VA - Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire & Beyond 1964-1969 (2001) REPOST

Nuggets, Lenny Kaye's original 1972 compilation of garage and psych, loomed large in the record collectors consciousness, canonizing a portion of rock that was originally laughed off while setting the standard for reissues. Rhino's 1998 box set of the same name expanded the scope of that record, replicating most of the original while gloriously spilling forth over three additional discs – and, in doing so, it spurred a minor revolution, becoming one of the most talked-about reissues of the last half of the '90s. Rhino knew there was an audience thirsting for a sequel, and they gave them one in 2001, but they didn't take the easy way out. Instead of offering another round of American garage rockers, they decided to take the road less traveled, compiling four discs of hidden treasures from non-American garage and psych bands. Most of these cuts are from British bands, but there are also selections from a pre-fame Guess Who, the New Zealand act the Smoke, the Brazilian psychedelia of Os Mutantes, the exceptional Merseybeat stylings of Uruguay's Los Shakers, and the extraordinary Peruvian combo We All Together, among other non-Brit acts. It's a brilliant, even necessary, move, since most of these bands and songs have been only heard only by the most dedicated collectors – the kind that are willing to risk money based on just hearing a band mentioned, not to hear the group themselves. Let's face it – apart from the Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men," the Small Faces' "Here Comes the Nice," and the Pretty Things' "Rosalyn," the most familiar song here is the opener, the Creation's "Making Time," simply because it provided the indelible soundtrack to Max Fischer's yearbook in Rushmore. That's four songs out of 109 – a ratio that should simply entice most die-hard rockers and record collectors, especially since the familiar names (the Move, Them, the Easybeats, the Troggs) are represented by songs that aren't heard all that often. So, the big question is, does Nuggets, Vol. 2 deliver and is it worth spending the money for 100-plus songs you've never heard before? Well, if you're even slightly interested in this, the answer is yes. That doesn't mean this isn't without its faults – like any garage rock, if it's listened to in once concentrated burst, it becomes a little samey, which is also a by-product of its biggest flaw, namely how the compilers favor songs that sound like American garage and downplaying the delirious, precious frutiness of British psych. Still, that's a minor complaint, because the simple fact of the matter is this – there's no better way to fall in love with this music, not just because it does its job so well, it just simply doesn't have any peers. Furthermore, a lot of this stuff is pretty hard to come by (personally, I spent about 150 dollars on a complete Idle Race collection, and it's much better to get their two best songs here). Also, much of the bands here are best heard in this context, since they have a song, maybe three, that were stunners – and all of these stunners in one place is stunning. ~Allmusic





Track listing
01. Creation - Making Time (2:58)
02. Fire - Father's Name Was Dad (2:29)
03. Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow (3:07)
04. Smoke - My Friend Jack (3:01)
05. Tomorrow - My White Bicycle (3:16)
06. Action - I'll Keep Holding On (3:38)
07. Eyes - When The Night Falls (2:33)
08. Easybeats - Sorry (2:35)
09. Idle Race - Imposters Of Life's Magazine (2:19)
10. La Do Das - How Is The Air Up There? (2:35)
11. Les Fleur De Lys - Mud In Your Eye (3:03)
12. Motions - Everything (That's Mine) (2:03)
13. Mickey Finn - Garden Of My Mind (2:34)
14. Sorrows - Take A Heart (3:16)
15. Q'65 - The Life I Live (3:19)
16. Pretty Things - Midnight To Six Man (2:20)
17. Marmalade - I See The Rain (3:48)
18. Koobas - The First Cut Is The Deepest (3:06)
19. Mockingbirds - You Stole My Love (2:41)
20. Haunted - 125 (2:31)
21. Small Faces - My Mind's Eye (2:02)
22. Los Bravos - Going Nowhere (2:18)
23. Thoughts - All Night Stand (2:05)
24. Masters Apprentices - War Or Hands Of Time (2:49)
25. We All Together - It's A Sin To Go Away (3:50)
26. Kaleidoscope - A Dream For Julie (2:47)
27. Tages - I Read You Like An Open Book (2:38)







Track listing
01. The Misunderstood - Children Of The Sun (2:52)
02. Wimple Witch - Save My Soul (3:06)
03. John's Children - Desdemona (2:26)
04. Van Morrison - I Can Only Give You Everything (2:42)
05. The Troggs - Lost Girl (2:32)
06. The Craig - I Must Be Mad (2:45)
07. The Birds - Say Those Magic Words (3:13)
08. Caleb - Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad (3:15)
09. Golden Earrings - Daddy Buy Me A Girl (2:41)
10. Ronnie Burns - Exit Stage Right (2:29)
11. Timebox - Gone Is The Sad Man (3:46)
12. The Eyes - I'm Rowed Out (2:55)
13. Davy Jones - You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (2:29)
14. Rupert's People - Reflections Of Charles Brown (4:19)
15. The Mascots - Words Enough To Tell You (1:56)
16. The Poets - That's The Way It's Got To Be (2:34)
17. The Syn - 14 Hour Technicolor Dream (2:53)
18. The Pretty Things - Walking Through My Dreams (3:36)
19. The Primitives - You Said (2:19)
20. The Lost Souls - This Life Of Mine (2:42)
21. The Action - Shadows & Reflections (2:52)
22. The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind (2:52)
23. Love Sculpture - In The Land Of The Few (3:57)
24. The Motions - For Another Man (1:49)
25. The Move - Fire Brigade (2:23)
26. The Boots - Gaby (2:32)
27. The Creation - Biff! Bang! Pow! (2:26)








Track listing
01. Cuby And The Blizzards - Your Body Not Your Soul (2:18)
02. Twilights - Cathy, Come Home (2:01)
03. Les Fleur De Lys - Circles (3:03)
04. Matadors - Get Down From The Tree (3:28)
05. Q'65 - Cry In The Night (2:15)
06. Los Chiujas - Changing The Colors Of Life (2:59)
07. Bluestars - Social End Product (2:31)
08. Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone (3:15)
09. Sound Magics - Don't You Remember? (2:12)
10. Guess Who - It's My Pride (2:45)
11. Open Mind - Magic Potion (3:31)
12. Missing Links - You're Driving Me Insane (2:56)
13. Jury - Who Dat? (2:15)
14. John's Children - A Midsummer Night Scene (2:34)
15. Sands - Listen To The Sky (3:44)
16. Mockingbirds - How To Find A Lover (1:55)
17. Idle Race - Days Of The Broken Arrows (3:49)
18. Elois - By My Side (2:15)
19. Factory - Path Through The Forest (3:58)
20. Episode Six - Love Hate Revenge (2:55)
21. Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (3:10)
22. Voice - The Train To Disaster (2:47)
23. Australian Playboys - Sad (2:55)
24. Slaves - Slaves Time (2:20)
25. Red Squares - You Can Be My Baby (2:18)
26. Scrugg - I Wish I Was Five (3:17)
27. Downliners Sect - Glendora (2:44)







Track listing
01. Pretty Things - Rosalyn (2:20)
02. Atlantics - Come On (2:55)
03. Dantalion's Chariot - The Madman Running Through The Fields (4:11)
04. Creation - How Does It Feel To Feel (3:07)
05. Mops - I'm Just A Mops (2:56)
06. Downliners Sect - Why Don't You Smile Now (2:06)
07. Ugly Ducklings - Nothin' (2:27)
08. Los Shakers - Break It All (2:20)
09. Timon - The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane (2:19)
10. Outsiders - Touch (3:12)
11. Tintern Abbey - Vacuum Cleaner (3:04)
12. Thor's Hammer - My Life (2:19)
13. Wheels - Bad Little Woman (2:48)
14. Pandamonium - No Presents For Me (2:50)
15. Os Mutantes - Bat Macumba (3:08)
16. Winston's Fumbs - Real Crazy Apartment (2:52)
17. Smoke (NZ) - No More Now (2:10)
18. Birds - No Good Without You (2:38)
19. Zipps - Kicks And Chicks (3:12)
20. Acid Gallery - Dance Round The Maypole (2:40)
21. Fairies - Get Yourself Home (2:28)
22. Chants R&B - I'm Your Witchdoctor (2:03)
23. Boots - But You'll Never Do It Babe (1:18)
24. Majority - One Third (2:17)
25. Kaleidoscope - Flight From Ashiya (2:39)
26. Small Faces - Here Come The Nice (2:56)
27. Rattles - It's My Fault (2:06)
28. Blossom Toes - When The Alarm Clock Rings (2:16)




Thx to hawkwood