[.ca] Nuggets Psychedelic Era 65-68

Un Essentiel amazon.fr:
En quatre CD, la messe est dite ! Avec cette boîte de Pandore, le label Rhino propose la compilation ultime du rock garage 60's, condensé cinq étoiles de la célèbre petite graine Nuggets (un double LP de 27 titres) plantée par Lenny Kaye en 1972 pour l'écurie Elektra. La maison Rhino réédite donc la bête et, mieux, la transforme en quatre CD sur lesquels s'entassent les combos les plus foncièrement rock du territoire US. Dans ce génial carambolage des plus flamboyantes poubelles de l'histoire du rock, l'éphémère est de rigueur, l'efficacité est immédiate ! Alors que les mid' 60's pullulent de génies et de styles en tout genre, le rock garage débarque en agitant le Do It Yourself, credo précurseur incitant n'importe quel groupe de n'importe quel patelin à se lancer dans n'importe quelle aventure rock'n'roll, aussi pourrie soit-elle… Non seulement "ils" le firent mais ils le firent avec une fougue dévastatrice : Count Five, Music Machine, Standells, Shadows Of Knight, Sonics, 13th Floor Elevators, Remains, Chocolate Watchband et consorts livrèrent des hymnes radicaux à faire baver les Rolls qu'étaient les Beatles, Stones, Jefferson Airplane et autres Byrds. Là, et nulle part ailleurs, la substantifique moelle du rock'n'roll prend racine. Bref, pas de demi-mesure : ce coffret est une bombe qui pète à la gueule ! --Marc Zisman

From 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

The ultimate car trip box set:
This is possibly the greatest collection that Rhino has ever come up with. I had the original three Nuggets releases that Rhino did in the late 80's/early 90's and they were among my favorites in my early cd buying years. This set eclipses my discs, and adds so much that the extra money spent isn't difficult to think of as an investment. I've found that my favorite songs were mostly from the original three discs; Lies - The Knickerbockers Public Execution - Mouse & the Traps Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five Let's Talk About Girls - The Chocolate Watchband Open My Eyes - The Nazz Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock Can't Seem to Make You Mine - The Seeds Live - The Merry-Go-Round I've also found some new favorites through listening to this set; Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - The Swingin' Medallions It's Cold Outside - The Choir Put the Clock Back on the Wall - The E-Types What Am I Going Do - The Dovers 7 and 7 Is - Love Don't get me wrong, these aren't the only great songs in this collection, just my favorites off the top of my head after a quick look through the list. This is a fascinating collection that gives a look at the songs that were regiional hits around the country, but occasionally also made little noise on a national scale. For a box set it's among the best money I ever spent.

The Critics of this Set are Wrong:
The original Nuggets double album is THE most influencial rock album in history.It has been lovingly recreated on the first disc of this set. If anything, the other discs are even stronger.The artwork and historical care that has gone into the info book in this package sets the standard for all who shall follow.If you are a young person who has drifted towards classic rock because of how bad the current scene is, this will demonstrate to you just how correct you are.You will still be listening to this set when you are eighty years old.Knock Knock by the Humane Society and Primitive by the Groupies are almost worth the price by themselves.And let us not forget the Voices Green and Purple. Some of these were hits. And some of these go to auction when the originals are sold among collectors. It is a nice mix between the two. As with everything however, this set is not perfect. The info booklet has an incredibly fragile binding and it will come apart on you in short order if you are not aware of it.Rhino should of hard bound it like a owners manual for a car.A small oversight that in no way diminishes that the fact that you MUST own this if you have any interest in Rock's history.

It doesn't get any better than this:
Collecting the complete Lenny Kaye NUGGETS double-LP set that has gone down in the history books and adding 3 more CD's chockful of garage/punk/psychedelic classics you've never heard of, the NUGGETS boxed set is better than essential. It's QUINTESSENTIAL, the end-all meet-all of all 60s garage compilations. Hardcore collectors will champion the PEBBLES and BACK TO THE GRAVE series as a better representation of the genre by unearthing rarer than rare singles, but the NUGGETS set is far more accessible and covers everything from Beatles-wannabes to guitar-slammin' pre-punk to trippy folk-rock to rhythmic vocal showcases. I won't bother pointing out all the highlights, as each disc is a non-stop smorgasbord of excellent music. Only a handful of songs could have easily been left out ("Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen and "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs are a little too obvious, and "At the River's Edge" by The New Colony Six is awful), and if the music wasn't enough, you get a thoroughly researched book packed with essays and track-by-track history on each song, including personnel and record info! If you don't have this one yet, what are you waiting for?! Shame on you for hesitating this long!!

Has got to be one of the Best box sets out there:
This is the 60's rock I loved the most.Many of the songs I had forgoten the titles and or artist.This box set saves you a lot of time and energy to find all this material. I lived in the Detroit area where these songs played the air waves of the 60's to early 70's but very few are heard on radio any more, even on the so called oldies station's. The same narrow selection of songs are played over and over mostly the big hits and artist get played. Some of my fav. on this box set are Dirty Water,Night Time, Oh yeah,Farmer John,Little Girl,Beg Borrow & Steal,She's About a Mover,Little O'Soul,She's my Baby,Open up Your Door,Just Like Me,Hold me Down,Loves gone Bad,Black out Grety,There is enough music here to make two very solid cd's for the car for those hot summertime drives.

Artyfacts? "OH YEAH!":
I NEVER, EVER in my whole life felt moved to write to a record company thanking them for the time and effort it took to pull a fabulous collection together for our entertainment's sake. But when I purchased my Nuggets box set in 1999, I was compelled to do just that. Five years later, I still can't find the words to adequately sum up my love of this set. I had already been familiar with alot of the songs thanks to Rhino's Nuggets album series of the '80's, and the fact that I'm the 9th of 11 kids. See, back in the mid sixties, I had older brothers and sisters who were buying records and going to dances on Saturday nights. My oldest brother had a set of drums in the Attic where I used to practice "Little Girl" by Syndicate of Sound while the rest of the kids were at school. (I was only 4 at the time) But I knew some of these songs because of the way they used to sell records in the 60's. You could buy a bundle of 10 used (juke boxes) 45's wrapped in cellophane at the local 5 & 10 for a dollar. You could only see the labels of the records on each end which meant that eight of them were pot luck. Since the records were always like new, this is how my older siblings would buy them, and we had TONS of them! This set reminded me of EXACTLY how it was to buy based on only what you know and take a chance on the rest. And just like then, the investment paid off IN SPADES! This collection defies description. It's fantastic, stupendous, awesome, phenomenal and so much more! I'll NEVER tire of this set! I hope it stays in print forever!

• I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes
• Dirty Water - The Standells
• Night Time - The Strangeloves
• Lies - The Knickerbockers
• Respect - The Vagrants
• Public Execution - Mouse & the Traps
• No time like the right time - Blues Project
• Oh Yeah - Shadows of Knight
• Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds
• Moulty - The Barbarians
• Don't Look Back - Remains
• An invitation to cry - The Magicians
• Liar, Liar - The Castaways
• You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
• Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
• Hey Joe - The Leaves
• Romeo and Juliet - Michael & the Messengers
• Sugar and Spice - The Cryan' Shames
• Baby Please Don't Go - The Amboy Dukes
• Tobacco Road - Blues Magoos
• Let's Talk About Girls - The Chocolate Watchband
• Sit Down, I Think I Love You - The Mojo Men
• Run, Run, Run - Third Rail
• My World Fell Down - Sagittarius
• Open My Eyes - The Nazz
• Farmer John - The Premiers
• It's-A-Happening - Magic Mushrooms
• Talk Talk - The Music Machine
• Time won't let me - The Outsiders
• The Little Black Egg - The Night Crawlers
• Talk Talk - The Music Machine
• Last Time Around - The Del-Vetts
• (We ain't got) Nothing yet - Blues Magoos
• Journey to Tyme - Kenny & the Kasuals
• No Friend of Mine - The Sparkles
• Outside Chance - The Turtles
• Action Woman - The Litter
• Spazz - The Elastik Band
• Sweet Young Thing - The Chocolate Watchband
• Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
• I Ain't No Miracle Worker - The Brogues
• Seven & Seven Is - Love
• Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders
• Going All the Way - The Squires
• I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Shadows of Knight
• Trip - Kim Fowley
• Can't Seem to Make You Mine - The Seeds
• Why Do I Cry - Remains
• Laugh, Laugh - The Beau Brummels
• Little Black Egg - The Nightcrawlers
• I Wonder - The Gants
• I See the Light - The Five Americans
• Who Do You Love - Woolies
• Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - The Swingin' Medallions
• Live - The Merry-Go-Round
• Steppin' Out - Paul Revere & the Raiders
• Diddy Wah Diddy - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
• Strychnine - The Sonics
• Little Girl - The Syndicate of Sound
• (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos
• Shape of Things to Come - Max Frost & The Troopers
• A question of temperature - The Baloon Farm
• Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - Hombres
• Fight Fire - The Golliwogs
• At the River's Edge - New Colony Six
• Jack of Diamonds - The Daily Flash
• Follow Me - Lyme & Cybelle
• It's Cold Outside - The Choir
• Beg, Borrow and Steal - Rare Breed
• She's About a Mover - The Sir Douglas Quintet
• Little Bit O'Soul - Music Explosion
• Put the Clock Back on the Wall - The E-Types
• Falling Sugar - The Palace Guard
• Run Run Run - The Gestures
• I Need You - The Rationals
• Knock, Knock - The Humane Society
• Primitive - Groupies
• Psycho - The Sonics
• So What!! - The Lyrics
• You Must Be a Witch - The Lollipop Shoppe
• Question of Temperature - The Balloon Farm
• Maid of Sugar-Maid of Spice - Mouse & the Traps
• You Ain't Tuff - The Uniques
• Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White - The Standells
• She's My Baby - The Mojo Men
• Story of My Life - Unrelated Segments
• I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time - The Third Bardo
• Mirror of My Mind - We the People
• Bad Little Woman - Shadows of Knight
• Double Yellow Line - The Music Machine
• Optical Sound - The Human Expression
• Journey to the Center of the Mind - The Amboy Dukes
• (Would I still be) Her big man - The Brigands
• Blues Theme (from the motion picture "The Wild Angels") - Davie Allan & The Arrows
• Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In) - The Chocolate Watchband
• Too Many People - The Leaves
• (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man - The Brigands
• Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl - The Barbarians
• Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
• I Want Candy - The Strangeloves
• Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen
• One Track Mind - The Knickerbockers
• Out of Our Tree - The Wailers
• I Think I'm Down - The Harbinger Complex
• What Am I Going Do - The Dovers
• Codine - The Charlatans
• Johnny Was a Good Boy - The Mystery Trend
• Stop-Get a Ticket - Clefs of Lavender Hill
• Complication - The Monks
• Witch - The Sonics
• Get Me to the World on Time - The Electric Prunes
• Mr. Pharmacist - The Other Half
• Open Up Your Door - Richard & the Young Lions
• Just Like Me - Paul Revere & the Raiders
• You Burn Me up and Down - We the People
• I Live in the Springtime - The Lemon Drops
• Mindrocker - Fenwyck
• Hold Me Now - The Rumors
• Love's Gone Bad - The Underdogs
• Why Pick on Me - The Standells
• Bad Girl - Zakary Thaks
• Blackout of Gretely - The Gonn
• Voices Green and Purple - Bees
• Blues' Theme - Davie Allan & The Arrows