Today’s lost classic is Sagittarius’ “The Truth Is Not Real” from their 1968 release Present Tense.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Modern Eon’s “Waiting for the Cavalry” from their 1981 release Fiction Tales.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Gil Scott Heron’s “Lady Day & John Coltrane” from his 1971 release Pieces of a Man.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Caetano Veloso’s “London, London” from his 1971 release Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue).

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Pere Ubu’s “Non-Alignment Pact” from their 1978 release The Modern Dance.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band doing “Zig Zag Wanderer” from their 1967 release Safe As Milk.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Michael Nesmith’s “Joanne” from his 1970 release Magnetic South.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is James Carr’s “Pouring Water On a Drowning Man” from his 1967 release You Got My Mind Messed Up.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is the title track from Gal Costa’s 1969 release Cinema Olympia.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Today’s lost classic is Slint’s “Breadcrumb Trail” from their 1991 release Spiderland.

This series was inspired by this quatrain from Thomas Gray’s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard“:

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.