sleepy jack

This is a thread where I post an underrated classic album each day and you all check out the song I post and comment or whatever.

Lucia Pamela "Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela (1969)"


Once called the missing link between Sun Ra and the Shaggs American singer/songwriter Lucia Pamela got into her car and headed to the moon to write and record her one and only album. It's debatable whether or not she was crazy, if she wasn't she certainly knew how to put on the act of the eccentric musician very well, she once complained about the air up on the moon where she supposedly recorded her album. The production is very lo-fi adding another level of strangeness to this already very weird pop album. It's very hard to explain this album, it's like if your crazy grandmother got drunk one Christmas and then proceeded to try and impress you with her made up stories and to add to the fun she's doing it almost Captain Beefheartish instruments behind her. It's a very weird concept that Wakeman and co. only wish they had the genius to write.

Notable influences: Stereolab, Patrick Wolf
Song: Lucia Pamela - Hap-Hap-Happy Heart.mp3

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sleepy jack

I'm going to be gone over the next few days so I'll do a few more to tide everyone over.

Phil Ochs "I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)"


We all know about Freewheelin but there were folk albums just as good at the same time. Phil Ochs's I Aint Marching Anymore is a much more focused and passionate released. Opening with the firey protest song proclaiming "It's always the old to lead us to the war / It's always the young to fall / Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun / Tell me is it worth it all?" it sets the mood for the rest of the release preaching Ochs's political beliefs and telling stories of the war. I Ain't Marching Anymore proves not only to be one of the most underrated folk albums ever, but one of the best that holds all the right ideals in its heart.

Notable Influences: The Clash, Pete Seeger, Marianne Faithfull, Billy Bragg
Song: 07 the highway man.mp3

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Vashti Bunyan "Just Another Diamond Day (1970)"


Vashti Bunyan is a British folk singer who in the mid-60s had some very big shoes to fill. She was hyped to be the next Marianne Faithfull and the female Bob Dylan, but the female Nick Drake would’ve been more appropriate and not just because members of Fairport Convention were on this album or because Robert Kirby was involved in the making of it. Like Drake, she simply walked away from the music business though she only left us with one album as opposed to three and just like Drake she didn’t receive near the success she deserved when she first came onto the scene. Even today, just like Drake, she remains criminally underrated despite being an important figure in folk music, and one of the most important British folk artists ever. Her influence stretches far and wide, from Patrick Wolf to Joanna Newsom. Though in recent times Vashti Bunyan has gained a bit more popularity by working with artists such as Animal Collective and Devendra Banhart and did release another album in 2005, however i’m going to focus on her remarkable debut.

This album was written when Vashti was traveling the Scottish Islands in a horse drawn gypsy cart, which seems fitting for a folk musician. The album gives you a very natural feel throughout it, especially the lyrics which reflect the outdoors frequently with poetic lyrics like "Rose hip November, autumn I’ll remember / Gold landing at our door, catch one leaf and fortune will surround you evermore". But while lyrics like that seem beautiful, they’re sadly not very noticeable unless you read them beforehand. Vashti has this way of captivating you, and taking you on a walk through the woods with her where the timbre of her voice and every fading note is more important then the things shes singing to you. Its enchanting music, her vocals fit perfectly over the woodwinds and everything else all being led in song by an acoustic guitar making it easy to be lost in the world of changing seasons, lost loves and European fields she paints for you.
Vashti Bunyan-Just Another Diamond Day (1970)-Ethan Smith | Feel The Word Magazine

Notable Influences: Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Animal Collective
Song: vashti bunyan-just another diamond day-15-love song (extra track).mp3

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devilsmaster

I am just 20 years old i dont understand or you can dont have the knowledge of the old classical music and the old bands so i can t really pass comments on it but it will be good for the old people who hear them.

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jackhammer

Ethan is 16 lol, even younger than you. Never too young to listen to good music.

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British_pharaoh

has a bit of a Mary Poppins thing about it, a bit nursery rhymey, child sing a long quality.

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British_pharaoh

Now this is marvellous stuff, Ochs was one of the best protest singers ever

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sleepy jack

Linda Perhacs "Parallelograms (1970)"


If Joni Mitchell smoked a bit of weed and dabbled in shrooms (back in her prime mind you) it would hopefully sound something like this. Linda Perhacs takes the bliss of Vashti Bunyan and throws in a bit of psychadelic music along with some art-rock and produced an album that sadly no one really knows about. She supposedly has a new album or two recorded and Devendra Banhart said it was amazing, lets hope it comes out soon.
Notable Influences: Panda Bear, Devendra Banhart, Daft Punk
Song: 07 Hey, Who Really Cares.mp3

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Urban Hat€monger ?

I'd be really interested to see what you think of Scott 4 by Scott Walker.I think it might be your sort of thing if you've not heard it already.

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sleepy jack

I have not /goes to look for it

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