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Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Various Artists
Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (19) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (18) - Disc #4

Rhino's Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 4-CD Box Set Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of "The Summer Of Love" Forty years ago the world turned its ears toward San Francisco as a wave of talented ba...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Members Wishing: 13
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rhino Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 9/18/2007
Album Type: Box set, Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPCs: 081227998301, 0081227998301, 008122799830

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Rhino's Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 4-CD Box Set Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of "The Summer Of Love" Forty years ago the world turned its ears toward San Francisco as a wave of talented bands gave birth to the American counterculture. On August 27, Rhino remembers that magical confluence of time and place with LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING: SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS 1965-1970, a 4-CD box set of classics and rarities from the golden age of Golden State rock. SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS is the last word on one of popular music's defining regional scenes -- though as scenes go, the music it produced is remarkably diverse. The 77 tracks heard here share little beyond an artistic adventurousness long encouraged in the City by the Bay (which was a magnet for free thinkers from the days of the Beats. Seismic Rumbles, as the first CD of SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS is subtitled, maps the fault lines separating the pop sounds of the early 1960s from more adventurous rock inspired by the arrival of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. By mid-decade, most of the pieces were in place for what would soon be called "The San Francisco Sound," and Disc 1 features the pre-Grateful Dead group The Warlocks, the original line-up of the Jefferson Airplane, a pre-hit Grass Roots, influential existentialists The Charlatans, and Country Joe & The Fish posing that timeless question "And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?"
 

CD Reviews

The Music By The Bay
PHILIP S WOLF | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA | 01/15/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lot's of reviewers have gone after Rhino Records concerning their box set releases. Sound quality, packaging, track selection of past sets have been a big issue of nasty negatives for many reviewers. Well, about this set called: "Love Is The Song We Sing"; San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, I will go on record to say that Rhino, has hit a home run here.



This is a hardcover book of 120 pages, filled with great text and some wonderful photographs of the biggest American music city of the 1960's. Packed into this insightful book are 4 amazing audio compact discs of music. All the right bands are here with only a few of my favorites missing.

From the Beau Brummels {the first SF band to recieve air-play} thro to the Youngblood's massive 1969 hit of Dino Valenti's: "Get Together", good and bad, loud and soft, this was the sixties, that I remember growin' up in, and it was the most magical place on the Planet (along with London/ Liverpool}.



Two AM radio stations were our: 'Colors.' They were 1260 KYA and KFRC. On tiny transistor radios we could listen to: The Jefferson Airplane or Moby Grape, just as often as: The Beatles or The Stones. Wild posters on storefront walls and windows in day glo, advertised dance hall concerts featuring: "The Mystery Trend" or "The Sons Of Champlin". R.Crumb was peddling a strange little 'Comix' book outta a baby's carriage on Haight Street. It was for me, at the time, the very center of The universe.



The song selection over the course of these four Discs is indeed vast, with The Dead and Quicksilver right next to The Family Tree and Public Nuisance. There are 77 selections in this collection, some bands you have heard of: "Santana" and "Steve Miller Blues Band", to some that you only knew from posters: "The Oxford Circle" and "The Mojo Men" and some groups, I sure can't remember at all: "Butch Engle & The Styx" and "Teddy And His Patches". From bands that sounded just like: The Yarbirds, as: "The Count Five" with the garage anthem: "Psychotic Reaction" to the soaring violin of David LaFlamme and It's A Beautiful Day's, classic: "White Bird". This Box/Book is quite a ride of music and history.



This box set along with the great book: "San Francisco Rock", 1965-1985, by Jack McDonough, are two sides of the same coin. Rhino Records, have really produced an enjoyable set of music and history with this excellent package. It is an honest account {with the good & the bad included} of what went down in northern California, from: 1965-1975. Some of this music drives my Wife and Kids crazy...and, that is exactly what it is supposed to do! This is not for everyone....but, if your ears still work and you are ready to expand your mind a bit sideways, over under down....this could be your: "E-Ticket" to the Magic Kingdom.

FIVE STARS !!!"
Beyond The Fringe
feralduck | Austin, TX USA | 09/19/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"What raises this collection above the norm is the selection of obscure tracks by the lesser known bands of the California scene of the middle 60's. There is a sprinkling of familiar songs spread throughout the collection, but the lion's share are tracks you've never heard before, some not so great, but many a delight. Add to that one of the best packages I've ever seen in a box set; a large format book packed with rare photos and details about the bands and songs.

This collection is a must have, one of Rhino's best ever.

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Seventy seven slices of paradise
George T. Parsons | Nevada City, CA | 10/13/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"There are a few very well known songs here, but wisely Alec Palao decided to give the main focus to lesser known artists and songs, while still giving ample coverage to all of the giants of the scene and moment. Very beautifully composed 120 page hardcover book with essays and tons of photos as well as track-by-track commentary from Palao. I grew up on this music and still there are many songs or versions of songs I'd never heard before. The single version of Dark Star?! Too bad Rick Griffin didn't live long enough to do the metallic-on-black cover art. Anyway, DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!"