We've been asked by people building music collections if there is a "definitive" list of "cool" music from the 70's and early 80's that isn't top 40. This list is a compilation. We're not sure where you can get some of these titles but sometimes the search is half the fun! Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid - You Cant Take It With You Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery - Imagination - 2-1 In Paradise Alice Coltrane - - Hare Krishna Alice Coltrane - Schoenburg Hall UCLA 4/16/78 -Live Alice Coltrane - Universal Conciousness - Hare Krishna Amazing Blondel - - Leafy Lane Ammon Duul Ii - Wolf City - The Wind At The End Of The Street Andrew Lloyd Weber - Variations - Variation 18 Annea Lockwood - New Music For Electronic Recorded Media Comp - World Rythems Anthony Phillips - - The Paper Chase Anthony Phillips - Wise After The Event - Isn?t That The Way It Goes Aphrodite's Child - 666 - All The Seats Were Occupied Arwin Mountain Band - Five Of A Kind - Wait A Minute Ash Ra Mazer Temple - Blackouts Attic Thoughts - The Happy Prank Attic Thoughts - Time And Space Attic Thoughts Attic Thoghts; March, Repose And Wandering Audience - The House On The Hill - Jackdaw Barnes And Barnes - - Somethings In The Bag Barre Phillips - Mountainscapes - Part 5 Beatles - White Album - Mother Nature's Son Beatles - White Album - Blackbird Beatles - Abbey Road - She's So Heavy Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - I Am The Walrus Beaver & Krause - In A Wild Sanctuary Bernie Krause - Citidels - Festival Of The Sun Black Sabbath - Paranoid - Planet Caravan Bloodrock - The Second Release - Doa Bo Hannson: The Magicians Hat - Findhorn?s Song, Awakening And The Wandering Song Bonzo Dog Band - Look Out There?s A Monster Coming Brand X - Moroccan Roll - Disco Suicide Brian Eno - Another Green World - Skysaw Brian Eno - Music For Films - Music From The Same Hill Bruce Coburn - Against The Falling Dark - Silver Wheels Bruce Coburn - Dancing In The Dragons Jaws - (Same) Camel - Raindance - First Light Can - Ege Bamyasi - Spoon Can - Future Days - Future Days Caravan - Live '74 (Canterbury Tales) - Cant Be Long Now Francoise Chick Corea - Leprochan - Night Sprite Colin Townes - Full Circle (Sntrk) -Full Circle (Everything?s Right Now)) Colin Walcott - Grazing Dreams - (Same) Country Joe Macdonald - War War War - March Of The Dead Crack In The Sky - - I Am The Walrus Crusaders - Southern Comfort - Stomp And Buck Dance Daevid Allen - Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life - Only Make Love If You Want To Dalo Ban Dura - Good News From Africa - Misundra Dan Arbras - - Orgie Nocturne Danger Roads - Its Time To Become Robots David Bowie - - The Laughing Gnome David Bowie - Low - Warzawa David Bowie - Together - Hallucinating Light Ddt (Damian Diamico,Mark Diamico And Jon Toma) - The Invisible - Pts 1&2 Diga Rythem Band - - Magnificent #7 Eberhard Schoener - Video Magic - Cold World Elvis Eberhard Weber - Yellow Fields - (Same) Edgar Froese - Stuntman - (Same) Edgar Varese - New Music Comp - Density 21.5 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Works Vol2 - I Believe In Father Christmas Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus -Eruptions, Stones Of Years- Iconoclast Fairport Convention - - The Witches Family - Fearless - Children Family - Fearless - Larf And Sing Firesign Theatre - Nick Danger - The Case Of The Missing Shoe Fleriac - Variations On A Lady - The Odd Waltz Focus - Moving Waves- Moving Waves Frank Zappa - Chungas Revenge - Transylvania Boogey Frank Zappa - Overnight Sensation - I Am The Sign Freuhs And Freuling - Ammerland - Every Man Tells A Story Galaxy - Natures Clearwell - I Wish I Were Happy Gary Burton - New Quartet - Open Your Eye?s, You Too Can Fly Gentle Giant - Playing The Game George Harrison Fr Wonderwall - Greasy Laegs, Skiing In Gatkorwanna & Dreamscene Go - The Go Project - Crossing The Line Goblin - Rollin - Aquaman Gobnlin - Ruler - Dr Frankenstein Gong - Downwind - Cross Currents Gong - Espresso II - Solie Gong - Live - The Isles Of Everywhere Gong - Live Et Cetera - Oily Way, Outer Temple & Inner Temple Gong - Magik Brother Mystic Sister - Five & Twenty Schoolgirls Peter Kaukonen - Black Kangaroo - Dynamo Snackbar Gong (Daevid Allen) - Angels Egg - Oily Way Gong (Pierre Moerlin) - Espresso Ii - Percolations Pt2 Gordon Lightfoot - Greatest Hits - Softly She Comes Grace Slick & Paul Kantner - Baron Von Tollbooth & The Chrome Nun - Riders Of The Rainbow Grateful Dead - Workingmans Dead - Uncle Johns Band Gratefull Dead - Terripin Station - The Lady With The Fan Gryphin - Raindance - Down The Dog Gryphin - Red Queen To Gryphin 3 - Checkmate Happy The Man - (Same) - B-Frost Upon The Rainbow Harold Budd - Gunfighter Harold Budd - Lovely Thunder - Gypsy Violin Hatfield And The North - - Lobster In Cleavege Probe Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness & Charm - Spirit Of The Age Hawkwind - Space Ritual - 7 By 7 & Sonic Attack Here And Now - Give And Take - Nearer Now Hp Lovecraft Fr (Same) - Get Together Francisco - Franciscos Cosmic Beam Experience - Part 2 Francisco - Heal Yourself Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - Willie the Pimp Ivor Cutler - Velvet Donkey - Go And Sit Upon The Grass Ivor Cutler - Velvet Donkey - Life In A Scoth Sitting Room Vol 2, Episode 2 Ivor Cutler - Velvet Donkey - Pearly Gleam Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley - Marscape - Realization Jade Warrior - Floating World - Rainflower & Easty Jade Warrior - Waves - Part 1 Jade Warrior Masai Morning Jan Akkerman - Where Fortune Smiles - (Same) Jan Garbarek - Magico - (Same) Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days - The Animals Jefferson Airplane - Baron Von Tollbooth And The Chrome Nun - Your Mind Has Left Your Body Jefferson Airplane - Lather Jethro Tull - Walking On Velvet Green Jethro Tull - Bouree Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies - An American Meaphysical Circus - You Cant Ever Come Down John Abercrombie - Arcade - (Same) John Hartford - Dancin In The Bathtub John Lennon - Imagine How Do You Sleep? John Toma (From Ddt!) - G-Men John White - The Eno Obscure Label - The Son Of Gothic Cord Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhollow - Transic Toe And Flight Of The Moorglade Jon Anderson- Friends or Mr Cairo Jon Hammer - The First Seven Days - Animals Jon Martyn - Inside Out - Beverly Jon Martyn - Solid Air - May You Never Joni Mitchell - - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell - Mingus - The Wolf That Lives At Lindseys Joni Mitchell- Songs to Aging Children Jonie Mitchell - Hejirra - Refuge From The Road Jukka Tolenen - Cross Section - Last Quarters Kayak - Starlight Dancer - Ballad For A Lost Friend Ken Nordeen - How Are Things In Your Town - Roger Ken Nordine - How Are Things in Your Town - The Manned Space Capsule Kevin Ayers - Bananamore - Decadence Kevin Ayers - Bananamore - When Your Parents Go To Sleep Kevin Ayers - Confessions Of Dr. Dream- Ballbearing Blues Kevin Ayers - Confessions Of Dr Dream - Confessions of Dr Dream Kevin Ayers - Rock Beyond - A Song For Darwin King Crimson - Exposure - Frippertronics Klaatu - Hope - Prelude Klaus Schultz - Dune Kraftwerk - Autobahn - (Same) Kraftwerk- Trans-Europe Express Lady June - Linguistic Leprosy - Bars Larry Fast - Sequencer - Largo Larry Fast- Synergy- Legacy Larry Fast-Synergy- Synergy Le Orme - Barrita Nas Choste - Insermio Concerto Le Orme - Vol1 - Satyr Leo Kotke - Dreams and All That Stuff - Mona Ray & When Shrimps Learn To Whistle Leo Kotke - My Feet Are Smiling Linn County - Proud Flesh Soothsayer - Lower Lemons Little Feat - Dixie Chicken - (Same) Lois Crane Doing A Creme & Godley Promo Lord Of The Rings - The Grey Havens Lord Of The Rings - The Old Forest And Tom Bombadil Lowell Coxhill - Ear Of The Beholder - I Am The Walrus Lowell Creme & Kevin Godley - Freeze Frame? Lowell Creme & Kevin Godley - L - Hit Factory & Business Is Business M Frog Labatt - Labatt Mainhorse - More Tea, Vicar Man - Back To The Future - Cmon! Manu Di Bango - Afro Vision - Dactar Street Mckendrie Spring - 3 - God Bless The Conspiracy Mike Batt - Tarot Suite - Plane Song Mike Oldfield - Boxed Set Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn - Part 1 Miles Davis - Get Up With It - Rated X Miles Davis - In A Silent Way - Shhhh...Peaceful Miles Davis - On The Corner - Vote For Miles National Lampoon - Joe Lewis School Of Elecution Nektar - Recycled - Marvelous Moses Neu - Neu - Wissensea Nick Drake - Bryter Layter - Northern Sky Nova - Wings Of Love - Blue Lake Ogden Edsel - Surface Royal Comp. - Dead Puppies Pan Flutes Of The Andies - Coplas De Mazdo Pere Ubu - Modern Dance - Heaven Pere Ubu - Modern Dance - Heart Of Darkness Peter Baumann - Romance 76 - Phase by Phase Peter Hammil - - Chicago Peter Hammil - The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage - Modern Peter Townsend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix - Heart To Hang On To Peter, Paul & Mary - Lemon Tree Phil Manzanera - Listen Now - Initial Speed Phil Oakes - Pleasures of the Harbor - The Crucifixion Phillip Glass - North Star - Ave Phillip Glass - North Star - Victors Lament Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets - Seesaw Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother - Remergence Pink Floyd - More - Main Theme Pink Floyd - Umma Gumma - The Grand Viziers Garden Party Pt3 Popul Vu - Nosferatu - The Venus Principle Pulsar - Strands Of The Future - (Same) Pulsar - Strands Of The Future - Flight Renaissance - Ashes are Burning - Carpet of the Sun Renaissance - In The Beginning - Rajahkhan Renaissance - Ashes are Burning - Can You UInderstand? Robert Fripp - Exposure - Water Music 1 & Here Come?s The Flood Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs - Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs - Within This Place Robin Trower - Long Misty Days - Long Misty Days Roy Buchannon - You're Not Alone - You're Not Alone