From Rhino Records, here’s a new 4-CD boxed set entitled “Love is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970.” The CDs are contained within a 120-page hardbound book with rare photos and essays.
There are some big hits here, but there are a lot of songs from bands which never made it outside of the Bay Area, too. Amazon has a full track list. Ed Ward reviewed it for “Fresh Air.”
For flavor, here are some of the bands on Disc One:
- Dino Valenti (pre-Quicksilver)
- Country Joe & the Fish
- We Five
- Quicksilver Messenger Service
- The Beau Brummels
- The Warlocks (precursor to the Grateful Dead)
- The Great Society (from which came Grace Slick)
Disc Three includes material from:
- Moby Grape
- Big Brother & the Holding Company
- Blue Cheer
- Sly and the Family Stone
- Jefferson Airplane
Looks like a winner to me.