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    09/15/1998 | Rhino / Wea 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Compiled by rock critic and future Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye, 1972's Nuggets was the anthology responsible for reviving interest in mid-'60s American garage rock. After the proliferation of specialized volumes with the Nuggets title by reissue label Rhino, this four-CD box set is intended as the ideal summation/expansion of the Nuggets concept. The first CD reproduces, track-by-track, the original 27-song Nuggets, while the other three CDs add what may be considered 91 bonus tracks, from the biggest-selling garage hits ("Louie Louie," "Wooly Bully") to some cuts that only devout '60s specialists will know. All important permutations of the mid-'60s garage style are present: primitive fuzz, folk-rock, horn rock, psychedelic dementia, protest rock, etc. Major heroes the Music Machine, the Seeds, the Shadows of Knight, the Electric Prunes, the Standells, the Sonics, the Chocolate Watch Band, and many others are all represented, often by more than one song. If it's possible to give a five-star rating with reservations, it's tempting to do so here. No one could have possibly satisfied all rabid garage collectors with a mere 118 songs, but that's not really the point here; the object was to provide a wide-ranging box set of '60s garage rock that would entertain, represent the considerable span of garage styles, and be massive -- yet affordable -- for the committed rock fan who nonetheless doesn't want everything. Rhino has succeeded, while also presenting the songs in the best possible quality (in mono), whether from the master tapes or best existing copies. With a 100-page booklet of new liner notes (Kaye's original annotation is also included), it is the best investment possible for those who thirst for more '60s garage rock than is available on the best single-volume compilations, with a track selection geared toward cream-of-the-crop quality and variety rather than narrow collector prejudices. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
  • Electric Prunes
  • 2:59

  • 2
  • Dirty Water
  • Standells
  • 2:48

  • 3
  • Night Time
  • Strangeloves
  • 2:32

  • 4
  • Lies
  • Knickerbockers
  • 2:44

  • 5
  • Respect
  • Vagrants [1]
  • 2:15

  • 6
  • A Public Execution
  • Mouse & the Traps
  • 2:49

  • 7
  • No Time Like the Right Time
  • Blues Project
  • 2:47

  • 8
  • Oh Yeah
  • Shadows Of Knight
  • 2:49

  • 9
  • Pushin' Too Hard
  • Seeds
  • 2:37

  • 10
  • Moulty
  • Barbarians
  • 2:34

  • 11
  • Don't Look Back
  • Remains
  • 2:43

  • 12
  • An Invitation to Cry
  • Magicians
  • 2:57

  • 13
  • Liar, Liar
  • Castaways
  • 1:54

  • 14
  • You're Gonna Miss Me
  • Thirteenth Floor Elevators
  • 2:29

  • 15
  • Psychotic Reaction
  • Count Five
  • 3:07

  • 16
  • Hey Joe
  • Leaves [1]
  • 2:51

  • 17
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Michael & The Messengers
  • 2:00

  • 18
  • Sugar and Spice
  • Cryan' Shames
  • 2:30

  • 19
  • Baby Please Don't Go
  • Amboy Dukes
  • 5:39

  • 20
  • Tobacco Road
  • Blues Magoos
  • 4:42

  • 21
  • Let's Talk About Girls
  • Chocolate Watchband
  • 2:43

  • 22
  • Sit Down, I Think I Love You
  • Mojo Men
  • 2:23

  • 23
  • Run, Run, Run
  • Third Rail [1]
  • 1:55

  • 24
  • My World Fell Down
  • Sagittarius [1]
  • 3:50

  • 25
  • Open My Eyes
  • Nazz
  • 2:45

  • 26
  • Farmer John
  • Premiers
  • 2:27

  • 27
  • It's-A-Happening
  • Magic Mushrooms
  • 2:47
  • 28 (2)
  • Talk Talk
  • Music Machine
  • 1:59

  • 29 (2)
  • Last Time Around
  • Del Vetts [Garage]
  • 2:42

  • 30 (2)
  • Nobody But Me
  • Human Beinz
  • 2:19

  • 31 (2)
  • Journey to Tyme
  • Kenny & The Kasuals
  • 2:36

  • 32 (2)
  • No Friend of Mine
  • Sparkles
  • 2:26

  • 33 (2)
  • Outside Chance
  • Turtles
  • 2:04

  • 34 (2)
  • Action Woman
  • Litter
  • 2:33

  • 35 (2)
  • Spazz
  • Elastik Band
  • 2:46

  • 36 (2)
  • Sweet Young Thing
  • Chocolate Watchband
  • 2:59

  • 37 (2)
  • Incense and Peppermints
  • Strawberry Alarm Clock
  • 2:50

  • 38 (2)
  • I Ain't No Miracle Worker
  • Brogues
  • 2:49

  • 39 (2)
  • Seven & Seven Is
  • Love
  • 2:25

  • 40 (2)
  • Time Won't Let Me
  • Outsiders [Cleveland]
  • 2:50

  • 41 (2)
  • Going All the Way
  • Squires [1]
  • 2:22

  • 42 (2)
  • I'm Gonna Make You Mine
  • Shadows of Knight
  • 2:33

  • 43 (2)
  • The Trip
  • Fowley, Kim
  • 2:03

  • 44 (2)
  • Can't Seem to Make You Mine
  • Seeds
  • 2:36

  • 45 (2)
  • Why Do I Cry
  • Remains
  • 2:50

  • 46 (2)
  • Laugh, Laugh
  • Beau Brummels
  • 2:54

  • 47 (2)
  • The Little Black Egg
  • Nightcrawlers [1]
  • 2:45

  • 48 (2)
  • I Wonder
  • Gants
  • 2:15

  • 49 (2)
  • I See the Light
  • Five Americans
  • 2:09

  • 50 (2)
  • Who Do You Love
  • Woolies
  • 2:04

  • 51 (2)
  • Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
  • Swingin' Medallions
  • 2:17

  • 52 (2)
  • Live
  • Merry Go Round
  • 2:37

  • 53 (2)
  • Steppin' Out
  • Revere, Paul & the Raiders
  • 2:13

  • 54 (2)
  • Diddy Wah Diddy
  • Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
  • 2:29

  • 55 (2)
  • Strychnine
  • Sonics [1]
  • 2:12

  • 56 (2)
  • Little Girl
  • Syndicate of Sound
  • 2:29

  • 57 (2)
  • (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet
  • Blues Magoos
  • 2:18

  • 58 (2)
  • Shape of Things to Come
  • Frost, Max & the Troopers
  • 1:54
  • 59 (3)
  • Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)
  • Hombres
  • 2:10

  • 60 (3)
  • Fight Fire
  • Golliwogs
  • 2:34

  • 61 (3)
  • At the River's Edge
  • New Colony Six
  • 2:39

  • 62 (3)
  • Jack of Diamonds
  • Daily Flash
  • 2:38

  • 63 (3)
  • Follow Me
  • Lyme & Cybelle
  • 2:30

  • 64 (3)
  • It's Cold Outside
  • Choir [2]
  • 2:51

  • 65 (3)
  • Beg, Borrow and Steal
  • Rare Breed [1]
  • 2:32

  • 66 (3)
  • She's About a Mover
  • Sir Douglas Quintet
  • 2:25

  • 67 (3)
  • Little Bit O'Soul
  • Music Explosion
  • 2:22

  • 68 (3)
  • Put the Clock Back on the Wall
  • E Types
  • 2:24

  • 69 (3)
  • Falling Sugar
  • Palace Guard
  • 2:10

  • 70 (3)
  • Run Run Run
  • Gestures
  • 2:18

  • 71 (3)
  • I Need You
  • Rationals
  • 2:16

  • 72 (3)
  • Knock, Knock
  • Humane Society
  • 2:58

  • 73 (3)
  • Primitive
  • Groupies
  • 3:51

  • 74 (3)
  • Psycho
  • Sonics [1]
  • 2:17

  • 75 (3)
  • So What!!
  • Lyrics [Garage]
  • 2:50

  • 76 (3)
  • You Must Be a Witch
  • Lollipop Shoppe
  • 2:49

  • 77 (3)
  • A Question of Temperature
  • Balloon Farm
  • 2:40

  • 78 (3)
  • Maid of Sugar-Maid of Spice
  • Mouse & the Traps
  • 2:39

  • 79 (3)
  • You Ain't Tuff
  • Uniques [1]
  • 2:21

  • 80 (3)
  • Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
  • Standells
  • 2:38

  • 81 (3)
  • She's My Baby
  • Mojo Men
  • 3:02

  • 82 (3)
  • Story of My Life
  • Unrelated Segments
  • 2:44

  • 83 (3)
  • I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time
  • Third Bardo
  • 2:16

  • 84 (3)
  • Mirror of My Mind
  • We the People [Rock]
  • 2:45

  • 85 (3)
  • Bad Little Woman
  • Shadows of Knight
  • 2:39

  • 86 (3)
  • Double Yellow Line
  • Music Machine
  • 2:13
  • 87 (3)
  • Optical Sound
  • Human Expression
  • 2:37
  • 88 (3)
  • Journey to the Center of the Mind
  • Amboy Dukes
  • 3:34
  • 89 (4)
  • Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In)
  • Chocolate Watchband
  • 2:27

  • 90 (4)
  • Too Many People
  • Leaves [1]
  • 2:46

  • 91 (4)
  • (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man
  • Brigands
  • 2:16

  • 92 (4)
  • Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl
  • Barbarians
  • 2:21

  • 93 (4)
  • Wooly Bully
  • Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
  • 2:45

  • 94 (4)
  • I Want Candy
  • Strangeloves
  • 2:21

  • 95 (4)
  • Louie, Louie
  • Kingsmen
  • 2:20

  • 96 (4)
  • One Track Mind
  • Knickerbockers
  • 2:37

  • 97 (4)
  • Out of Our Tree
  • Wailers [2]
  • 3:32

  • 98 (4)
  • I Think I'm Down
  • Harbinger Complex
  • 2:28

  • 99 (4)
  • What Am I Going Do
  • Dovers [Garage]
  • 2:41

  • 100 (4)
  • Codine
  • Charlatans [1]
  • 2:25

  • 101 (4)
  • Johnny Was a Good Boy
  • Mystery Trend
  • 2:38

  • 102 (4)
  • Stop-Get a Ticket
  • Clefs Of Lavender Hill
  • 2:28

  • 103 (4)
  • Complication
  • Monks [1]
  • 2:24

  • 104 (4)
  • The Witch
  • Sonics [1]
  • 2:40

  • 105 (4)
  • Get Me to the World on Time
  • Electric Prunes
  • 2:33

  • 106 (4)
  • Mr. Pharmacist
  • Other Half
  • 2:34

  • 107 (4)
  • Open Up Your Door
  • Richard & The Young Lions
  • 2:45

  • 108 (4)
  • Just Like Me
  • Revere, Paul & the Raiders
  • 2:24

  • 109 (4)
  • You Burn Me up and Down
  • We The People
  • 2:22

  • 110 (4)
  • I Live in the Springtime
  • Lemon Drops
  • 3:00

  • 111 (4)
  • Mindrocker
  • Fenwyck
  • 2:54

  • 112 (4)
  • Hold Me Now
  • Rumors [1]
  • 2:29

  • 113 (4)
  • Love's Gone Bad
  • Underdogs [1]
  • 2:29

  • 114 (4)
  • Why Pick on Me
  • Standells
  • 2:46

  • 115 (4)
  • Bad Girl
  • Zakary Thaks
  • 2:10
  • 116 (4)
  • Blackout of Gretely
  • Gonn
  • 4:36
  • 117 (4)
  • Voices Green and Purple
  • Bees [2]
  • 1:35
  • 118 (4)
  • Blues' Theme
  • Allan, Davie & the Arrows
  • 2:09

  • Credits

    • Gary Usher
    • Arranger, Producer, Vocals (Background)
    • Alec Palao
    • Liner Notes, Research Assistant, Photography
    • Craig Moore
    • Bass, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Spoken Word, Screams