Due for release on February 5th, Townes Van Zandt, Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions and Demos 1971-1972 (Omnivore Recordings, 2013) consists entirely of previously unreleased music from Van Zandt’s classic albums High, Low & In Between and The Late Great Townes Van Zandt. Both albums were originally released in 1972 on the Poppy label. The first disc of the new set features outtakes and alternate takes/mixes of tracks from the sessions for those LPs; the other presents his solo demos

CD 1: Studio Sessions

T for Texas
Who Do You Love
Sunshine Boy
Where I Lead Me
Blue Ridge Mountains
No Deal
Pancho & Lefty (Alternate 1972 mix without strings and horns)
To Live is to Fly
You Are Not Needed Now
Don’t Take it Too Bad
Sad Cinderella
Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
White Freight Liner Blues
Two Hands
Lungs
Dead Flowers

CD 2: Demos

Heavenly Houseboat Blues
Diamond Heel Blues
To Live is to Fly
Tower Song
You Are Not Needed Now
Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
Highway Kind
Greensboro Woman
When He Offers His Hand
Dead Flowers
Old Paint
Standin’

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