{"product_id":"john-mellencamp-chestnut-street-incident-gray","title":"John Mellencamp - Chestnut Street Incident [Gray]","description":"\u003cp\u003eChestnut Street Incident, the 1976 debut that introduced John Mellencamp to the world as Johnny Cougar, is coming back as a limited edition gray vinyl pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMellencamp signed with David Bowie's manager Tony Defries, who co-produced the album and, convinced that his real surname would never sell, renamed him Johnny Cougar. The young Indiana singer later said he only found out when he saw the finished record. Cut in Bloomington and New York, it sold modestly, MCA dropped him soon after, and it took another fifteen years before his full name appeared on an album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive of its eleven songs are covers of the 1950s and 1960s rock and roll he loved, including Roy Orbison's Oh, Pretty Woman, the Elvis Presley hit Jailhouse Rock and The Doors' Twentieth Century Fox. The originals point toward the heartland rocker to come: American Dream kicks things off with youthful swagger, and the five-minute Chestnut Street Revisited hints at the small-town storytelling that would later define his best work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, eager and a little rough around the edges, it is a fascinating snapshot of a future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer before he found his voice. For anyone tracing Mellencamp's story from the very beginning, this is where the road starts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57352640725297,"sku":"784668899625","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/John_Mellencamp-Chestnut_Street_Incident_Gray_ad344c0e-fa8e-4efb-babb-80707a76c1e9.jpg?v=1794029695","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/john-mellencamp-chestnut-street-incident-gray","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}