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Best outrageous music
Mysterious BarracudasMysterious Barracudas by Respectable Groove
Outrageous jazz played on recorder and harpsichord
Bedside Manners Are ExtraBedside Manners Are Extra by Greenslade
Buy new: £4.52 / Used from: £4.45
A band with no guitar - and TWO keyboard players, both geniuses, and WEIRD lyrics
Mozart - Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Vol 3 [Plus Catalogue]Mozart - Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Vol 3 [Plus Catalogue] by Gary Cooper
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £5.44
Two players who make Mozart's childhood works sound as good as the most mature
Le Tombeau d'une TipulaLe Tombeau d'une Tipula
The amazing Nallen & Gordon (of Respectable Groove - see above) go classical
Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never EndsWelcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends by Emerson
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Outrageous stage show, outrageous clothes, outrageous talent
SpindelSpindel by Sigrid Moldestad & Liv Merete
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Hardanger fiddle duets by two drop-dead gorgeous Nordic birds with talent to burn
MahimaMahima by Debashish Bhattacharya
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Duets for slide guitar by an American guy and an Indian guy - captivating!
Moondog Vol.1 & 2Moondog Vol.1 & 2 by Moondog
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Blind American composer who busked on NY sidewalks and made his own instruments - hugely influential on contemporary composers, but hardly known
Beethoven & Hummel - Works for Mandolin & PianoBeethoven & Hummel - Works for Mandolin & Piano
Beethoven played the mandolin - bet you didn't know that! I always like to think of him trying out the violin concerto on it...
Trio Mediaeval - Soir, dit-elleTrio Mediaeval - Soir, dit-elle by Trio Mediaeval
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Three more Nordic birds, this time singing like monks. Or possibly angels. Listen to track six
The Secret of LifeThe Secret of Life by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
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The Shadows' Wonderful Land, Ms Dynamite, Je T'Aime, etc, on ukes. Barmy - but delicious!
The Very Best of Charles TrenetThe Very Best of Charles Trenet by Charles Trenet
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Boom! Why does my heart go boom?
Lah-Di-DahLah-Di-Dah by Jake Thackray
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He was a fine upstanding bantam-cock - and other mania!
Tuba TubaTuba Tuba by Dave Bargeron
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Jazz tuba duets - oh my!
Fado Em MimFado Em Mim by Mariza
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Sounds as weird as she looks - but wow! What a voice!
The History of the BonzosThe History of the Bonzos by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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"You have the same trouble with your trousers as I do..."
SampradayaSampradaya by Pandit Shiv Kumar
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Indian music played on hammer dulcimers by a genius - spellbinding.
The Best of Paolo ConteThe Best of Paolo Conte by Paolo Conte
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As one of the reviewers says, a "grizzled chain-smoking Italian geezer " - unmissable!
Rachmaninov: Trios élégiaques, Op.9Rachmaninov: Trios élégiaques, Op.9
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OK there's nothing outrageous about this one - except the talent.
Bryars: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me YetBryars: Jesus's Blood Never Failed Me Yet
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According to Amazon, "near-legendary". I'll go with that.