SLeeper lps of 70s....

Musicslug, Great call on on Art Ensemble of Chicago! Here are a few 70's goodies I enjoy:

Count Basie "The Gifted Ones", Pablo 2310 833
Count Basie "For the First Time", Pablo 2310 712
Ray Brown "Brown's Bag", Concord CJ-19
Ray Bryant "All Blues", Pablo 2310 820
Ray Bryant "Montreux '77", Pablo 2308 201
The Cars "The Cars" Elektra
Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie "Carter, Gillespie Inc" Pablo
The Clash "London Calling", Epic
Elvis Costello "Armed Forces", Colubmia
Duke Ellington "This One's For Blanton", Pablo 2310-721
Duke Ellington "Duke's Big 4", Pablo 2310-703
Fleetwood Mac "Rumors"
Funkadelic "One Nation Under A Groove", Warner Bros
Great Jazz Trio "Direct From LA", East Wind EW10005
Great Jazz Trio "Love For Sale", East Wind
Buck Hill "This Is Buck Hill", Steeplechase SCS-1095
The Jackson "Destiny", Epic 35552
Michael Jackson "Off The Wall", Epic
Hank Jones "Live In Japan", Trio PAP-9177
Ricki Lee Jones "Ricki Lee Jones", Warner Bros
Art Pepper "Straight Life", Galaxy GXY 5127
Oscar Peterson "Jousts", Pablo 2310 817
The Police "Regatta De Blanc", A&M SP-4792
Todd Rundgren "Something, Anything", Bearsville
Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic" ABC Records
Supertramp "Crime of The Century" A&M
10cc "Deceptive Bends", Phonogram

Musicslug
I was at two Art Ensemble of Chicago Concerts - one in Warsaw in late 70s and one in Chicago in late 80s. Concert in Warsaw (big auditorium) was beyond believe. They started an hour late because of electrical/equipment problems but played to 1:30AM (almost 4 hours) to compensate for that. People didn't want to let them leave. Since Lester Bowie death in 1999 I lost a little bit of interest. Without his cutting trumpet it just not the same. Not too many people in Chicago, where I live, know about Art Ensemble of Chicago - what a shame.

Are you looking for unappreciated works of popular artists, or underappreciated artists?

The following are artist and specific recordings that deserved a lot more attention:

Graham Parker: "Squeezing Out Sparks"

Michael Hurley and the Unholy Modal Rounders/Jeffrey Fredericks and the Clamtones: "Have Moicy"

Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Self Titled

Martha and the Muffins: "Metro Music"

Tonio K: "Life in the Foodchain"

Here's a few:

April Wine-Harder, Faster
Charlie-Lines
Trooper-Knock'em Dead Kid
Billy Thorpe-Children of the Sun
Prism-Prism & See Forever Eyes
Amazing Rhythm Aces-Too Stuffed to Jump

Wishbone Ash's first album