Hidden Treasure

A great topic! I could name a few hundred, but off the top of my head:

- Julianna Raye: Something peculiar. An album of great pop songs produced by Jeff Lynne. Really cool.

- Michael Kelsh: Well Of Mercy. A great singer/songwriter, produced by Rodney Crowell.

- The Fraternal Order Of The All: Greetings From Planet Love. The group name and album title is a tip-off to the tongue-in-cheek nature of this incredible album. A really well done pastiche’ to the unintentionally laughable late-60’s Psychedelic period of Rock music. Expertly done by Andrew Gold.

- The Flamin’ Groovies: Shake Some Action. Not that obscure, but if you haven’t heard this album, you NEED to! The Groovies combined the basics of 50’s Rock ’n’ Roll and 60’s British Invasion to create a sound all their own. Produced by the incredible Dave Edmunds.

- Speaking of Edmunds, his early albums are insanely great. Rockpile (album title, not his later band with Nick Lowe) is pure 50’s Rock ’n’ Roll, Subtle As A flying Mallet a collection of delicious Pop (and some R & R) produced in Phil Spector Wall-Of-Sound style. His 3rd album---Get It (the title, not an order ;-)---is his masterpiece. Absolutely fantastic, in my Top 10 albums of-all-time list.

- The Dwight Twilley Band: Sincerely. Their debut album, the best melding of Elvis and The Beatles you’ve (probably) never heard. The great trio of Twilley on vocals and rhythm guitar and piano, Phil Seymour on vocals and drums, and Bill Pitcock IV on incendiary lead guitar (playing a Gibson 335 into a pair of Fender Deluxe Reverb’s on 10. FANTASTIC tone!). If you like Tom Petty, you should love this. Tom can be seen playing bass in the videos The DTB made for the album.