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1	Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker	4:20
2	Amazing Grace Arranged By – John Fahey	2:18
3	Song #3	1:48
4	Special Rider Blues Written-By – Skip James	3:03
5	Dvořák Arranged By – Fahey*	3:42
6	Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker 2	3:23
7	Finale	3:10
8	America	7:40
9	Dalhart, Texas, 1967	11:01
10	Knoxville Blues Written-By – Sam McGee	3:07
11	Mark 1:15	14:13
12	Voice Of The Turtle	15:42
13	The Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart	5:49

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Fantasy, Inc.
• Marketed By – Ace Records Ltd.
• Distributed By – Ace Records Ltd.
• Recorded At – Larrabee Sound Studios
• Remastered At – Fantasy Studios

Credits

• Artwork [Original] – Patrick Finnerty
• Design [Original] – Patrick Finnerty
• Engineer – Dallas Jordan, John Judnich
• Illustration [Booklet Drawings] – Fahey*, Finnerty*
• Liner Notes – Charles M. Young
• Producer – John Fahey
• Reissue Producer – Bill Belmont
• Remastered By – Joe Tarantino

Notes

Reissue of the original 'America' LP, which was intended as a double LP but released as a single LP because Fahey was persuaded that a double album would not sell. Tracks 1 to 9 are the previously unreleased tracks; tracks 10 to 13 make up the original LP. Recorded January 31, 1971.

"This CD contains 98.6 percent of the music recorded by John for AMERICA, which was originally conceived of as a double album but released as a single LP.
Given the technical constraints of the Compact Disc medium—79 minutes playing time—we were forced to edit two minutes from one track ("Mark 1:15"). The only alternative would have been to release a more expensive 2-CD set." [Note by Bill Belmont in the booklet.]

"Fahey recorded 'Jesus is a Dying-Bed Maker' for 1971's "America", a track that only saw the light of day when the album was reissued on CD in 1998. (Where it was inadvertently, and amusingly, titled 'Jesus is a Dying Bedmaker', suggesting that, even in the throes of death, 'the Christ' made up a mean bed." [Glenn Jones in the liner notes for "The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick" from 2004.]

"Remastering, 1998.
The copyrights in these sound recordings are owned by Fantasy, Inc and are licensed to Ace Records Ltd.
(p) Fantasy, Inc
(c) 1998 Fantasy, Inc
Takoma Records marketed & distributed by Ace Records Ltd."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 29667 98032 6

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
C-1030	John Fahey	America ‎(LP, Album)	Takoma	C-1030	US	1971
4m117	John Fahey	America ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, RE)	4 Men With Beards	4m117	US	2009
C-1030	John Fahey	America ‎(LP, Album)	Takoma	C-1030	US	1973
C-1030	John Fahey	America ‎(LP, Album)	Takoma	C-1030	US	Unknown
C-1030	John Fahey	America ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Takoma	C-1030	US	Unknown

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