Buy Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 - Music

Amazon.com: That the most famous garage-rock record of all time, the Kingsmen's "Louie Louie," is buried on the last CD of this four-disc box is very much in keeping with the spirit of the (often) one-hit wonders that people Nuggets. Here, "Louie Louie" is just another great song. An elaboration on the 1972 double LP, which is included in its original sequence, this set piles on dozens more great moments of inspiration, guts, chutzpah, and sometimes sheer commercial calculation. How else to explain the advice "Look at yourself" from the likes of the Strawberry Alarm Clock, whose idea of mind expansion seems limited to putting together two very vaguely related nouns--"Incense and Peppermints"--so their swinging Farfisa-led track will have something, anything, for verbal content? There's loads of such wisdom on display here, prefab and otherwise, usually delivered as rabidly as possible. (Try the Remains' "Don't Look Back," Mouse and the Traps' "Maid of Sugar--Maid of Spice," or the Music Machine's "Talk Talk," which was actually a hit.) And remember: "The sky is falling / The ocean is calling / The world ... is spinning 'round ... and 'round." For sure. --Rickey Wright

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Disc: 2
1. Talk Talk - The Music Machine
2. Last Time Around - Dahlquist, Dennis
3. Nobody But Me - Isley, OKelly
4. Journey to Tyme - Smith, Jerry
5. No Friend of Mine - Turnbow, Jay
6. Outside Chance - Zevon, Warren
7. Action Woman - Kendrick, Warren
8. Spazz - Cortpassi, David
9. Sweet Young Thing - Cobb, Ed
10. Incense and Peppermints - Carter, John [U.S.
11. I Ain't No Miracle Worker - Mantz, Nancie
12. Seven & Seven Is - Lee, Arthur
13. Time won't let me - The Outsiders
14. Going All the Way - Bouea, Michael
15. I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Bayer, Carole
16. The Trip - Hardest, Dennis
17. Can't Seem to Make You Mine - Saxon, Sky
18. Why Do I Cry - Tashian, Barry
19. Laugh, Laugh - Elliott, Ron
20. The Little Black Egg - The Night Crawlers
21. I Wonder - Herring, Sid
22. I See the Light - Ezell, Norm
23. Who Do You Love - McDaniel, Elias
24. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - Vetter, Cyril
25. Live - Rhodes, Emitt
26. Steppin' Out - Revere, Paul
27. Diddy Wah Diddy - McDaniel, Elias
28. Strychnine - Rosalie, Gerald
29. Little Girl - Gonzalez, Bob
30. (We ain't got) Nothing yet - Blues Magoos
31. Shape of Things to Come - Mann, Barry

Disc: 3
1. Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - Cunningham, B.B. Jr
2. Fight Fire - Fogerty, John
3. At the River's Edge - Kemp, Wally
4. Jack of Diamonds
5. Follow Me - Zevon, Warren
6. It's Cold Outside - Klawon, Dan
7. Beg, Borrow and Steal - DeFrancesco, Joseph
8. She's About a Mover - Sahm, Doug
9. Little Bit O'Soul - Shakespeare, John
10. Put the Clock Back on the Wall - Gordon, Alan
11. Falling Sugar - Rush, Lawrence
12. Run Run Run - Menton, Dale
13. I Need You - Davies, Ray
14. Knock, Knock - Minnick, Woody
15. Primitive - Cortez, Robert
16. Psycho - Rosalie, Gerald
17. So What!! - Gaylord, Christophe
18. You Must Be a Witch - Cole, Fred
19. A question of temperature - The Baloon Farm
20. Maid of Sugar-Maid of Spice - Weiss, Ronnie
21. You Ain't Tuff - Henderson, Know
22. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White - Cobb, Ed
23. She's My Baby - Alimo, James
24. Story of My Life - Machavich, Rory
25. I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time - Evans, Rusty
26. Mirror of My Mind - Talton, Thomas
27. Bad Little Woman - Tinsley, Tito
28. Double Yellow Line - Bonniwell, Sean
29. Optical Sound - Quarles, Jim
30. Journey to the Center of the Mind - Farmer, Steve

Disc: 4
1. Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In) - McElroy, Ethon
2. Too Many People - Rhinehart, Bill
3. (Would I still be) Her big man - The Brigands
4. Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl - Morris, Doug
5. Wooly Bully - Samudio, Domingo
6. I Want Candy - Feldman, Bob
7. Louie, Louie - Berry, Richard
8. One Track Mind - Colley, Linda
9. Out of Our Tree - Gardner, Ronald
10. I Think I'm Down - Hockstaff, Jim
11. What Am I Going Do - Ganada, Tim
12. Codine - Sainte-Marie, Buffy
13. Johnny Was a Good Boy - Nagle, Ronald
14. Stop-Get a Ticket - Fairchild, Travis
15. Complication - Burger, Gary
16. The Witch - Rosalie, Gerald
17. Get Me to the World on Time - Tucker, Annette
18. Mr. Pharmacist - Nowlen, Jeff
19. Open Up Your Door - Brown, Larry [1]
20. Just Like Me - Dey, Rick
21. You Burn Me up and Down - Talton, Tommy
22. I Live in the Springtime - Weiss, Roger
23. Mindrocker - Colley, Keith
24. Hold Me Now - Turner, Benson
25. Love's Gone Bad - Holland, Eddie
26. Why Pick on Me - Cobb, Ed
27. Bad Girl - Gerniottis, Chris
28. Blackout of Gretely - Garrett, Rex
29. Voices Green and Purple - Wood, Robert
30. Blues Theme (from the motion picture "The Wild Angels") - Davie Allan & The Arrows

Customer Reviews:

Lot's of great nuggets! July 28, 2008
Plenty of great songs. Some I've never heard before. A few I don't want to hear again! Well worth the investment!

I'd give it 6 STARS (if possible) February 8, 2008
The Sonics, The Standells, The 13th Floor Elevators, etc... -Long before the modern "The" garage rock revival (think White Stripes, Black Keys, Strokes, Hives, & their ilk), these bands rocked rowdy American youths. This collection is essential! The companion booklet was a fascinating read. I know proudly claim The Choir, The Outsiders, & The Human Beinz as fellow Buckeye staters. Think of it as the beginning of a long, strange archeological dig. Hear The Premiers' "Farmer John" today & find yourself searching out the out-of-print 45rpm tomorrow. $40 for (4) discs? Yes, please!

a great selection of 60's garage rock January 27, 2008
This box set is a must for 60's garage rockers. The sections represent the era well. They are also the original recordings. a delight to have in a collection of garage rock.

Hearing this was a revelation! January 12, 2008
There have been many classic albums that I would have loved to have listened to on their release but was too young: Led Zeppelin iv, Sgt Pepper, Dark Side of the Moon (you get the idea). However, I can imagine what that may have been like when I took a punt on this box set after seeing a great review in a British music magazine. Having not really heard music from this genre/era before it was an absolute revelation to me and took me to a new level in my appreciation of rock and pop. As a teenager in the late 70s in Britain I grew up with the punk ethos of the Pistols, Clash, Damned, Buzzcocks, X-Ray Spex etc... and found a similar vibe in the music on this box set. As with the other Nuggets compliations you get a real impression that this has been lovingly and painstakingly put together by people who really know the music. So as you can guess I cannot recommend this too highly. If you don't know this stuff you're in for a treat, it'll be a thoroughly welcome addition both to your collection and your musical knowledge.

Excellant (1 of 1 Found this Helpful) October 25, 2007
I first heard this collection on vynl in the early 80's and when I wanted to once again hear and now own it, I was so happy to find it on Amazon and for such a great price. The CD's the shipping everything was and is excellant

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

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