[southernnorthcarolina]

Your inventory is missing one

Nope, I have it. Michael McDonald's cover of Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops" alone is worth the price of admission.

One of my favorites (can't find it on Amazon) is a Becker/Fagan album, pre-Steely Dan, probably about 1969-70, though undated. Probably wasn't intended as an album, just a collection of outtakes, experiments, and leftovers, I assume. One cut, "Parker's Band," shows up later under Steely Dan, though in different form. "Oh, Wow, It's You Again" and "Braintap Shuffle" are very recognizable as Steely Dan-sounding cuts, but the most interesting one is "The Mock Turtle Song," lyrics by Lewis Carroll, 1862. A shame the recording and production quality of that album isn't in the same ballpark as their later work.

[discostu]

There's some great stuff on Rock and Soul (and it's fitting to listen to again since it was done when GW1 was wrapping up "the war is almost over"), "Lonely Teardrops" is high on the hilight list.

Your mystery album sounds kind of like Android Warehouse http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000I05G/qid=1049901929/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-3245670-2215165?v=glance&s=music&n=507846 all the tracks you mentioned are on there. AW is kind of an experimental noodle around with the song collection, mostly done on a cheap Casio sometimes with a guitar. I like it because even stripped to bare essentials the songs are cleaner and more complex than most bands get for the final product.