Obscure Vinyl

Those much treasured records where you are pretty sure that you're the only person in the world (besides possibly the musicians and their family) who has a copy.

• The Rhead Brothers - Dedicate (1977)
• The Lost Gonzo Band - The Lost Gonzo Band (1975)
• The Gyuto Monks - Tibetan Tantric Choir (1987)
• David James Holster - Chinese Honeymoon (1979)
• Meisburg and Walters - Love's An Easy Song (1977)
• Michael Katakas - A Simpler Time (1977)
• Peter Bardens - Vintage '69 (1976)
• Jo Jo Zepp & The Falcons - Screaming Targets (1980)
• John Dawson Read - Read On (1976)

Playlist

• Poco - Faith In The Families .... I keep coming back to this one lately. It's like I just have to hear it a couple of times a week.
• Steely Dan - Jack of Speed
• Donald Fagan - I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) ..... I recall hearing this early one Sunday morning many years ago. Felt perfect for that moment. That's when it grabbed me. I love the horns.
• Johnny Mandel - The Shadow of Your Smile ..... From the soundtrack for the 1965 movie, The Sandpiper. One of those movies that I first saw most likely late one Saturday night. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. California beach feel. An artist community. Sad and lonely feel. Defining a time and place. Also listened to a Frank Sinatra version. 
• Arlo Guthrie - The Motorcycle Song (The Significance of the Pickle) .... Arlo telling a story.
• John Coltrane Quartet - Central Park West ..... A classic mid-1960's Coltrane ballad. I love how it fades out.
• Tallis Scholars - Allegri: Miserere .... It's the blend of voices!! I could sit in one place for hours just listening, taking it all in.
• David Lindley and Wally Ingram - Cat Food Sandwiches ..... Saw Lindley play this in concert in Portland a few years ago. At Mississippi Studios. The highlight of the evening!! 

Three Days In May

Solo piano on vinyl. Not really Jazz or Classical and far from Pop These types of recordings were sometimes called New Age for no good reason. I've always hated that label. It's not part of that way of life. It's just piano playing. There were a great many of these recordings (solo acoustic piano and solo acoustic guitar) made in the 1980's starting with the Windham Hill records but by the early 1990's the form had devolved into adding other instrumentation and slowly began to fade away. 

From 1984. This is a alternate version of the album cover. Not what was used on my copy. I couldn't find a better image of the actual artwork.