{"product_id":"cat-no-2976-raymond-smith-freedom-road-no-label-no-cat","title":"Cat. No. 2976: RAYMOND SMITH ~ FREEDOM ROAD. NO LABEL. NO CAT. #.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"\u003eTHE NAME RAYMOND SMITH WILL NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH COUNTRY MUSIC FANS. RAYMOND WAS BORN IN A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. HE ALWAYS HAD STRONG FAMILY TIES AND LOVED MUSIC. HE DREAMT ABOUT BECOMING A SINGER SONGWRITER AND BOUGHT HIS FIRST GUITAR AT 14, BUT LATER ON A GAMBLING ADDICTION PREVENTED RAY FROM FOLLOWING HIS DREAM AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL HE WAS IN HIS THIRTIES WHEN A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE CONVINCED HIM TO GIVE UP GAMBLNG AND HE ONCE AGAIN TOOK UP HIS GUITAR AND EVENTUALLY BECAME A LEAD SINGER IN A ROCK BAND FOR A SHORT PERIOD. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"\u003eRAY THEN SETTLED INTO WORKING AS A SOLO ARTIST PERFORMING MOSTLY COVERS AND STARTED WRITING SONGS OF HIS OWN AND OVER NEARLY THREE DECADES HE HAD WRITTEN MANY SONGS BUT NEVER RELEASED AN ALBUM UNTIL 2022 WHEN HE RELEASED THE \"WE ARE THE PEOPLE\" ALBUM AT THE AGE OF 63. IN THE TWO YEARS LEADING UP TO THAT RELEASE RAY BECAME INSPIRED TO WRITE SONGS ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD AND THE NEED FOR THE TRUTH TO BE SHARED WITH A HINT OF COUNTRY MUSIC VERBRATING THROUGH THE FINISHED PRODUCT. THIS IS RAY'S SECOND ALBUM FROM 2023 AND THE CONTENT FOLLOWS THE SAME FORMULA AS HIS PREVIOUS RELEASE. AN ALBUM WITH WITH A LEANING TOWARDS COUNTRY AND GOSPEL MUSIC AND NOT OUT OF PLACE IN AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY MUSIC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LISTING:\u003c\/strong\u003e We Are The People \/ Crazy Enough \/ Soldier Of Freedom \/ Died Suddenly \/ Let's Pray \/ Then It Rained \/ Climate Change Another Lie \/ God Given Human Rights \/ All Lives Matter \/ The Other Side (\u003cstrong\u003efeat. Gabrielle\u003c\/strong\u003e) \/ Good Old Days \/ Freedom Road.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);\"\u003eCD  ECO-PAK\u003c\/span\u003e     \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"\u003eNEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"mustangrecords","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50766305624257,"sku":"2976","price":25.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.mustangrecords.com.au\/products\/cat-no-2976-raymond-smith-freedom-road-no-label-no-cat","provider":"mustangrecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}