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If were talking greatest ever, we can't forget Funkadelic and Parliament too for that matter. Definitely top 10 for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8JE-d2TESc

I love The Fall, but this one isn't even close for me, Beatles all the way.

My top 5 would be: The Bats The Chills The Clean Split Enz Tall Dwarfs

If it wasn't for the Bee Gees, it would've been the Go-Betweens all the way. I own more Go-Betweens records--have their whole discography--than Bee Gees, but a head to head of their best records has me tipping the scale in the Bee Gees favor.

Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces

Artful Dodger - Honor Among Thieves

Sticking with the folk theme, this time someone that has had a long career and a fairly big discography: Julie Felix. She performed with the likes of Leonard Cohen (I think she was one of the first people to cover him) and Phil Ochs. Maybe not an essential folk artist, but she did some good stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZIymsLUdQ Not her folkiest song, but this one is probably my favorite of hers: Julie Felix - Snakeskin (pretty funny, someone used the Star Trek clip of the green dancing woman for the video)

Colours - Love Heals: The Complete Recordings Rosebud - Rosebud

I have a few Waits live DVDs. Can't remember the names of them at the moment, but one is a VH1 Storytellers performance.

Yeah, this. Along these same lines, I could also get rid of most of the food choices in my kitchen and subsist on vegetables and beans. Would be a pretty boring way to live though.

Discovered the record "Colour Green" by Sibylle Baier a few years back. It's basically guitar and voice recordings she made at home in the early '70s in Germany. Sort of has a Nico/Leonard Cohen vibe. This record didn't get released until 30+ years after the initial recordings were made. Apparently J. Mascis heard a tape of her music and helped get it released. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_F0mPq7ec

Doggerel Bank - Silver Faces

Aesop's Fables - In Due Time...

Must say I do have a soft spot for the Free Design's poppy goodness. Kites Are Fun is another good one. Another fun bubblegum pop band of that era was The Peppermint Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWofGveDGHg

I'm loving this thread too. So many old favorites have been mentioned (I've been playing that Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown record a lot over the past few months along with "Down South in the Bayou County," so so good.) Didn't know anything about Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb or Shake Russell & Dana Cooper so thanks for the new discoveries folks, that's what a thread like this is all about. Speaking of forgotten artists, you never hear much talk about David Ackles anymore. The guy released 4 great records in the late '60s to early '70s, should get more recognition than he does. http://www.y

Robert Johnson - Close Personal Friend it's a power pop kinda day.

Very Cool. The Hammond Song is one of my fave Roches songs.

Ernie Graham's (formerly of Eire Apparent) 1971 self-titled solo record is a real treat. He recorded it with a bunch of the Brinsley Schwarz and Help Yourself guys. There's a rootsy The Band/Dylan vibe on this record I quite dig. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjGnhYPgWTQ

Saw this one recently, definitely worth watching if you're a fan. Some nice concert and behind the scenes footage of Merritt working on songs in his apartment. Merrittt comes off way less curmudgeonly than one would expect considering all the press stories to the contrary.

If you're into baroque folk and psychedelia, the lone 1969 record by the female duo Chimera is worth tracking down. Some of it was produced by Nick Mason, and he and Rick Wright play on some of the tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgVU22EOss