MickeyMac
06-19-2009, 03:24 PM
Boxed Set Excavates More Than 100 Nuggets from Los Angeles’ Eclectic Music Scene From 1965-68, Spotlighting Gems from The Byrds, The Beach Boys and Love, Plus Cult Classics by The Standells, Spirit, The Seeds, The Electric Prunes and More
Four-Disc Set Will Be Available from Rhino September 22
In Los Angeles during the mid-’60s, music was everywhere - from the garages of Orange County, to the dingbat apartments of the San Fernando Valley, to the bungalows of Laurel Canyon. But without a doubt, the epicenter of the music scene was the Sunset Strip, where “freaks” filled the rock clubs lining the famed Hollywood thoroughfare. Rhino continues the storied Nuggets tradition with a four-disc boxed set that mines the city’s rich musical history for unsung gems. WHERE THE ACTION IS! LOS ANGELES NUGGETS 1965-1968 will be available September 22 from Rhino Records for a suggested list price of $64.98.
Andrew Sandoval, one of the collection’s producers, explains the set’s concept in its liner notes: “…the Nuggets series is something of the alternative musical history of the 1960’s. Not so much a survey of what happened, but more what could have happened had music charted on merit alone.”
WHERE THE ACTION IS! compiles 101 tracks that mix many of the city’s brightest stars (The Byrds, Love, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, Captain Beefheart, The Mama & The Papas, Lowell George, Iron Butterfly, The Monkees) with talented artists whose stellar songcraft sadly flew under the radar (The Seeds, Jameson, The Electric Prunes, Modern Folk Quintet, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Spirit, The Everpresent Fullness, Kaleidoscope, The Standells, The Bobby Fuller Four).
WHERE THE ACTION IS! encompasses four discs arranged thematically to cover different aspects of the pop, rock, club and Top 40 sounds of the era. The first covers some of the most notable bands that performed in the clubs of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip. Disc two features a sampling of the musicians who began life in South L.A., East L.A. and such far-flung suburbs as Riverside and Bakersfield. The third delves into the artistry of L.A.’s producers, arrangers and Wrecking Crew of studio players. The final disc takes us from the nascent seeds of folk rock to the first blooms of canyon rock, country rock and full-blown psychedelia in the region. It also shows how rock pioneers such as Del Shannon and Rick Nelson took their own stabs at fitting in with “the kids.”
Among the many highlights are: an alternate take of The Beach Boys’ “Heroes And Villains,” Warren Zevon and producer Bones Howe performing “(You Used To) Ride So High” as The Motorcycle Abeline, “Take A Giant Step” by The Rising Sons, “Acid Head” by The Velvet Illusions,” local scenester Kim Fowley’s “Underground Lady,” Jan & Dean’s “Fan Tan,” The Monkees’ “Daily Nightly,” Jesse Lee Kincaid’s “She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune,” “Come To The Sunshine” by Van Dyke Parks, “Sister Marie” by Nilsson and “Hippy Elevator Operator” by The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band.
The set also offers a trio of previously unreleased tracks: a recently discovered demo version of “Sit Down I Think I Love You” recorded by Stephen Stills and Richie Furay shortly before they formed Buffalo Springfield; a demo of “Words” by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, one of the West Coast’s most successful songwriting teams; and “Once Upon A Time” a collaboration between Tim Buckley and lyricist Larry Beckett.
Beautifully packaged in a coffee table book resembling the San Francisco Nuggets collection from 2006, the set provides a wealth of information about Los Angeles’ music scene, including a comprehensive timeline, a listing of the clubs and who performed there, an essay about the L.A. radio stations that defined the era, plus a track-by-track commentary.
*Previously unreleased
TRACK LIST
Riot On Sunset Strip - The Standells
You Movin’ - The Byrds
You I’ll Be Following - Love
Dr. Stone - The Leaves
Go And Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield
Zig Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Gentle As It May Seem - Iron Butterfly
Candy Cane Madness - Lowell George & The Factory
If You Want This Love - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Baby, My Heart - The Bobby Fuller Four
All Night Long - The Palace Guard
It’s Gonna Rain - Sonny & Cher
For My Own - The Guilloteens
Take A Giant Step - The Rising Sons
One Too Many Mornings - The Association
Time Waits For No One - The Knack
Take It As It Comes - The Doors
Pulsating Dream - Kaleidoscope
Tripmaker - The Seeds
The People In Me - The Music Machine
Saturday’s Son - The Sons Of Adam
Eventually - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Swim - Penny Arkade
The Third Eye - The Joint Effort
Girl In Your Eye - Spirit
Jump, Jive & Harmonize - Thee Midniters
Back Up - The Light
To Die Alone - The Bush
Get On This Plane - The Premiers
Little Girl, Little Boy - The Odyssey
Hideaway - The Electric Prunes
Listen, Listen! - The Merry-Go-Round
She Done Moved - The Spats
Grim Reaper Of Love - The Turtles
See If I Care - Ken & The Fourth Dimension
He’s Not There Anymore - The Chymes
Back Seat ‘38 Dodge - Opus 1
Eternal Prison - The Humane Society
Revenge - The Others
Come Alive - Things To Come
Acid Head - The Velvet Illusions
Guaranteed Love - Limey & The Yanks
Love’s The Thing - The Romancers (a.k.a. The Smoke Rings)
Underground Lady - Kim Fowley
Pretty Little Thing - The Deepest Blue
You’re Wishin’ I Was Someone Else - The Whatt Four
Hippy Elevator Operator - The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band
That’s For Sure - The Mustangs
Tomorrow’s Girl - Fapardokly (Merrell & The Exiles)
Everything’s There - The Hysterics
Our Time Is Running Out - The Yellow Payges
Action, Action, Action - Keith Allison
The Rebel Kind - Dino, Desi & Billy
High On Love - The Knickerbockers
Fan Tan - Jan & Dean
Halloween Mary - P.F. Sloan
Somebody Groovy - The Mamas & The Papas
Daydreaming - Thorinshield
Just Can’t Wait - The Full Treatment
Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon
The Times To Come - London Phogg
No More Running Around - The Lamp Of Childhood
Little Girl Lost-And-Found - The Garden Club
Mothers And Fathers - The Moon
My Girlfriend Is A Witch - October Country
Montage Mirror - Roger Nichols Trio
Flower Eyes - Pasternak Progress
Come Down - The Common Cold
Jill - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Daily Nightly - The Monkees
Night Time Girl - The Modern Folk Quintet
Don’t Say No - The Oracle
Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down) - Hearts And Flowers
Rainbow Woman - Lee Hazlewood
Poor Old Organ Grinder - Pleasure featuring Billy Elder
Baby, Please Don’t Go - The Ballroom
Sit Down I Think I Love You - Stephen Stills & Richie Furay*
Splendor In The Grass - Jackie DeShannon with The Byrds
November Night - Peter Fonda
Roses And Rainbows - Danny Hutton
Lemon Chimes - The Dillards
Here’s Today - The Rose Garden
I Love How You Love Me - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Words (Demo) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart*
(You Used To) Ride So High - The Motorcycle Abeline (Warren Zevon & Bones Howe)
The New Age - Jameson
Los Angeles - Gene Clark
Once Upon A Time - Tim Buckley*
Darlin’ You Can Count On Me - The Everpresent Fullness
I’ll Search The Sky - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Come To The Sunshine - Van Dyke Parks
Heroes And Villains (Alternate Take) - The Beach Boys
She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune - Jesse Lee Kincaid
Sister Marie - Nilsson
Last Night I Had A Dream (Single Version) - Randy Newman
I Think I Love You - Del Shannon
Change Is Now - The Byrds
The Truth Is Not Real (Single Version) - Sagittarius
Marshmallow Skies - Rick Nelson
You Set The Scene - Love
Inner-Manipulations - Barry McGuire
Four-Disc Set Will Be Available from Rhino September 22
In Los Angeles during the mid-’60s, music was everywhere - from the garages of Orange County, to the dingbat apartments of the San Fernando Valley, to the bungalows of Laurel Canyon. But without a doubt, the epicenter of the music scene was the Sunset Strip, where “freaks” filled the rock clubs lining the famed Hollywood thoroughfare. Rhino continues the storied Nuggets tradition with a four-disc boxed set that mines the city’s rich musical history for unsung gems. WHERE THE ACTION IS! LOS ANGELES NUGGETS 1965-1968 will be available September 22 from Rhino Records for a suggested list price of $64.98.
Andrew Sandoval, one of the collection’s producers, explains the set’s concept in its liner notes: “…the Nuggets series is something of the alternative musical history of the 1960’s. Not so much a survey of what happened, but more what could have happened had music charted on merit alone.”
WHERE THE ACTION IS! compiles 101 tracks that mix many of the city’s brightest stars (The Byrds, Love, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, Captain Beefheart, The Mama & The Papas, Lowell George, Iron Butterfly, The Monkees) with talented artists whose stellar songcraft sadly flew under the radar (The Seeds, Jameson, The Electric Prunes, Modern Folk Quintet, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Spirit, The Everpresent Fullness, Kaleidoscope, The Standells, The Bobby Fuller Four).
WHERE THE ACTION IS! encompasses four discs arranged thematically to cover different aspects of the pop, rock, club and Top 40 sounds of the era. The first covers some of the most notable bands that performed in the clubs of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip. Disc two features a sampling of the musicians who began life in South L.A., East L.A. and such far-flung suburbs as Riverside and Bakersfield. The third delves into the artistry of L.A.’s producers, arrangers and Wrecking Crew of studio players. The final disc takes us from the nascent seeds of folk rock to the first blooms of canyon rock, country rock and full-blown psychedelia in the region. It also shows how rock pioneers such as Del Shannon and Rick Nelson took their own stabs at fitting in with “the kids.”
Among the many highlights are: an alternate take of The Beach Boys’ “Heroes And Villains,” Warren Zevon and producer Bones Howe performing “(You Used To) Ride So High” as The Motorcycle Abeline, “Take A Giant Step” by The Rising Sons, “Acid Head” by The Velvet Illusions,” local scenester Kim Fowley’s “Underground Lady,” Jan & Dean’s “Fan Tan,” The Monkees’ “Daily Nightly,” Jesse Lee Kincaid’s “She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune,” “Come To The Sunshine” by Van Dyke Parks, “Sister Marie” by Nilsson and “Hippy Elevator Operator” by The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band.
The set also offers a trio of previously unreleased tracks: a recently discovered demo version of “Sit Down I Think I Love You” recorded by Stephen Stills and Richie Furay shortly before they formed Buffalo Springfield; a demo of “Words” by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, one of the West Coast’s most successful songwriting teams; and “Once Upon A Time” a collaboration between Tim Buckley and lyricist Larry Beckett.
Beautifully packaged in a coffee table book resembling the San Francisco Nuggets collection from 2006, the set provides a wealth of information about Los Angeles’ music scene, including a comprehensive timeline, a listing of the clubs and who performed there, an essay about the L.A. radio stations that defined the era, plus a track-by-track commentary.
*Previously unreleased
TRACK LIST
Riot On Sunset Strip - The Standells
You Movin’ - The Byrds
You I’ll Be Following - Love
Dr. Stone - The Leaves
Go And Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield
Zig Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Gentle As It May Seem - Iron Butterfly
Candy Cane Madness - Lowell George & The Factory
If You Want This Love - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Baby, My Heart - The Bobby Fuller Four
All Night Long - The Palace Guard
It’s Gonna Rain - Sonny & Cher
For My Own - The Guilloteens
Take A Giant Step - The Rising Sons
One Too Many Mornings - The Association
Time Waits For No One - The Knack
Take It As It Comes - The Doors
Pulsating Dream - Kaleidoscope
Tripmaker - The Seeds
The People In Me - The Music Machine
Saturday’s Son - The Sons Of Adam
Eventually - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
Swim - Penny Arkade
The Third Eye - The Joint Effort
Girl In Your Eye - Spirit
Jump, Jive & Harmonize - Thee Midniters
Back Up - The Light
To Die Alone - The Bush
Get On This Plane - The Premiers
Little Girl, Little Boy - The Odyssey
Hideaway - The Electric Prunes
Listen, Listen! - The Merry-Go-Round
She Done Moved - The Spats
Grim Reaper Of Love - The Turtles
See If I Care - Ken & The Fourth Dimension
He’s Not There Anymore - The Chymes
Back Seat ‘38 Dodge - Opus 1
Eternal Prison - The Humane Society
Revenge - The Others
Come Alive - Things To Come
Acid Head - The Velvet Illusions
Guaranteed Love - Limey & The Yanks
Love’s The Thing - The Romancers (a.k.a. The Smoke Rings)
Underground Lady - Kim Fowley
Pretty Little Thing - The Deepest Blue
You’re Wishin’ I Was Someone Else - The Whatt Four
Hippy Elevator Operator - The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band
That’s For Sure - The Mustangs
Tomorrow’s Girl - Fapardokly (Merrell & The Exiles)
Everything’s There - The Hysterics
Our Time Is Running Out - The Yellow Payges
Action, Action, Action - Keith Allison
The Rebel Kind - Dino, Desi & Billy
High On Love - The Knickerbockers
Fan Tan - Jan & Dean
Halloween Mary - P.F. Sloan
Somebody Groovy - The Mamas & The Papas
Daydreaming - Thorinshield
Just Can’t Wait - The Full Treatment
Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon
The Times To Come - London Phogg
No More Running Around - The Lamp Of Childhood
Little Girl Lost-And-Found - The Garden Club
Mothers And Fathers - The Moon
My Girlfriend Is A Witch - October Country
Montage Mirror - Roger Nichols Trio
Flower Eyes - Pasternak Progress
Come Down - The Common Cold
Jill - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
Daily Nightly - The Monkees
Night Time Girl - The Modern Folk Quintet
Don’t Say No - The Oracle
Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down) - Hearts And Flowers
Rainbow Woman - Lee Hazlewood
Poor Old Organ Grinder - Pleasure featuring Billy Elder
Baby, Please Don’t Go - The Ballroom
Sit Down I Think I Love You - Stephen Stills & Richie Furay*
Splendor In The Grass - Jackie DeShannon with The Byrds
November Night - Peter Fonda
Roses And Rainbows - Danny Hutton
Lemon Chimes - The Dillards
Here’s Today - The Rose Garden
I Love How You Love Me - Nino Tempo & April Stevens
Words (Demo) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart*
(You Used To) Ride So High - The Motorcycle Abeline (Warren Zevon & Bones Howe)
The New Age - Jameson
Los Angeles - Gene Clark
Once Upon A Time - Tim Buckley*
Darlin’ You Can Count On Me - The Everpresent Fullness
I’ll Search The Sky - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Come To The Sunshine - Van Dyke Parks
Heroes And Villains (Alternate Take) - The Beach Boys
She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune - Jesse Lee Kincaid
Sister Marie - Nilsson
Last Night I Had A Dream (Single Version) - Randy Newman
I Think I Love You - Del Shannon
Change Is Now - The Byrds
The Truth Is Not Real (Single Version) - Sagittarius
Marshmallow Skies - Rick Nelson
You Set The Scene - Love
Inner-Manipulations - Barry McGuire