Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [Box]

Pros: Over 100 essential garage rock, psychdelic and pre-punk singles in one package.

Cons: Even the few weak songs still managed to keep in the spirit of things.

The Bottom Line: The hemi-headed, decked-and-stroked, highly-combustible juggernauts that are NUGGETS may not be new, but they never get old.

Review: Somewhere in between rockabilly and the boom of punk rock that was embodied early on by bands like The Stooges and The New York Dolls, therein lies the music of NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA (1965-1968). The British Invasion ...

Pros: A bunch of great songs, fun stuff, interesting as all get out

Cons: Some real clinkers, a few glaring omissions

The Bottom Line: Take the chance: $45 for 118 songs is nothing when it comes to making a priceless discovery. An enthusiastic four and a half stars.

Review: There will be no track listing or song by song break down here-there are 118 stinking songs! Instead, I will try to interest you in a box set that makes most others look like the blatant cash in that they are. Lenny Kaye is an archeologist here and his ...