Timewarp - NUGGETS IV : LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING : SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS 1965-1970 (4CD)

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NUGGETS IV : LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING : SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS 1965-1970 (4CD)

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CD20176

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$119.95

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[ERA : 60s / Psychedelic ] The only thing that doesn't come with this unprecedented, multi-artist 4 CD boxed set chronicling the San Francisco sound of the 1960s is the flowers for your hair! Released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the psychedelic, free-spirited Summer Of Love, that began just after the historic Monterey Pop Festival in June '67, LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING: SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS 1965 - 1970, weighs in at 77 tracks totaling over 4 hours of music. Four decades ago, legions of young people trekked to San Francisco and its famed Haight Asbury district, the epicenter for the youth-driven counterculture revolution that was transforming American culture. They came for peace, politics, community, love...and they came for the music, the most enduring legacy of that very special place and time. It has proven to be the element that really tells the true story of San Francisco in the 1960s. The city, and the Bay Area overall, were exploding with spectacular talent, including pre-eminent icons the Grateful Dead, Santana and the Jefferson Airplane as well as countless other acts that brought San Francisco's expansive sonic vibe to national, and ultimately worldwide, prominence. And, just as aspiring hippies and youthful seekers of summer lovin' flocked westward to savor the Golden State's golden age, musical talent from across the country descended on the City by the Bay including Texan Janis Joplin and Chicagoan Steve Miller. They all added to the amazing stash of sounds that remains a cornerstone of contemporary music, and they're all featured here, superstars and lesser known talents alike. The set's four discs explore this musical phenomenon from diverse vantage points for a kaleidoscopic sonic tapestry that is both vintage and timeless.
DISC 1 : “Seismic Rumbles,” maps the divergent fault lines separating the tradition pop flavors of the early 1960s from San Francisco's emerging bands that were inspired by the more complex rock and roll of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Highlights include “Can't Come Down” from Dead precursors The Warlocks, the demo for Quicksilver Messenger Service's “Who Do You Love,” the earliest incarnation of the Airplane on “It's No Secret,” “I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag” from Country Joe & The Fish and “Mr. Jones (A Ballad Of A Thin Man)” from a prehistoric Grass Roots ensemble.
DISC 2 : “Suburbia,” takes a trip to the nearby burgs of Berkeley, Sausalito, Sacramento, and San Jose to explore the garage, folk-rock, and musically-hybrid psychotic reactions to San Francisco's psychedelic stew. Stand-out tracks include Teddy & His Patches “Suzy Creamcheese,” The Chocolate Watchband's “No Way Out,” and Frumious Bandersnatch's “Hearts To Cry.”
DISC 3 : “Summer Of Love,” celebrates the myriad riches of that era-defining season, featuring classics from iconic artists including Jefferson Airplane's “White Rabbit,” Santana's “Soul Sacrifice,” the Dead's “The Golden Road,” and Grace Slick and The Great! Society's “Somebody To Love.” Plus Moby Grape's “Omaha,” Blue Cheer's “Summertime Blues,” Sly & The Family Stone's “Underdog,” The Charlatans' “Alabama Bound” and the Steve Miller Band's “Roll With It.”
DISC 4 : “The Man Can't Bust Our Music,” charts the visionary artistry and mind-blowing evolution of the maturing San Francisco sound - an epic musical wellspring that changed the course of rock and roll and gave birth to freeform FM radio. Stand-out tracks, among the greatest in 20th century rock, include Santana's “Evil Ways,” Janis' “Mercedes Benz,” “White Bird” from It's A Beautiful Day and the Dead's “Dark Star.”
The 4-disc compilation, produced by rock historian Alec Palao, comes in the form of a deluxe hardbound book with 120 pages of sumptuous, rarely seen photos, plus track notes by Palao and essays by Ben Fong- Torres, a writer and editor at Rolling Stone Magazine during its earliest days (and many years after), and music journalist Gene Sculatti, all three with deep roots in the S.F. Bay area.

DISC 1 : Let's Get Together - Dino Valenti * I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag - Country Joe & The Fish (EP version) * You Were On My Mind - We Five * Number One - The Charlatans * Can't Come Down - The Warlocks * Don't Talk To Strangers - Beau Brummels * Anything - The Vejtables * It's No Secret - Jefferson Airplane * Johnny Was A Good Boy - The Mystery Trend * Free Advice - The Great Society * Mr. Jones (A Ballad Of A Thin Man) - The Grass Roots * Stranger In A Strange Land - Blackburn & Snow * Who Do You Love - Quicksilver Messenger Service * She's My Baby - The Mojo Men * Coffee Cup - The Wildflowers * Live Your Own Life - The Family Tree * Fat City - Sons Of Champlin * Human Monkey - The Frantics * Bye Bye Bye - The Tikis (Warner Brothers Single Version) * Section 43 - Country Joe & The Fish * Hello Hello - Sopwith Camel * DISC 2 : Psychotic Reaction - Count Five * Got Love - Front Line * Satisfaction Guaranteed - The Mourning Reign * Foolish Woman - Oxford Circle * My Buddy Sin - The Stained Glass * Streetcar - Otherside * Suzy Creamcheese - Teddy & His Patches * Rubiyat - The Immediate Family * Rumors - Syndicate Of Sound * Sometimes I Wonder - Harbinger Complex * Want Ad Reader - The New Breed * I'm A Good Woman - The Generation * No Way Out - Chocolate Watchband * Hey I'm Lost - Butch Engle & The Styx * I Love You - People * America - Public Nuisance * Fly To New York - Country Weather * Thing In "E" - Savage Resurrection * Hearts To Cry - Frumious Bandersnatch * DISC 3 : Alabama Bound - The Charlatans * Carl Street - The Mystery Trend * Somebody To Love - The Great Society (LP version) * Superbird - Country Joe & The Fish * Two Days 'Til Tomorrow - Beau Brummels * Omaha - Moby Grape * Up & Down - The Serpent Power * The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) - Grateful Dead * Codine - Quicksilver Messenger Service * Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company (live) * Think Twice - Salvation * White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane * Roll With It - Steve Miller Band * Why Did You Put Me On - Notes From The Underground * Underdog - Sly & The Family Stone * Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer * Glue - The Ace Of Cups * Soul Sacrifice - Santana * The Bells - The Loading Zone * DISC 4 : Evil Ways - Santana * Red The Sign Post - Fifty Foot Hose * Lemonaide Kid - Kak * 1982-A - Sons Of Champlin * How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks * Amphetamine Gazelle - Mad River * Quicksilver Girl - Steve Miller Band * Revolution - Mother Earth * Murder In My Heart For The Judge - Moby Grape * Light Your Windows - Quicksilver Messenger Service * I'm Drowning - Flamin' Groovies * Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Lady - Seatrain * White Bird - It's A Beautiful Day * Dark Star - Grateful Dead (Single Version) * Fool - Blue Cheer (Single Version) * Mexico - Jefferson Airplane * Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin * Get Together - The Youngbloods