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

Folk 

  • Bill Staines
  • Good starting points - 1) The First Million Miles and 2) The Second Million Miles

Country & Western

  • Whitney Rose
  • Good starting point - 1) Whitney Rose 

1970's Rock - Psychedelic & otherwise

  • White Witch

As for collector vs audiophile ... I am both ... guilty as charged.

Curious as to why categorizing myself would matter.


Rich 
@rar1 

Rich, I'm not interesting in categorizing anything or anybody. All I did was report on the people that I know.

The purpose of my post was for two reasons:

1) I've been very disappointed with the current music of the 21st century. I can count the number of newer artists on both hands that I've bought more than 1 album or CD of theirs. So, I was interested in how many responses mentioned current music versus music from the 20th century.

2) Knowing that most of us are on some kind of budget, I was wondering how that affects our ability to uncover unknown or at least fairly obscure music. After all, life tends to be a numbers game; so, if your budget is limited, one would think that would limit your opportunities to uncover buried treasure. Although I must admit, because the internet basically makes the whole world your record store, perhaps that's enough to offset any perceived budget issues. The internet surely allows us to now be more "selective" in our musical purchases. 
The Autumn Defense...a side band led by John Stirrat and Pat Sansone of Wilco, with drummer "G-Wiz" Greg Wieczorek also in Norah Jones' band and bassist James Haggerty. If you like Simon & Garfunkel, CSN and Big Star, check them out. I'd start with "Circles". Cheers,
Spencer
@Three_Easy_Payments:

The live acoustic CD is not available on the band's website. I found it when I looked up a live clip of "Ice" on YouTube. As far as I know, this is the only clip that was filmed from this show, which was in someone's basement with 50 people in attendance.

Scroll thru the comments and you'll see a web address to contact a guy named Markus to purchase the CD. Turns out he is the guy who mixed and mastered the CD. The double CD is only $20, including shipping. 
If music doesn’t come first, there’s simply no point in pursuing this so-called audiophile hobby. At least that’s my POV.

Music first, sound quality second. Always.