The Late Great Townes Van Zandt is a 1972 studio album by
Texas singer-songwriter
Townes Van Zandt. It was the second album that he recorded in 1972, and a follow-up to
High, Low and In Between. The album is considered by many to be his best and features two of his most covered songs, the Western outlaw ballad "
Pancho and Lefty" and the gentle love song "
If I Needed You". The album also includes several cover songs, the definitive version of "Sad Cinderella", and Van Zandt's most experimental track, the darkly psychedelic epic "Silver Ships of Andilar".