6. Highway Kind
7. To Live Is to Fly
8. Mr Mudd and Mr Gold
9. High, Low and in-Between
10. Loretta
11. No Place to Fall
12. Flyin Shoes
13. Who Do You Love
14. When She Don't Need Me
15. Snake Song
16. Fraternity Blues (live)
17. Tecumseh Valley (live)
18. Cocaine Blues (live)
19. White Freight Liner Blues (live)
20. Only Him or Me (live)
21. Brother Flower (feat. Kimmie Rhodes)
22. Two Girls (feat. Doug Sahm)
23. At My Window (feat. Kathy Mattea)

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The Best of Townes Van Zandt

1. Tecumseh Valley
2. Our Mother the Mountain
3. Snake Mountain Blues
4. Waiting Around to Die
5. White Freightliner Blues
6. Tower Song
7. Who Do You Love
8. Pancho & Lefty
9. Dead Flowers
10. For the Sake of the Song
11. If I Needed You
12. Only Him or Me
13. The Ballad of Ira Hayes
14. Flyin' Shoes
15. To Live Is to Fly
16. Buckskin Stallion
17. No Place to Fall

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The Very Best of Townes Van Zandt

1. To Live is to Fly
2. No Deal
3. High, Low, and In Between
4. No Lonesome Tune
5. Sad Cinderella
6. Don't Let the Sunshine Fool Ya'
7. Honky Tonkin'
8. Snow Don't Fall
9. Pancho and Lefty
10. If I Needed You
11. Loretta
12. No Place to Fall
13. Flyin' Shoes
14. Talking Thunderbird Blues (live)
15. Cocaine Blues (live)
16. Only Him or Me (live)

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Last Rights: The Life and Times of Townes Van Zandt

1. Blaze's Blues
2. The Homeless (spoken)
3. Marie
4. Life (spoken)
5. The Hole
6. Cowboy Junkies Lament
7. Pancho and Lefty Story (spoken)
8. Pancho and Lefty
9. Lightin' Hopkins (spoken)
10. Brand New Companion
11. Tecumseh Valley
12. Wedding Songs and Hits (spoken)
13. If I Needed You
14. I'll Be Here in the Morning
15. Waitin' Round to Die
16. Seeds, Roots and Sprouts (spoken)
17. One Man House Band at the Jester Lounge (spoken)
18. Early Influences (spoken)
19. Under the Influences (spoken)
20. Pancho, Lefty and Townes (spoken)
21. Somebody Had to Write It (spoken)
22. Exiles, Exits and Endings (spoken)
23. Ghost Harp and Concertina (spoken)

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Be Here to Love Me (soundtrack)

Disc 1:

1. I've Designed It That Way
2. At My Window
3. Highway Kind
4. Rake
5. Pancho and Lefty
6. My Proud Mountains
7. Nothin'
8. Dollar Bill Blues
9. Waitin' Round to Die
10. If I Needed You
11. Where I Lead Me
12. Be Here to Love Me
13. No Place to Fall
14. My Starter Won't Start

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1. Wild Crazy Things
2. Rex's Blues
3. Black Crow Blues
4. Don't You Take It Too Bad
5. When She Don't Need Me
6. Snake Song
7. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
8. Flyin' Shoes
9. Delta Momma Blues
10. Marie
11. To Live is to Fly
12. Brand New Companion
13. High, Low and in Between
14. St. John the Gambler
15. I Just Had to Fall

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