Hidden treasures
Guardian music writers reveal their favourite forgotten albums
Hidden treasures: The Apple Miner Colony – When The Morning Comes Home
Apple Miner Colony, a 25-piece folk choir that few have heard, made some stunning music evocative of the North American landscape
Hidden treasures: Palladium – The Way It's Not
Tim Jonze: Palladium were primed for greatness, promising that they'd soon be headlining Wembley. What could possibly go wrong?
Hidden Treasures: Gas – Gas
Tony Naylor: Wolfgang Voigt's first album was eternal music – a sound that confronts you with your own mortality
Hidden treasures: The Microphones – The Glow Pt 2
Dan Hancox: Phil Elvrum's music buried itself in the wilderness of America's Pacific Northwest to deliver a sense of salvation
Hidden treasures: Spirit – Future Games
Paul Lester: Continuing our series in which writers pick their favourite obscure albums, Paul Lester plumps for a masterpiece from Randy California and co that failed to set the world alight
Hidden Treasures: Steve Goodman – Somebody Else's Troubles
The Chicago singer-songwriter, who was just 36 when he died, left 11 albums of hope, humour and huge emotional power
Hidden treasures: Daisy Chainsaw – Eleventeen
Charlotte Richardson Andrews: Their riot grrrl peers across the Atlantic might have been more feted, but this debut album is gloriously thrashy and unhinged
Hidden treasures: Soso – That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up in China
Michael Cragg: Soso's dislike of the music industry meant this raw, synth-heavy album went under the radar when it was released on Pirate Bay last year
Hidden treasures: Sir John Betjeman's Banana Blush
Jon Wilde: Betjeman described his debut album as a 'vulgar pop song record' but he was wrong: these tales of unconsumated love and mislaid virtue have extraordinary emotional power
Hidden treasures: Honey Ltd – Psychedelic Folk Essentials
Hermione Hoby: This soulful girl group moved from Detroit to LA to try and make it, and became proteges Lee Hazlewood. Yet their debut album failed to take off ... not that it bothered the band too much
Hidden treasures: Jeri Southern – The Southern Style
Bob Stanley: Jeri Southern was one of several talented postwar singers whose careers are largely forgotten. But her second album shows you just why Frank Sinatra called her 'the very best'
Hidden treasures: Leroy Troy – The Old Grey Mare
Tim Jonze: Bluegrass maestro Leroy Troy sounds as if he is from another era entirely ... yet his anachronistic songs are both funny and charming and still resonate today
Hidden treasures: Chad and Jeremy – The Ark
Alexis Petridis: Chad and Jeremy are remembered for little more than being posh – a shame because their sunny, gently psychedelic final album was genuinely amazing
Hidden treasures: Scud Mountain Boys – Massachusetts
Michael Hann: Don't be fooled by the gorgeous harmonies – Joe Pernice's early band traded in loneliness and none-more-black humour
Hidden treasures: Telex – Looking for Saint Tropez
Dave Simpson: Hot on the heels of punk, Telex's pioneering electro-pop pointed the way to everything from Michael Jackson to techno
Hidden treasures: Anthony Adverse – The Red Shoes
Caroline Sullivan: This sumptuous, delicate album was made by a singer whose label, el Records, thrived on inventing its own fantastical artists
Hidden treasures: Bobbie Gentry – The Delta Sweete
Dorian Lynskey: Bobbie Gentry's Ode to Billie Joe eclipsed her career. A shame, as the country singer's second album is a lost masterpiece
Hidden treasures: Bytches with Problems – The Bytches
Kieran Yates: This filthy female rap duo may have been ahead of their time, but there was more to them than just naughty words. Whether calling out misogynists or discussing racism, these tracks were loaded with social commentary. Yes, even The Pussy Still Good
The best obscure albums: Guardian writers pick their hidden treasures
Hidden treasures: Martin Rev – Martin Rev
