The first official release of one of the better-known "lost records" in rock history, finished in 1977 but existing only in bootleg form until this edition.
Once upon a time, there was a small but thriving industry devoted to bilking hapless would-be songwriters by setting their clumsy lyrics to music and releasing them on barely distributed compilation albums – for a price. This collection brings together 27 seemingly sincere "song-poem" recordings (and one obvious prank), and the oddball themes and assembly line lyrics produce results that are strange, funny, and occasionally revelatory. Includes the best disco song ever written about Jimmy Carter.
The sophomore long-player from cosmic country innovator James Wallace's Skyway Man project, World Only Ends When You Die is a ramshackle road trip billed as a "psych-folk opera" that evokes a Muscle Shoals-backed Grateful Dead piloting a boogie van into the Greek underworld.
