Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
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Free Music Review: 0 for the CD sleeves - 5 for the music
Hit: 2 Stars
No real need to go into details about the music here other than to say that the tunes are great. The book that comes with the set is fab. The super tight built-in sleeves that house the CDs are THE WORST CONTRAPTIONS OF ALL TIME. Two of my CDs were scratched at purchase. What the heck was Rhino thinking?Free Music Review: San Francisco Nuggets
Hit: 5 Stars
Excellent compilation of the so-called San Francisco Sound from 1965-1970. Rare tracks include KAK's "Lemonaide Kid" and the original "Let's Get Together" by Dino Valenti among too many more to list here! Beautifully packaged four CD set, the photographs alone are worth the price of admission!Free Music Review: Was it really a golden age? You decide.
Hit: 4 Stars
As a twenty-year collector of psychedelia and longtime fan of the major San Francisco acts, this latest box set celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Summer Of Love was welcome. Even the most avid collectors will be hard-pressed to have heard every one of the obscure acts in this set, especially the ones represented on disc two. The box comes with an outstanding booklet featuring many rare photos and comprehensive liner notes, although the real focus is the music itself. After so many decades of being recognized as a "golden age", one gets to hear for oneself if all those dozens of obscure hippie bands produced anything of lasting worth.
For starters, it must be stated that this box only covers one aspect of the SF sound; the 20-minute guitar jams do not appear, although the single version of "Dark Star" does. The verdict on what is there is mixed; the major San Francisco acts were all great, although the ragbag
of more obscure acts, while incredibly diverse in sound and style, run the gamut from incredibly dated to surprisingly listenable. This is essential for any fan of the period, but for the cream of the SF sound I'd buy releases from the major acts (Dead, Airplane, Big Brother, Steve Miller, Santana)before this.
Free Music Review: An excellent collection
Hit: 5 Stars
Love is the song we sing is a fine collection of photographs and songs from that wonderfully optomistic era. A worthy addition to the original 4 CD Nuggets collection. I knew many of the artistes featured but was pleasantly surprised at the number of songs that I didn't know. It made me dig out my old Steve Miller and Quicksilver Messenger Service albums once again.
The photographs are top quality too.
Michael B. Mellor
Headteacher of a British School in Spain
Free Music Review: Thin Overview
Hit: 3 Stars
I'm not sure what the purpose is of this box set. There was so much music, by all these bands, that to throw some of it in a box, as if it belonged together, does a disservice to the music, musicians and the era it proposes to commemorate. The common denominator might be San Francisco but there was great diversity with-in the scene. That's what made Frisco in the '60's great. I can't fault the music but I think it distorts a picture that has never been taken. This box set,as good as it might be,does not begin to tell the tale it advertises on the box.