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Jonathan Richman - Songs For Laura (1974)

Track listing:
  1. Government Center 2:38
  2. The New Teller 2:18
  3. Thunderbolts Of Joy 3:43
  4. Honest Dear 3:12
  5. Singin' In The Rain 3:40
  6. So Much Respect 1:18
  7. The Heavens Love Me 2:17
  8. Combaya 2:12
  9. Hi Fred ! 2:06
  10. Flying Saucers Rock And Roll 2:08
  11. Laura's Song 1:35

Notes

This is an interesting piece of "curiosa". In 1998, Brad, a member of the old Jonathan mailing list, was playing a CD of his favourite artist when his girlfriend named Laura came to his place and said "this sounds like Jonathan". Sure it did, Laura explained that she had got a recorded cassette from that guy Jonathan ages ago (24 years before actually) and had never realized he was a singer, but she managed to find the tape for Brad who distributed it to the other members of the mailing list..
The recording and production is homemade by Jonathan, his mike falls down once in a while. If you ever dreamed of hearing Jonathan singing "I'm singing in the rain" , here it is ..