Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968) 2 LP set

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Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968) Double Record Set

Tracklist

A1 –Electric Prunes, The I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) 2:55 A2 –Standells, The Dirty Water 2:47 A3 –Strangeloves, The Night Time 3:05 A4 –Knickerbockers, The Lies 2:41 A5 –Vagrants, The Respect 2:13 A6 –Mouse* A Public Execution 2:43 A7 –Blues Project, The No Time Like The Right Time 2:49

B1 –Shadows Of Knight, The Oh Yeah 2:44 B2 –Seeds, The Pushin' Too Hard 3:03 B3 –Barbarians, The Moulty 2:29 B4 –Remains, The Don't Look Back 2:35 B5 –Magicians, The An Invitation To Cry 2:55 B6 –Castaways, The Liar, Liar 1:52 B7 –Thirteenth Floor Elevators, The* You're Gonna Miss Me 2:24

C1 –Count Five Psychotic Reaction 2:56 C2 –Leaves, The Hey Joe 2:47 C3 –Michael And The Messengers* Romeo & Juliet 2:06 C4 –Cryan Shames, The* Sugar And Spice 2:26 C5 –Amboy Dukes, The Baby Please Don't Go 2:35 C6 –Blues Magoos, The* Tobacco Road 4:39

D1 –Chocolate Watch Band* Let's Talk About Girls 2:41 D2 –Mojo Men, The Sit Down, I Think I Love You 2:16 D3 –Third Rail, The Run, Run, Run 2:00 D4 –Sagittarius (2) My World Fell Down 3:45 D5 –Nazz Open My Eyes 2:48 D6 –Premiers, The Farmer John 3:46 D7 –Magic Mushrooms, The It's-A-Happening 2:40

*(all photos are of the actual item)

• Manufactured By – Rhino UK
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Records
• Copyright (c) – Rhino UK

• Art Direction – Robert L. Heimall
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Abe Gurvin
• Liner Notes [Annotated By] – Lenny Kaye
• Concept By – Jac Holzman
• Coordinator [Legal] – Michael Kapp
• Reissue Producer – Rick Conrad

Notes

Originally released as Elektra album 7E-2006 in 1972

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 051011 241918
• Matrix / Runout (Side One): 7E 2006 A - 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two): 7E 2006 B - 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side Three): 7E 2006 C - 1
• Matrix / Runout (Side Four): 7E 2006 D - 1

150g Vinyl Double LP Includes Music From The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, The Standells, and More! 

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 196/500! 

Reissue of this absolutely classic compilation of Psychedelic and garage gems from the mid '60s compiled by Jack Holzman and music historian Lenny Kaye. Originally a double LP released in 1972. 

This is the story of a transition period in American rock and roll, of a changeling era which dashed by so fast that nobody knew much of what to make of it while it was around, only noticeable in retrospect by the vast series of innovations it would eventually spawn, both in the way music would be listened to and the way it was constrcuted. When it began, the centrifugal force was AM radio; under three minute singles, imaginative/predictable packaging (depending on who, what and where), all carefully held within the easily-accepted full sway of the pop vanguard, opening up new vistas in stylistic content, lyrics and even lifestyle. As rock and roll had been born, so it would be born again, by casually nudging the old off the side of the road, making way for a semi-headed, decked and stroked, highly combustible juggernaut of the new. 

What you will find here is the beginning of an archeological dig into the bizarre splendor of the mid-sixties, a time when nobody seemed too sure of what was happening but never let that get in the way of enjoying it to the fullest. Much of the era relied on older ways of thinking - the emphasis on hit singles to make or break a group, for instance, or the submergence of instrumental displays to the needs of the song at hand but much clearly pointed forward: a fascination with feedback electronics, caged references to the drug experience along with more "worldly" concerns, and a sense that, somehow, things were going to be a lot different from this point on. 

Tracks include 'I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night' (Electric Prunes), 'Dirty Water' (The Standells), 'Lies' (The Knickerbockers), 'Pushin' Too Hard' (The Seeds), 'Hey Joe' (The Leaves), 'Let's Talk About Girls' (Chocolate Watch Band) and more. Nuggets remains quite possibly the most influential compilation released during the Rock 'N Roll era.

"If a single compilation can be attributed to beginning the oldies revolution, it is easily the original 1972 double LP Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968. Compiled by Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman with assistance and input from guitarist and music historian Lenny Kaye, this deceptively haphazard 27-track aggregate became the cornerstone of both the serious appreciation of '60s underground music as well as a rather off-scale model for a plethora of reissue-based record labels such as Rhino, Sundazed, and See for Miles. A glance at the way the tunes stack up on the original two-disc vinyl collection reveals that Holzman was indeed looking beyond. Rather than re-treading the same tired "golden oldies" packages -- which were being hocked on TV and in print adverts by mail order throughout North America in the early '70s -- he and Kaye began to gather the secondary and even tertiary layers of rock music..." - Lindsay Planer, allmusic

Features:
• 150g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Cut from the Original Masters
• Gatefold Jacket
• Introduction by Elektra founder Jac Holzman
• Liner notes by original producer/compiler Lenny Kaye
AllMusic Review by Mark Deming
     If one had to point to a single initial salvo that launched the garage rock revival movement in the 1970s and ‘80s, it would have to be the release of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 in 1972. Elektra Records had approached rock critic Lenny Kaye (not yet the guitarist with the Patti Smith Group) with the notion of compiling an album of great, overlooked rock tunes, but what Kaye came up with was something significantly different -- an overview of the great, wild era when American bands, goaded by the British Invasion, began honing in on a tougher and more eclectic rock & roll sound, and kids were reawakened to the possibilities of two guitars, bass, and drums. Coming up with a simple definition of this period and its sound proved daunting -- the word "garage" appears nowhere in the liner notes to Nuggets, and his notion of "the first psychedelic era" quickly fell by the wayside -- but the frequent bursts of fuzztone, Farfisa organ, and vocal sneering in the 27 tunes Kaye selected codified a musical approach that flourished in the mid-'60s, and at a time when rock was becoming more self-consciously serious and arty, the primal power and sheer sense of fun audible in this music seemed like a minor revelation that became a clarion call to musicians, fans, and music scribes around the world. Nuggets proved to be of seismic importance in the years after its release, but just as importantly, it's a blast to listen to; Kaye's sequencing gives the album the joyous flow of a great afternoon of AM radio, and the album blends hits both big ("Pushin' Too Hard" by the Seeds, "Psychotic Reaction" by Count Five) and small ("You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators, "Hey Joe" by the Leaves) with high-quality obscurities ("Don't Look Back" by the Remains, "It's A-Happening" by the Magic Mushrooms) and early efforts by future stars (Leslie West in the Vagrants, Todd Rundgren in Nazz, Ted Nugent in the Amboy Dukes). And while many of the garage compilations that would follow would focus relentlessly on the obscure and the noisy, Kaye's set not only demonstrates that some of this stuff actually made the charts, but that there was as much great pop as snotty proto-punk pouring out of America's rec rooms back in the day. And Kaye's liner notes were nearly as important as the music in defining the importance of this music and its era. Very few "oldies" compilations have had an influence approaching that of Nuggets, and even fewer are as rewarding to listen to; if you care about rock music in the '60s, you need to own this album.