NUGGETS FROM NUGGETS

This is a feast of rare gems. Indeed much of this has never been released on CD apart from this set and is as rare as it gets. Half the bands I have never heard of and perhaps never will again, but there's a trove of delights that are worth hearing at least once. I have to mention the bands that stick out among this plethora of artists from the late 60s. The Sonics, 13th Floor Elevators, The Electric Prunes, The Amboy Dukes, Chocolate watch Band, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Love, Golliwogs and The Electric Prunes - simply brilliant psych rock.

The highlights that jump out every time I hear it are as follows:

From CD1: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (2:59) - The Electric Prunes, Pushin' Too Hard (2:37) - The Seeds, You're Gonna Miss Me (2:29) - The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Psychotic Reaction (3:07) - Count Five, Baby Please Don't Go (5:39) - The Amboy Dukes Tobacco Road (4:42) - Blues Magoos, Open My Eyes (2:45) - Nazz, Farmer John (2:27) - The Premiers, It's-A-Happening (2:47) - The Magic Mushrooms

From CD2: Outside Chance (2:04) - The Turtles, Spazz (2:46) - The Elastik Band, Incense And Peppermints (2:50) - Strawberry Alarm Clock, 7 And 7 Is (2:25) - Love, The Trip (2:03) - Kim Fowley, Strychnine (2:12) - The Sonics, Shape Of Things To Come (1:54) - Max Frost, The Troopers

From CD3: Let It Out (let It All Hang Out) (2:10) - The Hombres, Fight Free (2:34) - The Golliwogs, She's About A Mover (2:25) - Sir Douglas Quintet, Primitive (3:51) - The Groupies, Psycho (2:17) - The Sonics, I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time (2:16) - The Third Bardo, Mirror Of Your Mind (2:45) - We The People, Optical Sound (2:37) - The Human Expression, Journey To The Centre Of The Mind (3:34) - The Amboy Dukes

From CD4: Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love-In) (2:27) - Chocolate Watchband, The, Wooly Bully (2:21) - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, I Want Candy (2:37) - The Strangeloves, Louie Louie (2:45) - The Kingsmen, One Track Mind (2:20) - The Knickerbockers, Codine (2:41) - The Charlatans, Get Me To The World On Time (2:33) - The Electric Prunes, Mindrocker (3:00) - Fenwyck, Voices Green And Purple (1:35) - The Bees

Overall its a psychrockadelic feast like you will never hear. Its difficult to hear from end to end because its so jam packed but this set is still very intriguing and compelling listening. Most of the tracks clock well under 4 minutes, some are under 3 minutes so if you dont like a track its not a painful experience to get to the next one. Theres a lot of throwaway stuff but the set is so extensive that is difficult to dislike this tripped out collection. The tracks tends to grow on you too after a few listens. Some of this stuff is priceless. I loved hearing Creedence Clearwater Revival members before they became famous (Golliwogs) and it was a joy to hear Ted Nugent inhis early phase (Amboy Dukes). Some of these tracks have appeared on compilations such as 'Looney Tunes' (Wooly Bully, Louie Louie) and 60s compilations often feature Let It Out (let It All Hang Out) by The Hombres, but overall these songs are true rarities and worth checking out.

The extensive booklet that comes with the set tells many stories about how the songs were written and give bios of each band with pictures of the members and single sleeves which helps. The set gives a slice of what music was like in the late 60s when acid rock was being churned out. There is no blatantly commercial music really and some is downright bizarre such as the wonderful Psycho by The Sonics and I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) by The Electric Prunes. It may not be full on prog but here are the birth pangs of prog, before the baby was born and the prog legends were hatched and became the most prolific force of the 70s.

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