Children Of Nuggets:

[I. M. He]

"Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era - 1976-1995"

I'm not sure if this has been previously discussed, but Rhino is releasing a follow-up to the two Nuggets boxsets from a few years back this coming Tuesday - and it looks not half bad... how can you go wrong with 'Vanishing Girl' as an opening track?! I've pre-ordered mine from Amazon.ca for a measly $69.99 CDN - read on...

Much has been written about Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968; the influential set of worthy one-offs from the psychedelic ‘60s inspired a pair of Rhino boxed sets – and was in many ways the model upon which our company was founded. So it should come as little surprise that the 1972 double-LP prompted scores of bands to mine the garage-psych vein. Now Rhino has surveyed the best of neo-garage, ’80s power pop, Paisley Underground psych and other Nuggets-influenced styles from around the world on Children Of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996.

With 100 selections, Children Of Nuggets features such standard-bearers as The Cramps, The Three O’Clock, The Dukes of Stratosphear (the alter-ego of XTC), The Rain Parade, Flamin’ Groovies, The Fleshtones, Lyres, The Hoodoo Gurus, The Chesterfield Kings, The Smithereens, and more. The collection also includes a deluxe 100-page book with tons of photos and essays by coproducers Alec Palao and Gary Stewart, Bucketfull of Brains’ Nigel Cross, and “Little Steven” Van Zandt of the popular Underground Garage radio show. This 4-CD boxed set is the missing link between the first garage rockers and the current garage revival...

Disc: 1
1. Vanishing Girl - The Dukes of Stratosphear
2. Help You Ann - The Lyres
3. The Real World - The Bangles
4. We're Living in Violent Times - The Barracudas
5. The Trains - Nashville Ramblers
6. Seven Years - Watermelon Men
7. Strangers When We Meet - The Smithereens
8. Wading Through a Ventilator - The Soft Boys
9. I Can't Hide - The Flamin' Groovies
10. The Girl from Baltimore - The Fleshtones
11. It's a Good Thing - That Petrol Emotion
12. She's Fine - Stems
13. All My Life - Point
14. Down at the Nightclub - The Creeps
15. (My Girl) Maryanne - The Spongetones
16. She Turns to Flowers - The Salvation Army
17. You Are My Friend - Rain Parade
18. Mr. Unreliable - Inmates
19. (I Thought) You Wanted to Know - Chris Stamey, The dB's
20. She Don't Know Why I'm Here [Single Version] - The Last
21. There Must Be a Better Life - Biff Bang Pow!
22. Slave Girl - Lime Spiders
23. I May Hate You Sometimes - The Posies
24. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape - Times
25. It's About Time - The Pandoras
26. I Live for Buzz - Swingin' Neckbreakers
27. I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus



Disc: 2
1. This Damn Nation - The Godfathers
2. Tell Me When It's Over - Dream Syndicate
3. Whenever I'm Gone - The Prisoners
4. New Kind of Kick - The Cramps
5. And She Rides - The Long Ryders
6. Motorbike Beat - Revillos
7. Tears (Only Dry) - The Vipers
8. 25 O'Clock - The Dukes of Stratosphear
9. Don't Give It Up Now - The Lyres
10. If and When - Chris Stamey, The dB's
11. Pabst Blue Ribbon - The Untamed Youth
12. There She Goes - The La's
13. Kingsley J - Vibrasonic
14. I Can Never Tell - The Crawdaddys
15. Make Me Stay - Green Telescope
16. Everyday Things - The Plimsouls
17. I Wanna Destroy You - The Soft Boys
18. It's You - Mickey & the Milkshakes
19. Apology - The Posies
20. Lights Are Changing - The Bevis Frond
21. Ahead of My Time - Droogs
22. Welcome to My Love - Funseekers
23. Flowers in the Sky - Revolving Paint Dream
24. Metal Baby - Teenage Fanclub




Disc: 3
1. The Unguarded Moment - The Church
2. I Can't Pretend - The Barracudas
3. Out of the Unknown - Died Pretty
4. L.A. Explosion - The Last
5. I'll Cry Alone - The Flamin' Groovies
6. Sunspots - Julian Cope
7. Hindu Gods of Love - Lipstick Killers
8. Death and Angels - Green on Red
9. Barbed Wire Heart - Sinners
10. Pink Frost - The Chills
11. She Told Me Lies - Chesterfield Kings
12. Beauty and Sadness - The Smithereens
13. Test Drive - The Mummies
14. Busy Man [EP Version] - DMZ
15. Love Will Grow - Stems
16. She Goes Out With Everybody - The Spongetones
17. Hypnotized - The Plimsouls
18. No Apology - The Unclaimed
19. God Knows It's True - Teenage Fanclub
20. You Keep on Lyin' - Hoods
21. Don't Break Down - The Sting Rays
22. The World Has Changed - The Fleshtones
23. Baby What's Wrong - Cynics
24. Psycko (Themes from Psycho and Vertigo) - Laika & the Cosmonauts
25. My Name Is Tom - The Jigsaw Seen




Disc: 4
1. Gentle Tuesday - Primal Scream
2. With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend - The Three O'Clock
3. Like Wow -- Wipeout! - Hoodoo Gurus
4. Bad News Travels Fast - The Fuzztones
5. Plains of Nazca [Single Edit] - Sun Dial
6. Getting Out of Hand - The Bangs
7. Please Don't Tell My Baby - Mickey & the Milkshakes
8. One Half Hour Ago - Rain Parade
9. You're My Loving Way - The Aardvarks
10. Transfiguration - Screaming Trees
11. A Scandal in Bohemia - United States of Existence
12. Where the Wolf Bane Blooms - The Nomads
13. Cheated and Lied - The Vipers
14. Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden (And It's Wintertime) - The Dentists
15. Won't Need Yours - Tell-Tale Hearts
16. Weakness - Inspiral Carpets
17. You'll Know Why - Miracle Workers
18. Not My Memory - The Unknowns
19. Far Away - The Prisoners
20. Ain't That a Man - The Optic Nerve
21. Mink Dress - Plasticland
22. Tight Turn - Raybeats
23. One Way Ticket - The Nerves
24. Tracy Hide [Cover Version] - The Wondermints

[unguarded moment]

I'll get this for the remastered sound but I have a few minor quibbles:

They could have picked some better Fleshtones songs,

Should have included: The Gravedigger V, Eyes of Mind, True West, Vertebrats, The Things, maybe a few more Swedish & Aussie bands

Laika & the Cosmonauts (aren't they a surf band?),

The Wondermints-never considered them "garage" or "psych"

Why two Plimsouls and Teenage Fanclub songs and only one Plasticland and Long Ryders?

[fritzb]

[quote]Laika & the Cosmonauts (aren't they a surf band?)
[/quote]Well sort of...

If you think a talented Finnish band that plays instrumentals in the style of the classic 60s Cali Surf bands is ordinary fare. Personally, I think it's just offbeat enough to fit right in with other songs on this comp. [8D]

[Borneojimy]

I'm sure I'll be picking this one up, there are enough songs that I don't have elsewhere to make it worthwhile. Does anybody have any feedback on the second volume of "Nuggets"? I think it was all British bands.

[I. M. He]

Yeah, myself I'll take the second box of Nuggets over the first (I always prefer UK Psych over the American version anytime), although it's not all British bands... the Netherlands, Japan and Canada are all represented (to name a few). It's a nice set, but if you're seriously interested in British Psychedelia pick up the two Rubble boxsets... if you can find them! Twenty discs in all and they are indispensible!!

-mk-

[I. M. He]

Well it's been about three and a half weeks, but Amazon.ca came through and I'm listening to it now... if you've any interest in the neo-psych era I urge you to get it.

You won't be disappointed...

-mk-