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VARIOUS Where The Action Is! LA Nuggets 1965 - 1968
(Sealed 2009 US 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 bungalows of 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 withaboxset that
mines the 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, 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 2
features a sampling of the musicians who began life in South LA,
East LA, and such far-flung suburbs as Riverside and Bakersfield.
Disc 3 delves into the artistry of LA'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'. 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comprehensive timeline, unpublished photos, new quotes from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 and 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. This collector's copy is still sealed from new in its
hype-stickered shrinkwrap)
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