Lost in the Sixties!

[Uncle Obscure]

Columbia rereleased this as "The First Songs". It is a crime against humanity that she died so young.

Doug

Unless I'm mistaken, Doug, The First Songs didn't get a digital remaster upgrade when Al Quaglieri and Mark Wilder revisited the bulk of Laura Nyro's catalog some twenty odd years ago. The old Columbia CD is a mess. Not only is the mastering bad, but for some strange reason they rearranged the tracks from their original running order. It's a shoddy release overall that was obviously done with little care. They didn't even get the spelling of "Goodbye Joe" correct. More Than A New Discovery never got a proper CD release until Rev-Ola issued it in 2008. I believe the most recent remaster is the Real Gone twofer that contains the MONO version of the record. That remaster is solid, albeit there is no stereo. Either one of the remasters is ten times better than the old clunky Columbia mashup. As always, YMMV, but that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. LOL!

 

[Doug G.]

Sorry, I was only referring to the LP. I don't know if the track order is the same as the original release.

Doug

 

[jefe1]

Boy for 1960 Think is a great song. I was lucky to see him in the 1990s at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

 

[Doug G.]

Nothing need be written:





Doug

 

[Doug G.]

A great sixties-themed video to go with this terrific sixties song:



Doug

 

[Doug G.]

The Grodes!

 

[John Svensson]

Here are a couple for you, the Beatles of Mississippi with a lead singer who looked like Peter Noone...The Gants. I Wonder is a keeper song. Also the Beau Brummels underrated Triangle, mildly folk psych.

 

[Uncle Obscure]

Rhino has always done a great job of exploiting its popular NUGGETS brand. And, here's another compilation you can add to the list... Love Is The Song We Sing (San Francisco Nuggets 1965 - 1970.) There is much to like about this 4-disc CD collection, aside from the horrible inset sleeves perfectly designed to scratch your discs when you want to remove them. LOL! The 120 page hardcover book the set is packaged in is a breezy read with interesting factoids and some great vintage group photos. Here's a representative taste of the 77-track compilation.

 

[Uncle Obscure]

A couple of years later, (I mentioned they were good at this) Rhino followed up with another 4-disc NUGGETS set called Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965 - 1968. Despite the same ultra annoying disc holder sleeve thing and a hardcover book with fewer pages (48), to me, this is the better collection. I think it is more varied, includes more rarities and is way more eclectic, which in my book is a really good thing. This time around 101 tracks are jammed onto the four CDs. Here's a taste...

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Rhino has always done a great job of exploiting its popular NUGGETS brand. And, here's another compilation you can add to the list... Love Is The Song We Sing (San Francisco Nuggets 1965 - 1970.) There is much to like about this 4-disc CD collection, aside from the horrible inset sleeves perfectly designed to scratch your discs when you want to remove them. LOL! The 120 page hardcover book the set is packaged in is a breezy read with interesting factoids and some great vintage group photos. Here's a representative taste of the 77-track compilation.

Instant buy for me on release in 2007, as a fan of the SF scene from afar since I became a teen in 1967.
Project assistance credit to our own @ForagingRhino .

The book is spectacular, with previously unseen photography and notes on the famous and obscure.
Starting with the front inside cover photo by the great Jim Marshall.

As for the CDs, they were removed to jewel cases to travel in the car with me, until I retired & got off the road.
Now safely in poly sleeves in their spot in the back cover of the book.

 

[~dave~~wave~]

A couple of years later, (I mentioned they were good at this) Rhino followed up with another 4-disc NUGGETS set called Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965 - 1968. Despite the same ultra annoying disc holder sleeve thing and a hardcover book with fewer pages (48), to me, this is the better collection. I think it is more varied, includes more rarities and is way more eclectic, which in my book is a really good thing. This time around 101 tracks are jammed onto the four CDs. Here's a taste...

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Kaleidoscope - Pulsating Dream
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The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - If You Want This Love
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The Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon
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The Rising Sons - Take A Giant Step
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Sagittarius - The Truth Is Not Real (Mono Single Version)
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Van Dyke Parks - Come To The Sunshine
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Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - Words (Demo)
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Great compilation of previously unheard tracks!

Discovered this on Apple Music, incomplete due to licensing issues, but the track listings are complete even if they don't play.
Searching individual tracks on Apple allowed me to make a playlist that filled most of the gaps.

Just listened to the final ten cuts on Disc 4 on a walk the sunshine a few days ago.
Tracks 94-96 feature acoustic & electric sitars that trip me out every time!

 

[4-earredwonder]

Nothing need be written:





Doug

Save them live at the Copacabana in New York City in the mid 60's with my PROM DATE .... WHAT A SHOW!

 

[Bill B]

A couple of years later, (I mentioned they were good at this) Rhino followed up with another 4-disc NUGGETS set called Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965 - 1968. Despite the same ultra annoying disc holder sleeve thing and a hardcover book with fewer pages (48), to me, this is the better collection. I think it is more varied, includes more rarities and is way more eclectic, which in my book is a really good thing. This time around 101 tracks are jammed onto the four CDs. Here's a taste...

You are, without a doubt, the king of compilations, Uncle Obscure.

 

[Uncle Obscure]

You are, without a doubt, the king of compilations, Uncle Obscure.

Not sure if that’s meant as a positive or a negative, Bill, but either way, I’ll take it!

 

[Bill B]

Not sure if that’s meant as a positive or a negative, Bill, but either way, I’ll take it!

It was 100% a positive.
At this forum, having more of anything media or equipment, is enviable.

 

[barfle]

I mentioned doing some radio work at Washington State University in '65-'66. While I still have my hair, it's a lot lighter in color these days. And there's no way I can see things that close without specs any more.
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[Quad Linda]

Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf



What's Going On - Taste
Still have my UK LP of this.
Rory Gallagher!




Chevrolet - Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band feat Maria Muldaur




There Was a Time - James Brown (single)
Star Time box is a live version
2 CD 40th Anniversary has single
still have my King 45

 

[Uncle Obscure]

Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf



What's Going On - Taste
Still have my UK LP of this.
Rory Gallagher!




Chevrolet - Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band feat Maria Muldaur




There Was a Time - James Brown (single)
Star Time box is a live version
2 CD 40th Anniversary has single
still have my King 45

Great stuff, Linda!

 

[Uncle Obscure]

Holy Barbenheimer, Batman! Just imagine you're the son of Elliot and Ruth Handler the founders of Mattel Toy Company. Your sister is THAT Barbie and you're THAT Ken in real life. Sounds crazy, right? But, it's true. And, somewhere along the way, your folks set you up with your own recording studio so you can live out your rock 'n' roll dreams (and also be a convenient tax shelter for the family business.) Then, you go and sign a duo to your record label, Canterbury. Thanks to Ken Handler, that is precisely how The New Wave came into being. Leave it to the great Steve Stanley to dig up this gem of an album and give it the Now Sounds treatment. Little Dreams: The Canterbury Recordings collects all of The New Wave's output circa 1966-1967. The originals are, for the most part, excellent (especially "Little Dreams.") And, their rendition of "Autrefois (J'ai Aime Une Femme)" from Jacques Demy's 1964 film, "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg," is a real standout. Check it out below...

 

[barfle]

Holy Barbenheimer, Batman! Just imagine you're the son of Elliot and Ruth Handler the founders of Mattel Toy Company. Your sister is THAT Barbie and you're THAT Ken in real life. Sounds crazy, right? But, it's true. And, somewhere along the way, your folks set you up with your own recording studio so you can live out your rock 'n' roll dreams (and also be a convenient tax shelter for the family business.) Then, you go and sign a duo to your record label, Canterbury. Thanks to Ken Handler, that is precisely how The New Wave came into being. Leave it to the great Steve Stanley to dig up this gem of an album and give it the Now Sounds treatment. Little Dreams: The Canterbury Recordings collects all of The New Wave's output circa 1966-1967. The originals are, for the most part, excellent (especially "Little Dreams.") And, their rendition of "Autrefois (J'ai Aime Une Femme)" from Jacques Demy's 1964 film, "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg," is a real standout. Check it out below...

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The New Wave - Little Dreams
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The New Wave - Autrefois (J'ai Aime Une Femme)
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The New Wave - Shadows Of Goodbye
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And yet another one for my “gotta get me on of these” discs!