Thanks for plugging the Maryjean and 9 others LP. That was my last sessions and tour with Marshall. The sessions were sometimes stressful, but some of the highlights were when Chris Donato and Tom Teeley came in to sing and play on various stuff, Gary Burke came and we set up two kits facing one another for Wild Abandon, and when Mitch Easter came to play on Steel Strings. Steel Strings was recorded and mixed live in the giant room at Bearsville. Don Dixon sang backgrounds from the control room while he pushed and pulled faders on a giant Neve console. Pretty fun. Marshall Graham, and I went out on and off for about 9 months supporting the effort. That record came out about the same time as La Bamba, soo there was added interest there. A great adventure. I love those guys. RC

Another great video. I have a few of those albums and will be looking out for the ones I do not have. I just bought Sting's The Soul Cages (on CD) at a thrift store last week. Looking forward to giving that a listen. You asked about some favourite 'forgotten' albums. One of my favourite albums is Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic. It came out in my last year of high school and I turned a lot of people on to that album. Not a bad track on it. How can you not love Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. Other contributions on the album from Ellen Foley, John Cale, and a number of the members of the E Street Band.

One of my favorite forgotten albums is "The Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus" by Spirit. It's worth a listen to sometime.

Cool segment Tim👍🏻 And not a topic often touched upon. I vote for a part 2!

Another great video, Tim! I love that you did this one. Marshall Crenshaw is one of my absolute favorite artists and is incredibly underrated. I used to play his music live when I fronted a rock band back in the day. Got to meet him- an incredibly nice guy. J. Geils Band- Oh yeah! From my hometown of Worcester, MA. They were huge in my neck of the woods, right alongside Aerosmith and Boston. A few albums I truly enjoy but don't get mentioned anymore- Foghat-Stone Blue ('78); Jim Croce- Life & Times ('72); Kinks-Misfits ('78); Deep Purple-Fireball ('71) and Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes ('72). Love these type of videos and discussion.

Fun fact: Marshall Crenshaw performed as John Lennon in one of the several touring companies of Beatlemania back around 1981.

Hey Tim. Love the focus on that Marshall Crenshaw LP. True that nobody ever mentions that one! I guess I mainly classified him as power pop but yeah, he's got a variety of other styles in his music. That Robyn LP indeed is a bit tough to find out in the wild. I'm trying to remember where I found mine. Might have been from a local seller amazingly. I think you, myself, and Jeff Kempin are the only ones in the KZfaq vinyl community who have talked about Robyn Hitchcock. I haven't heard that Graham Parker album so I'll have to sample it! Great topic here! Cheers!

Great selections on here today! Thanks for mentioning Marshall Crenshaw, too. You can often catch him these days singing with The Smithereens, which he's been doing in a guest vocalist capacity since the passing of Pat DiNizio in 2017.

Great choices, Tim. Have almost all of these records and inspired a new playlist.

Hey Tim ! Perspex Island was always a favorite, and got me into more Robin Hitchcock in the early 1990's. " Someday Someway"is still my favorite song, even though I know his other material as well..

Great stuff thanks Tim. Big birthday last weekend (50!) and I got a fair few records from folks - amazingly didn’t own a single one of them! Pick of the bunch was one of my grails the Strokes ‘Is this it’ super pleased to add that to the collection, from the looks of it on Discogs the Mrs paid a fair few quid for it!! 😬 It’s going in a frame on the wall as the cover is just so cool. Also got one I’d never heard of The Blue Stones ‘Black Holes’ on transparent purple vinyl - great album and sounds good too, check them out.

Another great and very informative video and another list of albums to look for. Spending the weekend Upstate New York and driving through Woodstock to get to my destination. Maybe a pit stop is mandatory and look for some albums there, hey, why not?

You got an instant thumbs up from me for the thumbnail. Anything by Robyn Hitchcock is an automatic buy for me. Agree his LPs can be hard to find but worth buying on CD if you find that first. I followed Marshall Crenshaw too for his first half dozen albums. I'll have to check the markings on my copy of Mary Jean +9. A band that I'd add to a sleeper collection is The English Beat, Just Can't Stop It and/or Special Beat Service LPs.

Hi Tim, very cool selection. I guess I'm one of the guilty ones who never explored past Marshall Crenshaw's debut, probably because in the UK his records never show up. The Soul Cages is a special record for me, that got me through some tough times in the early nineties. Robyn Hitchcock is impossible to find on vinyl in the UK, at least at a good price. Richard McCook and myself in the UK have both made videos on Graham Parker, fantastic songwriter. Cheers, James

Graham Parker was (somehow) allways in the shadow of Elvis Costello. Not fair (love both of them).

Love Joe Jackson. Picked up Blaze of Glory about 6 months ago and was amazed at how the music just pops right out at you. Nineteen Forever and Down to London were played on the local alternative station but there are so many other great songs. JJ fans should have this one in their collection.

Congrats on finding that Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians vinyl! That's extremely rare and expensive on vinyl. I saw Robyn open up for R.E.M. on their "Green" tour. It was only Robyn and his guitars. No backing band. Incredible! Also love that Marshall Crenshaw Mary Jane album! I recently bought that one on vinyl for like $5.00 The sound is spectacular and next to his debut, my favorite album of his.

I first saw Joe Jackson live during the Blaze Of Glory tour. This album is a masterpiece of spectacular tunes. Going to see him four times this year. Still, great as ever! Another album that is spectacular, is Mark Hollis's (Talk Talk) first and only solo album. Play it at night. Amazing.

Woodentops "Giant" (1986). Probably my most played album of the 80's.

Graham Parker is another performer I love to listen to. Squeezing Out Sparks was his first album of his I bought. I have since added 6 others. XRT? Used to listen to that station all the time. Lived near Elgin IL from 1980 - 1996. Anything by Warren Zevon is gold in my books. Much like Parker, has never done a bad song. Both have very unique voices. Wish I have discovered your channel years ago. But I'm here now. Dig your channel.

Saw that Perspex Island cover and just had to watch ! Love that album, great video, thanks 👍

Warren Zevon, Joe Jackson and Marshall Crenshaw are 3 of my faves. You're right. I tend to only listen to Marshall Crenshaw's 1st album. I also have that gold promo copy that you showed and you've inspired me to listen to it since it has been quite a while. I have 5 Joe Jackson records, but not the one you showed. I'm going to listen to all the ones you showed. Thanks for a great video!

Hi Tim thanks for great video. I totally agree about Sting The Soul cages . For Geils and other US stuff I will look into $ Bin during my trip to NYC next month

Hi Tim my three mentions are LPs that sold thousands worldwide and are recycled regularly in second hand record shops. Each album’s sales were driven by a big hit single but the associated LPs have been somewhat been forgotten. The first is Gerry Rafferty’s City City. Of course City to City has the hit song Baker St but the LP is great start to finish with the beautiful piano ballad 'Whatever is Written in Your Heart' and the melodic melting"The Ark' -all with Gerry’s pitch perfect singing, arrangements and song writing. The next is America’s LP Homecoming. It features their best song IMO 'Ventura Highway' but it has great cuts like Cornwall Blank and the Saturn Nights, backed by great playing from the 'wrecking crew'.The album is at arms length from America’s overplayed 70s radio friendly pop songs. And lastly but not least is Al Stewart’s Year of the Cat. The album has the slick production standards of Alan Parson’s and his project session musos. Al just can’t help giving us history vinaigrettes like Lord Grenville, Flying Sorcery On the Border and the fantastic title track.

Marshal Crenshaw covering My Back Pages on Bleaker Street Greenwich Village in the 60s is so fabulous. Could listen to his version over and over. Love Marshal! I don't feel he ever got the acclaim he deserved.

Billy Bragg’s “Don’t Try This At Home” is kind of a forgotten album. It wasn’t enthusiastically received but I think it is a strong record! Thanks Tim, love all of your videos.

Hi Tim, It's great finding Chicago guys exploring cool music. I'm 66 and remember when xrt would come on at sunset. They have shaped my music tastes from JT to Dylan, both Morrisons, Bromberg to Zappa. What a trip! Cheers, Chicago Ray

Thanks for playing Robyn Hitchcock. Element of Light, Globe of Frogs, Queen Elvis, Perspex Island - man, what a beautiful band lineup that was! The bass playing (fretless I believe) by Andy Metcalf is so perfect and creative it practically sends me into a rapture. I was so disappointed when they parted ways.

First viewing. Excellent. A lot of seeds here to branch out from. Thanks! WXRT hell yeah!!!! How about WCKG? I used to do late nights at 15 in a restaurant saving up for my Nakamichi CR-1 or Harmon Kardon stuff and got to listen to "CKG" play full albums like Aqualung and Disraeli Gears! Great Times......and I was already into Zevon, even "Bad Luck Street in Dancing School"!!!

Kevin Ayers "Whatevershebringswesing" (Yes that is one word). Quirky and so, so musical. The track 'Song From The Bottom of The Well" has a guitar part that Robert Fripp (King Crimson) - while saying that Kevin Ayers was a really amateur guitarist - thought was one of the most inventive he had ever heard. It is perhaps one of the greatest tracks I have ever heard and certainly amongst the most threatening.

Great call on Robyn Hitchcock. I absolutely adore his 80s output. I first got into him kinda late with the Jonathan Demme movie Storefront Hitchcock. I've actually never heard Perspex Island, though!

Procol Harum "A Salty Dog" and "Live With the Edmonton Symphony".. .. stone cold classics. Robin Trower was also present on A Salty Dog. A wonderful, trailblazing band with an incredible catalogue of music. RIP Gary Brooker.

Subscribed! Glad I found this channel. Lists like this are gold and deep cuts and buried treasures are a huge part of my music experience these days. Looking forward to more. The moment I saw the first choice being Marshall Crenshaw I thought... yesssss.

Thank you for mentioning Robyn Hitchcock! An artist who should be mentioned way more than he is. My "awakening" to his brilliance was a cassette tape of Element of Light. Fifteen seconds into that album you know you are listening to something extraordinary!

Robyn Hitchcock is my hero. He’s kind of a shadow of Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett. That’s how I got into Robyn, was from a cat from Canada told me about him and Kevin Ayers, Soft Machine, Soft Boys, Vandyke Parks, among others. My favorite is Moss Elixir, a later album, with a close sound to another one of my favorites I Often Dream of Trains. I got into him in my late teens.

Re: Soul Cages--All of those A & M of that vintage (in my collection) are on translucent quiet vinyl. hold those to the light! The Robyn Hitchcock album is great too! Thanks Tim (I know this is an old video!)

Hey, UV... Great call on "Soul Cages," easily the greatest of Sting solo albums... Terrific stuff right there, both lyrically and sonically... My forgotten fav pick is Joan Jett's "Glorious Results Of A Misspent Youth"(1985) featuring hit single Cherry Bomb...Tight band, with Joan raging throughout... Looking forward to more of your videos!... Take Care, Ghostrider Rick

Well Tim, an album that comes to mind in the category of bands that often get passed on because they aren't particularly a marquee name is Sniff n' The Tears. The big hit off their album Fickle Heart was Driver's Seat. I first heard this album back in the early Eighties and the album still casts it's infectious magic to this day.

Great list, Tim

"This Is Easy" is my favourite Marshall Crenshaw song. So different from everything else out there, insanely melodic and a bit haunting sounding.

Great comment about taking a pause and circling back and revisiting albums of the past. Thanks again Tim

My cassettes of "Flying Cowboys" and "Blaze of Glory" got me through the first couple of years of grad school. Wish I had the albums!

Graham Parker, Nick Lowe, and Elvis, so great... but Graham is so powerful, and melodic.. quite the tunesmith, and an awesome rock and roll voice !

Glad you brought up these musicians. Had forgotten Marshall!

Don Henley "Inside Job". His last solo LP before The Eagles never ending tour. Not to be confused with Bob Dylan's never ending tour. Cass County released much later.

Way to go...great list of lost vinyl nuggets..!!

"Blaze Of Glory" is my all-time favorite Joe Jackson album. And I own them all. "Me and You Against the World" is a masterpiece of songwriting, but the whole album is an emotional journey. And the transitions between songs are brilliant. I recently bought the CD as I had worn out the cassette for 30 years! "Perspex Island" also happens to be my favorite Robyn Hitchcock record. "So You Think You're In Love" might be the perfect pop song (The Monkees should have recorded it). Other albums I've worn out: 1. Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - "Mavericks" 2. Guadalcanal Diary - "2x4" 3. Jude Cole - "A View From Third Street" 4. Jules Shear - "The Great Puzzle" 5. Bee Gees - "Living Eyes" (from 1981, their most underrated, overlooked album; American radio stations refused to play it). I just discovered your channel and am looking forward to watching past videos!

Hi Tim, I couldn’t agree more with Monkey Island. That is a classic that just doesn’t get the love it deserves. If you have not heard Struck By Lightning by Graham Parker I would highly highly recommend it. One of my fav records. It’s hard to find on vinyl because it was never released in the states but it is stripped back a bit. Reminds me of King of America by Elvis Costello. Cheers, Brian☘️

Great video .. i like the soul cages !

Robyn Hitchcock has visited Tucson numerous times over the last 20+ years for recording and personal reasons, so I have been fortunate to have seen him many times at small venues and boutique festivals in his "all white" phase.

The KZfaq algorithm brought me here, but the thumbnail image of your T-shirt peaked my interest. Anyone who loves Gaúcho as much as I do must really know his stuff. Thanks for the great video, and I’m subscribing.

I worked Twenty years in a Record Store and I’ve only heard one of these (Rickie Lee Jones and it is GREAT), but a good call, I’ll be looking for some of these (though on CD I’m afraid] Can I recommend Graham Bond Solid Gold double album, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and John McLaughlin and GB himself on incredible soul vocals and organ.

Blaze of Glory is terrific, need to find it and Big World on LP to go with my CDs. How Big World was recorded is an interesting story... and it's only 3 sides on vinyl IIRC. For power pop, try the first two records by Shoes, out of Illinois... Now and Then, and Tongue Twister.

Wonderful picks. Robyn Hitchcock with an amazing amount of incredible songs packed into that one. Love the Joe Jackson, Graham Parker, and Warren Zevon picks, as well. Some other "under the radar" picks with glorious song-writing / pop perfection: XTC - "Mummer" The Chills - "Submarine Bells" Able Tasmans - "Hey Spinner" Sam Phillips - "Cruel Inventions"

Been a Crenshaw, Hitchcock, and Parker fan for ages. I'll give Perspex Island a listen again as it's been a while, but it just never grabbed me like the earlier stuff. Same is true for the Marshall Crenshaw stuff. But I'll revisit that too. I think a Robyn Hitchcock record that gets overlooked is Element of Light - great record! Now the Graham Parker, yes, that record is just as good as his earlier stuff and I quite like his follow up to that - Struck By Lightning.

I remember Graham Parker's big 1980 hit, Empty Lies on FM radio.

Mona Lisa's Sister is one of the very, very few albums of which I like every single track. I agree that Graham Parker is underrated.

Great to hear an appreciation of Graham Parker's "Human Soul." Among its jewels is 'Slash and Burn', maybe the greatest rock and roll song about ecology ever, with the great couplet "Criminals were elected / To divide the world / For every head a bullet / For every swine a pearl."

The only album you need is the one on your shirt, Steely Dan - Gaucho.

Good stuff, thanks.

Thanks very much for the tips ! :-) Btw : Joe Jackson's Body & Soul album is one of my all time favourite albums with some absolutely beautiful heart rending tracks ! ( Happy ending & Be my number two ). Such a varied and capable musician!

Thanks for reminding me that MC is missing from my collection. I would simply put him in the "great songwriter" category. Great reviews. Great real world collector advice. Thank you.

Nice Thorens turntable ! I have the same exact one.

How about the first Moby Grape album? Was one of the first I ever bought, in Mono!

Great albums, I agree with all of your choices. I would add Kansas-Monolith; it doesn't have the hits like Leftoverture, but it is an amazing sounding record. "How my soul cries out for you" sounds unbelievably good.

Saw JJ at the Aragon. Magnificent conductor, musician, singer-songwriter! Xrt strikes again. Still play Look Sharp to sing at top of my lungs!

Agree on Monkey Island. Great record. I would also recommend Sanctuary. The whole Robyn Hitchcock catalog is great but I really like Fegmania. I have a lot of his stuff on CD.

Hey Tim! How do I obtain one of those "Gaucho" Steely Dan T-shirts?? That is very nice!!!! Thanks

Great information on records I have not heard, but I'm familiar with the artists.. will keep my eye out for them.. The band Crack the Sky comes to mind for me.. though not totally obscure as their debut LP was rated high by Rolling Stone, they got screwed by their record company for not marketing their albums, and then went bankrupt, I believe.. Their 2nd record "Animal Notes", and 3rd, "Safety In Numbers" are excellent, and known by fans, but not the mainstream.. Although they are huge in Baltimore!..

Not enough people have ever heard of "Crack The Sky" Check out their first album, you will not be disappointed!

Soul Cages has always been my favorite Sting album. Have it on cd but it never occurred to me to find it on vinyl 🤔

Thanks to this video, yesterday I sat and listened to The Soul Cages, Monkey Island and Flying Cowboys. I'd forgotten how much I liked Rickie Lee Jones. I think she performed on SNL when the LP was released. There are so many great albums out there.

Big Hitchcock fan here and, yes Perspex Island is a fantastic album, along with the previous release, Queen Elvis..

Surely agree on “Monkey Island” - due to a weird (quadraphonic!) radio station in Sarasota (WQSR 102.5) playing progressive rock, I heard “Monkey Island” and for some reason it grabbed my 8th grade mind. I bought it and, like a kid can do, listened to it repeatedly. You are correct that the variety of styles and sounds on the record is amazing. PS: another WQSR-driven purchase: “Novella” by Renaissance - the song “Can You Hear Me” was so very different from anything I’d ever heard. In retrospect, I think the “air guys” on QSR played these 8-10 minute songs so they could go to the bathroom or smoke a joint.

Enjoyed the list! I agree all the artists mentioned have somehow "faded" into 20th century memories. It's a shame. I was lucky to be in college in the mid 80's and got to see many of these acts... Robyn Hitchcock, Graham Parker, Joe Jackson, Geils... Here's some thoughts that popped up while watching: Sting, "Soul Cages" - It's a somber record as Sting's father had recently died when Sting started working on the record. "All This Time" is basically a eulogy for his father. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, "Perspex Island" - Slight nitpick here, the record that preceded it was "Queen Elvis" (1989) (not, GOF, 1988). And it was RH&E 3rd release on A&M. Since you mention this record, please please please get their next release (and final on A&M) from 1993 called "Respect". Again, pretty strong RH&E material, and, ironically Robyn Hitchcock was dealing with the death of his father when making this record as well ("The Yip Song", "Railway Shoes"). RH also released a solo acoustic record in 1990 called "Eye", I'd recommend this as well. And if you ever find a vinyl copy of "Underwater Moonlight" by the Soft Boys - buy it, you won't be disappointed. Graham Parker, "Human Soul" - A good record, but not as good as "Mona Lisa's Sister", imo. As others have pointed out below - find a copy of "Struck By Lightning" (1992). Criminally underrated record, "Weeping Statues" and "Girl With The Butterfly Net" are standouts. Joe Jackson, "Blaze Of Glory" - Find a copy of 1991's "Laughter And Lust". Similar record, great material. Although both of these pale in comparison to "Big World" (1986). Some other great forgotten records of that era... XTC, "Skylarking" (1987) - You won't find this in the cut-out bin. Buy it, Listen to the whole record. Produced by Todd Rundgren. Andy Partridge has since referred to this record as "a summer's day baked into one cake". The Dukes Of Strateosphere, "25 O' Clock" (1985), and "Psonic Sunspot" (1987). XTC's alter ego. If you can find it, get "Chips From The Chocolate Fireball" instead, as it contains both of these releases. " Lou Reed, "New York" (1989) - How have folks forgotten about this masterpiece? Freedy Johnson, "This Perfect World" (1994). Great songwriter, reminds me of Marshall Crenshaw a bit. Graham Maby ("May-bee"?) plays bass as well.

what happened to your sony tt? how does your new thorens compare?

Great list Just saw Rickie Lee Jones last week and she did "Horses" from "Flying Cowboys". Her cover of "Don't Let The sun Catch You Crying" from that LP I like better than the original. Warrn Zevon is an often overlooked great. The J Geils band one of the best live acts of the 70's and 80's

Soul Cages is a great album. Bought it when came out. I’ll have to give Marshal Crenshaw a listen as I’ve never heard of them. I loved Joe Jackson when it came out also. I haven’t played that album in decades. No one that I know of listens to any of these albums anymore. Heck I was listening to All Things Must Pass and my neighbor commented that he hadn’t heard the song If Not For You in decades.

Always throw on Perspex Island on my last stretch of driving to the beach.❤

Cool Vintage Turntable! What is the brand? Ok I see a Thorens.

I absolutely agree with Graham Parker. Mona Lisa's sister and human soul. I played those albums cassettes to death. Covered a few songs.

Nice turntable - did I read right that it’s a TD165? I have the same model - 52 years old and still going strong!

The Soul Cages is a fantastic record, agreed. Hard to choose between his first 3 solo lps.

Big Graham Parker fan, but never saw this album. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for it. Saw him solo about 12 years ago at a small club. He started out hesitant but ended up with people standing on tables all singing “ Local Girls”. What a great show that was. Of course love Warren and have that great album. Joe Jackson, another great musician who’s a complete asshole as a person. Oh well, I still enjoy his music. Nice picks, thanks for sharing

Check out the 90s album Sister Sweetly by Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Every song is enjoyable and has a nice blues / country sound that a lot of Indie bands are emulating today

Real good choices. We share musical tastes. I'm still a sucker for Two Wheels Good/Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout.

Marshall Crenshaw is criminally underappreciated. Have most of MC's records but Lie's Too Short is a perfect record. Love Monkey Island as well. And you can take any XTC album for that matter. .

Cool shirt! 😀 Nice video! - Russ

Perspex Island is great! Always enjoyed the follow up, “Respect,” as well.

Check out Dave Mason's Alone Together! You forgot this classic L.p.

Happy and relieved to hear someone that loves Monkey Island as I do. I subscribed Brother.

Graham Maby playing bass with Crenshaw... I'm sold. He's criminally underappreciated

Hi Tim! Love and enjoy all your videos. There is a band called THE GOOD RATS from Long Island N.Y. Rolling Stone said they were the GREATEST BAND nobody ever heard of..They had 4 or 5 EXCELLENT LPS in the late 70,s early 80,s. Excellent music!! Check them out. I think that you would like them.

Now by the Plimsouls. I think everywhere at once was their hit record but Now was much stronger and sounds great.

Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage 👍 Uriah Heep - best of

I bought one of those thorens td160 when I was 16

I will always listen closely to anyone wearing a Gaucho t-shirt.

Kudos for including some Hitchcock. My favourite is Element of Light

Most of these choices are from 1989. I definetly need to check out more Crenshaw.

'Marshall Crenshaw' and 'Field Day' are pretty awesome. 'Downtown', 'Good Evening', 'Life's Too Short' and 'The 9 Volt Years' have their moments. 'Mary Jean...' is not close to any of those. I bought it and then got the record store to take it back. The only decent song, for me, was the cover of Peter Case's 'Steel Strings'.