Johnny Cougar - American Dream: The Mainman Recordings 1976-1977 (2026)
Artist: Johnny Cougar
Title: American Dream: The Mainman Recordings 1976-1977
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Lemon Records
Genre: Classic Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:34:20
Total Size: 357 / 968 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: American Dream: The Mainman Recordings 1976-1977
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Lemon Records
Genre: Classic Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:34:20
Total Size: 357 / 968 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
1. American Dream (2:22)
2. Oh, Pretty Woman (2:55)
3. Jailhouse Rock (2:11)
4. Dream Killing Town (3:21)
5. Supergirl (2:38)
6. Chesnut Street (3:18)
7. Good Girls (3:10)
8. Do You Believe in Magic? (2:39)
9. Twentieth Century Fox (2:15)
10. Chesnut Street Revisited (5:23)
11. Sad Lady (3:26)
12. 2000 A.D. (1:58)
13. Lou-ser (4:08)
14. Hot Man (2:22)
15. Kicks (Gulcher Version) (2:55)
16. Skin It Back (Acoustic) (Bonus Track) (5:21)
17. Man Who Sold the World (Bonus Track) (2:28)
18. Little Heroes (Bonus Track) (2:48)
19. Hit the Road Jack (Bonus Track) (2:30)
20. Kicks (Bonus Track) (2:35)
21. Jailhouse Rock (Demo Version) (2:13)
22. Chesnut Street (Alternate Version #1) (3:05)
23. Chesnut Street (Alternate Version #2) (3:24)
24. Sad Lady (Alternate Version) (3:13)
25. The Man Who Sold The World (Early Version) (2:30)
26. Little Heroes (Early Version) (2:55)
CD2
1. Kid Inside (5:30)
2. Take What You Want (3:15)
3. Cheap Shot (3:52)
4. Sidewalks and Streetlights (4:07)
5. R. Gang (2:29)
6. American Son (4:54)
7. Gearhead (2:39)
8. Young Genocides (2:28)
9. Too Young to Live (7:44)
10. Survive (4:09)
11. Last of the Big time Spenders (Bonus Track) (6:35)
12. Need Somebody Baby (Bonus Track) (3:44)
13. Whore (Bonus Track) (4:00)
14. When I Was Young (Bonus Track) (2:39)
15. Skin It Back (Bonus Track) (5:22)
16. I Just Wanna Be Black (3:13)
17. Gearhead (Alternate Electric Version) (2:47)
18. I Need Somebody Baby (Demo Version) (4:00)
19. I Just Wanna Be Black (Demo Version) (3:10)
• 2CD SET COMPILING THE FIRST PHASE OF JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP’S REMARKABLE CAREER.
• TWO CLASSIC ALBUMS, RARE BONUS TRACKS AND TEN PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS!
• ALSO INCLUDES THE NEVER-BEFORE-ON-CD ‘US Male’ EP.
• PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAINMAN.
• FEATURING NEW INTERVIEWS WITH TONY DEFRIES AND PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN IMAGERY.
Having been signed by impresario and former Bowie manager Tony Defries in the mid-late 1970s, Johnny Cougar set about recording the wealth of original compositions and cover versions that would comprise both his debut album, ‘Chestnut Street Incident’ and the later ‘Kid Inside’ (released after the commercial breakthrough ‘American Fool’ LP). Under Defries’ tutelage, Cougar’s trademark blue collar, heartland rock identity began to take shape, making this compilation a vital study in the formative years of a future star and icon.
Including songs originally recorded by Bowie, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Elvis and The Doors, alongside fantastic original compositions, and featuring previously unreleased material long thought lost, ‘American Dream’ pulls together both albums recorded during the period alongside the non-album ‘US Male’ EP and ten previously unheard demos, early mixes, alternate versions and the near-mythical electro funk of ‘I Just Wanna Be Black’.
Complete with insightful new sleevenotes and previously unseen imagery from the MainMan archive, ‘American Dream’ is a must for the Cougar’s established fanbase, and a long-overdue insight into the beginnings of a career which continues to endure.
• TWO CLASSIC ALBUMS, RARE BONUS TRACKS AND TEN PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS!
• ALSO INCLUDES THE NEVER-BEFORE-ON-CD ‘US Male’ EP.
• PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAINMAN.
• FEATURING NEW INTERVIEWS WITH TONY DEFRIES AND PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN IMAGERY.
Having been signed by impresario and former Bowie manager Tony Defries in the mid-late 1970s, Johnny Cougar set about recording the wealth of original compositions and cover versions that would comprise both his debut album, ‘Chestnut Street Incident’ and the later ‘Kid Inside’ (released after the commercial breakthrough ‘American Fool’ LP). Under Defries’ tutelage, Cougar’s trademark blue collar, heartland rock identity began to take shape, making this compilation a vital study in the formative years of a future star and icon.
Including songs originally recorded by Bowie, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Elvis and The Doors, alongside fantastic original compositions, and featuring previously unreleased material long thought lost, ‘American Dream’ pulls together both albums recorded during the period alongside the non-album ‘US Male’ EP and ten previously unheard demos, early mixes, alternate versions and the near-mythical electro funk of ‘I Just Wanna Be Black’.
Complete with insightful new sleevenotes and previously unseen imagery from the MainMan archive, ‘American Dream’ is a must for the Cougar’s established fanbase, and a long-overdue insight into the beginnings of a career which continues to endure.
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