Daniel Johnston, Songs of Pain 1980-81 (1988)
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There are a few names you remember as the songwriters, the guys and girls that had an impact; their words and worlds swirled in your brain and you were never the same. High on that list for me is Daniel Johnston and right near the start – within his shambolic and lovely and strange and beautiful and meanderi…
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