Obscure Music - "Good"

[dirtydeanna96]

My grandma bought this record in the seventies. Its an old Scottish song.

Some good old-timey bluegrass from the legendary Doc Watson

My grandma also knew Doc Watson (well, most people in town were acquainted with him)

 

[Red Hood]

 

[Prince Lotor]

I just recently started listening to this Killing Joke B-side from their 2010 'In Excelsis' Single EP

 

[Shadfan666xxx000]

Here's an Argentine band I stumbled on. I don't understand a thing they're saying but it's good.

Edit: A way better example would probably be this song instead. If this song weren't on a soundtrack listing of a hipster comic book, then it would be even more obscure.

 

[Piss Clam]

Not really obscure I guess, but when people talk about how trashy music is today...I like to remind them of the 'dirty blues'.

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Fuck yeah, this is my thread!

The album that I’m always impressed to ever run across is City Boy’s 1979 album, The Day the Earth Caught Fire. It’s got a Cold War era since of cynicism that has only gotten more applicable today.

Another group that I’ve run across is Nektar; they’ve got a kind of unique sound, even if it is kind of samey across most of their albums.

I’ve seen it referenced in another thread, surprisingly enough, but I still want to recommend it here: Camel’s album Mirage. It’s got a kind of King Crimson meets Focus sound.

Focus has a relatively well known song in Hocus Pocus, but I would recommend a good deal of their albums, especially Hamburger Concerto.

My cousin got me into Uriah Heep. In a genre full of nerds st the time, they somehow ended up the nerdiest. Demons and Wizards is a good enough aalbum with good enough artwork that I have it as a shirt.

Everyone knows a handful of Blue Öyster Cult songs like (Don’t Fear) The Reaper or Burning For You, but honestly their first three albums are their best work.
Blue Öyster Cult: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CGO22fjAZcykWiHL6bBGHdog087ljBo
Tyranny and Mutation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4C9FD12F52BD52B5
Secret Treaties (my favorite):

 

[William Tell Underpass]

I think this has returned to the 'obscure' pile now that Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry are not known for Camp comedies anymore.

Not really obscure I guess, but when people talk about how trashy music is today...I like to remind them of the 'dirty blues'.

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That was an experience... here's something a little more christian...

 

[Gus]

A lot of what I listen to is 'obscure and old' because I collect 78 RPM records from the twenties and thirties.

Here's a highlight for what I've pulled in June, descending in order of preference:

 

[Quixotic Son]

I think my most treasured “obscure” album would have to be Klaatu’s 3:47 EST. When it first dropped back in ‘75, everyone thought they were The Beatles. It turned out they’re just Canadian so everyone forgot about them. A few months ago I discovered this album, and it’s one of my favorites. Here are some of the most interesting songs off the album imo:

https://youtu.be/jJ4IUjjVfng

https://youtu.be/3dkKcf40YfE

https://youtu.be/PdWHsaly-XU

https://youtu.be/Izt6-Bb1ZXY

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

HEADSTONE CIRCUS - Headstone Circus - 1968 (FULL ALBUM) [Psychedelic Rock]

Psychedelic Rock USA 1968 Tracklist: 01.I'm Going Down 02.You Don't Know 03.Summers Gone 04.I'm Crazy 05.Healer 06.Arms Of God 07.Born In Georgia 08.Reason T...

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Sloche - Stadaconé 1976 FULL VINYL ALBUM (progressive rock)

SLOCHE were a 70's prog fusion band from Quebec Canada who left behind 2 incredible albums of the highest calibre. Frozen somewhere in the fusion/prog vein "...

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Maneige - Les Porches (1975) FULL ALBUM

1- Les Porches De Notre-Dame 2- La Grosse Torche 3- Les Aventures De Saxinette Et Clarophone 4- Chromo Canadian progressive rock and fusion jazz band from Qu...

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Pugh's Place - West One 1969 (FULL ALBUM) [Heavy Proto-Progressive Rock]

Netherlands 1969 Tracklist: 01 - Drive My Car [00:07:03] 02 - Old Private Ohn [00:04:38] 03 - Give Me Good Muisc [00:05:50] 04 - Secret [00:04:22] 05 - The P...

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Neon Pearl - Neon Pearl 1967 (FULL ALBUM) [Psychedelic Rock]

Psychedelic Rock 1967 UK Tracklist: 01 - What You See [00:04:58] 02 - Dream Scream [00:04:24] 03 - Out Of Sight [00:07:00] 04 - Just Another Day [00:03:51] 0...

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Farm - Farm 1971 (FULL ALBUM) [Psychedelic Blues-Rock]

Psychedelic Blues-Rock USA 1971 Tracklist: 01 - Sunshine In My Window [00:03:57] 02 - Cottonfield Woman [00:04:01] 03 - Statesboro Blues [00:04:24] 04 - Jung...

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Road - Road (1972) [Full Album] 🇺🇸 Heavy Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock

http://wherethebuffaloroam1968.blogspot.com/2018/02/reliquias-olvidadas-del-heavy-road-road.html Featuring Noel Redding (ex Jimi Hendrix Experience bass play...

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I like prog rock.

Also, while they aren't pre-90s, check out Enchant.

Tug Of War

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Too bad my Live at Last DVD pretty much died, and the only full video on Youtube was taken down.

 

[Titos]

Most of the lesser known bands from MK Ultra Support Groups label are really good and I don't think most people know about them. Pacific Purgatory and Birdbath are two of my favorites. Reminds me alot of the Smiths for some reason.

 

[Drain Todger]

I could never understand why next to no one's ever heard of Thumpermonkey. If I hadn't bumped into their shit on Internet Archive many years ago, I would never have heard of them, either.

 

[SkiHawk]

 

[Allegory]

Still can't believe these guys aren't massive

 

[Hylics]

 

[Absolute Brainlet]

For me, it's Molchat Doma (Молчат Дома).

 

[💗Freddie Freaker💗]

The Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha is pretty golly gosh darn great.

 

[HexFag]

Lamp probably doesn't fit under the terms of being obscure (their most popular song on YouTube has about 500k views) but they are a shibuya-kei band that sounds like Japanese Beatles.

I've recently started listening to Jun Miyake and he is slowly becoming one of my favorite jazz musicians that I listen to on a regular basis. June Night Love is an underrated gem, especially Could It Be Real.

Also Herbie Mann's rendition of Amazing grace is phenomenal.

 

[Allegory]

 

[Roast Chicken]

 

[Allegory]