So here we are, approaching the end of the first week of the (semi) quarantine due to the COVID-19. Still haven't gotten round to doing all the things I always said I'd' do "if I only had time". Haven't picked up my guitar - no, I don't play, never got further than "lesson 2" and by now I have forgotten everything. Haven't read all those books (damn Netflix!). But one thing I did get to do is sort out 10 years' worth of music magazines in my attic. I'm cutting out the most interesting articles and cataloging them according to subject, period etc. Among others, I'm assembling all of MOJO's "Buried Treasure" columns in one neat dossier. I realized that, although I had never before heard of most of them (I guess that's why they call them "buried") I do own some, and would love to present them to you. Most of them really are nice little gems that have fallen through the cracks, and well worth discovering whether you are a record collector trying to build an eclectic collection or just a music lover willing to broaden their horizons. So here's the list, below. Each time I present one of the albums, I'll add a link to the relevant review. As it is, a few of them have already been presented in this blog, check them out!
(Reworked & Reposted - List is up to date until the September 2026 issue)
- Bo Diddley Bo Diddley 1958
- Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir Shakin' the Rafters 1960
- Blossom Dearie May I come in? 1964
- Alan Klein Well at least it's British 1964
- Sandy Bull Inventions 1965
- New colony six Breakthrough 1966
- Johnny Paycheck The Lovin’Machine 1966
- Patty Waters Sings 1966
- Pat Kilroy Light Of Day 1966
- Rising sons Rising sons 1966
- Blossom toes We are ever so clean 1967
- Del Shannon Home and away 1967
- Chris Clark Soul sounds 1967
- Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra & Hariprasad Chaurasia Call of the valley 1967
- Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron 1967
- The Cake The Cake 1967
- The Id The Inner Sounds Of The Id 1967
- Millennium Begin 1968
- Smoke The Smoke 1968
- David Ackles David Ackles 1968
- Taj Mahal Taj Mahal 1968
- Them Time out! Time in for Them 1968
- Margo Guryan Take a picture 1968
- Spanky & our Gang Anything you choose/Without rhyme or reason 1968
- Jake Holmes The above ground sound of 1968
- Beau brummels Bradley's barn 1968
- Terry Callier The new folk sound of Terry Callier 1968
- Victims of chance Victims of chance 1968
- Frances Mary Hunter Gordon Folk Mass 1968
- Lothar and the Hand people Presenting ... Lothar and the Hand people 1968
- Kiki Dee I'm Kiki Dee 1968
- Dino Valente Dino Valente 1968
- Alexander 'Skip' Spence Oar 1969
- Andwellas Dream Love And Poetry 1969
- Eire apparent Sunrise 1969
- Four seasons Genuine imitation life gazette 1969
- Nina Simone Nina Simone and piano! 1969
- Judy Henske & Jerry Yester Farewell Aldebaran 1969
- Bent Wind Sussex 1969
- Bee gees Odessa 1969
- Touch This is Touch 1969
- Richie Havens Ritchie P. Havens, 1983 1969
- Holy modal rounders The moray eels eat the the Holy modal rounders 1969
- Karen Dalton It's so hard to tell who's going to love you the best 1969
- White noise An electric storm 1969
- Spooky tooth Ceremony: an electronic mass 1969
- Pete Brown & his Battered ornaments A meal you can shake hands with in the dark 1969
- Al Kooper You never know who your friends are plus 1969
- Buffy Sainte-Marie Illuminations 1969
- Marsha Malamet Coney island winter 1969
- Kusudo & Worth Of Sun And Rain 1969
- Marty Wilde Diversions 1969
- The Fabulous Counts Jan Jan 1969
- The Open Mind The Open Mind 1969
- Ram John Holder Black London Blues 1969
- Dave Bixby Ode to Quetzalcoatl 1969
- F.J. McMahon Spirit of the Golden Juice 1969
- Reet Hendrikson Reet 1969
- The Academy Pop-Lore According to The Academy 1969
- The Mike Westbrook Concert Band Marching Song Vol. 1 1969
- Tucker Zimmerman Ten Songs by Tucker Zimmerman 1969
- Thelma Houston Sunsshower 1969
- Pulse Pulse 1969
- Nitty gritty dirt band Uncle Charlie & his dog Teddy 1970
- Trader horne Morning way 1970
- Vashti Bunyan Just another diamond day 1970
- Paul Williams Someday man 1970
- Sixto Diaz Rodriguez Cold fact 1970
- Ron Geesin and Roger Waters Music from the body 1970
- Power of Zeus The gospel according to Zeus 1970
- Harmony grass This is us 1970
- Rationals The Rationals 1970
- Paul Siebel Woodsmoke and oranges 1970
- Edison electric band Bless you, dr. Woodward 1970
- Grodeck whipperjenny The Grodeck whipperjenny 1970
- Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship Blows against the empire 1970
- Jimmy Campbell Half baked 1970
- Dave & Toni Arthur Hearken to the witches rune 1970
- Black Widow Sacrifice 1970
- Ugly Custard Ugly Custard 1970
- Ron Davies Silent Song Through The Land 1970
- Fresh Fresh Out of Borstal 1970
- Randy Burns Song for an Uncertain Lady 1970
- Richard Twice Richard Twice 1970
- Ron Nagle Bad Rice 1970
- Pete Brown & Piblokto! Things may come and things may go but the Art School dance goes on for ever 1970
- Beaver & Krause Gandharva 1971
- David Crosby If I could only remember my name 1971
- Colin Blunstone One year 1971
- Judee Sill Judee Sill 1971
- The Tokens Intercourse 1971
- Lou Christy Paint American love 1971
- Michel Polnareff Polnareff's 1971
- Eugene McDaniels Headless heroes of the apocalypse 1971
- Brothers and Sisters Dylan's gospel 1971
- Fuchsia Fuchsia 1971
- Leaf hound Growers of mushroom 1971
- Luv machine Luv machine 1971
- Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes No 2 1971
- Hookfoot Hookfoot 1971
- Ramases Space hymns 1971
- Third world war Third world war 1971
- Ray Brooks Lend Me Some of Your Time 1971
- Syrinx Long Lost Relatives 1971
- Jack Bruce Harmony Row 1971
- Gracious! This Is... Gracious! 1972
- Pentangle Solomon's seal 1972
- American spring American spring 1972
- Mellow candle Swaddling songs 1972
- Arthur Lee Vindicator 1972
- Alan Sorrenti Aria 1972
- Murray Head Nigel lived 1972
- C.O.B. Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan lancers of the sacred heart 1972
- Willis Alan Ramsey Willis Alan Ramsey 1972
- Stringtronics Mindbender 1972
- Annette Peacock I'm the one 1972
- Keith Cross & Peter Ross Bored civilians 1972
- Third Ear Band Music from Macbeth 1972
- Bobby Keys Bobby Keys 1972
- Don Bradshaw-Leather Distance Between Us 1972
- Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown, North Dakota 1972
- The Peddlers Suite London 1972
- Arlo Guthrie Last of the Brooklyn cowboys 1973
- Hawkwind Space ritual 1973
- Sensational Alex Harvey band Next 1973
- Airto Fingers 1973
- Gary Higgins Red hash 1973
- Country Joe McDonald Paris sessions 1973
- Home The alchemist 1973
- Chris Barber Drat That Fratle Rat 1973
- Chris Darrow Chris Darrow 1973
- Scaffold Fresh Liver 1973
- Juliet Lawson Boo 1973
- Tracy Nelson Tracy Nelson 1974
- Glen Campbell Reunion : the songs of Jimmy Webb 1974
- Steve Ashley Stroll on 1974
- Shuggie Otis Inspiration information 1974
- Harmonia Musik von Harmonia 1974
- Bruce Henry with Ronnie Biggs Mailbay blues : the Ronnie Biggs story 1974
- Hall & Oates War babies 1974
- Sir John Betjeman Late flowering love 1974
- Robert Calvert Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters 1974
- Rodger Wilhoit The “Social World” Of Roger Wilhoit 1974
- Barry Thomas Goldberg Misty Flats 1974
- Billy Nichols Love Songs 1974
- MAX Rodan 1974
- Bennie Maupin The Jewel In The Lotus 1974
- Bob Neuwirth Bob Neuwirth 1974
- Alan Braufman Valley Of Search 1975
- Clifford T. Ward Escalator 1975
- Dion Born to be with you 1975
- Guy Clark Old no. 1 1975
- Kenny White Venusian summer 1975
- Peter Hammill Nadir's Last Chance 1975
- Heldon It's Always Rock'n'Roll aka Heldon III 1975
- Various Artists Wilderness America, A Celebration Of The Land 1975
- Various Artists Flash Fearless Versus The Zorg Women Parts 5 & 6 1975
- Steve Leach (aka Seasick Steve) with The Crystal Grass Orchestra Ocean Potion 1976
- Terry Reid Seed of memory 1976
- Pavlov's dog At the sound of the bell 1976
- American flyer American flyer 1976
- David Forman David Forman 1976
- Mac Gayden Skyboat 1976
- Penguin Café Orchestra Music from the Penguin cafe 1976
- Lewis Furey The humours of 1976
- Dwight Twilley band Sincerely 1976
- Ike White Changin' Times 1976
- Dennis Wilson Pacific ocean blue 1977
- Beatles Live at the Hollywood bowl 1977
- Daevid Allen Now is the happiest time of your life 1977
- Shoes Black vinyl shoes 1977
- Mink DeVille Cabretta 1977
- David Forman Who You Been Talking To 1977
- England Garden Shed 1977
- Handbag Snatchin' by Handbag 1977
- Van Duren Are You Serious? 1977
- Adverts Crossing the Red sea with the Adverts 1978
- Herman Brood & His Wild Romance Shpritsz 1978
- Captain Sky The Adventures Of Captain Sky 1978
- R.D. Laing Life Before Death 1978
- Lowell George Thanks I'll eat it here 1979
- Magazine Secondhand daylight 1979
- Holger Czukay Movies 1979
- Alternative TV Vibing Up the Senile Man (Part One) 1979
- Chelsea Chelsea 1979
- Chrome Half Machine Lip Moves 1979
- M New York-London-Paris-Munich 1979
- Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight 1980
- Warren Zevon Bad luck streak in dancing school 1980
- Roky Erickson and the Aliens Roky Erickson and The Aliens 1980
- Basement 5 1965-1980 1980
- Pylon Gyrate 1980
- Pragvec Spec records presents "No-cowboys" 1980
- Daryl Hall Sacred songs 1980
- Blackbeard I Wah Dub 1980
- Laurie Spiegel The Expanding Universe 1980
- Creation Rebel Starship Africa 1980
- Nic Jones Penguin Eggs 1980
- Harald Grosskopf Synthetist 1980
- Sleepers Painless nights 1981
- Roy Ayers Africa, center of the world 1981
- Frank Sinatra She shot me down 1981
- Modern eon Fiction tales 1981
- Ruts DC Animal now 1981
- Mass Labour of love 1981
- Ellen Foley Spirit Of St. Louis 1981
- Prince Far I & The Arabs Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter IV 1981
- Empire Expensive Sound 1981
- The dBs Stands For Decibels 1981
- Beat Special Beat service 1982
- Romeo void Benefactor 1982
- Names Swimming 1982
- Monoton Monotonprodukt 07 1982
- Wall of voodoo Call of the West 1982
- Michael O’ Shea Michael O’ Shea 1982
- Gist Embrace the herd 1983
- NRBQ Grooves in orbit 1983
- Undertones The sin of pride 1983
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Dazzle ships 1983
- Diamond head Canterbury 1983
- Lewis L'amour 1983
- Jon Wayne Texas funeral 1984
- Violent femmes Hallowed ground 1984
- Subhumans From the cradle to the grave 1984
- Nyam nyam Hope of heaven 1984
- The Very Things The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes 1984
- Yeah yeah noh Cutting the heavenly lawn of greatness 1985
- Shriekback Oil and gold 1985
- Emptifish "The Branksmere Sessions" 1985
- Let's active Big plans for everybody 1986
- Lone justice Shelter 1986
- Prisoners In from the cold 1986
- Len Bright combo The Len Bright combo present the Len Bright combo 1986
- Stan Ridgeway The Big Heat 1986
- Triffids Born sandy devotional 1986
- It's immaterial Life's hard and then you die 1986
- Felt Forever breathes the lonely word 1986
- Danny Gatton Unfinished business 1987
- Pastels Up for a bit with the Pastels 1987
- McCarthy I am a wallet 1987
- Colourfield Deception 1987
- Chorchazade Made to be devoured 1987
- Thirteen moons Origins 1987
- Thin white rope Moonhead 1987
- Head A snog on the rocks 1987
- Cosmic psychos Cosmic psychos 1987
- The James Taylor Quartet The Money Spyder 1987
- The Verlaines Bird Dog 1987
- Keith Richards Talk is cheap 1988
- 808 State New build 1988
- Pursuit of happiness Love junk 1988
- Mary Margaret O'Hara Miss America 1988
- World domination enterprises Let's play domination 1988
- Marden hill Cadaquéz 1988
- The Godfathers Birth, School, Work, Death 1988
- Jeanette Prefab in the Sun 1988
- Stairway Moonstone 1988
- Lilac time Paradise circus 1989
- Orchestra Baobab Pirates choice : the legendary 1982 session 1989
- Frogs It's only right and natural 1989
- Grant Hart Intolerance 1989
- Durutti column Vini Reilly 1989
- Dub seks Splintered faith 1989
- Black sun ensemble Lambent flame 1989
- Miracle Legion Me and Mr. Ray 1989
- A.C. Marias One of our girls (has gone missing) 1989
- Sun dial Other way out 1990
- London posse Gangster chronicle 1990
- World of twist Quality street 1991
- DC Basehead Play with toys 1991
- Eg & Alice 24 years of hunger 1991
- Pooh sticks The great white wonder 1991
- Joe Meek & The Blue Men I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy 1991
- Leatherface Mush 1991
- LFO Frequencies 1991
- Dead Moon Stranded In The Mystery Zone 1991
- The Wolfgang Press Queer 1991
- Denim Back in denim 1992
- Michael Brook Cobalt Blue 1992
- Barry Adamson Soul murder 1992
- Steven Jesse Bernstein Prison 1992
- The Stairs Mexican R'n'B 1992
- Towering inferno Kaddish 1993
- Walkabouts Satisfied mind 1993
- Man Or Astro-Man? Is It… Man Or Astro-Man? 1993
- One Dove Morning Dove White 1993
- Cardinal Cardinal 1994
- Motocaster Stay Loaded 1994
- Astronettes People from bad homes 1994
- Smoke Heaven on a popsickle stick 1994
- Brainiac Bonsai superstar 1994
- Animals That Swim Workshy 1994
- Global Communication 76:14:00 1994
- Shack Waterpistol 1995
- Heads Relaxing with ... 1995
- Nectarine no. 9 Saint Jack 1995
- Aloof Sinking 1996
- Monoshock Walk to the fire 1996
- Matt Deighton Villager 1996
- Family Of God Family Of God 1996
- Jack Pioneer soundtracks 1996
- 60 Ft Dolls The Big 3 1996
- Earl Brutus Your Majesty... We Are Here 1996
- Jock Scot & the Nectarine no. 9 My personal Culloden 1997
- Wingless angels Wingless angels 1997
- Simon Warner Waiting rooms 1997
- The Gentle People Soundtracks For Living 1997
- Earl Brutus Tonight you are the special one 1998
- Pernice Brothers Overcome by Happiness 1998
- Sunhouse Crazy On The Weekend 1998
- Add N to (X) Add Insult to Injury 2000
- Dead meadow Dead meadow 2001
- Soundtrack of our lives Behind the music 2001
- Life Without Buildings Any Other City 2001
- David Kilgour A Feather In The Engine 2001
- Bill Wells trio Also in white 2002
- Richard Youngs May 2002
- Delta Hard light 2002
- Cornershop Handcream for a generation 2002
- Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair Words of Wisdom and Hope 2002
- Rachel's Systems/Layers 2003
- French Local information 2003
- Ronnie Spector Something's Gonna Happen 2003
- Patrick & Eugene Postcard from Summerisle 2004
- Charles Douglas Statecraft 2004
- P.G. Six The Well of Memory 2004
- Laibach Volk 2006
- King Tubby King Tubby Meets Jacob Miller In a Tenement Yard 2006
- Mark Murphy Love Is What Stays 2007
- Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras Catholic 2009
- Connie Converse How Sad, How Lovely (rec.1954) 2009
- Lowland hundred Under Cambrian sky 2010
- The Sand Band All Through The Night 2011
- Carola Baer The Story of Valerie 2018
- Cathy Hammer Lady Full Of Dreams 2026 (recorded 1979-1980?)
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