I wanna vote for The Monks, but I also don't want The Outsiders (from Holland) to go without any votes.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
fankhauser
― 69, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:06 (sixteen years ago) link
If I was going to vote for an act solely on the basis of fearing it might not get any votes it would def. be Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Plastic People for me.
― The guy who just votes in polls, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Graham Bond for the completely arbitrary reason that i got an LP of his today and am listening to it right now
― sonofstan, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Tomorrow!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I can safely narrow down to this (Misunderstood hardest cut def.), but beyond that is tough:
The Music Machine The Deviants Lee Hazlewood Love Francoise Hardy The Outsiders (from Holland) The Raincoats X-Ray Spex Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects Savage Republic/Bruce Licher The Monks Tomorrow Young Marble Giants Merrell Fankhauser
― Alex in SF, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Is Randy Holden in that book or one of the other ones?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
He's in the second book along with the Electric Prunes, Pretty Things, Tim Hardin, Joe Boyd, etc.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
What's that one called again: Wayfaring Strangers and Urban Spacemen?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
My mistake Joe Boyd isn't in the second book he just gets interviewed a bunch of times for the first one.
http://www.richieunterberger.com/urbtoc.html
― Alex in SF, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
The second book is weaker cuz a lot of the acts are frankly weaker, but it starts out strong: Pretty Things, Poets, Arthur Brown, Prunes are all really good.
― Alex in SF, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
"Reno, Nevada" on the CD that comes with that book sounds a lot better than on the Richard & Mimi comp where the sound has gone through one of those sonic cleaners.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Awesome stuff aplenty listed up there. Best of 'em all is Love, but the very notion of them being "unknown" around these parts is laughable.
Music To Eat is one of my personal touchstone albums, so Hampton it is.
I must confess: it took me until last year to discover the greatness of the Raincoats. As well as the less-than-great-but-still-pretty-goodness of the Great Society.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 7 January 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Friday, 11 January 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Gave my vote to Swamp Dogg. Love, Roky, and Lee I didn't really consider
― Billy Pilgrim, Friday, 11 January 2008 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
The Outsiders (from Amsterdam)! C/D?
RIP Dave Day of The Monks
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 11 January 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
monks
― n/a, Friday, 11 January 2008 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Agreed that more people need to come off that list. I would narrow it down to:
Wanda Jackson The Creation The Music Machine The Deviants The Avengers/Penelope Houston Savage Republic/Bruce Licher The Hampton Grease Band Judy Henske & Jerry Yester
Voted for Savage Republic myself
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 11 January 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
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