Tim Souster studied under the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen at the University of Cologne. One of his earliest releases was the compilation of three of his early recordings Studie I / Studie II / Gesang der Junglinge in 1957 by Deutsche Grammophon.
Here is the discography surrounding Karlheinz Stockhausen's debut album:
Les Concerts du Domaine Musical (1956 compilation song) Studie I / Studie II / Gesang der Junglinge
One of the primary composers for Hitchhiker's was Tim Souster, an electronic composer whose most notable work on the radio program was his iteration of "Journey of the Sorcerer" (the main theme). Souster released his first album of recordings Sw1t Dr1mz on Transantlantic Records in 1977.
Here is the discography surrounding Tim Souster's debut album:
"The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Episode 1" by Douglas Adams
Another Cambridge Circus alum, Jo Kendall, went on to have a career in acting, mainly in television and radio while mostly avoiding comedy. One of her smaller radio roles was a bit part in Douglas Adams's original radio broadcast of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Adams was another Cambridge Footlights standout like Kendall and Oddie, Chapman and Cleese of previous entries). The original radio broadcast came out in 1978 on BBC Radio 4. The first recording released of the series, however, was a rerecorded and reworked version of the first four "fits" of the first series. (These same four "fits" make up the plot of the first book). The double LP was released by Original Records in 1979.
Here is the discography surrounding Douglas Adams's debut album:
John Cleese met Bill Oddie at Cambridge where they were both members of the amateur theater group, the Cambridge Footlights. They performed together on the comedy revue Cambridge Circus and the radio comedy program I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again. They were also writers together on David Frost's That Was the Week That Was. Bill Oddie was mostly known for his parody songs that got a lot of play on I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again. They were collected on an album for the show, but some found their way onto his debut album Distinctly Oddie released in 1967 on Polydor Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Bill Oddie's debut album:
Cambridge Circus (1963 album with Cambridge Circus)
Nothing Better to Do (1964 single)
The Knitting Song (1965 single)
I Can't Get Through (1966 single)
Persecuting Pigeons (1967 single)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1967 album with I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again) Distinctly Oddie
Jimmy Young (1969 single)
On Ilkla Moor Baht'at (1970 single)
Superspike (1978 single with The Superspike Squad)
Terry Gilliam knew Frank Zappa in California and was recruited with his girlfriend to act as a background voice on Absolutely Free. Gilliam would move to England to work as an animator and eventually join Monty Python. Monty Python would release audio recordings of their sketches and released their first album Monty Python's Flying Circus in 1970 on Pye Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Monty Python's debut album:
Cambridge Circus (1963 album with Cambridge Circus)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (1967 album with I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again)
At Last the 1948 Show (1967 album with At Last the 1948 Show)
The Ferret Song (1967 single by John Cleese with the 1948 Show Choir) Monty Python's Flying Circus
"Buying a Bed" by Monty Python
"Self-Defence" by Monty Python
"The Four Sydney Lotterby's" by At Last the 1948 Show
"Brown Shoes Don't Make It" by The Mothers of Invention
So it turns out that two of the strangest and most experimental musical geniuses of rock and roll went to high school together? Don Van Vliet and Frank Zappa both attended Antelope Valley High School. Zappa's Mothers of Invention released their second album Absolutely Free in 1967 on Verve Records.
Here is the discography surrounding The Mothers of Invention's second album:
Why Don't You Do Me Right? (1967 single)
Son of Suzy Creamcheese (1967 single) Absolutely Free
"Son of Suzy Creamcheese" by The Mothers of Invention
"Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" by The Mothers of Invention
"Diddy Wah Diddy" by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
The other prominent member of Rising Sons was a young Ry Cooder. While Taj Mahal transitioned easily to a solo career, Ry Cooder set off with Captain Beefheart as a member of Don Van Vliet's Magic Band. Cooder, apparently, helped give structure to some of the songs on Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's debut album Safe as Milk. The album released in 1967 on Buddah Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's debut album:
Diddy Wah Diddy (1966 single)
Moonchild (1966 single)
Here I Am, Here I Always Am (1966 promo single)
Yellow Brick Road (1967 single) Safe as Milk
"Electricity" by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
"Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do" by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
"Abba Zaba" by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
The Pointer Sisters and Taj Mahal's debuts both shared the same producer: David Rubinson. Taj Mahal came to prominence as a member of the LA-area blues band Rising Sons. The interracial band didn't end up getting very far despite critical acclaim, but it laid the groundwork for his debut Taj Mahal released in 1968 on Columbia Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Taj Mahal's debut album:
Candy Man (1966 single with Rising Sons)
Risings Sons Featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder (1966 album with Rising Sons released in 1992)
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1967 single)
EZ Rider (1967 single) Taj Mahal
Statesboro Blues (1968 single)
"Checking Up on My Babe" by Taj Mahal
"Everybody's Got to Change Sometime" by Rising Sons
Ruth Copeland was married to record producer Jeffrey Bowen though the marriage did not last. Bowen would end up marrying again to Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters. The Pointer Sisters released their debut album The Pointer Sisters in 1973 on the Blue Thumb record label.
Here is the discography surrounding The Pointer Sisters's debut album:
Don't Try to Take the Fifth (1971 single)
Destination No More Heartaches (1972 single)
Yes We Can Can (1973 single) The Pointer Sisters
Wang Dang Doodle (1973 single)
"Don't Try to Take the Fifth on Me" by The Pointer Sisters
Through Invictus Records, Parliament met and then collaborated with singer-songwriter Ruth Copeland. She co-produced Osmium with Clinton and co-wrote a couple songs for the album and a couple of singles, too. The collaboration with Parliament continued on Ruth Copeland's solo debut Self-Portrait where Clinton and others played as session musicians. The album is believed to have been recorded in the same period as Osmium and also released in 1970 on Invictus.
Here is the discography surrounding Ruth Copeland's debut album:
The Music Box (1969 single as New Play) Self Portrait
Funkadelic is the Siamese twin to another band called Parliament. Where one ends and the other begins is hard to tell. Historically, both are descendants of The Parliaments: the backing band became Funkadelic and the vocal group were rebranded as Parliament. That said, all ten members from both groups played in each group whether credited as official members or not. Parliament released their debut album Osmium also in 1970 on Invictus Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Parliament's debut album:
I Call My Baby Pussycat (1970 single as A Parliament Thang) Osmium
The Silent Boatman (1970 single)
Red Hot Mama (1971 single)
Breakdown (1971 single)
Come In Out of the Rain (1972 single)
Digital Underground's Shock G saw rap in the late eighties go in a more raw, fierce, and political direction. Mainstream rap was going Punk. Although he started his career in a similar vein, he shifted to take his style of rap in a different direction: funny, sexy, and playful. He found his blueprint in Funk, especially, in Parliament-Funkadelic, two bands he sampled often. Headed by George Clinton, P-Funk got its start as The Parliaments, a doo wop group that performed and evolved over the sixties, until Clinton started two bands from the original called Funkadelic and Parliament. Funkadelic released an album first in 1970 titled Funkadelic on Westbound Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Funkadelic's debut album:
Party Boys (1959 single as The Parliaments)
Lonely Island (1960 single as The Parliaments)
Heart Trouble (1965 single as The Parliaments)
(I Wanna) Testify (1967 single as The Parliaments)
All Your Goodies Are Gone (1967 single as The Parliaments)
Little Man (1967 single as The Parliaments)
Look What I Almost Missed (1968 single as The Parliaments)
Good Old Music (1969 single as The Parliaments)
A New Day Begins (1969 single as The Parliaments)
Music for My Mother (1969 single)
I'll Bet You (1969 single)
I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing (1970 single) Funkadelic
I Wanna Know if It's Good to You? (1970 single)
You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks (1971 single)
Testify! (2000 compilation album as The Parliaments)
"I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" by Funkadelic
One of the guest rappers on Kozmonautz was Saafir who had gotten his start as a dancer for Digital Underground. Digital Underground, led creatively by Shock G, released their debut album Sex Packets in 1990 on Tommy Boy Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Digital Underground's debut album:
Underwater Rimes (1988 single)
Doowutchyalike (1989 single)
The Humpty Dance (1990 single) Sex Packets
Packet Man (1990 single)
Freaks of the Industry (1990 single)
"Wreck N' Destroy (Non-Believers Get Stomped)" by Key Kool & Rhettmatic
Chillin Villain Empire's debut album was almost entirely instrumental, a highlight of their production work. One track, however, featured a series of guest rappers almost all members of Project Blowed. Some of them were members of a rap group named The Visionaries. Before stopping there however, Visionaries members Key Kool and Rhettmatic teamed together (perhaps as The Kozmonautz?) to release their debut album Kozmonautz in 1995 on Up Above Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Key Kool & Rhettmatic's debut album:
Can U Hear It? (1995 single)
Head Trip (1995 single) Kozmonautz
"Head Trip" by Key Kool & Rhettmatic
"Reconcentrated (Past, Present, and Future)" by Key Kool & Rhettmatic
Busdriver's debut was produced by the production team of Chillin Villain Empire. They are also members of Project Blowed and their debut album Portrait of a Serial Chiller featured Busdriver's first recorded freestyles. The album was released in 1995 on Afterlife Recordz.
Here is the discography surrounding Chillin Villain Empire's debut album:
Can U Love a Villain? (1988 single) Portrait of a Serial Chiller
Freestyle Fellowship's crew are all members of the LA based open-mic workshop Project Blowed. Another member is Busdriver, who joined Project Blowed at the age of 16. He released his debut album Memoirs of the Elephant Man in 2001 on Afterlife Recordz.
Here is the discography surrounding Busdriver's debut album:
Walking Dead (2000 single)
This Machine Kills Fascists (2001 demo)
This Machine Kills Fashion Tips (2001 compilation album)
Get On the Bus (2001 single) Memoirs of the Elephant Man
Party Pooper (2002 single)
Sekou Sundiata's song "Space: A Monologue" was anthologized in an album called Flippin' the Script: Rap Meets Poetry. One of the many other poets/rappers featured on the album was Mikah 9 who started his recording career with the rap collective Freestyle Fellowship. Freestyle Fellowship released their debut album To Whom It May Concern... in 1991 on the Beats & Rhymes label.
(Please forgive the number of links. I believe every member of the collective is represented in these songs.)
Here is the discography surrounding Freestyle Fellowship's debut album:
Ani DiFranco attended The New School where she was mentored by her professor Sekou Sundiata. Sekou Sundiata, a poet, released an album of his poetry composed with music in 1997 called The Blue Oneness of Dreams.
Here is the discography surrounding Sekou Sundiata's debut album:
Noe Venable, for a time, opened for fellow 90s singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. Ani DiFranco released her debut album Ani DiFranco in 1990 on her own label Righteous Babe Records.
Here is the discography surrounding Ani DiFranco's debut album:
