Your favorite LP nobody has ever heard of

"This is, indeed, a great record--one of my favs--but it's not actually his first. That would be Wanted Dead or Alive from 1969, re-released on Pickwick in 1979, which is when I found it. A bit rough in places, but one can readily hear the artist he would become."

Wrm57...sorry, I stand corrected, thanks. I have never heard of this album. HERE is the info on this album.

It's worth checking out, Mofi, if you're into Zevon.

Typo correction in my Battin post above: should read Kim Fowley, not Fowler. He's actually same guy who started producing Zevon's first LP and then walked out in frustration, as per the link Mofi supplies.

That's easy. The long departed Norwegian singer Radka Toneff's last album, "Fairytales." Out of print but still available NOS for a reasonable price from Elusive Disc.

It's just her and a pianist. The recording, mastering, and pressing qualities are all superb, and she had a style that really gets into your head. Her rendition of Jimmy Webb's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is the best of all time and brings that song out as no one ever did.

She was a tortured soul. A year after she recorded this she walked deep into the woods, took all her psychotropic prescription drugs at once, and ended her life.

Bittersweet, but fantastic.

I'll give you three...

Dave Cousins-Two Weeks Last Summer (Strawbs)
Alan Hull-Pipedream (Lindisfarne)
Alvin Lee and Mylon-On the Road to Freedom

All wonderful.

i have two, though some will have heard of them. Lost Gonzo band self titled album and Cashman and West-- a song or two Both progressive country/folk from the 70's but not widely popular. Pousette Dart was my third "pick"