The phone rang and stirred me from a bleary-eyed reverie. I sat down, poured myself a glass of scotch and waited for the phone to ring. It rang and rang. My bags were packed and I was out on the street. Three hours and three days later and it was the imaginary man in a snake dance. The recipe: the kid said he'd been standing on the same corner for a thousand nights. I haven't seen him for a while, guess nothing much came of it - hope he's alright. Once you get used to it - it's too bad.

Rain soaked boots and a bad cough led to the youthful deportee. She said she knew Rants & Charlie James. So all I had was some faded flowers, an empty bottle and a broken phonograph record. Maybe some thank yous would be in order. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

I guess there's somebody somewhere in a big room with a bright light and a heat lamp and a stamp collection and a stethoscope and they're checking out their own heartbeat - checking on the heartbeat of this grand and glorious land - yep I guess so.

My sister told me on the phone she heard someone on the radio singing about small towns in America. I said I didn't know any songs about America - these songs are about sin and salvation. Have fun.

Love,
Peter Case

Peter Case
GEFFEN RECORDS   GHS-24105
12" Vinyl/Cassette
1986
Reissued on Compact Disc as GEFD-24482


SIDE ONE
ECHO WARS*
Burnett/Case
STEEL STRINGS*
Case
THREE DAYS STRAIGHT
Burnett/Case
MORE THAN CURIOUS*
Burnett/Case
I SHOOK HIS HAND
Case
SMALL TOWN SPREE
Case

SIDE TWO
OLD BLUE CAR*
Case/Etzioni/Williams
WALK IN THE WOODS
Case
HORSE & CROW
Case
ICEWATER
Words by Peter Case/
Music by Lightnin' Hoplins
SATELLITE BEACH
Burnett/Case/Marotta/Williams
PAIR OF BROWN EYES
Shane McGowan


MUSICIANS
Rusty Anderson, Jerge Bermudez, J. Henry
Burnett, Mike Campbell, Mitchell Froom,
Richard Green, John Hiatt, Jim Keltner,
Armon Rsadjikian, Warren "Tornado"
Klein, Roger McGuinn, Jerry Marotta,
David Minor, Gurf Morlix, Van Dyke Parks,
Phast Phreddie, Pierce, Jerry Scheff,
Fred Tackett, Victoria Williams.


Produced by J. HENRY BURNETT
*Produced by J. HENRY BURNETT
and MITCHELL FROOM
Associate Producer: DAVID MINOR
Recorded and Mixed by
LARRY KALMAN HIRSCH
Arrangement of Small Town Spree
by VAN DYKE PARKS

Assistant Engineers: Thom Panunzio,
Bob Hickey, Bill Jackson, Stephen Shelton,
David Glover, Judy Clapp, Bob Luftus, Steve
McMillian, Dave Ahlert and Steve Himelfarb

Recorded at Oceanway, Sunset Sound,
Sunset Sound Factory, Capitol Recorders,
Los Angeles and Eagle Audio, Ft. Worth,
Texas

Mixed at Sunset Sound by Larry Kalman Hirsch
except Icewater mixed by J. Henry Burnett
at Sunset Sound Factory

Originally mastered by George Marino
at Sterling Sound, NYC
A&R Coordination: Carole Childs,
Teresa Ensenat and Tom Zutaut

Photography: Steven Rothfeld
Art Direction/Design: Jeri McManus

To everyone who helped me make this record,
thank you.

© 1986 Geffen Records