The best album you own that almost no one has heard

BF25394
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This is sort of a companion to my post about the worst album I physically own. Proceeding through the Ms (see OP in "worst album" thread for further explanation if needed)-- today was Mad Season's Above-- tomorrow I will get to the album It's My Last Night by the band Maple, from 1995. I absolutely love this album but I don't think I own anything (other than CDs by friends' bands) more obscure. There is virtually no information about this band on the internet. Even the liner notes don't give the band members' full names. I think they''re from the Midwest somewhere, but I honestly don't know. On Discogs, a total of eight people have this album in their collections.

So, what's the best thing you own that practically no one else has heard? (And, if you know anything about Maple, do tell. Note: this is a different band than U.S. Maple.)
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  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,290
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  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,290
    Let me also add Ian Moore’s Got The Green Grass. 
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,444
    Superwolf by Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney
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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    Peeping Tom - Music Swop Shop (Not the Mike Patton Peeping Tom). Local Aussie band. Heavy grooves, bluesy, ballsy, Fu Manchu meets Kyuss. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    BF25394 said:
    This is sort of a companion to my post about the worst album I physically own. Proceeding through the Ms (see OP in "worst album" thread for further explanation if needed)-- today was Mad Season's Above-- tomorrow I will get to the album It's My Last Night by the band Maple, from 1995. I absolutely love this album but I don't think I own anything (other than CDs by friends' bands) more obscure. There is virtually no information about this band on the internet. Even the liner notes don't give the band members' full names. I think they''re from the Midwest somewhere, but I honestly don't know. On Discogs, a total of eight people have this album in their collections.

    So, what's the best thing you own that practically no one else has heard? (And, if you know anything about Maple, do tell. Note: this is a different band than U.S. Maple.)

    That Maple album- only eight others have it on Discogs- whoa!  That's a rarity.
    Another cool thread, good job!

    I'll go with:

    Dimentia 13:  Mirror Mind      199 on Discogs have this
    Mirror Mind Dimentia 13

    Spark 'n Cinder: self titled.  16  have it:
    Spark N Cinder Spark N Cinder

    Pregnant: Regional Music    37 have it.
    Regional Music Pregnant

    Terry Gibbs: A Jazz Band Ball (Second Set)     144 have it  
    A Jazz Band Ball Second Set Terry Gibbs

    I thought this would be more rare but 2,916 have it!  Fifty Foot Hose: Cauldron:
    Cauldron Fifty Foot Hose






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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    The Oh Sees Face Stabber.  What a great fucking album!

    Marcy Playgrounds debut.  I love this album.  St Joe at the School bus should get more play.  I mean Poppies, Cloak of elvinkind, Dog and his Master, Vampires of NY are to me, all great songs...
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,474
    BrainofBGA said:
    Peeping Tom - Music Swop Shop (Not the Mike Patton Peeping Tom). Local Aussie band. Heavy grooves, bluesy, ballsy, Fu Manchu meets Kyuss. 
    THIS sounds friggin awesome.
  • Tim Simmons
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Spiritual_Chaos said:


    Riot Act?  Never heard of it.  :lol:          
    Yeah, one of my very favorite PJ albums as well!

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  • Ledbetterman10
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    I had a two-disc “Jimmy Page collection” that was a collection of songs he was a session guitarist on pre-Yardbirds. 


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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    https://www.discogs.com/master/245908-The-Pack-ad-We-Kill-Computers

    discovered this Canadian female duo from the now-defunct iTunes Free Track of the Week. Very White Stripes-y. Their first two records are VERY bluesy, but this one they went a tad heavier, while still retaining that blues sound. I go see them live every chance I get. Me and their other 20 fans in Winnipeg. LOL
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  • mvw
    mvw Posts: 1,700

    I get asked about this one a lot, but I don’t think it’s that rare.  I just think not a lot of people know of it.  MFC sounds incredible!
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,250
    https://hbshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/in-deep-owl



    Solo album from Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden bassist)....great fucking album
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    that is indeed a great one gern. 
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,250
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    that is indeed a great one gern. 
    I need to get it back out....it's been awhile
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    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

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    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
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    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    brianlux said:
    BF25394 said:
    This is sort of a companion to my post about the worst album I physically own. Proceeding through the Ms (see OP in "worst album" thread for further explanation if needed)-- today was Mad Season's Above-- tomorrow I will get to the album It's My Last Night by the band Maple, from 1995. I absolutely love this album but I don't think I own anything (other than CDs by friends' bands) more obscure. There is virtually no information about this band on the internet. Even the liner notes don't give the band members' full names. I think they''re from the Midwest somewhere, but I honestly don't know. On Discogs, a total of eight people have this album in their collections.

    So, what's the best thing you own that practically no one else has heard? (And, if you know anything about Maple, do tell. Note: this is a different band than U.S. Maple.)

    That Maple album- only eight others have it on Discogs- whoa!  That's a rarity.
    Another cool thread, good job!


    Even better-- I'm one of the eight, so it's only seven others. And one of the seven is trying to sell it!
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • mfc2006
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    tempo_n_groove said:
    The Oh Sees Face Stabber.  What a great fucking album!

    Marcy Playgrounds debut.  I love this album.  St Joe at the School bus should get more play.  I mean Poppies, Cloak of elvinkind, Dog and his Master, Vampires of NY are to me, all great songs...
    So I used to do a weekly list of my 20 favorite (current songs). "Saint Joe on the School Bus" peaked at No. 2 for two weeks on that chart and, on the year-end chart for 1998, was all the way up at No. 12. (Three of the top five that year of Yield were Pearl Jam songs. To be eligible, a song had to be a single receiving radio or MTV airplay, so the other album tracks weren't eligible.)
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,331
    Nice capturing of a small part of the music scene in the South Bay back in my youth. 

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