I finally secured the album Sweet Dreams And Quiet Desires (Avalanche Records, 1973) by the Country Rock trio Borderline, after learning of its existence from Hedley (Another Fat Bearded Man Talking About Records on YouTube), in his "Five Of The Best Country Rock Albums You’ve Never Heard" (part 1) video. This British chap Hedley really knows his stuff, check him out.
One member of Borderline was Jim Rooney, who went on to greater success as a producer (he produced this album), including those for Nanci Griffith (Other Voices, Other Rooms, a fantastic album for which he won a Grammy), Iris DeMent (her debut Infamous Angel), John Prine (Aimless Love), Townes Van Zandt, Hal Ketchum and Bonnie Raitt. Wow.
For those of you who look for album credits, here are some of the musicians who play on the album:
- Ben Keith on pedal steel (Patsy Cline---he played on "I Fall To Pieces"!, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Willie & Waylon, Warren Zevon, and Jewel--- he produced her debut album. Damn ;-).
- John Simon on piano (producer of the first two Band albums, the first B, S & T, Big Brothers’ Cheap Thrills, Leonard Cohen’s debut).
- Billy Mundi on drums (Mothers Of Invention, Tim Buckley, Geoff & Maria Muldaur).
- Dave Sanborn on sax (you know him as David).
- Vassar Clements on fiddle (Flatt & Scruggs, Stephane Grappelli, Dave Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band).
Not too shabby;-) .
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@audioman74: In case you are a Jason Faulkner completist and don't know about it: Before Jellyfish, Faulkner was in a group named The Grays, who had one album on Epic Records. I heard it when it was released, but didn't like it enough to buy.
Fellow Grays member Jon Brion of course went on to become a well known producer (Aimee Mann, Elliot Smith, Fiona Apple, soundtracks---including the great film Hard Eight).
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JASON FALKNER: "CAN YOU STILL FEEL?"
Jason was the guitarist on the Jellyfish breakout album "BELLYBUTTON" and has several solo albums, but this album is a power pop masterpiece and his debut album,
"PRESENTS AUTHOR UNKNOWN", is another interesting power pop gem. This guy is worth a listen!
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Here’s a list of a few of my favorites that I suspect may be less well known:
Balalaika Favorites - Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra
Ceremonial Music for Trumpet & Symphonic Organ - Michael Murray
A Life of Tango - Alfredo Marcucci
Looking for You - Allan Taylor
Gloria - Gabor Boldoczki
Italian Concertos - Gabor Boldoczki
Stand Ye Steady: Songs of Courage and Inspiration - USMA Cadet Glee Club
Christmas Classics with Harp and Oboe
Imax Everest Soundtrack
For people that don’t listen to religious artist these might be of interest anyways:
A Drummer Boy Christmas - For King & Country
Burn the Ships - For King & Country
What are We Waiting for? For King & Country
How Can it Be? - Lauren Daigle
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Neil Diamond: Stones
old album, and short but sweet... don't knock it til you've heard it
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@buckroa: A fantastic album, in my all-time Top 10. But I think a fair number of people here know about it.
Less well known is the debut of L.A. Power Pop band The Beat (the Paul Collins led quartet). Have you heard anything by The UK group The Records? Or the s/t debut of Emitt Rhodes? How ’bout Marshall Crenshaw? The Rubinoos? For a blast of high-energy Pop, listen to their "I Wanna be Your Boyfriend". Electrifying! And if you haven’t heard it, Shake Some Action by The Flamin’ Groovies, produced by Dave Edmunds at Rockfield Studios in Wales.
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Well it depends on what type of music you’re into. I listen to a lot of jazz and a fair amount of rock. For an obscure jazz album try “ The Chuck Mangione Quartet”, it’s his first album and a very mellow. It’s not available on cd and Amazon can order it but it has to come from Germany. Picture on the album front is him sitting on a metal fold up chair playing a flugelhorn. If you like party rock and roll, my favorite album in that genre is Little Feat “Waiting For Columbus”. It hasn’t been produced in decades but good old Amazon has a source for the album that is remastered. It really is the best quality live rock concert I’ve ever heard.
If you like new jazz there’s Snarky Puppy in concert in Europe accompanied by an orchestra that I really like. The album title is Sylva and includes a dvd of the concert. A couple more of their albums, that I like are “ We Like It Here” and “Immigrance” both a lively music and enjoyable. Hope these help.
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Dwight Twilley Band-Sincerely
power pop for the ages
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Dwight Twilley Band-Sincerely
power pop for the ages
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The last farewell to the hms ark royal. Auto correct lol
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The last farewell to the hospital ark royal! 3000 drunken sailors in a sing along in the aircraft hanger. Really wonderful and the marine Corp band is great!
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Little Feat (Waiting for Columbus) - Well recorded double live
Natalie Merchant (MTV Unplugged)
Dixie Dregs (Unsung Heroes) - All instrumental
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Michael Torsone's: "Nail It!" A rockin' boppin' organ playing extravaganza.
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Mine is "Direct to Disc" by Toronto band FM. An instrumental electronic kind of Jazz fusion feel I've always loved for it's truly original and different sound. 2 tracks only,, "Headroom I Tyra Reflection" and "Border Crossing I the first movement and Ii do be second movement".
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Jonathan Richman's Jonathan Goes County - the best country album by a non country artist - and with absolutely hilarious cover art!
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@reubent - Thank you for that.... I was just interested in the Maryland connection, though; always interested in what's come out of my state of origin!
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The Both - Ted Leo and Aimee Mann. Genius.
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@16f4 @larsman - About Kansas City Jammers...
I did a google search and there is a YouTube video of KCJ doing a reunion concert at Gray Chapel at Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, Ohio). Here's the description from YouTube. Looks like they are from Ohio...
Jan 21, 2010 The Kansas City Jammers reunited Jan. 16 to perform in Gray Chapel at Ohio Wesleyan University.
This video shows highlights of the bands concert. Members Jasey Schnaars (OWU Class of 1972), Geoff Grief and Bullet Bob Thompson (both OWU Class of 1971) decided to reunite after their early 1970s album gained popularity on the Internet. In April, the Jammers plan to auction a private concert on eBay, with proceeds going to Ohio Wesleyan.
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Black Kangaroo by Peter Kaukonen. He is Jorma's little brother and only released one full studio album, but it is INCREDIBLE!
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@jrosemd: Yeah, Greetings From Planet Love is one of the most amazing albums I’ve ever heard (I nominated it earlier in the thread), and by far the best parody of Psychedelic music ever done. Very creative, and spot on. Andrew Gold was a very talented guy, but not a real pleasant one (I made his acquaintance in the late-90’s). Though the album is the work of Andrew, the album is officially credited to "The Fraternal Order Of The All", a name perfectly suiting the album ;-) .
Sorry @slaw, CD only. I doubt VMP will be issuing THIS album on LP!
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The Headboys eponymously titled album.
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"Pure" by The Golden Palominos
Obscure to me anyways.
They released a dozen or more albums and were known for never having a consistant "sound". They were headed by a drummer and most members played a few months or years...being rotated out.
This album, released in 1994, sounds like a 70's, psychedelic, porno movie score. For some reason I really like it.
"Pure", "No Skin" ... and the following tracks on through the end of the album are great.
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Hirth Martinez: Big Bright Street
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Bruce Willis return of Bruno
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Andrew Gold - Greetings from Planet Love - Fraternal Oder of the All.
Each song sounds like a different supergroup: Beatles, Beach Boys,
Byrds, The Doors. Absolutely brilliant,.
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Not really sure. One source says they were from Ohio, another one says they performed in MD. I heard one of the band members taught at UMD for a while. But again, not much out there about them. Good album, though. And it is on Qobuz.
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@16f4 - Where in MD are they from? I'm asking because I'm originally from Silver Spring....
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Can’t stop listening to Watertown by Sinatra (1970) the past few weeks.
It’s more akin to Lou Reed’s Berlin than what most think of in regards to Sinatra.
Bob Gaudio (‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You’ - and many other Four Seasons hits - ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More’ by The Walker Brothers among his many songwriting credits) and Jake Holmes (‘Dazed and Confused,’ one of the many songs Jimmy Page plagiarized in his career) are the songwriters.
Simultaneously sounding like Scott Walker late-‘60s pop-rock and every bit Frank Sinatra, it is a Berlin-esque “concept” album (but much more focused and linear in its narrative than Berlin) that chronicles a small-town, middle class guy’s life after his wife leaves him and their two young boys to go live in the big city.
Insanely great music, tremendous lyrics, and an ‘actor’ as good as any at completely inhabiting the role to the marrow, Sinatra. Empathy, dignity, beauty, it’s all there. It’s amazing that he was so willing to make such a dramatic departure, and have it sound like not a departure at all. What an artist.
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McDonald and Giles.
King Crimson vets. Bailed to make their own album...
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I think if Frank Zappa and Kiss and maybe steely Dan had a kid it would be THE TUBES. I'm thinking of Zappas humor and irreverence with Kiss stage theatrics with some fine smooth and tight musicianship of Steely Dan. The album; NOW. Released 1977. Strung out on Strings, Hit Parade and a cover of Sinatra's This Town... Gooood and Snappy
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We can’t forget Tom Lehrer, That Was The Year That Was.
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Pete Townshend Secret Policeman’s Ball
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Kansas City Jammers - Got Good If You Get It
Kinda hard to find but worth it. A local Maryland band from the early ‘70s, and this their only album. But it sounds so polished.
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The Hindu Love Gods eponymously named album. Warren Zevon backed b REM in a rather “relaxed” state laying down some standards in remarkable form. Really informal and never intended for release and all the better for it. Both Warren and REM show what they can really do when they cut loose.
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I'll throw one more down- Brian Davison, Every Which Way- it sounds like early Traffic, blues shouter, rock, jazz. The U.S. Mercury pressing is fine and shouldn't cost big. Davison was the drummer for The Nice and put this one and done together after Keith Emerson left to go to ELP. It is from the period, has the mojo and sounds good.
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@mitchagain - I got to see Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar a few weeks ago backing Lyle Lovett here at ACL in Austin. I knew them from the old days, it was great to hear them. Still in top form.
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@wmbray123
That Hot Tuna album (first) is not only great music, but the remastered edition with all of the tape his s removed should really be on everyone's list of demonstration discs. Jack Casady's bass is the best sounding and most realistic bass that I have ever heard on my system. I listen to it frequently.
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"Terence Boylan" and "Suzy" - Terence Boylan
Musical guests and top session players includes: Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Steve Luthaker, Jeff Pocaro, Don Henley, Tomothy B Schmit, Don Felder, Jeff Gordon, Victor Feldman, Jeff Baxter, Donald Fagen, Larry Carlton, Dean Parks, Chuck Rainey, Jay Graydon, John Klemmer, Max Bennett, John Guerin and Al Kooper.
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@Almosthome
Thanks for the reminder about The Mark-Almond Band. Can't believe I forgot about them.
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@wmbray123
Thumbs up on Astral Weeks. Much better album overall than Moondance.
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This should not be obscure but may not be widely heard by the general public: Astral Weeks by Van Morrison. Another favorite of mine, Hot Tuna, with Hesitation Blues. It was recorded live and at one point you can hear a glass breaking!
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Adrian Belew Young Lions....Randy Newman Good Old Boys an absolute masterpiece from start to finish
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To The Heart - Mark-Almond Band
Be careful - that is Billy Cobham on the skins and there are runs on this album that will blow you away. I'm on my third copy and still looking for one more...
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THE WORD OF LIFE FURTHER AHEAD
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Lots to choose from, these come to mind at the moment since I’m listening to Trentemoller right now…
Trentemoller - Late Night Tales
Bonobo - Late Night Tales
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
Trifonic - Emergence
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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
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