The best album you own that almost no one has heard

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    BF25394 said:
    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!

    That's one tiny club your in there!  Kinda cool, really.  :smile:
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    Almost forgot about this one, maybe the best of the obscure LPs I have, and one of the coolest covers ever:
    REGGAE JACKSON smash hits BONGO BOY 12 LP 33 RPM - Picture 1 of 2

    And this one too, another cool LP"

    Session (7) Featuring Azeem* – Tribute To Bob Marley

    Label:M. AL's – MLP 728
    Format:
    Vinyl, LP, Album
    Country:US
    Released:1981
    Genre:Reggae



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • GB281198
    GB281198 Virginia Posts: 645
    mfc2006 said:
    Heartless Bastards - All This Time
    Stairs and Elevators is great as well 
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,646
    White Lighter by Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons if he hadn't turned out to be a sex creep

    So probably Jesus Let Me Down by Slim Cessna's Auto Club

    Jupiter by Cave In if we're a little looser on "no one"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    OK, one more and the I promise, this is it.  I just didn't know this was not more common:

    The Replacements – Don't Sell Or Buy, It's Crap.

    Label:Sire – PRO-A-4632
    Format:
    Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
    Country:US
    Released:1991
    Genre:Rock

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • 1ThoughtKnown
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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,562
    edited September 2023
    tempo_n_groove said:
    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.
    They also supported Clutch when they did an Aussie tour a number of years ago. This footage is not from that tour. This is some rare footage I found of them playing the Meredith Music Fest here in Australia. 
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,945
    Hemming - Self Titled.

    I saw her open for Chris Cornell in Vancouver.   Often openers aren't that good, but she came out with an acoustic guitar and owned the place.  Bought her debut album and I still spin it quite a bit.  I recently read she's taking a break from the music industry.  It's too bad more people didn't get a chance to see her live.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    Upon listening to Maple's It's My Last Night today (the CD that inspired this post), I noticed a possible Pearl Jam connection. One of the Maple tracks is titled (and chorused) "She's Flying Home." Could this have been the inspiration for "Given to Fly"? (I mean, besides "Going to California.") I kid, of course, I never heard that alleged echo of GTC in GTF.

    When I first posted about Maple, I hesitated because, as much as I love the Maple album, I also own both albums by the late, lamented Mineral, and their first album is one of my very favorite albums by anyone ever. But I figured that Mineral has enough of a cult following (and influenced enough other bands) that it wouldn't be fair to say they've been heard by no one. After this discussion, I went to Discogs and checked, and it turns out that apparently 3,053 people have Mineral's first album. Only 237 people have the original pressing of the Mineral CD, but that still dwarfs the octet of fans who own the Maple CD.

    Even though Maple and Mineral do not sound alike, I always associate them together because of their one-word M names and the paucity of people I know who have ever heard of them. But on the rare occasions that I meet someone who does know either one-- and it's always Mineral, but I think it would be true if I ever met someone who's heard of Maple-- I think I can pretty much guarantee that I am talking to a person who was between the ages of 13 and 24 in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,954
    Love (x10) this record.  Top 10 to listen to on the cans

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    GB281198 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Heartless Bastards - All This Time
    Stairs and Elevators is great as well 
    It sure is...love all of their albums!
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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,041
    A few releases from recent years that come to mind....

    Kevin Morby -- City Music
    Bars of Gold -- Shelters
    William Tyler -- Modern Country
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Love (x10) this record.  Top 10 to listen to on the cans

    Didn't Eddie play a Slint song on one of the pirate radio shows that was broadcast on commercial radio stations?
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  • Hawk123
    Hawk123 Posts: 2,369
    BF25394 said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Love (x10) this record.  Top 10 to listen to on the cans

    Didn't Eddie play a Slint song on one of the pirate radio shows that was broadcast on commercial radio stations?
    I think you’re right. Breadcrumb trail plays at the start of PJ20 too
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Love (x10) this record.  Top 10 to listen to on the cans

    That’s a great record! 
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    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,956
    ^^In my '1000 records to hear before you die" book. I never heard them.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,954
    edited September 2023
    Loujoe said:
    ^^In my '1000 records to hear before you die" book. I never heard them.
    Yes, I love the way it sounds.  Listened so much,years back....but once I got the vinyl it increased my appreciation tenfold.

    The way the album ends...."I miss you", screamed in such a manner....amazing.
    Post edited by F Me In The Brain on
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  • CarryTheZero
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,997
    edited September 2023



    it's only digital. but The White Stripes' Redd Blood Cells. It's the bass player from Redd Kross that added bass tracks to most of White Blood Cells, with permission of Jack, and released it online. most of it works. there's only a few bass lines that seem slightly out of place. 

    the background is here:

    http://www.reddkross.com/features/RBC/

    the tracks are no longer available for download. if you want it, let me know. I'll hook ya up. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,795
    BF25394 said:
    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.)
    Glad to see I'm not the only one that appreciates this.  The tone on the guitar in that song just oozes!

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