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 C'mon People Now ... Dec 26, 2008
I was growing up in New York when all this was happening. Some of it got big enough to be heard back there, but most of this is new for me, and takes me back to that feeling of a local, richly creative, wide open pre-corporate music scene. So this set captures the feeling of a time and place. And what a beautiful storm of music on these 4 discs before things became formulaic, and the feelings trite and derivative. There's something happening here and what it is ain't exactly clear (pardon the L.A. reference), but I sure wouldn't want to do without it. It's also interesting to note the explosion of women in rock, from the obvious Grace and Janis, to Bev Bivens (We Five), Jan Errico (The Vejtables The Mojo Men), Sherry Snow, and Lydia Pense to name just a few represented here. And the set is bookended beautifully, beginning with Dino Valenti's acoustic demo of Let's Get Together, and ending with The Youngbloods touching version of the same. It is a good song to convey the hopes and dreams of 60s American youth, and the naivte as well. But hey, it doesn't hurt at all, in post-election 2008, to once again feel the touch of the winds of change.
Classic psychedelia and punk from San Francisco in the middle '60 Dec 12, 2008
It's a good compilation of garage-punk and psychedelic bands from San Francisco.
All the most famous band are included.
Inside there are a lot of photos and notice from the band and the first psychedelia era.
If you like Pebbles or Nuggets, it's good for you !
Strongly recommended !
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 Nuggets of Turd Dec 06, 2008
Pretty cool. Beautiful Book with good history. Unfortunately some of the cuts aren't that great, and some don't even play. Perhaps I got a factory second, but who's got time to send it back?
It's a pity.
Everybody get Together, gotta Love one Another , right now Nov 11, 2008
This little package is well worth the money for two reasons, in my humble opinion.
Firstly for the pictures. I love some of the photographs contained within the book. My two favourites are the bands at the start of the book, together, including the Dead and the Airplane. My other personal favourite is the beautiful photograph of Grace Slick and Janis Joplin together. Wonderful.
The other significant reason for liking this compndium is the musical collection. Some may argue about the tracks and the bands and we all have our own personal demands. Some may argue about the songs, or the versions but hey. You know what. My CD collection has the vast majority of the tracks already but here, in four majickal CDs is the almost complete Bay Area Multiverse, something Time Life will never understand. Where else can you hear all of these wonderful musicians playing their music in the sun.
This collection is attractive to anyone wanting to know more about the scene, or to people who have discovered the groove already but it is the icing on the cake. The cake is the albums that people should search out and listen to and add to their collections and they will discover the true nature of the San Francisco musical diaspora.
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A Real Time Machine!!! Oct 22, 2008
My wife purchased this wonderful box set for me as a gift - considering that she always refers to me as an "aging hippie" and an afficiando of the Psychedelic Sound from the 60's, she could not have given me anything better than this box set!
Sandwiched between the musical bookends of "Let's Get Together" performed by Dino Valenti (erstwhile vocalist of Quicksilver Messenger Service) and "Get Together" by the Youngbloods, these 4 amazing CDs contain such gems by Moby Grape, Sly and the Family Stone, Grateful Dead, The Charlatans, Blue Cheer, Ace of Cups, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Count Five, some lesser known bands of that time period, and soooooo much more - not to mention the really interesting and informative book that accompanies the CDs (or is it the CDs that accompany the book? Now that's an interesting thing to groove on when listening). Read it while the songs are playing - there are notes on each artist in order of the songs on each CD as you can journey through them one by one.
I play these CDs over and over in my office - and I've had this "collection" by Rhino for nearly a year now, and I have not gotten tired of listening to the tunes that this wonderful box set provides. The CDs are the best ear candy I have listened to, and the book the best eye candy I've seen on this very magical period of rock music that ever existed or ever will exist.
If you are a fan of that time and age, and even if you remember those times (or don't!), this is the quintessinal gift to ask for - or if you know someone who is "stuck in the psychedelic sixties" then it's the quintessinal gift for him or her.
Incredible stuff - it was like going back in time in your own personal time machine - I could have sworn that the memories, smells, feelings, and overall atmosphere of the times were captured with the CDs and the book itself better than any other media I've seen or heard regarding that special time in the history of rock n roll!
Hats off to Rhino for a great job well done!
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