8. H: Judy Henske & Jerry YesterFarewell Aldebaran
Frank Zappa’s glorious Straight label gave us Captain Beefheart, Alice Cooper, the GTO’s and this absurdly eclectic 1969 album by sardonic folk-blues-comedy-rock-cabaret belter Judy Henske and hubby Jerry Yester of the New Christy Minstrels and the Modern Folk Quartet. No two tracks sound like the same band (or even singer), thanks to Henske’s radical versatility and Yester playing ten different instruments; but unlike the Turtles’ equally perversely wide-ranging The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands, no track sounds much like anyone else either.
