Excellent starting point for potential Garage/Psych newbies (Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968)

Member Name: MGEEK

Product:	Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
Date:	04/09/08 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: poppy, accessible face of US garage

Disadvantages: ..well, there could be a LITTLE more filth on here

For anyone even slightly interested in sixties rock music beyond the household name groups, this cd will prove a godsend

Based on an early seventies single vinyl lp, that consisted of mostly minor US chart hits, it was expanded to a full four cds, including most of the original comp, plus a shedload of additional, sometimes VERY obscure local US records- and is now here reduced to one cd, that makes more stylistic sense than the full box

Stylistically, the only thing holding the box set together was the era- it jumped from the deranged wildness of obscure locally released tracks such as The Bee's deranged 'voices green and purple' to the poppy harmony beat of 'Lies' by The Knickerbockers- well this one cd version makes probably an easier entry point to the US garage sound, by concentrating more on the national one hit wonders, or semi hit tracks, which all have enough poppyness to bridge the gap from more well known sixties acts.

Try this cd- if you like it, it may well prove a slippery slope into the murky world of the largely local 'teenage shutdown' comps and staying up until 4am bidding on battered 45s, of which there are less than three copies known to exist

I warn you...this stuff can prove addictive!

Summary: If you're new to this scene, buy it!