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Dossier — Raymond Jones song notes
Dossier by Raymond Jones: track 3 on Hillside Stories, with sourced recording notes, performer information and links to the original document and listening catalog.
Album: 2007 · song document captured 3 December 2008 · Song and document reference
Independently compiled by the current site operator on 28 September 2026 from the earlier music website. This is not a republication of the original text or an endorsement of today’s product by the artists or their estates.
The work and its original document
The lyric document addresses political surveillance and the reappearance of an old official record. Jones’s own note dedicates the song to African American freedom fighters of the 1950s through the 1970s.
[1]Reading the artist’s note
The artist says the piece still felt relevant roughly fifteen years after he wrote it; the source does not supply an exact composition date.
[1]Recording and document details
This record identifies the song and its source material. The original lyric text is available through the archive citation.
| Field | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Album | Hillside Stories | [2][1][3] |
| Sequence | 3 of 13 | [2][1][3] |
| Catalog duration | 4:33 | [2][1][3] |
| Songwriter | Raymond Jones; No More Crappy Deals Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP), according to the album notes | [2][1][3] |
| Track-specific credits | No additional player is named on this individual page; album-level credits identify Jones except where noted. | [2][1][3] |
| Listening | Open Dossier on Apple Music | [2][1][3] |
Sources & original documents
- Dossier — original song document
Capture: 3 December 2008. Original lyrics and artist commentary remain at the source; no lyrics are republished here.
- Hillside Stories album notes, 15 October 2007
Original sequence, credits and links to the thirteen individual song documents.
- Hillside Stories on Apple Music
Catalog checked 28 September 2026: 27 September 2007, 13 tracks, approximately 52 minutes, phonogram line Uegmusic.com. Access varies by region and subscription.