# Your favourite CD no one has ever heard of **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067 "2001-11-07T22:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/1 "2001-11-07T22:34:36Z")
I think my favourite CD that no one has ever heard of is [_Mermaid Lounge_](http://www.mermaidlounge.com/comp.htm), a compilation recorded at the Mermaid Lounge in New Orleans in 1996. From the rappy “All That” to the funky [“Fistfull of Love”](http://members.tripod.com/~mermaidrecords/fngr.mp3?1), the sounds of New Orleans local bands are fun to listen to. My favourite is the klezmer “Ariel Angelo” by the now defunct Myshkin Impossible, followed by “All That”. But I enjoy the whole CD. I may buy another copy before they run out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/2 "2001-11-07T22:38:17Z")
Or “no **one** has ever heard of”. Anyway… ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/3 "2001-11-07T23:10:05Z")
Famous Monsters self titled debut. Its the former bass player from White Zombie’s band. I figured, a name like that, the band is all dressed up like monsters, ex-WZ member, this thing should be heavy as all hell. Nope, its surf rock, and darn good surf rock. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/4 "2001-11-07T23:14:13Z")
hummmmmm… i got a cd by a chick named patti rothberg. no one has ever heard of her and i see the disk in the used cd store all the time. i guess i’m the only one who likes her! i also really like the swansons “shake”, but who has ever heard of them? and who can forget R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/5 "2001-11-07T23:28:47Z")
I love the Microscopic Septet. Soprano/alto/tenor/baritone saxophones, plus a rhythm section of piano/acoustic bass/drums, with the bassist doubling on tuba. They do a snarky take on swing jazz, and did it long before the “Swing Revival” of the mid-'90s. And the brassless, all-sax lineup of horns makes for an eerie and unsettling monotone. I’ve only got one of their discs, 1988’s out-of-print BEAUTY BASED ON SCIENCE, which is worth seeking out for the diabolically brilliant cut “Lobster in the Limelight,” and for “Waltz of the Recently Punished Catholic School Boys,” which incorporates the theme music from _Get Smart._ I see on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) that their 1983 album, TAKE THE Z TRAIN, is back in print…gotta grab a copy! ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/6 "2001-11-07T23:47:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\*hummmmmm… > > i got a cd by a chick named patti rothberg. no one has ever heard of her and i see the disk in the used cd store all the time. i guess i’m the only one who likes her! > > \*\* Actually I have her cd. I’ve got probably hundreds of cd’s no one (almost) has heard of. The ones currently in hot rotation are Bob Holroyd’s “A Different Space”, & “Latin Travels” compilation, (both on Six Degrees Records.) And Carlos Santana “Divine Light - Reconstruction & Mix Translation: Bill Laswell” Columbia/Legacy. The Holroyd & Latin Travels are kind of world fusion, but very accessible. The Santana reconstruction is from songs on the Illuminations & Love Devotion Surrender albums, his Coltranesque period. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/7 "2001-11-07T23:47:25Z")
Zero Gravity, by Laika and the Cosmonauts. Surf music as perfomed by a bunch of Finns. Terrific stuff. They do Dick Dale proud. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/8 "2001-11-07T23:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gatopescado \* > \*\* > i also really like the swansons “shake”, but who has ever heard of them? > > \*\* This wouldn’t be the same The Swansons from New Haven, Ct. would it? If it is, then I’ve heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/9 "2001-11-07T23:58:31Z")
**The Mathematician’s Air Display** by **Pekka Pohjola.** I’ve never met anyone who’s ever heard of either the album or the artist. I think maybe I’m the only person who ever bought it. You can, just about, get sites like the All Music Guide to cough up references which prove I’m not just imagining it. But otherwise it’s about as obscure as you can get this side of needing an ontological proof that it exists. ---
**Author:** ![Tajiri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Tajiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tajiri)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/10 "2001-11-07T23:59:38Z")
“In the Aeroplane over the sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel. Outstanding CD. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/11 "2001-11-08T00:07:25Z")
Well, let’s see. I have a lot of things in that category, including a few that never made it to CD and only appear on vinyl. Kak by Kak Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit Emmett Rhodes by Emmett Rhodes Electric Shocks by Roger Ruskin Spear Siegel Schwall Band by Siegel Schwall Band Rocking Duck by Grimms Renaissance by Renaissance (not that Renaissance; the original Renaissance) ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/12 "2001-11-08T00:52:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*Well, let’s see. I have a lot of things in that category, including a few that never made it to CD and only appear on vinyl. > > Kak by Kak > Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit > Emmett Rhodes by Emmett Rhodes > Electric Shocks by Roger Ruskin Spear > Siegel Schwall Band by Siegel Schwall Band > Rocking Duck by Grimms > Renaissance by Renaissance (not that Renaissance; the original Renaissance) \*\* All good choices… I have all but the Grimms on vinyl, but the OP is cd’s. How about Vivian Stanshall’s “Sir Henry At Rawlinson End.” I have it on vinyl and cd. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/13 "2001-11-08T00:53:19Z")
John Kilzer - Busman’s Holiday. It’s fantastic. No one I know has ever heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/14 "2001-11-08T01:02:09Z")
Intense, intense Japanese punk band by the name of There is a Light That Never Goes Out. Why they chose for their name 1) The title of a Smiths song which 2) Not a single one of their Japanese fans can fully memorize, let alone understand or pronounce, I do not know. But they have a double screaming vocal attack, a solid solid rhythm section, and everyone but the drummer is so ugly you thank god they found rock music or they would never get laid. ---
**Author:** ![Niobium\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/15 "2001-11-08T01:58:33Z")
Wack-Ass Tubba Riff - by Fulflej ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/16 "2001-11-08T02:04:16Z")
Heads Are Gonna Roll by The Hippos. Quite possibly my favorite CD ever, and not just for their cover of “Always Something There to Remind Me.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/17 "2001-11-08T02:59:21Z")
Hmm, for sheer musical insanity, you can’t beat the absolutely wild Japanese psychadelic experiment that is Acid Mothers Temple - “New Geocentric World” It’ll peel the skin off your third eye, that. And I’ll take this time to plug my friend’s band **Unloco** , and their CD “Healing”. They’re on tour right now, and they rule. Their website is here: [Unloco](http://www.maverick.com/unloco) LC ---
**Author:** ![ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ramesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ramesh)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/18 "2001-11-08T03:07:38Z")
the soundtrack to million dollar hotel ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/19 "2001-11-08T03:12:19Z")
A tie between “Happiest Dogs” by Mighty Joe Plum and Marry Me Jane’s self-titled- which is also the soundtrack to **If Lucy Fell**. BTW- Fireunderpantsboobs, I know who the Hippos are 🙂 \ ---
**Author:** ![someone\_else](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@someone\_else](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/someone_else)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/20 "2001-11-08T03:18:54Z")
“Alone in my Basement” by Richie Castellano. Which is a literal description of the album. He plays everything, on a nicely-produced rock concept album. “Live at Shatner Ballroom 2001.09.02” by Euphoric Side-Effects. My bud Ian’s jazz/funk band. (and yeah, that’s _William_ Shatner. There is a perfectly good explanation.) -SE [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067.md?page=2)