Moondog the viking of New York streets, musician and composer....Founder of minimal music in America....
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Suggest one obsure album we all should hear
I love when I discover an album that's new to me, and great.Please share one so we can all broaden our musical horizons.
Mine is:
Wishbone Ash 'Argus'
Mine is:
Wishbone Ash 'Argus'
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"Live at the Bill Graham's Fillmore West" featuring Mike Bloomfield, Taj Mahal, Nick Gravenites etc. (One of my all time favorites except skip the song "Oh Mama" because Bloomfield's singing is as bad as his guitar playing was great) Magazine's "Play" album "June 1, 1974 Kevin Ayers- John Cale-Brian Eno-Nico" |
Bruce Cockburn-"Anything, Anytime, Anywhere, Singles 1979-2002" This album contains "Wondering Where the Lions Are", "Lovers In a Dangerous Time", "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", and "A Dream Like Mine" all on the same album, plus 12 others. The CD that I have includes a bonus CD of Live material. Great intro to Bruce Cockburn, if you’re not already a fam. |
If I go back to the 70’s, an obscure LP that is great “ease into the day” music (or possibly hookah bar happy hour) is Sopwith Camel; The Miraculous Hump Returns from the Moon. Hard to describe but enjoyably cool at first listen and repeatedly so. Captain Beefheart; Clear Spot. Shawn Phillips; Second Contribution Bobby Blue Bland; Dreamer not obscure but possibly under appreciated Van Morrison; His Band and the Street Choir. |
Glad to see so much recognition of Pink Martini! Great band! Ok, let’s try again, shall we? The Grapes of Wrath - All the Things I Wasn’t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy6sNR9CYrU |
Mercury Rev - See You on the Other Side Fantastic 90s psychedelic indie rock record, produced by one of the members of the Flaming Lips. Incredible record and a great recording, especially on vinyl. June - I Am Beautiful If you like Throwing Muses or Pixies, this is a 4AD band from the 90s that never caught on. Great record, also a great pressing if you can find it on vinyl. Prick - Prick Produced by Trent Reznor, one of his music heroes from the Cleveland industrial scene. |
Neutral Milk Hotel, The Airplane over the Sea Slint, Spiderland (if you like the Pixies or Nirvana in particular, you'll definitely like these guys) Meth Teeth, Everything Went Wrong (Oregon, indie music, yes, that's the name of the band and yes, that's the name of the album) for those into heavier music, check out Thou, sludge rockers from Baton Rouge, either Summit or Heathen is probably their best, for an intro, check out Rhea Sylvia, their tribute EP to Alice in Chains also, for fans of harder music, check out Steel Nation (Pennsylvania hard core band), The Harder They Fall if you're into something really odd but interesting (odder than Meth Teeth musically), check out Gar Gar, a band from Louisiana now in Oregon |
Mix of new and released many years ago. Also, totally different genres from most mentioned and all have outstanding engineering... Cinder Well - No Summer (folk) Jonny Nash (minimalist pianist, mechanical drawer organ) with Suzanne Craft - A Heart So White (“Knife” is an incredible and quite unique cut on an excellent album); also check out his album Poe featuring Teguh Permana (member of Tarawangsawelas on Morphine Records) who specializes in the sacred Tarawangsa, a two-stringed instrument used in the sacred Tarawangsa music of Sunda, Indonesia. Both albums are quite beautiful. Trifonic - Convergence (classic of classic electronic album made by the Trifon brothers. Every song is excellent and the engineering is exceptional (such as what I picture as a long chain that curls up and is extended across the soundstage and is pulled back like a whip several times). With the right room (golden ratio sound room my dad had built) in the cut “Infiltration”, while sitting in the "sweet spot" chair, at 1 min 47 sec a "whaaaaaaa" spinning buzz (which I picture as a spinning pin wheel that has been electrified) emanates distinctly and for a fairly long duration out of the rear wall behind me at 10 o'clock. I heard none of the related sound structure coming towards me just prior to this sonic event (just got a spine tingle thinking about it). I communicated with one of the brothers and he has no idea he had engineered this into the album and had no idea how it occurred (I assume there was a sonic cancelling occurring that then released at just the right moment). Only my dad’s (now mine, soon to be totally updated with Graz Parts by Music Technology in Sterling, VA) Apogee Duetta II Signature Series full range ribbon speakers have been able so far to reproduce this incredible experience. Go figure. I could list pages of albums that will qualify as obscure to most that are outstanding, but I’ll leave you with these 4 albums. |
If you can find it John McLaughlin Trio Live at the Royal Festival Hall: Cd only so Vinyl lovers are out of luck. Its on a small private label called JMT: Its been out of print for awhile but its worth the effort if you are into that form of experimental Jazz. The band fires on all cylinders on this one. |
Trio Live Oak- “Star Shining On The Mountain” This is early Spanish music. This is very calming and beautiful. The recording has a great sense of space as well. New York Rock Ensemble- “Fields Of Joy” I have loved this song since my older brother brought this record home from college, maybe 1971 or 1972. |
