OT: The Old, the Obscure, and The Forgotten - Round 2

[Hoops66]

A little Guy Clark,

 

[Bigboote]

Here's one of my favorites from the Doors, 1971:

 

[Scud49]

Here's one artist that has been kinda forgotten; yet she was so influential and important in the early 60's: Mary Wells.

I always turned the volume up when one of her songs came on.

 

[Bama fan]

Here's one artist that has been kinda forgotten; yet she was so influential and important in the early 60's: Mary Wells.

I always turned the volume up when one of her songs came on.

Mary Wells was the first female star at Motown. She did her first number at 17.

 

[Bigboote]

This is one of the best songs ever written. It's from Ayreon, a Dutch prog rock/metal band. If you like progressive rock, hard rock, or metal, give this a listen. It's from an album in which the main character "prevolves", and in this song he's gone back to the early part of human evolution.

 

[Scud49]

Another long forgotten, but absolutely beautiful, Grateful Dead song:

 

[Scud49]

Heard this great tune on Sirius's "Deep Tracks" this morning - I had forgotten all about it.

 

[Hoops66]

I still like "That Man" more but this one moves and the crowd loves it! Caro is a Euro favorite.

 

[Bigboote]

Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson had known each other for 30 years when they decided to do an album together. (Richard was a founding member of Fairport Convention and Danny a founding member of Pentangle.) They made one very interesting album together. This is one of Richard's beautiful, really dark songs.

 

[Scud49]

Jerry Jeff....another great ballad, from the 70's sometime:

 

[Scud49]

Jan Akkerman with Streetwalker - it seems like music from another era, like the Star Wars movies, from a galaxy long ago and far, far, away:

 

[Bigboote]

Jan Akkerman with Streetwalker - it seems like music from another era, like the Star Wars movies, from a galaxy long ago and far, far, away:

Neat! I hadn’t heard anything of his outside of Focus.

 

[Scud49]

Neat! I hadn’t heard anything of his outside of Focus.

I used to hear it on progressive radio back in the 70's in Colorado - along with some other great stuff. I had it on cassette tape, but never knew the song and artist name until the internet and YouTube came along...!

 

[Scud49]

Pat Metheny, doing what only Pat Metheny can:

 

[Hoops66]

I just watched this for the umpteenth time and it still doesn't fail to amaze me. A story about WWII done in sand. Take the time to see something pretty unique. You don't have to know Ukrainian to appreciate this work of art.

 

[Bigboote]

Tim Hart and Maddy Prior made a couple of amazing albums before they co-founded Steeleye Span. This is one of my favorite cuts from those albums. I heard a popular band (Cowboy Junkies?) do this 2-3 decades later.

 

[Bigboote]

And while we're on proto-Steeleye, this is one from Sweeney's Men, sung by Terry Woods, another founding member of Steeleye Span. It's interesting, in that it's an Irish version of an American take on an English ballad.

 

[Bama fan]

One of my sisters had this album in 1965 and I had no idea who the singer was. But I soon learned more about her, I think she is underrated still.

 

[Ozimoto]

I like this version of Lish Young Buy a Broom

 

[Scud49]

One soft, ethereal, seldom known tune for a fall day:

 

[Scud49]

Booker T & the MG's - Melting Pot - one very overlooked gem:

 

[Scud49]

The Buffalo Springfield - ahead of their time I think - this was the "B" side to "For What It's Worth: