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Jim Ballou - Key to a Fantasy (Rare 1988 US Private Outsider Synth Twee Folk Pop LP)

 

 

Original pressing on Jim Ballou's own label - Musicmaker Productions.

Here's a fascinating record from Sandpoint, Idaho, self-released in 1988.
Ballou is an "outsider" artist -- but, probably unintentionally, there's also a kind of echo here of certain kinds of faux-guileless indie rock. Ballou, however, is completely sincere, and the album has a delicate and touching charm.


Listen :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4iaoybR8EE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgS0PSQVdCo 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qot8NLHt3kw 

&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56rtVQNGimw


Great and largely under-the-radar private LP of twee strum pop. Very cool record !    It's in the camp of American private outsider records. The music is pure C86 guitar pop and yet the C86 indie camp seems to be wholly unaware of this record, a classic for the genre !

 

Record : EXC
Cover : EXC (see pictures)
Price : 130,00 Euros (+ postage costs by registered parcel calculated by the Belgian Post office)
Payment : PAYPAL only
Contact : etienne.reyser@gmail.com


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