Love Songs for Laughs

by Linda Smith

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Love Songs for Laughs
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Limited edition reissue cassette of 1989 original album. Remastered by Bob Huff.

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1.	Because You Asked Me 03:14	buy track
2.	In Love (Raincoats) 05:31	buy track
3.	Imaginary Conversation 03:51	buy track
4.	What Was That Crazy Dream I Had? 02:57	buy track
5.	The Cemetery Song 03:29	buy track
6.	A Love Song for Laughs 04:30	buy track
7.	The Ambiguous Song 04:10	buy track
8.	Not For A While Yet Anyway 02:47	buy track
9.	Looking at the Scenery Alone 03:26	buy track
10.	Estranged 03:57	buy track
11.	Out of the City 02:13	buy track
12.	If One Day 02:24	buy track
13.	This Reminds Me 02:02	buy track
14.	A Crumb of Your Affection 03:59	buy track

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Recorded on a Tascam Porta 2 four track cassette machine and released on cassette in 1989 on the Preference label.

"LOVE SONGS FOR LAUGHS is a wonderful cassette. I had no idea what to expect. It's a tremendous feeling when you get something blindly and it's far better than anything you could have imagined. Thank you for your touching music." Listener's letter, 1990

"A couple of months ago I ordered one of your tapes, LOVE SONGS FOR LAUGHS and I fell in love with it. Your songs seem to speak to me personally, like a close friend would. That may sound kind of corny but it's true." Listener's letter, 1990

"I'm listening to LOVE SONGS right now and I just love 'This Reminds Me'. Beautiful. Very." Listener's letter 1990

Cassette copies to come!

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released January 29, 2022

All instruments played by Linda Smith except auto harp and wood sticks played by Lisa Leaverton on "The Ambiguous Song". Mixed by Brian Bendlin, 1989. Digital transfer and mastering by Bob Huff, 2022. All songs by Linda Smith except "In Love" by The Raincoats.

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Linda Smith Baltimore, Maryland

Linda Smith made home recorded music from 1987 to 2001. It was released on cassette, vinyl, and CD by such labels as Harriet, Feel Good All Over, Slumberland, and her own Preference label.

"Essentially this is the best bedroom-pop you are ever likely to hear, directly from an age that did not really know what to do with it."
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