Not surprisingly, when one listens to these early recordings of Townes Van Zandt it's obvious he was from the jump, someone & something that arrived fully formed. Even if the songs themselves weren’t quite as refined as what they would become, virtually all of the elements are in place: the poetry, the stark melodies, the restless wanderlust, the inherent melancholy & impenetrable darkness; all of which that would inhabit his lyrics & delivery for the rest of his too short life. The songs