Nuggets (series)

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Nuggets is a series of compilation albums by Elektra Records, continued by Rhino Records.

Besides 5 box sets, 12 vinyl-only and 3 single-CD albums were also released during the 1980s and 2 new single-CDs were released in 2004. The name of the series, as well as its concept, is a takeoff on the 1972 double LP Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, originally compiled by Lenny Kaye and released on Elektra Records.

The music on Rhino Records' 1984-1989 Nuggets series is similar to that on Kaye's original compilation. While, any of the songs on the 1980s series' fifteen albums appeared on the original Nuggets double LP, were others were new to the series and some eventually wound up on Rhino's 1998 4-cd box set. The series focuses primarily on relatively obscure garage and psychedelic rock songs from the 1960s, but with some hits and pop-oriented songs. Although most of the music was recorded by US groups, there are some exceptions, such as The Troggs (English) and The Easybeats (Australian). Generally, the music on Nuggets is less obscure and unrefined than that on other garage rock series, such as Back from the Grave or Pebbles.

Video Nuggets (series)

Discography

Original compilation

• Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968

Series 1984-1989

The fifteen volumes of Nuggets released by Rhino Records between 1984-1989.

• "Nuggets, Volume 1: The Hits"
• "Nuggets, Volume 2: Punk"
• "Nuggets, Volume 3: Pop"
• "Nuggets, Volume 4: Pop Part Two"
• "Nuggets, Volume 5: Pop Part Three"
• "Nuggets, Volume 6: Punk Part Two"
• "Nuggets, Volume 7: Early San Francisco"
• "Nuggets, Volume 8: The Northwest"
• "Nuggets, Volume 9: Acid Rock"
• "Nuggets, Volume 10: Folk Rock"
• "Nuggets, Volume 11: Pop Part Four"
• "Nuggets, Volume 12: Punk Part Three"
• "Nuggets: A Classic Collection From The Psychedelic Sixties"
• "More Nuggets: Classics From The Psychedelic Sixties Volume 2"
• "Even More Nuggets: Classics From The Psychedelic Sixties Volume Three"

Box sets

• Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
• Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969 - a box set of non-U.S. psychedelic rock released between 1964 and 1969
• Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976-1995 - the third box set in Nuggets series, compiling psychedelic rock released after 1975
• Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
• Where the Action Is!: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968
• Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults
• Come to the Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults
• Down Under Nuggets: Original Australian Artyfacts, 1965 - 1967

Maps Nuggets (series)

See also

• List of garage rock compilations
• Lost Legends of Surf Guitar
• Psychedelic States

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References

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