Your Favorite Album No Ones Else Knows

[Amerpie]

We all have a CD (or LP or tape) we bought somewhere, maybe at a concert, maybe at a yard sale or a concert, that just blows us away. When we talk about to others, they look uncomfortable and find reasons to move away from us. That's why we are the elite and they are Philistine pagans.

Please list your qualifying album and where you got it.

Mine is "Live at the Gate of Horn" by Gibson and Camp, a folk album. I downloaded it after reading a biography of Phil Ochs, who worked with Bob Gibson before coming to NYC.

[americanstranger]

1. 'Your Cool Mystery' by Garry Christian.

UK release. Like Seal, only more soulful and rootsy.

An amazing record.

-as

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Peter Sarstedt.

The Peter Sarstedt Collection.

Purchased from amazon.com.

[arcane1]

3. Skyclad's "Irrational Anthems" and "Prince of the Poverty Line"

folk metal doesn't get much notice from my friends, it's their loss... some of the best populist lyrics in music, IMHO

[Insider]

4. donald byrd - a new perspective

love it, love it, love it.
elijah
beast of burden
cristo redentor
the black disciple
chant

[Insider]

6. iyanla vanzant: in the meantime

motivational compilation w/narrative. right on target for inspiration & reflection. kick ass soulful music.

[hellbound-liberal]

5. The Butterfly's Ball and The Grasshopper's Feast by Roger Glover

and a host of other Deep Purple/Rainbow members. Ronnie James Dio was excellent!

[VOX]

7. The Ansley Dunbar Retaliation...

He latter drummed with Zappa, but his first band-album came out in 1968, I think (right after he played with the Bluesbreakers).

Terrific album. CD is now out-of-print.

[VolcanoJen]

8. "Avalon" by Roxy Music.

:D

[bif]

33. I know that one--It was hugely popular

Back in the mid 70s.

[Whitacre D_WI]

96. No it wasn't

Avalon was released in 1982.

It was very popular among the art-rock crowd, though.

[MissMillie]

87. I know it well too

In fact, just listened to it this week. Good stuff.

[Kahuna]

9. Kid Creole and the Coconuts.. Don't have the title at hand..

but it has the song, "No More Casual Sex." It's a kick ass joint that no one in my immediate acquaintance is familiar with.

[Richardo]

50. Does that have "Party Party Weekend" on it?

I like that tune!

[SnohoDem]

10. Bill Nelson's Red Noise

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Doesn't Count!

I know that album. So, it's not an album nobody else knows! I also agree that it's a really good album. I was a big fan of BeBop Deluxe, and followed Nelson after that.

We share good taste, huh?
The Professor

[XNASA]

29. Professor. You never told me that you were a BeBop DeLuxe fan.

I vaguely remember listening to the album "Sunburst Finish". But I seem to recall that I liked it a lot. At the time.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Not The Kind Of Thing. . .

. . .that comes up in normal conversation. I bought the first album in about 1974 or so. Had about 5 of their albums. Then followed Nelson's solo career. Kind of lost touch, though, around the late 90's. I think he's still recording on the label owned by Fripp, Belew, et al. (Sorry, can't think of the name of it right now.) He's on a label compilation disc called "Sometimes God Smiles" at least two songs.
The Professor

[SnohoDem]

36. Well then Prof,

have you heard Vistamix?

or Optimism?

or Love that Whirls?

None of which sound like BBD or Red Noise.

I think he has a small, but very devoted following.

http://www.billnelson.com/start.htm

[TrogL]

11. anything by Larry Fast aka. Synergy

[bif]

34. Electronica? Sort of a pre-new age group?

I think I have a couple of their LPs.

[AspenRose]

12. Osibisa - Wayaya

circa 1971

My parents played it a lot, so it reminds me of my childhood.

http://www.osibisa.co.uk/

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

13. there are so many..ok...Weddings Partys Anything..They Where Better Live

...the bands farewell concert in their hometown of Melbourne, oz. two album CD.

I only have three albums by these guys and they are the tops!

[catzies]

14. Royksopp. Melody A.M.

Norwegian orchestral trip-hop. Import.

[AGiordino]

15. New York Stories - Danny Gatton

Joshua Redman
Roy Hargrove
Yusef Israel
Wheel within a wheel

[woofless]

16. Shawn Phillips - Furthermore

Santana - Caravanserai
Santana and John McLaughlin I forget the title but one side is "A Love Supreme" that is awesome.

[chiburb]

28. Did you know that "Furthermore" is....

Shawn's favorite too? He told me that in 1988...
You must have good taste!

[woofless]

38. No I didn't!

That is way cool. I have loved this man for many years. I have quite a few of his albums on vinyl and they get worked. The range and timbre of his voice is fantastic. I know few if any folks who listen to him. Thanks for the info.

Woof

55. the McLaughlin album is Love Devotion Surrender

with Billy Cobham and Larry Young also on it.

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. Ego Summit "The Room Isn't Big Enough"

[Misunderestimator]

18. Sinéad Lohan - No Mermaid

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

19. Fez Morrocco Music Festival

Actually 7 CDs, which I bought online. This festival has been going on for a while, and features Jews, Muslims, and Christians singing and chanting sacred music to show that people of the Book can, indeed, get along.

[geniph]

20. Standing In the Shadows of Motown

the soundtrack album to the documentary. Incredible!

[cprise]

21. The Pennsylvania Sessions - by Joe Mar'c Brother

http://www.joemarcsbrother.com/music.htm

[Commendatori]

22. Riot: Fire Down Under

[Gothic Sponge]

39. Great album!

[EstimatedProphet]

23. Sackcloth n' Ashes-16Horsepower

Really interesting stuff-very dark and mean-spirited

[Beware the Beast Man]

25. "Blues for the Red Sun"- Kyuss

Classic stoner-rock disc- Josh Homme & Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age were originally in this band.

[bif]

26. The Harmonic Choir-"Hearing Solar Winds"

Here's a description:

An extended choral work made from Hoomi singing of western Mongolia and the overtone chanting of Tantric Buddhism. Spectacular shimmering surfaces (overtones from clusters of fundamentals beating against each other) and other effects. Some titles are "Multiplying Voices at the Heart of the Body of Sound," "Gravity Waves" and "Rainbow Voice." — "Blue" Gene Tyranny

[Ricdude]

27. Lord Tracy: Deaf Gods Of Babylon, n/t

[Forkboy]

30. Melt Banana - Cell Scape

[XNASA]

31. "The Off-White Album" - Martin Newell

[RandomKoolzip]

35. 76% Uncertain, 'Hunka Hunka Burnin' Log"

Unless you were involved with the Connecticut hardcore scene of the late 80's, you have NO idea who 76% Uncertain were. They stretched the boundaries of hardcore, using three guitars playing harmony lines, almost choral vocal harmonies, semi-prog song structures, and a goofy sense of humor.

Probably my favorite album of all time.

[oustemnow]

63. Join the Coffee Achievers!

76% Uncertain were, indeed, pretty great.

[mitchum]

37. "Night Lights" by Elliot Murphy

"Diamonds By The Yard" is particularly beautiful
Also:
"Goodbye To All That" by Low And Sweet Orchestra

Didn't list any John Fahey or Gun Club, since their work is very well-known (at least to cultists with good taste)

[bearfan454]

40. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

from 1972, I'm old.

[Richardo]

51. I just got that on CD this week!

I did not realize how much I missed that album.

"Dirty Work", "Reelin in the Years", every track except "Do It Again" which for some reason I never liked (overplay in the 70s?)

[bearfan454]

52. Yes when I am there I love playing that album(but CD nowadays)

It still rocks.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

67. unknown?...that was a standout LP.;.....

All kinds of great tunes off that baby.....

[Gothic Sponge]

41. I Love You

An early 90's college band.

[Bonhomme Richard]

42. Alan Mills - Sea Shanties................

I'm not kidding.

[Kid_A]

43. The "Batman Forever" Soundtrack. Seriously.

Save for some filler crap, it's a really good CD. U2, Massive Attack, The Flaming Lips, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Method Man, Mazzy Star, etc. I bought when it came out just for the cheesy Seal song, but I unearthed it a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised.

[Burma Jones]

44. Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band

Released on Warner Bros, 1978


Tracks with Lyrics:

http://members.aol.com/geekox3/root1.htm



Favorite unknown single: Don Alfonso by Mike Oldfield

[oustemnow]

65. I actually bought that album in the used vinyl bin about a month ago

Cost me a buck, and well worth it. When I was a kid I thought "Party Till You Puke" was hilarious, but lsitening to it as an adult the whole album is pretty great.

[blindpig]

89. outstanding choice

That band was tons of fun live if Root Boy didn't pass out.

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. "Unreleased" Toby Redd.

It's a great album.

[regularguy]

46. Ben Vaughn - Dressed in Black

[Dan-W]

47. Everyone knows this one, but I don't care.....

Captain Beyond. (circa 1971). That is all.

[SnohoDem]

48. I used to have "Sufficiently Breathless"

but I loaned it to someone:cry:

[Dan-W]

85. Last time I looked, Amazon.com had them. n/t.

[curse10]

49. "How High the Moon...Live at the Viper Room" Masters of Reality

brilliant fucking album

[Philostopher]

53. "Rise And Shine"

An album by a band called The Bears, composed of a trio of Cincinnati musicians who also played as psychodots, and Adrian Belew.

They did three albums, and have toured as The Bears in recent years, but nothing of theirs ever really 'did it' for me like "Rise And Shine". It's been out of print for a decade, I don't know if they'll ever reissue it or press it on CD. Possibly, since they occasionally still record as The Bears.

[BigBigBear]

93. I saw them in concert

a few times in Denver - outstanding.

"Superboy" and "Pay No Attention (To the Man Behind The Curtain)".

I've been a Belew fans for years - I've also interviewed him four or five times, at least once for one of those Bears gigs.

Terrific band - can't remember that big fella's name on 2nd guitar.

[sniffa]

54. 'the way of the vaseLines' - the vaseLines

f'n awesome aLbum.

56. Benzaiten by Osamu Kitajima

http://www.eastquest.com/disc2.htm

looks like it is out of print according to this site

They've got him listed as new age. Maybe his later stuff is, but Benzaiten certainly isn't.
Might be kind of similar to how Steve Hillage turned new age.

[Beaker]

57. Guadalcanal Diary- "Jamboree"

it used to be available ONLY on vinyl, but now they've come out with a 2-record cd, with this album, as well as "walking in the shadow of the big man" (btw- "big" in this case has two syllables).



if you like early r.e.m., you'll love guadalcanal diary.

[mitchum]

59. I have a friend who was looking for a copy of their "2 X 4" album...

but was hesitant to pay the $40 asking price. I took a walk downtown and found him a pristine copy for $5 (easy to do in Athens)

You're right; they were a very good band

[Beaker]

60. Athens was a GREAT music town of the 80's...

what were(or weren't) they putting in the water back then...?

R.E.M.
B-52's
Guadalcanal Diary
Love Tractor

am i forgetting any?

[Dogmudgeon]

75. And Pylon

No Rock and Roll -- STOP!

--bkl

[ACK]

80. Pylon - That is good stuff.

I loved road trips to Athens oh the 40 watt club was great.

[Dogmudgeon]

74. You're not the only one

I've been a big GCD fan since "Bi-ig Man" and their single of Kumbaya.

A snowstorm hit Philly when they were playing once; only half a dozen people showed up for the gig. I had the wonderful opportunity of hanging out with them, and spent half the night chatting with Murray and Rhett about gnosticism and the revival of "Southern Gothic" literature.

Great buncha guys, all of 'em.

--bkl

[ArkDem]

58. Hold to a Dream - New Grass Revival

[Ellen Forradalom]

61. Tie: Mayo Thompson, "Corky's Debt to His Father" and ..

Hatfield and the North's eponymous record.

[ronzo]

62. Mirrors of Embarrassment

from the 'Aquarium Rescue Unit'

Out of print... will burn CDs for blanks/postage. Message me if interested.

:toast:

[FDRrocks]

64. "Cell-Scape" by Melt Banana

They aren't exactly unknown, but they are so obscure you cannot even find thier lyrics anywhere online. Go figure. Amazing shit. Japanese spaz-hardcore-punk with this crazy girl that sounds like a barking poodle at the helm. It really DOES grow on you.

[Forkboy]

78. Hey,that was my pick too!

If you haven't gotten the lyrics I strongly advise actually purchasing the CD (not a thing I advise lightly).It has the lyrics,and when you read along with the music your head will explode at the coolness of it all.She really is saying things and not just barking :)

The things that guy does with his guitar blow me away.I've been listening to music for 30 years and he's doing some things I've never heard before.

I would definately consider them the best punk band going right now."Charlie" and "Teeny Shiny" are great to.

Needless to say,I approve of your fine taste :D

[FDRrocks]

81. Check this link out:

http://www.skingraftrecords.com/sgtv.html

Theres a link to a Realplayer stream of a full Melt Banana concert there. It's pretty badass.

[Forkboy]

88. Cool link!

I just saw them last month oppening for Fantomas and they were excellent.

Thanks for that link,I'm gonna watch that later :)

[tkmorris]

66. "Makin' Music"- Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

68. "The Bobs" first album

[FizzFuzz]

83. HEY! I think I may be looking for that one; the song "Killer Bees"

The bees
The bees
The killer bees are coming.

They always buzz,
Never hummmmm

The godless Marxist BEEEES!

[Doctor_J]

69. David Lynn Jones - Mixed Emotions

There's a s/s from Bexar, AR called Davd Lynn Jones who made 4 incredible albums in 1988-1994. Somewhere between country & rock, he never caught on like Earle, but I have all four of them and they are just great. the best of the bunch is 1992's Mixed Emotions, a collection nearly the equal of Copperhead Road - some rock & roll, a couple country songs, and two very opinionated tunes about Gulf War I. Listening to Jones is like going to church.

BTW, I have "Live At The Gate Of Horn" as well. That too is a fine album. I am a big fan of Mr. Gibson's. Saw him several times in concert (I have lived in the Chicago area almost my entire 47 years). He left us way too soon.

[PittPoliSci]

70. Melt Banana - Scratch or Stitch

INSANE.

[AmandaRuth]

71. Rank n' File - Sundown

[indigo32]

72. Dar Williams - the Green World

[Fight_n_back]

73. Smallcreeps Day

by

Mike Rutherford

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

76. Richard Buckner..."Since"....

Thiss album owes alot to the session folkls supporting Buckner. But its a real classic if you are into the alt.country or retro folk-rock sound.


Some real gems on this baby...like Jewelbomb and The Ocean Cliff Clearing and Brief and Boundless and the very Ralph Stanlyeseque The Night Will Bury You......

[Dogmudgeon]

77. 28th Day

An eponymous album. I think it was the only one they put out. It has been re-released on CD with some of their singles.

Barbara Manning came from that band -- it also morphed into The Downsiders.

Cole Marquis was, at one time, one of my roommates when I lived out west. Much as I like pimping for my friends' projects, this one is a slam-dunk. It was one of the best albums of its time, period, and producer Russ Tolman continues to get pats on the back for it. Cole is a brilliant guy, and he was into performing both improvisational comedy and music. Music eventually commanded more of his attention. He learned to play guitar faster than anyone I've ever known, progressing from fumbling through chord charts to guitar-wizard level in about two years, which is even faster than my brother did.

Do yourself a favor and get the album. 20 years of musical history haven't put a dent in it -- it still sounds like today's nightmares, hopes, and struggles bound up and transmuted into a series of songs.

--bkl

[BigBigBear]

79. Jurassic Shift

by Ozric Tentacles

[flamingyouth]

82. Droogs Anthology

runner-up would be their EP "Heads Examined"

[kodi]

84. kim richey, self named album.

heard "every river" from it first on the World Cafe public radio show as i was driving thru west texas after a week running bleaching trials at a big textile factory.

i stopped the car as soon as the song ended on as flat a stretch of land as God ever made just to get my briefcase out of the trunk so i could grab pen and paper to write down the name and artist of the song.

i met her the next year in charlotte at the hotel where we both staying when she was to appear at the double door and gave her one of my tie dyed shirts which she wore for the show.

great album, with the very best session players in nashville backing her up.

[welshTerrier2]

97. Glimmer

I really like her too ...

i think her album called "Glimmer" is her best ...

[MissMillie]

86. Blue Jays

Justin Hayward and John Lodge.

It's the best album the Moody Blues never made.

[TroubleMan]

90. "Return of the Boom Bap" by KRS-One

nt.

[Servo300]

91. Bachman-Turner-Bachman (as "Brave Belt" with Chad Allen)

Sort of a precursor to BTO and The Guess Who

Had some really great songs - sort of mellow, a little closer to the style of the Guess Who than BTO.

[rbnyc]

92. Right now it's "Let's Skip the Details" by My Dad is Dead

But my all time favorite album, known by few, is "Sky Motel" by Kristin Hersh.

[Forkboy]

95. Not only have I heard of My Dad Is Dead

I got all thier stuff and listen frequently.Good music :thumbsup:

[Catshrink]

94. Classic Meets Cuba

by the Klazz Brothers and Cuba Percussion

Mambozart, Carmen Cubana, even the first movement of Beethoven's 5th with a Cuban flair. Awesome!

[OnionPatch]

98. Extreme Beings of Leisure........

I think they only made one album, a few years back. But it's awesome!

Oops, edited because I forgot to say where I got it:
My brother-in-law is a bigwig at that recording company and he gave it to us along with some other demos.