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Well this is actually practical as I am going to get two CDs from the current Rev-Ola catalogue. I already have the ones by Ivor Cutler, Chris Lucey as well as plenty of stuff by the Millennium and Biff Bang Pow. I am definite on The Scruffs debut album but am thinking of the following ones as possible second albums:
the forum, the river is wide
Nashville West, Nashville West
Douglas Dillard, The Banjo Album
Them, Now and Them
The Third Rail, ID Music

So try and convince me of which one to get or of something else from the catalogue

― tigerclawskank, Monday, 16 June 2003 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)

the Hurrah! compilation is tops. dunno if it's still in print though

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 16 June 2003 11:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Hurrah! would be my choice too but it's been unavailable for ages. The same goes for the fabulous Fire Engines release and the O Level one which I never managed to get hold of.

Of the releases you list, TCS, I only know the D. Dillard one and I like it a lot. This is because I like fast funny bluegrass a lot. Do you?

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 16 June 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I second the Douglas Dillard. Have you tried to Maya Angelou album?

― doom-e, Monday, 16 June 2003 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

the nashville west album has this weird sweetheart of the rodeo lo-fi charm ... though.

― doom-e, Monday, 16 June 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

them is minus van morrison - imagine more psych and soft-pop. purdy cool.

the scruffs second album is cool. factor in burgeoning '77 nu-wave power pop.

i would choose - the dillard album.

the third rail is an album of session musicians - enjoyable but maybe a little too novelty for some.

have you thought of getting the moon? occult freakiness. soft pop. drones.

― doom-e, Monday, 16 June 2003 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

It is form the current catalogue so first era revola stuff isn;t available.

Dillard is doing well.

Maya Angelou sounds like something that owuld be interesting but there are other things I'd like better

Actually the Moon one might be interesting. Tell me more - how occult? How freaky?

― tigerclawskank, Monday, 16 June 2003 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

symphonic soft pop freakiness all recorded in a hash drenced hazed. the first song is a choral of them singing - mothers and fathers...with weird tonal drones ... rather groovy though is the richard and thomas frost album - who-style l.a. rockers who got together to make an over the top expressive and orchestrated soft-pop album - all and i mean ALL of the effects were used on this one.

― doom-e, Monday, 16 June 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.poptones.co.uk/interviews/interview20030512.shtml

here is a handy dandy article to help you make your choice!

― doom-e, Monday, 16 June 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

You really really really really need the Thomas & Richard Frost LP.

― harveyw (harveyw), Monday, 16 June 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yes, or the Mark Eric LP. Both ultra-melodic pillow-psych. Frost sounds like a more-pop/less-ballad Bees Gees. Mark sounds like late-60s Del Shannon fronting Beach Boys circa the same time. Both essential. Oh, or Eternity's Children.

― harveyw (harveyw), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

watta about sunshine company? i heart mark eric - curiously it is the one revola album beyond nashville west that gets the most airplay around mine.

― doom-e, Monday, 16 June 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

my one pick (even above the martin denny and yma sumac discs, which is saying something) would be

bobbie gentry - touch 'em with love, a superb 60s pop record, with touches of folk and country. her version of "you've made me so very happy" is simply stunning.

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 16 June 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The Fred Neil album they put out is one of the greatest records I own: I think they are about to reissue it with extra stuff.

I second the Bobbie Gentry choice above: it is doubtless now unavailable, but the recent Capitol best-of "Ode to Bobbie Gentry" has most of the tracks & more. A fantastic record: equal to (& on some days better than) "Dusty in Memphis"

― bham, Tuesday, 17 June 2003 07:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I heart Bobbie Gentry but in North America - those records are readily available - just pop into any charity shop and you can practically pick up her entire back catalogue.

― doom-e, Tuesday, 17 June 2003 08:11 (twenty-two years ago)

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