VARIOUS Where The Action Is! LA Nuggets 1965 - 1968 (2009 UK 4-CD album set - In Los Angeles during the mid 60's, music was everywhere - from the garages of Orange County, to the dingbat apartments of the San Fernando Valley, to the bungalowsof Laurel Canyon. But without a doubt, the epicentre 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 box set that minesthe city's rich musical history for unsung gems. 'Where The Action Is!' encompasses four discs arranged thematically to cover different aspects of the pop, rock, club & 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 2 features a sampling of the musicians who began life in South LA, East LA & such far-flung suburbs as Riverside & Bakersfield. Disc 3 delves into the artistry of LA's producers, arrangers & 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 & full-blown psychedelia in the region. It also shows how rock pioneers such as Del Shannon & Rick Nelson took their own stabs at fitting in with 'the kids'. 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from 2006, the set provides a wealth of information about Los Angeles' music scene, including a comprehensive timeline, unpublished photos, new quotes from many of the artists, a listing of the clubs & who performed there, an essay about the LA radio stations that defined the era, plus a track-by-track commentary with detailed session info on each song. The packaging is & the discs are Excellent with just a few faint & unavoidable scuffs caused from the slightly bonkers card inlay design!) more...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS Never Ever Land (2008 UK 83-track 3-CD set - one of the most innovative & influential independent record companies of its time, International Artists has gained cult status over the years, particularly among fans of prime US psychedelia & garage rock. Based in Houston, Texas, the label thrived under the expert guidance of its driving force, Lelan Rogers, brother of country legend Kenny! Starting out in 1965, the label hit paydirt with release #107, the 13th Floor Elevators' 'You're Gonna Miss Me', and went on to offer a home to many superb bands [see 'More Info' for full details]) more...
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VARIOUS-PROG & PSYCH Real Life Permanent Dreams (A Cornucopia Of British Psychedelia 1965-1970) (Sealed 2008 UK 74-track 4-CD box set, a comprehensive collection plotting the course from Folk & Mod, through to early Psych, into heavy Psych andfinally into Prog territory, taking in such well known acts as Small Faces, Donovan, The Kinks as well as lesser-known gems by The End, The Gun, Skip Bifferty and The Orange Bicycle to name by a few; all presented in a fold-out digipack with full-colour booklet, housed in a picture slipcase. The outer slipcase shows the lightest of shelfwear whilst the discs look barely played. It's a far out trip maaaaaan! CMXBX1239) more...
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VARIOUS-PROG & PSYCH March Of The Flower Children [The American Sounds Of 1967] (2023 UK limited edition 95-track triple CD album set - By 1967, rock's eternally restless spirit had moved on from Liverpool, the British Invasion and Swinging London and found a new place to dwell. The scene's new creative epicentre was San Francisco, from whence the underground's tentacles spread throughout the nation and beyond as flower-power erupted into full and glorious bloom. Over three CDs andfour hours of music, 'March Of The Flower Children' anthologises the sounds of American rock and pop during a year that would become enshrined in the history books as the Summer of Love. Featuring hits, misses, key album tracks and a whole host of hugely collectable one-off local 45 nuggets, this set is housed in a factory sealed clamshell box with accompanying 48-page booklet. It's a fascinating aural and visual document of this most pivotal of pop-culture years) more...
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VARIOUS Fab Gear (The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967) (2018 UK 6-CD compilation box set, featuring a wonderful selection of various English mid-to-late '60s R&B, beat, garage, pop and psych tracks from the likes of The Kinks, The Artwoods, The Rockin' Berries, The Ivy League, David Bowie, The Action, The Marmalade, The Sorrows & more. Each disc is housed in an individual card page, with integral 56-page picture/info booklet. The text on the front shows some signs of sun with lightening of the colours on the front, with small dent to spine, whilst all contents appear Near Mint RPMBX541) more...
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VARIOUS The Psychedelic Journey (2012 Mexican 42-track 3-CD compilation, featuring everyone from Ultimate Spinach, Strawberry Alarm Clock & Bubble Puppy to Fleur De Lys, Billy Nicholls, The 13th Floor Elevators & Brainticket, housed in a trippy fold-out digipak picture sleeve complete with booklet. The packaging & the discs are in excellent condition MBB7102) more...
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VARIOUS Let's Go Down & Blow Our Minds (2016 UK 80-track triple CD album set featuring a collection of British Psychedelia from 1967 including tracks by The Alan Bown!, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Tintern Abbey, Fleur-De-Lys, The Spencer Davis Group, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, The Pretty Things, Procol Harum, The Moody Blues, The Marmalade & more. All three discs are housed in their groovy respective picture card sleeves in a clamshell picture box complete with a 39-page picture booklet containing images & extensive information about the bands CRSEGBOX033) more...
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VARIOUS Halcyon Days: 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets (2020 UK 3-CD compilation box set, featuring a wonderful selection of various English mid-to-late '60s R&B, beat, mod, soul & freakbeat/psych tracks from the likes of The Creation, The Artwoods, John's Children, The End, Rainbow Ffolly, The Action, Fleur De Lys, The Web, July & more. Each disc is housed in its respective card wallet sleeve with 'scooter girl' artwork, an in depth 48-page picture/info booklet & clamshell box. Near Mint CRJAMBOX001) more...
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VARIOUS-PROG & PSYCH Breakthrough [Underground Sounds Of 1971] (2021 UK limited edition 54-track FOUR DISC set - 1971 was a momentous year in rock and one which would continue to see Progressive music in all its forms become a dominating forcewith the album buying public. 'Breakthrough – Underground Sounds...' is a lovingly compiled collection from this pivotal year in music, featuring a host of key artists including Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come, Atomic Rooster, Audience, Barclay James Harvest, Edgar Broughton Band, Jack Bruce, Caravan, Curved Air, Sandy Denny, The Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Family, Gentle Giant, Hawkwind, Help Yourself, Jethro Tull, Lindisfarne, Man, Patto, Pretty Things, Procol Harum, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy, Traffic, Uriah Heep, Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes and many more. All four discs are UNPLAYED housed in the sealed clamshell picture box) more...
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VARIOUS-PROG & PSYCH Beautiful Young Generation (2021 UK 15-track compilation CD, stickered deluxe matte laminate gatefold picture sleeve & printed inner wallet with track-by-track notes by author and journalist Kevin LeGendre. Pioneering late'60s French label BYG, which specialised in jazz, psychedelia, prog-rock and any other music on the outer fringes, is now relaunched with this great collection drawn from their acclaimed catalogue, includes material from Gong, Aynsley Dunbar,Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Sun Ra and more - all newly remastered from the original tapes and sounding better than ever. This copy is brand new and housed inside its resealable sleeve BYGSP.2CD) more...
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VARIOUS-PROG & PSYCH I'm A Freak Baby 3 (2021 UK limited edition THREE DISC set - This third instalment of pioneering hard rock sounds from the nascent British underground includes many of the acts who were synonymous with the stoner, free festival element of the English counter culture, with key tracks from such seminal underground stalwarts as Mick Farren and The Deviants, Edgar Broughton Band, Pink Fairies and Hawkwind alongside musicians and bands who were honing their sound before finding huge success: such as the embryonic Deep Purple, the teenage Free, first album Thin Lizzy, Lemmy [fronting Sam Gopal] and a pre-fame Mott The Hoople are joined by old-stagers The Yardbirds, represented by an incendiary 1968 live version of 'Dazed And Confused', a song that Jimmy Page would take with him to his next band and much much more. Complete with a lavish 40-page booklet, all three discs are UNPLAYED housed inside the still sealed clamshell picture box CRSEGBOX094) more...
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