Music lovers: who's in your collection that's not in anyone else's?

[NightWatcher]

Who's on your iPod, iPhone, or other mass storage device that isn't on anyone else's?

I'll go first. Colin Hay, Overkill

[Scuba]

1. Most of my "storage devices" are vinyl...

... wonder how many have Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Ellen McIlwayne, Deadly Nightshade and Scarlette Rivera???

[dogknob]

34. GET OFF MY LAWN!

I know. It's sad. I used to have a large vinyl collection, but for various reasons including but not limited to storage space, I don't anymore.

All I've heard of Rivera's playing is with Dylan on "Desire." Can you recommend a good record of hers?

[Scuba]

52. I had to look. I have two of her albums ...

Scarlet Rivera and Scarlet Fever, acquired back in the late 70's. I also have Desire where she backs up Dylan.

I've got a Poppa John Creech album or two somewhere in those stacks also, for fiddle lovers.

[IcyPeas]

39. OMG Scarlet Rivera

I don't have her on my player, but I did see her live years (I mean years) ago playing in San Francisco during her Bob Dylan years -- Mozambique album.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. Gentle Giant - Words From the Wise

From the album Giant For a Day, their supposed worst and most sell-out-ish album.

I love this one just about as much as anything else in their discography. It was prog pop (Yes' 90125, Genesis' eponymous 1983 album with Mama and That's All on it, among others) which catapulted me into a fanaticism with prog rock.

Oh, and to the OP, I also have been nuts about Colin Hay and Men At Work since they broke on the scene in '82.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

32. Never heard Gentle Giant before, but heard OF them-

Sounds like kind of a Yes-meets-Jethro Tull.

[EastTennesseeDem]

3. The Twilight Sad

Heading up to Chicago in March to see them.

[FSogol]

4. 9353, Death Piggy, and The Prevaricators

[WhoIsNumberNone]

16. Death Piggy!!!!

I was living in Richmond around the time they mutated into GWAR. Never heard them but used to see their flyers around on telephone poles...

[FSogol]

54. Yup, a good friend lived in Richmond and we'd alternate weekends hanging out in the

DC and Richmond hardcore scenes. Recommend "Whipping 'round the Bay" by Death Piggy. (You can hear it on Grooveshark grooveshark.com ) PS. GWAR stank.

[justiceischeap]

5. Sorry, have that one!

Try again. One of my favorites albums!

[dogknob]

6. The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other

Van Der Graaf Generator

[dogknob]

9. And of course...

Skotoseme -- Diamanda Galas & John Paul Jones

I was at this concert.

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[OriginalGeek]

12. now THAT makes me jealous

I had to wait until his Zooma tour to see JPJ live. He is a master. Of everything.

[Initech]

7. About 80% of my collection.

A few highlights:

Dream Theater
Symphony X
Dio
Black Sabbath (Ozzy)
Black Sabbath (Dio)
Iron Maiden
Devin Townsend Band
Eagles Of Death Metal
Faith No More
Flogging Molly
Frank Zappa
Funkadelic
Parliament
James Brown
Jane's Addiction
John Frusciante
King Crimson
Manu Chao
Opeth
Mr. Bungle
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
No Man
Porcupine Tree

[pipi_k]

19. I have some of those

Dio
Black Sabbath (Dio)
James Brown

[WhoIsNumberNone]

20. I have several of those

Black Sabbath (Ozzy)
Frank Zappa
Iron Maiden
King Crimson
James Brown
Jane's Addiction

Been meaning to pick up some Parliament/Funkadelic some time... have to remember next time I'm in the used record store.

[Initech]

24. I'm a huge P-Funk fan.

I went through a period where I had to get every George Clinton album I could get my hands on - that was not easy!

[OriginalGeek]

40. I have something by all of those except

Manu Chao and No Man.


So I better go see about some Manu Chao and No Man.


Devin Townsend was brilliant the last time I saw him.

I'm sad I haven't been to P-Funk show yet. Hopefully George won't quit before I get a chance.

[Initech]

140. You get your money's worth at a P-Funk show.

I saw them live a couple years ago in San Diego - they started at 9:00, at 2:00AM they were still going strong. That was epic.

Devin Townsend kicks ass too. I havent heard and of his new material lately - I need to check it out.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

131. I have a few of those

Dream Theater
Iron Maiden
Devin Townsend Band (and all his other incarnations)
Faith No More
Flogging Molly
Frank Zappa
Jane's Addiction
Mr. Bungle

[Initech]

141. I do love the metal. And Mike Patton kicks ass too.

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

147. Patton is amazing.

He can sing anything. And after all that he has done, he goes and produces an album like "Mondo Cane" full of Italian pop songs from the 50s and 60s. His Italian's pretty good too, he's only got a slight accent.

About two years ago he did a free concert in a piazza in Florence; unfortunately I only found out about it the next day...

The only singer I'd put on the same level as Patton is Devin Townsend.

[OriginalGeek]

10. Sorry, Colin is in mine too

and particularly for that song. I heard him do it with just an acoustic guitar on a radio interview a few years ago and he blew me away. I've loved Men at Work for a long time though so it isn't a surprise I would find Colin's post MaW versions delicious.


I wonder if I'm the only one here who has Pungent Stench - For God Your Soul....For Me Your Flesh. The whole album.

But it's probably not fair of me to include obscure underground metal...actually, not that obscure amongst the metal community but probably in polite company.


I bet I'm not the only one who has songs "Tank!" and "The Real Folk Blues" from the anime series Cowboy Bebop. I love those songs.


I bet there are fewer who have anything by Unknown Hinson

(Although more might recognize him as the voice of Early Cuyler on Squidbillies)

[deucemagnet]

11. The Sheila Divine and Glueleg

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[cliffordu]

13. Buddy Fite.

look him up.

[justiceischeap]

14. Jill Sobule - Pink Pearl

This is Mexican Wrestler

[sakabatou]

15. I have Colin too

I have... Gackt.

[AsahinaKimi]

121. Gackto sama is fantastic

And yes I have him on my ipod. Check out my selection down post!

[WhoIsNumberNone]

17. I think the list would be shorter if I listed what WAS on other people's players...

All Mighty Senators
Foggy Notion
Snow Bud & the Flower People
New Carrollton
sHEAVY
Man or Astro Man?
Moist Boyz
The Melvins
The Macc Lads
16 Horsepower
MC 900ft Jesus
Whale
Limbomaniacs
Afro-Celt Sound System
Geezer
The Goats
Greasball Boogie Band (Ok- just one track I ripped from an old 45)
Compression
Frodus

[limpyhobbler]

25. sorry I've got Man or Astro Man, and The Melvins

[waveformblue]

133. MC 900-Foot Jesus

"When the City Sleeps" is a spooky ride.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

139. Adventures in Failure is my fav on that album

[pipi_k]

18. From "Spirit of the Redman"....

Also...

And...

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[BrendaBrick]

36. Tell ya what pipa_k: I'll see your Troglodyte (Cave Man) and raise ya...

an Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces:

[pipi_k]

74. Got it!

I was a teenager when that one came out



OK so I'll see your Small Faces "Itchycoo Park" and raise you:

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My dad actually had this album when I was a kid and the song is in my music library


****

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[OriginalGeek]

41. Fish heads is by Barnes and Barnes

One of the Barnes is Bill Mumy - Will Robinson from Lost in Space.

Used to hear that on Dr. Demento all the time in my yute.

[pipi_k]

75. Huh...

didn't know that about Billy Mumy being one of the Barnes...

anyway, yeah...Dr Demento...

loved his compilations

[OriginalGeek]

83. I couldn;t even begin to count

how many times Dr Demento saved my sanity. Escape into the radio probably saved me a lot of trouble with a step-father from hell...

[Whisp]

21. China Crisis - Working with fire and steel

[IcyPeas]

43. I saw China Crisis opening up for Simple Minds in the 80s. I have the african and while vinyl /eom

the 80s for me were the good old days.

[Whisp]

51. O Superman

[progressoid]

87. I used to have that on vinyl.

Lost it a long time ago but have since downloaded it. Big Science is my favorite LP of hers. Mister Heartbreak is probably comes in second.

[Arugula Latte]

96. I've got that one, too, and some other China Crisis

Black Man Ray, etc.

[Whisp]

113. I play it a few times a year still.

The one with Fire & Steel is the only one I have.

Like it really loud while doing housework.

I can't recall how I found them, must have been a friend's recommend.

[HeiressofBickworth]

22. I found it in a thrift store

and it was in beta format. I had it transferred to a cassette. I need to figure out how to get it transferred to a CD or up-loaded or something.

It's called DisinHAIRited. It's a collection of Ragni/Rado/McDermot songs, sung by the same singers as on the soundtrack of Hair. When played together, they are obviously from the same production.

I play them at least once a year, maybe twice. Still love the music and the words.

[dmallind]

23. "Anybody's" is pushing it a bit but on the obscurer side

Charles-Valentin Alkan - who out-Liszted Liszt before he became too withdrawn to play publicly
Alberic Magnard - the French Bruckner
Josef Suk - Dvorak's son in law for a reason
Nikolai Medtner - the thinking man's Rachmaninov
Ole Bull - the love-child of Grieg and Paganini.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

33. I know about Josef Suk.

Do you know about his grandson the violinist, Josef Suk, who died recently?
Until recently, he had made the only recording of the Dvorak Violin Sonata available, on Supraphon, of course.

I got introduced to the Dvorak Violin Sonata (manuscript for playing) back about 1979 and I could not believe how obscure it was. A lovely piece.

I know about Ole Bull too.

Remember the old guy named Nyreghazi that got famous when he was 95 or so for his piano playing?

Yes I am a classical freak.

[dmallind]

62. If you're a string guy the only interest in the others would be Alkan's Cello Sonata

It's a hybrid of Romantic and Modern really that stretches but does not break diatonic and chromatic boundaries.

If you are a fan of Romantic era pianism though, both Alkan (more virtuosic but still lyrical) and Medtner (more lyrical but still virtuosic) are must have's. Preludes in all major and minor keys and the 3rd and 4th Sonatas respectively are the showstoppers. Hamelin's versions are recommended for the latter.

Magnard, obviously given the Bruckner reference, is one for sweeping orchestral grandeur. Weird bit of trivia - he, a Frenchman, chose to stay behind and fight an invading German army unit single handed when escape was not difficult. Who knows how much more he could have produced had he not, since the predictable fatality ensued.

I do have a few Suk Quartet recordings with Josef's descendant leading them yep, but confess never heard of the nonagenarian pianist.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

94. found him on wikipedia.

Ervin Nyiregyhazi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervin_Ny%C3%ADregyh%C3%A1zi

1903-1987. They released a record and he was briefly famous in the 1970s.

[JimGinPA]

26. I've Got A Few Obscure Albums...

Silver Apples
Spur
Cheryl Dilcher
Fanny
Larry Carlton
Shannon Curfman
Tal Wilkenfeld


to name a few.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

30. Spur the DC punk band?

[JimGinPA]

59. No...

A local band circa the late 60's from around St. Louis.

[limpyhobbler]

27. Anybody have these?

Mika Miko?

Tribe ?

[Tikki]

76. "Misty's Song"...on my iPOD next to the Digimon tamers theme..

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Grandkids and all..
This song was posted in response to a POKEMON song posted a few entries below...
Tikki

[Ptah]

28. Jo Serrapere

http://www.joserrapere.com/page-music.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. The Sixteen, Rolf Lislevand, Emma Kirkby, The Rose Ensemble,

the Huelgas Ensemble, Blue Heron, Fretwork, Stile Antico, I Fagiolini, the Tallis Scholars.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

107. Ha, I've got The Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars and I Fagiolini

as well as Savae, Capella Romana, the Yale Slavic Chorus, and the New College Choir of Oxford.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

110. Well, YOU would!

Do you have the recording by I Fagiolini of Tallis' Spem in alium and the Striggio Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"? Really splendid stuff. Bet you don't have the most awesome performance of Schein's "Israelis Bruennlein" by Ensemble Vocal Europeen.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

114. No, I have to admit that I don't have the Schein

but I have literally hundreds of classical CDs, most of which are on my iPhone.

Right now I'm using my "Practice" playlist to relearn the B Minor Mass and learn the new music for the May concert: Walton's "Coronation Te Deum" and Elgar's "Great is the Lord."

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

115. We will have to compare iPhones

when we meet for dinner. I'm in the process of learning a Schein piece, a movement from the Monteverdi Vespers, as well as this stuff:
http://www.thegregoriansingers.org/The_Gregorian_Singers/Programs.html

[Lydia Leftcoast]

116. Let's see, of those I know

Sicut cervus, Jesu Grant Me This I Pray, Jesu Dulcis Memoria, and Sing My Soul His Wond'rous Love.

We're doing the Allegri Miserere and excerpts from the Byrd Mass for Five Voices, and O Lord the Maker of All Thing for Ash Wednesday.

[trusty elf]

148. I played on that Schein record.

[IMG][/IMG]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

149. Really? Cool!! What do you play?

Love your photo, BTW.

[trusty elf]

150. There were four instruments accompanying the singers on that record;

lute, organ, cello and double bass. I played the lute.

Glad you enjoyed the photo!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

151. Awesome! That's a wonderful recording. How'd you get that gig?

I'm in a small choral ensemble that has performed a couple of these pieces (we even had a lutenist for one of them).

Since you are a lutenist I'm sure you're familiar with Rolf Lislevand and the recording Diminuito. Gorgeous stuff.

[trusty elf]

154. I used to play quite a lot with Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent.

How nice that you're in an vocal ensemble. There's so much gorgeous polyphony!

I do know Rolf, though I haven't heard the disc you mentioned.

[hunter]

31. Pokémon Rap...

I ripped it for my kids, in the age of Pokémon. Holy crap, it's on Youtube!

I've also got all sorts of stuff I've ripped from old 78's, some handed down from grandparents, plus some old Grateful Dead cassette rips, but nothing special. Like, um, you had to be there.

Had to add this:

[BlueIris]

35. Angie Aparo, Ashley MacIssac, and Meredith Godreau (Gregory & the Hawk.) Black Dub. (Tasty.)

Okay, those aren't really that obscure.

More obscure: the soundtrack to the film Point of No Return (great Nina Simone.) The soundtrack to The Village (bad film, great original score.)

[waveformblue]

134. Sinnerman !

10 years ago, IBM used a different 30-second bit of that song across three television commercials. AFAIK, they aired only in Singapore. I don't remember what they were selling - servers, I think. I Didn't know of Nina Simone before that. Found out only after I searched for "Sinnerman" on WinMX and downloaded it. That's one long tune. IBM could have gotten another dozen commercials out of it.

[RZM]

37. Catherine Wheel

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[IcyPeas]

44. I'll raise your Crank with a Black Metallic

I love this song:

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[RZM]

47. I can do this all night. How about some 'Pain'

CW is my favorite band of all time.

Fun fact. They come from East Anglia, which is the same region the Pilgrims came from

BTW. Did you know that Rob Dickinson is obsessed with cars and and 'Black Metallic' is actually about a car and not a girl? Plus he's the cousin of Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.

[ceile]

98. She's My Friend

Don't meet too many CW fans. Love them sooooo much! Saw them in Houston in the early 90s. Saw Rob Dickinson in 09- beautiful!

[RZM]

102. You really don't meet too many CW fans.

I was lucky enough to see them on their very last tour in 2000, shortly before they broke up. Awesome set. They worked in almost all of my favorites.

CW is a good example of a band that was intended and expected to be a lot bigger, but failed to take advantage of opportunities at the crucial moment. They got a lot of critical praise for 'Chrome' in 1993 and their record company positioned them to break through on their follow up in 1995, 'Happy Days.' They actually got a lot of exposure that year. They opened for Live on their summer arena tour, which was a choice gig. Though Live faded not long after, they were actually one of the biggest rock bands out there in 1995. CW's video was played on MTV and even got the Beavis and Butthead treatment.

Everything was in place for them to break out, but it didn't happen. My theory is that it was because 'Happy Days' turned out to be their worst album. It only had a couple good songs and it was way too long. Though they rebounded with a strong album in 1997, by then it was too late. Their window of opportunity had passed.

If you haven't done so already, you should check out the Catherine Wheel Cover Compilation:

http://www.cwcovercomp.com/

Many of the covers aren't that great and some are downright bizarre. But there are few gems there. My favorite is the piano and voice only version of 'Spin'.

[ceile]

104. I'll check out that compilation.

And even with all the constant touring they still didn't break through. Actually Happy Days is one of favorites by them. Kill My Soul is probably my fave song. But when I really like a band, I find it hard to be objective.

eta: Have you checked any of Rob's solo stuff? Pretty good.

[RZM]

105. I haven't actually bought any of his solo records

I've heard a few tracks from 'Fresh Wine' when it came out and I liked them. Not sure why I never bought the record. Thanks for reminding me

[ceile]

106. He released two versions of Fresh Wine

I have both and the first one is better. The second has 1 or 2 new songs, the order is changed and he remastered a couple of the tracks-like the original versions better.

[Arugula Latte]

97. Me too! I play that one all the time.

Great, great song. I like Crank as well.

[ceile]

99. +1

[jmowreader]

38. GG Allin

Yes, I have "GG Allin and the Jabbers: Banned in Boston."

It is as bad as you'd heard.

[Major Nikon]

42. I bet nobody has this one...

[BrendaBrick]

45. Janis Joplin - Turtle Blues

Would love to know if a live version of this one exists in video? Otherwise, here is surely the next best thing: Janis actually wrote this one and is actually, one of my personal favorites: Enjoy!!!

Though...this is the version I remember most: (Crank it up!)

[IcyPeas]

46. Soft Machine - Moon in June

very trippy song

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[dogknob]

50. I thought everyone had Third n/t

[Son of Gob]

48. Don't Stop Or We'll Die

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[kaitcat]

49. I kinda went on a symphonic metal kick for a while.

Kotiteollisuus
Haggard

Mostly Autumn
Sirenia
Within Temptation

[Iggo]

60. Yay! Happy Metal! Yay!

[kaitcat]

71. lol.

Yeah, I'm a total metalhead. Used to spend a lot of time around drummers here -- www.mikeportnoy.com -- and they really taught me how to prowl around the edges looking for awesome music.

More obscure stuff.

Gojira -- kickass death metal
Beseech, Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes, Nightwish -- more symphonic

Eloy -- Space rock

What about you? Got anything obscure to share?

[OriginalGeek]

78. I saw Gojira in a little club here

that was no more than 30 feet from front of stage to back of hall. One of the most intense 2 hours of my concert going life.


It was a couple years ago when they were on tour opening for Metallica. They had enough time between Metallica shows to pick some clubs near the big concert dates and go play. It was fantastic - all the Gojira, none of the Metallica!


If you have never heard Lykathea Aflame, grab their album "Elvenfris". Pretty unique in the metal world. And you might like Cynic as well - they are always talked about as death metal - mostly because their demos in the late 80s/early 90s were pretty much straight death metal but somewhere between the demos and the release of their first album, "Focus" they got really progressive and technical. My metal friends are mad at them for not being metal enough but I think my metal friends are stupid half the time - Cynic is great band and if you just listen to them as a great band don't worry about what they "should" be you'll have a great time.

I saw Cynic is the same tiny club I saw Gojira in. I love that place!

Never have gotten to see Lykathea Aflame and I think they are even changing their name and working on new material but I hope they come over here some day and play all their stuff.

[Iggo]

81. I listen to both Gojira and Cynic.

Lykathea Aflame is new to me, though.

I'll give them a listen at breaktime. My office can't really handle the metal.

[kaitcat]

91. Oh, yeah, the office. :rolleyes:

I work at home now, but I remember one time the girls were listening to Mariah or one of those tuneless wonders and they were driving me crazy. I asked for a little rock, please, and the supervisor kind of waffled. I threatened to bring in some of my Sepultura and the guitarist who was sitting in the break room took me out for a drink after. He laughed so hard.

How about Type O Negative?

[kaitcat]

103. Both of those were completely righteous. Thank you for sharing.

So let me share Bloodflowerz

Darkwell

Draconian

Edge of Sanity

I'm not into the tweaks for notes shit -- progressive where they compete with each other on how many notes they can pack into a musical bar. It's not what I do. As you can tell, my obscurity is alphabetical.

[whistler162]

53. nope who isn't in my collection.

Andrew Douglas, a world class bagpiper -

[hobbit709]

55. I got a bunch of old blues from the 20's and 30's.

along with some other odds and ends.
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Holy Modal Rounders
60,000,000 Buffalo-The base player is a friend of mine.
The Fugs
and the Dogs At Play-which was more or less the house band at the Armadillo.

and I have a true rarity. R. Crumb's Set My Chickens Free.

[Bonobo]

56. Zainichi Funk

[progressoid]

84. That was great!

[waveformblue]

135. I've some Japanese stuff, as well...

Shonen-Knife - Tower of the Sun, Hot Chocolate (Stereolab mix), Supergirl, Sushi-bar song
Ryuichi Sakamoto - You Do Me (Froggy Mix)

And from Indonesia...

Campur Sari - Wes-Hewes

[Bonobo]

142. Thanks. I also like

Tokyo Jihen (Tokyo Incidents) with the GREAT Shiina Ringo!!

and

Ego Wrappin'

[Brickbat]

57. Judybats, DDT, and Woody Guthrie's songs for kids.

[Arugula Latte]

95. I've got Judybats...

Native Son, She Lives, Daylight, etc.

[ceile]

100. Me too on the Judybats!

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[Arugula Latte]

108. Ha ha, Ceile, why does that not surprise me?

[HappyMe]

58. Brooklyn Funk Essentials

Gypsy Kings

[LynneSin]

61. Hybrid Ice

They were a band that made it big in Central PA in the mid 80s. Their biggest hit is one of my all-time favorite songs (and has an amazing memory to it that well, can't share here). "Magdelene" was that song and it was also covered by Boston but Hybrid Ice did it way better!

[LynneSin]

63. I almost guarentee no one has Myron Floren in their music collection

I love Polka music. My father talked me how to do the polka and my grandfather loved the music. When my grandfather finally got a casette player (probably a decade AFTER CDs came out) each Xmas I would have to track down a new Polka tape for him. So every couple of months I listen to Polka - gotta love the stuff!

[Arkansas Granny]

64. I have Hawkwind on vinyl.

I'm a stone age reject who does not own an iPod or iPhone.

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[hifiguy]

72. I had that years ago.

Traded my mint copy (with the booklet!) to a record dealer who'd been looking for one for twenty years and made a killing.

[LynneSin]

65. Ok my 3rd album I doubt anyone has - Azul Azul

When I went to Costa Rica in 2000 this song was played EVERYWHERE and our group had fun getting drunk and dancing to it. When I got back to the states I bought the CD and well I listened to it maybe once or twice but I realized it was a "Macerena" wanna be from Bolivia.

[hifiguy]

66. LPs and CDs here

Classical: Gyorgy Ligeti, Edgard Varese, Einojuhari Rautavaara, lots of Alan Hovhaness.

Non-Classical: Can, Holger Czukay, Klaus Schulze, Van der Graaf Generator, Fruupp (an Irish prog band, nothing to do with Robert Fripp), Porcupine Tree, Felix da Housecat, Sugar (K-pop girl group), Ayumi Hamasaki trance remixes, Armin van Buuren, Ryuichi Sakamoto/Yellow Magic Orchestra.

And that's just for starters.

[Bake]

67. You mean anybody else HERE? Tony Rice.

Greatest acoustic guitarist EVER. THE MAN! Hang on, let me get you a link ...

OK, here's just one of many:

Bake

[geardaddy]

68. Here:

Super Furry Animals
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Tew Shady and Cofi Bach
DJ Ryberdubdub
Goldie Lookin' Chain

[auburngrad82]

69. Sea Level- On The Edge, Iron City Houserockers- Cracking Under Pressure,

Renaissance-Live At Carnegie Hall, The Nice- Ars Longa Vita Brevis and The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack, and on and on.

I just spent the last year converting all of my vinyl to digital format. I have a ton of stuff that's not available elsewhere.

[auburngrad82]

70. I forgot two lost classics

The Poppy Family- Which Way You Goin', Billy
Thunderclap Newman- Thunderclap Newman

[Tikki]

73. Oh, why not!...The band from my avatar and sig line: Silver Apples..

from 1967

Damn beat me...someone upstream has already listed Silver Apples...

Tikki

[pipi_k]

77. Couple more...

&list=FLA1HV6jnqJ5L_LTx59x0g3w&index=677&feature=plpp_video



*****

I absolutely loved this one when I was a kid...

[progressoid]

79. Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha: In A Gadda Da Vida

[Burma Jones]

80. I have that version of Overkill on my iPod, and like it......I think nobody else has this.....

Don Alfonso - Mike Oldfield

[Tikki]

82. Maybe these: Screamers, Flipper....

Tikki

[progressoid]

85. Lesley Gore - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

[TrogL]

86. Larry Fast

[gratuitous]

88. I'll exclude close personal friends

Which will leave out Kindling, but I'll go with The Association and the incomparable Pink Martini (which has just personal friends, not close personal friends).

[Spike89]

128. Got some Pink Martini

My wife loves 'em, I'm always impressed seing them live.

[solara]

89. I have some fairly obscure music

Tina Marsh and Creative Opportunity Orchestra; Tina Marsh & Bob Rodriguez; United States of America; It's A Beautiful Day; Jennifer Robin: The Bird & The Beatles; TG3 Tom Guralnick Trio; Rachal Ferrrel, First Voice; Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith; Betty Carter &Carmen McRae: Duets;

[progressoid]

90. Last one...

Phillip Glass - The Photographer.

(I'm sure someone here has it, but I just found it in like-new condition on vinyl so I have to brag )

[Myrina]

92. ZOOGMA!!!

www.zoogma.net

[Beer Snob-50]

93. peter gammons (of baseball writers fame) doing a decent version of carol

it is on a compliation album for theo epsteins charity.

[ceile]

101. The Grifters, Rocket From the Crypt

I bet a few of you have some Rocket From the Crypt

[Arugula Latte]

109. Does anyone else have any Wiretrain?

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[Chan790]

111. Oh, lots.

Analog Rebellion
The Blue Van
Benjamin Gibbard (solo)
Commander Venus
Desaparecidos
Earlimart
Jets To Brazil
Kate McGill
Man Man
Margot and the Nuclear So & So's
Of Montreal
The Postal Service
Tarkio
The War on Drugs

[Tikki]

112. The PLUGZ...

Tikki

[unapatriciated]

117. The Pursuit of Happiness "Pressing Lips"

another favorite

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[kaitcat]

118. Marillion, esp. Fish-era

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[dawg]

125. Nope.

I've got Misplaced, Clutching, Brave & er, um ... Radiation.

[Art_from_Ark]

119. 17th Century German drinking songs, composed by Adam Krieger

On an old Nonesuch vinyl album

Es kann nichts besseres sein
Als unser Neckarwein
Sein Lob ist fast unzaehlich
Er macht die Menschen frohlich
Und ist nicht gar zu hitzig
D'rum bleiben wir fein fitzig
Stimmt alle mit mir ein
Es kann nichts besseres sein!

[AsahinaKimi]

120. AUNCIA

I love these guys!

[waveformblue]

122. Am I too late to the party ???

In my collection there's some stuff by waveform:blue

Also...

CAN - various
Zoot Woman - various
Jay-Jay Johanson - various
Luba - Let it Go
Arcadia - various
Whitest Boy Alive - various
VHS or Beta - various
Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves

Of course I've got more than that. These are just the artists I don't think many others listen to.

[bikebloke]

123. Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone

[Spike89]

124. Sneakers, their entire Ear Cartoons album

They were a new wave group from my hometown that had just enough luck to get a mid-level label deal and 2nd-tier touring gigs. My original copy of their album (they were just barely pre-CD) got destroyed in a move long ago. I found a copy for sale online and then ripped it. I'm not convinced anyone else in the world has "Gangsters wear tennis shoes" on their phone!

[dawg]

126. Anekdoten.

[DFW]

127. Wolverlei and Holland-Amerika Lijn

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And I know I'm on someone's list somewhere, because I saw an internet post by someone asking
if anybody anywhere could tell him anything about "this gem," which I recorded as a demo LP
in 1974, when I was 22. I was amazed any copies still exist. The guy was complaining that no one
anywhere could tell him the first detail about me. Small wonder, over 35 years later! LOL!

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The title of the album means "against (or into) the wind"

[Spike89]

129. Rainmakers and Off Broadway

I've got a couple dozen rainmakers songs in my digital catalog, mostly from a couple albums. Just one Off Broadway tune, mostly because a friend loved it beyond any reason and it makes me smile to hear it. I've also got a song called Ape Call from the early 60s (late 50s?) that my sister used to love as a kid (I found it and had it played at her wedding.

[Tikki]

130. The Unclaimed and Rik L Rik....

Tikki

[wyldwolf]

132. A whole bunch of guilty pleasures

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[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

136. There's a few:

A
Alisha's Attic
AntiProduct (the British band)
Anyone
Bad News
Clam Abuse
Coheed And Cambria
Die Ärzte
Enuff Z'Nuff
Grand Theft Audio
Honeycrack
The Hormonauts
Hundred Reasons
Janus Stark
Jason Bieler
Jellyfish
Kidneythieves
Less Than Jake
Letters To Cleo
Little Angels
The Living End
Love On Ice
Marvelous 3
Mind Funk
Moxy Früvous
Natural Born Hippies
Neurosonic
The Refreshments
Reggie And The Full Effect
Royal Crown Revue
Saigon Kick
Silverginger 5
Ska-P
Spacehog
Super TransAtlantic
T-Ride
Terrorvision
The Wildhearts
X Japan
3 Colours Red
8 1/2 Souvenirs

[mvd]

143. I have Letters To Cleo

Great band!

Couple other good artists I recognize, too.

[Taverner]

137. MY music

And I can guarantee NOBODY has ever heard it before!

[mike_c]

138. here's one....

Two O'Clock High.

Bitch, I'm not your boyfriend.

http://www.myspace.com/two0clockhigh/music/songs/bitch-i-m-not-your-boyfriend-explicit-66656023

[mvd]

144. A few, but not limited to these

Sara Radle
Jo Davidson
Stacie Rose
The Love Willows
Alexa Wilkinson
Caitlin Crosby
Lisa Mychols
Ellery
Gretchen Peters (people know her songwriting, but not her own work)
Hayley Taylor
Kina Grannis

[wtmusic]

145. Nik Kershaw - To Be Frank

He had a big hit in the 80s, now he's one of the most melodic, intelligent male singer/songwriters. Highly underrated.

Of course he's too old to be a star. Shame.

http://www.nikkershaw.net/

Re-releasing his remastered 1984 album on Monday.

[madamesilverspurs]

146. Village Stompers

Washington Square album

[bif]

152. Do Make Say Think and a ton of other obscure bands.

Too many to list.

[tk2kewl]

153. Juluka

Digging For Some Words

http://www.lyricsbay.com/digging_for_some_words_lyrics-juluka.html

Wanderers and nomads have gone to see their chieftains
Will this be the end of the rain and the birds?
Who can send an emissary to speak to the seasons?
For the ravens and the crows already soak up the skies...

I`m digging for some words beneath the stones in Zimbabwe
I`m searching for a drum song in the jungles of Zaire
I`m groping for the blood-moon in the mountains of Malawi
Looking for the Lion of Ethiopia...

The setting dusk is darkened by the bark of the baboon
The frogs and the owls no longer call to the moon
The warlords have gathered, blue smoke hiss from teeth of chrome
And the baobab lies trembling in the boiling blood-loam

The fireplace is broken and the grinding stone too
Its million pieces flung across the plains of Africa
Each dusty fragment a seed from which grows
The memory of a debt that only you and I will know

Seven seasoned soldiers have been summoned from Saigon
A craven walkie talkie puts their bloodshot armor on
Some drink beer milk, some drink kinky-kola
Sheep dogs live in Outeniqua
Gun dogs in Angola

Flames lick the corners of each hungry horseman`s smile
They have locusts in their scabbards and deserts in their eyes
Passing through the air they leave a sea of fetid rumors
As they ride across the skyline on a secret trail of lies

I found some words beneath a stone in Zimbabwe
I heard a distant drum song in the jungles of Zaire
The blood-moon spoke of war in the mountains of Malawi
But I never found the Lion of Ethiopia.