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You know, I don’t think I worded that title quite right. Most of what follows is stuff I kind of remember. I could “verify facts†but I’m lazy.
Lenny Kaye is the husband of Patti Smith, as well as guitarist for her band and in 1972, he was pissed. He was watching a whole history of rock music being washed away. Sure, The Beatles were still selling albums by the millions, but what about The Standells? “Dirty Water†was world-class rock and roll, but you pretty much had to wait for the oldies station to play it. Kaye’s idea was to gather all the great songs often categorized as “garage rock†and release them in a compilation called Nuggets. Years later, Rhino Records really took the idea and ran with it. I can think of about six different Nuggets compilations released by Rhino, but their first shot was the best. It was an 18-volume set with albums dedicated to pop, punk, acid, folk and more. This set has been out-of-print for decades and was never released on CD and that’s a damn shame because, brothers and sisters, these songs are history with a backbeat! Hey, it's not completely unlikely that some of you might have been procreated while one of these songs played on an AM radio in the background. Not me, though. By the mid-'60s, my parents were in their late 30s. Knowing my mom, there is a very good chance I was conceived to the siren scream of Wayne Newton and that thought haunts me every day of my life.
I’m gonna post the first Pop set here. Grab it, listen to it, let me know what you think, let me know if you want more.
Lenny Kaye is the husband of Patti Smith, as well as guitarist for her band and in 1972, he was pissed. He was watching a whole history of rock music being washed away. Sure, The Beatles were still selling albums by the millions, but what about The Standells? “Dirty Water†was world-class rock and roll, but you pretty much had to wait for the oldies station to play it. Kaye’s idea was to gather all the great songs often categorized as “garage rock†and release them in a compilation called Nuggets. Years later, Rhino Records really took the idea and ran with it. I can think of about six different Nuggets compilations released by Rhino, but their first shot was the best. It was an 18-volume set with albums dedicated to pop, punk, acid, folk and more. This set has been out-of-print for decades and was never released on CD and that’s a damn shame because, brothers and sisters, these songs are history with a backbeat! Hey, it's not completely unlikely that some of you might have been procreated while one of these songs played on an AM radio in the background. Not me, though. By the mid-'60s, my parents were in their late 30s. Knowing my mom, there is a very good chance I was conceived to the siren scream of Wayne Newton and that thought haunts me every day of my life.
I’m gonna post the first Pop set here. Grab it, listen to it, let me know what you think, let me know if you want more.
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I fiddled around and got that album cover to show from Dropbox above. I'm gona check that image's address to see where it lives. Honestly the image / web page thing is hard to understand. Mostly I get the "postage stamp" instead of my image. Like the terms> copy image address > copy link address ; they both appear, what is the difference? I may use this post for further testing ...
