Various - America Dream Reserve (2023 Edition)

America Dream Reserve gathers private-press songs, home-made pop and country-lounge recordings selected by Charles Bals and Henry Jones. The collection moves through drum-machine folk, ballads, disco-tinged arrangements and synthesised strings, bringing together performers whose music often circulated far from mainstream release networks. Husband-and-wife duos, one-person projects and local entertainers share the programme, giving the compilation a personal, unpolished character. This 2023 Smiling C edition spreads sixteen tracks across two records and comes in a die-cut, leather-textured gatefold with eight interchangeable double-sided artist photo cards and an insert introducing the project.

Format: 2LP, die-cut textured gatefold, eight photo cards and insert
Label: Smiling C
Catalogue number: SC#10

Tracklist

A1. Micksun - Pagliocca (Sad Clown)
A2. Dunn - Vision
A3. Stan Barber - I Saw The Light In Your Eyes
A4. Bill Welsh - So Very Long
B1. Laura Michele - You Always Hurt The One You Love
B2. Perry & Lisa - Eye Of The Tiger
B3. Marv & Dee - Taking A Chance On Love
B4. Mark & Suzann Farmer - Waiting For The Dawn
C1. Victoria - Bop Solo
C2. Stu Cisco - Night Out
C3. FX - Things Are Not What They Seem
C4. Harley Toberman - Thoughts In Time
C5. Don Armstrong & Victoria Garvey - Japanese Clouds
D1. Dunn - Believe
D2. David Marr - This Time
D3. Ed & Pat Gibson - Ode To Bill-Joe Tucker