Description
The Holy Grail of 60’s Garage and Psych.
Originally released as a double-LP in 1972 by Elektra Records, it celebrated 27 three-minute masterpieces that blazed brightly for a few weeks before fading from the charts.
The idea for Nuggets came from Jac Holzman, the founder of Elektra Records: “AM radio despised ‘long’ tracks, loosely defined as anything that exceeded three minutes, and this was true throughout the ’50s and ’60s. Even our Doors single, ‘Light My Fire,’ had to chop Robby’s incendiary guitar solo to fit the rigid AM formula. It’s what made me think about the snappy, short rock and roll singles that had jump-started AM rock radio, at its beginnings.” To excavate these hidden gems, Holzman recruited legendary guitarist Lenny Kaye: “It’s the songs in the end that make Nuggets so memorable, the lightning strikes of brilliance that move a record past genre into the realm of classic…Given the reins, I just played disc jockey, telling my ear-witness tale of inspiration derived, of desire and belief. Or daring to believe.”
These are tracks that never made it to the first 2lp release, but included in the CD Box.
Tracklist:
01. 01 Do You Believe in Magic – By the Lovin’ Spoonful
02. 7 and 7 Is (2023 Remaster) – By Love
03. Little Girl – By Syndicate of Sound
04. A Question of Temperature – By Balloon Farm
05. Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) [2023 Remaster] – By Swingin’ Medallions
06. Action Woman (2023 Remaster) – By the Litter
07. Talk Talk (2023 Remaster) – By the Music Machine
08. I See the Light (2023 Remaster) – By the Five Americans
09. 96 Tears – By ? (Question Mark) ; the Mysterians
10. Open Up Your Door (2023 Remaster) – By Richard ; the Young Lions
11. Laugh Laugh (2023 Remaster) – By the Beau Brummels
12. Stop! – Get a Ticket (2023 Remaster) – By Clefs of Lavender Hill
13. I Cannot Stop You (2023 Remaster) – By the Cherry Slush
14. Frustration (2023 Remaster) – By the Mystic Tide
15. Run, Run, Run (2023 Remaster) – By the Gestures
16. It’s Cold Outside (2023 Remaster) – By the Choir
17. Free As the Wind (2023 Remaster) – By the Myddle Class
18. Whatcha Gonna Do About It (2023 Remaster) – By the Evil
19. What a Way to Die (2023 Remaster) – By the Pleasure Seekers
20. A Little Bit of Soul (2023 Remaster) – By the Music Explosion
21. Black on White (2023 Remaster) – By the North Atlantic Invasion Force
22. Dance, Franny, Dance (2023 Remaster) – By Floyd Dakil Combo
23. Going All the Way (2023 Remaster) – By the Squires
24. You Must Be a Witch (2023 Remaster) – By the Lollipop Shoppe
25. The Witch (2023 Remaster) – By the Sonics
26. Blackout of Gretely (2023 Remaster) – By Gonn
