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What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles?

When it comes to music, about half of my friends are "collectors" and the other half are true audiophiles. It seems the collectors are so obsessed with the size of their collections, that they leave no room in their budget for quality audio equipment. I think the audiophiles, with their focus on quality over quantity, are the ones with their priorities straight. So, unless you are on an unlimited budget, I'm guessing that audiophiles are more selective in their musical purchases. That being the case, I'm curious about what "buried treasures" have you been able to find? Thanks for responding and I look forward to discovering some good music, based on your suggestions.

I'll lead off with the band Crack The Sky, most notably their first two albums: "Crack The Sky" (1975) and "Animal Notes" (1976). I would describe them as a cross between Be Bop Deluxe and Frank Zappa. Their music is unique and totally unmistakable with anyone else. Choice cuts from the debut album are: "Ice;" She's a Dancer;" "Mind Baby" & "Sleep." Choice cuts from Animal Notes are: "Animal Skins;" "Wet Teenager;" Virgin....No" & "Maybe I Can Fool Everybody."
mitchagain
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whart
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That old Marti Jones album, "Used Guitars" is great, but the recording, at least on the vinyl issued at the time of release, is a tad bright.
Good to see the less mainstream stuff all of you are into--once I learned that old heavy rock had been recategorized into 'metal' I found a lot of stuff that wasn't just cookie monster vocals and shredding. Some good bands out there. Orne- "Tree of Life" --'doom prog' an offshoot of the doom metal band Reverend Bizarre. The Scandinavians (well, Finns are not Scandinavian, but) seem to revel in this stuff. All sludgy, heavy, like Sabbath's first album, the slow grind with the flatted 5th. 
googoogjoob
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mitchagain....i couldnt agree more. the best band to never make it big. i love the first 6 albums. ive seen them well over 100x. 
Crack the Sky (Rolling Stone declared debut album of the year)
Animal Notes
Safety in Numbers
White Music
Photoflamingo
World in Motion1

beyond that i have 2 favs...

Tony C & the Truth. DEMONOPHONIC BLUES
delicious album...start to finish

Karl Werne
one of the greatest guitarists ive ever heard. 
lives and plays in Virginia Beach, VA. 
markmendenhall
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Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who.
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@maxnewid,thanks for the tips on The Guadalcanal Diary live album and The Eyelids. I like The Eyelids name in general and now I like it even more because I think it's a sly reference to REM. I enjoyed most of the bands that came out of that 80's - 90's Athens scene, such as: Dreams So Real, Love Tractor, Pylon and the Vigilantes of Love. I've known about The Connells from the get go, because a guy I used to work with was a frat brother of his.

I know about Big Big Train, because a good friend told me about their Youtube videos. So far, I've only picked up one of their live CD's ("A Stones Throw From The Sun"). The Steve Wynn CD of Dylan covers sounds intriguing. I always liked the duets that he did with Jonette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde.  
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