I don't really understand the criteria for inclusion or exclusion of any names on this list. They should have all been on there and people could just vote for their favorite off the list, the criteria of inclusion being that they are written about in the book. I mean, Skip Spence is hardly any more popular than the Creation, and he wasn't on the soundtrack of a Wes Anderson movie.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 11 January 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
right, be the thread title emphasizes "ACTUALLY" unknown.
― Billy Pilgrim, Friday, 11 January 2008 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ACTUALLY unknown musicians don't exist on ILM.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 11 January 2008 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Book has been around a while so many of the unknowns became known in the interim because of this book or through other means, if they ever were that unknown in the first place.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 11 January 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i learned so much from this book. some of my favorite artists i first heard about here.
i don't think Lee should be on here, but he would def get my vote if i thought he did. these are my faves of the bunch.
Joe Meek Davy Graham Swamp Dogg Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects Judy Henske & Jerry Yester The Monks Kevin Coyne
voting Aisha Kandisha
― jaxon, Friday, 11 January 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
What name does Tim Ellison post under these days?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 11 January 2008 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
"I don't really understand the criteria for inclusion or exclusion of any names on this list."
I excluded four of the most famous cult acts of all time, the probably most well-known british folk vocalist and the a guy who is now so known that almost everyone who has seen a VW ad has heard of him. And the reason I did it (which should be painfully fucking obvious) was because I didn't want the poll to be a bunch of people voting for Can and Barrett and ignoring everyone else on the list.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 11 January 2008 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I ended up voting for Aisha Kandisha because that's the record I listen to the most.
― Alex in SF, Friday, 11 January 2008 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Savage Republic would be #2.
The shortlist, with a final decision to come later:
Henske/Yester Holy Modal Rounders Skip Spence Davy Graham Roky Lee Hazlewood Wanda Jackson.
Leaning towards a vote for the Rounders, even though only their first two albums are flawless (IMO.)
― ian, Friday, 11 January 2008 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Saturday, 12 January 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha well that was well distributed.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 12 January 2008 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
To mark the publication of the expanded ebook version of my book "Urban Spacemen & Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators & Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock," I'm presenting film clips of a dozen or so of the artists featured in the book at Oddball Films at 275 Capp Street in San Francisco at 8pm on Thursday, October 23.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
ooh I like Oddball films a lot
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link