For the Sake of the Song (album)

For the Sake of the Song
Studio album by Townes Van Zandt
Released 1968
Recorded 1968
Genre Country
Length 34:43
Label Fat Possum
Producer Jack Clement
Townes Van Zandt chronology
For the Sake of the Song: First Album
(1968)
Our Mother the Mountain
(1969)

For the Sake of the Song is the debut album by country singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt, released in 1968. Several of the songs, including "Tecumseh Valley" and "Waiting 'Round to Die", were re-recorded for subsequent studio albums.

Track listing

All tracks written by Townes Van Zandt.

  1. "For the Sake of the Song"
  2. "Tecumseh Valley"
  3. "Many a Fine Lady"
  4. "(Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria"
  5. "Waiting 'Round 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"