Spondylitis Association of America Forums General Discussion Off-Topic Forum your favorite obscure music

Okay, here's something to have some fun with:

No matter what your taste in music, I'm sure most of us have in our collections, an obscure or little known album that we love for no reason other than we just love it. It never sold a million copies or topped any charts or won any prizes, but we treasure it and listen to it a lot because it's music brings us joy.

Now, I'm not talking about albums that were underappreciated when they came out but are now considered classics of their genre. I am talking about albums that were, perhaps, even modest successes, but have remained obscure or largely unknown ever since their release, and will probably remain so.


Some of mine are:

Blues/rock genre: Paul Butterfield's Better Days - It All Comes Back

Cast album: The Grass Harp

Big Band genre: Raymond Scott - Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights


Those are a few of mine. I have a number of others, particularly in the Broadway musical genre, as there have been a lot of shows that I loved but which never became hits.

What are the obscure or unknown albums in your collection that you love?


Spenser23

Dixie Dregs - AWESOME Prog. Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t6n6TxPDp8&mode=related&search=

UK - Allan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford, John Wetton, Listen Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30c-wEGRwig

Gentle Giant!!! Listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWfmfgHXAfE

And let us not forget KING CRIMSON!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHkisNZH77Y

Rob

I have a secret confession.

Bubblegum music~
Shaun Cassidy:
Thats Rock N Roll...Come on everybody get down get with it..........and Da doo ron ron ron da doo ron ron....and throw in a bit of Captain and Tenille with Muskcrat Love.

How sad is that? There isnt even a youtube video for that.

Can we still be friends? LOL!

Woke up this morning and felt guilty that I did not tell you the whole truth. Spilling my guts about my fascination with Bubblegum music took every ounce of being out of me.

Here it is..
I also like Jim Brickman- piano music
Moody Blues: Days of Future Past
and the only Christmas CD that I play over and over is by Johnny Mathis. Without him, Christmas would not be the same. Thank you Johnny!!

Neat topic Spenser. Since I played trumpet thru school before getting serious about guitar I listened to alot of different trumpet players. I had records of guys like Harry James, Jonah Jones, Al Hirt, Doc Severenson, Louis Armstrong, Conte Condoli, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. For guitar I was into Hendrix albums for the great material he recorded that you never, or very rarely ever heard. Also alot of rarely heard Jethro Tull, Zeppelin, Mike Bloomfield, Emerson ,Lake and Palmer. And tons of other stuff that escapes me at the moment.

Christy did you forget "The Archies"?
Just teasin' ya.
Those are fine choices.

Hey Rob, I went to see the Dixie Dregs once at the Ritz here in NYC. THEY WERE VERY LOUD!! (But really GOOD!!) The ringing in my ears didn't go away for two or three days.

I remember King Crimson!

Jonathan, I love old jazz. King Oliver and 'Red' Allen are my trumpet nominees for this list. I also have a soft spot for an old 78rpm record called the Casa Loma Stomp by Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra. Kind of cheesy, but I really liked it when I was a kid. It took me years to find it again after I broke it. Mike Bloomfield, is a great choice for this list. Someone that should not be forgotten.

And don't worry about liking Bubble gum music, Christie. It's okay, your secret is safe and we can still be friends.


Spenser23

Last year at the county fair here I got to see the Doobie Brothers!! They were FANTASTIC!!! I like a lot of the old time rock and roll. I like to play classical on the piano. Christmas music the oldies like Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, etc.
I am not much into jazz.
LOVE the blues! Buddy Guy is one of mu favs.
Gail

Everybody knows my love affair with Bob Seger,
but also, gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away...or...otherwise known as Dobie Gray.
And a southern piano player (imagine that!) who recently passed away by the name of Floyd Kramer,
his "Last Date" is heartbreakingly beautiful. Oh so many so little room. CCR and Proud Mary, Bad Company's "Shooting Star". And on and on. I have a ton of cd's and a ton of cassettes, which I now have nothing to play them on.

Eddie Cochran and Édith Piaf. Is that broad and eclectic enough? :p

toby