Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968) 2LP Coloured Vinyl

Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era (1965-1968)

Psychedelic splatter yellow/red vinyl

Lenny Kaye’s comp of 60s psych and garage singles originally appeared in 1972, and if anything has grown in importance as an overview of a well-defined golden era, when a sense of possibility abounded, and before everything got slick and serious. The 13th Floor Elevators, The Electric Prunes and The Seeds may be familiar names to many, and Count Five’s Psychotic Reaction has become a standard. The Nazz began Todd Rundgren’s career, and The Amboy Dukes foisted Ted Nugent on the world. But the one-offs and also-rans like The Knickerbockers and Mouse are as much fun. Styles range from proto-punk to baroque pop to Beatles pastiche, but it’s all bursting with joyous youthful vigour.

Tracklist:
Side 1
1. I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) – The Electric Prunes
2 Dirty Water – The Standells
3 Night Time – The Strangeloves
4 Lies – The Knickerbockers
5 Respect – The Vagrants
6 A Public Execution – Mouse
7 No Time Like The Right Time – The Blues Projec

Side 2
8 Oh Yeah – The Shadows Of Night
9 Pushin’ Too Hard – The Seeds
10 Moulty – The Barbarians
11 Don’t Look Back – The Remains
12 An Invitation To Cry – The Magicians
13 Liar, Liar – The Castaways
14 You’re Gonna Miss Me – The 13th Floor Elevators

Side 3
15 Psychotic Reaction – Count Five
16 Hey Joe – The Leaves
17 Romeo & Juliet – Michael And The Messengers
18 Sugar And Spice – The Cryan’ Shames
19 Baby Please Don’t Go – The Amboy Dukes
20 Tobacco Road – Blue Magoos
21 Let’s Talk About Girls – The Chocolate Watchband

Side 4
22 Sit Down, I Think I Love You – The Mojo Men
23 Run, Run, Run – The Third Rail
24 My World Fell Down – Sagittarius
25 Open My Eyes – Nazz
26 Farmer John – The Premiers
27 It’s-a-Happening – The Magic Mushrooms

Label: Rhino Records
Released: 2024