Your favorite obscure song


What song in your music inventory do you consider a barely known hidden gem? Like a well kept secret know only to a few that you can listen to over and again.

For me it's 'Roads to Moscow' from Al Stewart's 'Past Present and Future' album.

The music, the lyrics, the story it tells is- to be just slightly hyperbolic- brilliant.

Check it out, especially if your a WW2 history buff.

Thank you for your attention on this matter.😁

thecarpathian

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The great Chris Whitley-- first released on vinyl by Classic Records, one of the few albums that Michael Hobson released as a first recording, not a reissue:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y85fXmbNm7Q 

Go to track 8

Trixie Whitley, Chris' daughter, who did some great recordings with Daniel Lanois, she eventually left the States, went back to Belgium. This is from her tour, released as a studio EP, 1,000 copies. This one is live, from Ghent:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odG0iwEx4_k

Cressida- Asylum- Munich-- from the original Vertigo Swirl catalog-- this is a rare record as an OG UK pressing. Influenced Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ht2ZipB_sA

Patto, second album, Hold Your Fire, Vertigo Swirl, not easy to find, with the great Ollie Halsall on guitar: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCZ8ahuRFVc

Sorry, but a lot of the previous songs are hardy obscure. Here's one- Bob Daisley before he moved to England--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcEx1iaFT8

A rare lounge act lo-fi collectible that was also recently reissued, Dream Queen by Bobby Hamilton, scroll down to the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVuRDijTN78

Late night chill. 

Jothan Callins- private label - was an educator in Birmingham, Alabama, studied under Nathan Davis- this is a one and done, pretty rare but was recently reissued. I cannot speak to the reissue, the OG is good sounding: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iry-KVpwbyw

My apologies to those of you who are contributing to this thread - my remarks were arrogant and condescending, which is normally not my style.