Another of the Nuggets series of boxsets was our choice
for this edition’s “Compilation of the Week”... This time it
was “Where
the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets
1965-1968” which was released in 2009, in a hard-cover book format with the 4-CDs
slotted into the back cover – lots of very cool photos and articles with
detailed liner notes about each song and artist... and what great songs they
are! This is probably our favourite of the Nuggets
boxset collection [the 1972 original double-LP stands separately of course!]
because LA was producing a plethora of wonderful bands in this period, many
well-known, but most not, which in no way diminishes the quality of the sounds
coming out of the area however – brilliant stuff! Basically, if you can only
have one boxset, this is the one! Another producer of fine music is the UK’s Fruits de Mer label whose latest
compilation “Strange Fruit & Veg” is
packed with goodies. From it this week we chose a great version of the Beatles’ “Tomorrow
Never Knows”, complete with filmclip. We also featured an Australian 60’s
section with tracks by Ray Brown and Hugo amongst others, plus recent music from acts
such as Lumerians, the
Myrrors and Elephant Stone. So now, we
bid you “adieu” until next week, when we’ll have more psychedelia and
associated obscurities for your listening and viewing pleasure....
.....until then, here is
the playlist and some visuals to amuse you, including the Kikagaku Moyo “official clip” for ‘Kodama’..... enjoy!
Lumerians - Hook for an Eye ("Transmissions
from Telos - Volume III" 2014 UK)
Elephant Stone - Between The Lines ("The Three
Poisons" 2014 Montreal, Canada)
Rob Gould - Tomorrow Never Knows [Beatles
cover] ("Fruits De Mer Records presents ‘Strange
Fruit and Veg’ – promo 2” compilation
2015 UK)
Les Annees - Freaktown Stars ("Les
Annees" 2009 Melbourne, Australia)
Jake Holmes - Leaves Never Break ("A Letter
to Catherine December" LP 1968 San Francisco, USA)
Ray Brown and the Whispers - Ain't It Strange (7”single 1966 Australia)
the Moods – ‘Cos of You (7”single b-side [to Say
Hello to Me] 1966 Australia)
the Wild Cherries - Krome Plated Yabby (7"single 1967 Melbourne,
Australia)
Hugo - Girl in the Garden (7"single 1969
Adelaide, Australia)
Quilt - Cry Baby Cry [Beatles cover]
("The Magical Mystery Psych Out - A Tribute to the Beatles"
compilation 2015 USA)
Deep Sea Arcade featuring
Megan Washington - Bonnie and Clyde [Serge Gainsbourg cover]
("Melodie Francaise" compilation 2013 Sydney, Australia)
Peoples Temple - Twice Burned
(7"single b-side [to Brand
New Thing] 2013 USA)
Clinic - The Lion Tamer ("Bubblegum"
2010 UK)
the Myrrors - Juana Laguna ("Arena Negra"
LP 2015 Tucson, Arizona USA)
Amon Duul II - Archangel Thunderbird ("Yeti"
LP 1970 Germany)
Dr Cosmo's Tape Lab - The Secret of Tibetan Grapefruit is...
("Ever Evolving Lounge" 2014 USA)
the Warlocks - House of Glass ("Rise and
Fall" 2001 USA)
“Compilation of the Week”
“Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets
1965-1968”
WC Fields Memorial Electric
String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator (7" single 1966 USA – taken from disc 1 of
“Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets
1965-1968” compilation boxset 2009 USA)
Keith Allison - Action, Action, Action
(7" Single b-side [to Glitter and Gold] 1966 – taken from disc
3 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)
the Monkees - Daily Nightly ("Pisces,
Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd" LP 1967 USA – taken from
Disc 3 of “LA
Nuggets...” boxset)
the Leaves - Doctor Stone ("Hey Joe" LP 1966
USA – taken from disc 1 of “LA Nuggets...”
boxset)
the Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen (7" single 1968 USA
– taken from disc 2 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)
Gene Clark - Los Angeles (recorded 1968, unissued – taken from disc 4 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)
the Black Hollies - Benevolent Beacon (7"
single 2011 USA)
Toy - Motoring ("Toy" LP 2012 UK)
Dead Skeletons - Dead is God ("Ord" EP 2012 Iceland)
Kikagaku Moyo - Kodama ("Forest
of Lost Children" LP 2014 Japan)
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