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    Posted: May 24 2021 at 04:04
Here we go again, moving gradually forward in time. This post is about your most obscure favorites from the year 1971. Let the recommendations begin!
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Damn, for some reason I'm having a really, really challenging time even finding an album that qualifies as obscure from that year!

The closest thing I have is Beefheart Mirror Man, lol.

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Ouch this is even harder...this will surely have to be more than just a handful. From the top of my head:
Björn J:son Lindh - Från Storstad Til Grodspad
Igor Wakhevitch - Docteur Faust
Frankie Dymon Jr - Let It Out
Witthüser & Westrupp - Trips & Träume
Et Cetera - s/t (Germany)
Blue Sun - s/t
Komintern - Le Bal Du Rat Mort
Carla Bley - Escalator Over The Hill
Association P.C. - Sun Rotation
Triode - On N’a Pas Fini D’avoir Tout Vu
Fläsket Brinner - s/t
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Still Life - Still Life 
Mr. Albert Show - Warm Motor
Polyphony - Without Introduction
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Jan Dukes De Grey - Mice & Rats In The Loft
Gila - Gila
Guru Guru - Hinten

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CRESSIDA - Asylum
SPRING - Spring
STILL LIFE - Still Life
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Wigwam - Fairyport
Tasavallan Presidentti - II
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2

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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

Damn, for some reason I'm having a really, really challenging time even finding an album that qualifies as obscure from that year!

The closest thing I have is Beefheart Mirror Man, lol.

I'll be back!


Same. I feel like anything I have been able to find on CD from that era isn't particularly obscure. Somebody thought they were relevant enough for a modern format release. And I'm not a vinyl collector. I suppose the closest to fit the criteria are:

Buon Vecchio Charlie - s/t
Moving Gelatine Plates - s/t
Solution - s/t
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

 
Same. I feel like anything I have been able to find on CD from that era isn't particularly obscure. Somebody thought they were relevant enough for a modern format release. And I'm not a vinyl collector. I suppose the closest to fit the criteria are:

Buon Vecchio Charlie - s/t
Moving Gelatine Plates - s/t
Solution - s/t

I was thinking of adding that one.
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Jan Dukes de Grey is one I have that was already mentioned. The only other album I have from this year that might qualify is Beggars Opera - Waters of Change.

Is Egg's The Polite Force obscure? I doubt it is, but not sure.

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Ruth Copeland - I Am What I Am
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Ame Debout
Heaven - Brass Rock 1

Honourable mentions:
Judee Sill s/t
Yoko Ono - Fly


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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Jan Dukes de Grey is one I have that was already mentioned. The only other album I have from this year that might qualify is Beggars Opera - Waters of Change.

Is Egg's The Polite Force obscure? I doubt it is, but not sure.


Another one I was thinking of, it's got over 400 ratings on here so I skipped it. To normal general population very obscure, to us here, founding pillar of a genre LOL
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Round two I guess (because I am an incredibly poor ranker )

Deuter - D
Claudio Rocchi - Volo Magico N.1
Klan - Mrowisko
Fresh Maggots - s/t
Dr. Z - Three Parts To My Soul
Jean Guérin - Tacet
Terje Rypdal - s/t
Jan Garbarek - The Esoteric Circle
Burning Red Ivanhoe - W.W.W.
Syrinx - Long Lost Relatives
Midnight Sun - s/t
Alcatraz - Vampire State Building
Jean Cohen-Solal - Flutes Libres
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I'm not sure if I have a top 3 but Centipede's Septober Energy is probably the most overlooked item from this year that I could name.
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Obscure is a relative term...many odd ones are well known by us on this forum but my friends have never heard of them.
3 I really like...
-Moonkyte- Count Me Out
-Tonton Macoute-st
-Samurai-st

(also some were mentioned above like Spring, Cressida, Still Life,  and Raw Material, Marsupilami...don't add these in since they are extras...)

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^I was going to mention Frumpy but left that pleasure for Friede!
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Fuzzy Duck S/T
Hanuman S/T
Ikarus S/T
Moving Gelatine Plates S/T
My Solid Ground S/T
Weed S/t
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P.D.Q Bach - The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach (LP)
John Entwistle - Smash Your Head Against the Wall (LP)


Not exactly obscure, maybe just a little rarer.
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I'll go for truly obscure

MAN MADE - Man Made
Basically the side long first track makes this worth while
Unknown early Montreal psych band
Gotta laugh at that cover art LOL



Entire album

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BLUE SUN - Blue Sun
Cool jazz-fusion from Denmark
So obscure i don't think you can even listen to the whole album on YouTube unless you type out every track



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HANUMAN - Hanuman
Great unknown Krautrock from Germany


Entire album



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