Music Oct 8, 2014 at 4:00 am

Skip Spence

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That's kind of cheating, because not even most music nerds have ever heard (or heard of) Oar. I think it sold about three copies when it was first released.

I find your reaction odd, though, because for most people Oar is scary, not warm and fuzzy. It's a descent into madness. Magnificent in its way but kind of harrowing, not unlike Syd Barrett's post-Floyd solo records.

Does anybody else think it's weird that the Airplane (one of the worst groups to come out of the sixties, or any other decade) got rid of one drummer named (Skip) Spence and replaced him with another named Spencer (Dryden)?
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Exactly. ^^ Who?
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"the worst selling album in the history of Columbia records".

I like that you listened to it without knowing the back story.
4
@1 David St. Hubbins doesn't.
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AHaha this is the best-structured one of these yet
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@1 I think you're underestimating how well known Oar is. It's been reissued in expanded CD form and on vinyl and Beck—not exactly an underground figure—covered the entire record with help from his alt-rock all-star friends.

But you are right with regard to its scariness.
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and that's why it's called Never Heard Of 'Em. nice job A.M.
8
"Diana" is a such a beautiful song. Nerd alert: I put it as the first song on a mix tape a couple weeks ago

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