Four disc set that forms a pigeon pair with the US compilation (Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968) that first appeared in 1972
Hughesy's assessment: According toa sticker on the shrink-wrap (which I wish I'd kept) this fine compilation Contains virtually no hits!) but you don't need to go too far (Disc 1, Track 2) to find a gem and there are any number of classics scattered through the sprawling collection.
Rarely less than Interesting, frequently Outstanding.
Track listing:
Disc 1: Making Time (The Creation); Father's Name Was Dad (Fire); I Can Hear The Grass Grow (The Move); My Friend Jack (The Smoke); My White Bicycle (Tomorrow); I'll Keep Holding On (The Action); When The Night Falls (The Eyes); Sorry (The Easybeats); Imposters Of Life's Magazine (The Idle Race); How Is The Air Up There? (The La De Das); Mud In Your Eye (Les Fleur De Lys); Everything (That's Mine) (The Motions); Garden Of My Mind (The Mickey Finn); Take A Heart (The Sorrows); The Life I Live (Q'65); Midnight To Six Man (The Pretty Things); I See The Rain (The Marmalade); The First Cut Is The Deepest (The Koobas); You Stole My Love (The Mockingbirds); 125 (album version) (The Haunted); My Mind's Eye (The Small Faces); Going Nowhere (Los Bravos); All Night Stand (The Thoughts); War Or Hands Of Time (The Masters Apprentices); It's A Sin To Go Away (We All Together); A Dream For Julie (Kaleidoscope); I Read You Like An Open Book (The Tages)
Disc 2: Children Of The Sun (The Misunderstood); Save My Soul (Wimple Winch); Desdemona (John's Children); I Can Only Give You Everything (Van Morrison); Lost Girl (The Troggs); I Must Be Mad (The Craig); Say Those Magic Words (The Birds); Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad (Caleb); Daddy Buy Me A Girl (Golden Earrings); Exit Stage Right (Ronnie Burns); Gone Is The Sad Man (Timebox); I'm Rowed Out (The Eyes); You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (Davy Jones); Reflections Of Charles Brown (Rupert's People); Words Enough To Tell You (The Mascots); That's The Way It's Got To Be (The Poets); 14 Hour Technicolour Dream (The Syn); Walking Through My Dreams (The Pretty Things); You Said (The Primitives); This Life Of Mine (The Lost Souls); Shadows & Reflections (The Action); Friday On My Mind (The Easybeats); In The Land Of The Few (Love Sculpture); For Another Man (The Motions); Fire Brigade (The Move); Gaby (The Boots); Biff! Bang! Pow! (The Creation)
Disc: 3: Your Body Not Your Soul (Cuby & The Blizzards); Cathy, Come Home (The Twilights); Circles (Les Fleur De Lys); Get Down From The Tree (The Matadors); Cry In The Night (Q'65); Changing The Colors Of Life (Los Chijuas); Social End Product (The Bluestars); Crawdaddy Simone (The Syndicats); Don't You Remember? (The Sound Magics); It's My Pride (The Guess Who); Magic Potion (The Open Mind); You're Driving Me Insane (The Missing Links); Who Dat? (The Jury); A Midsummer's Night Scene (John's Children); Listen To The Sky (Sands); How To Find A Lover (The Mockingbirds); Days Of The Broken Arrows (The Idle Race); By My Side (The Elois); Path Through The Forest (The Factory); Love Hate Revenge (Episode Six); Pictures Of Matchstick Men (The Status Quo); The Train To Disaster (The Voice); Sad (The (Australian) Playboys); Slaves Time (The Slaves); You Can Be My Baby (The Red Squares); I Wish I Was Five (Scrugg); Glendora (The Downliners Sect)
Disc: 4: Rosalyn (The Pretty Things); Come On (The Atlantics); The Madman Running Through The Fields (Dantalion's Chariot); How Does It Feel To Feel (The Creation); I'm Just A Mops (The Mops); Why Don't You Smile Now (The Downliners Sect); Nothin' (The Ugly Ducklings); Break It All (Los Shakers); The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane (Timon); Touch (The Outsiders); Vacuum Cleaner (Tintern Abbey); My Life (Thor's Hammer); Bad Little Woman (The Wheels); No Presents For Me (Pandamonium); 15. Bat Macumba (Os Mutantes); Real Crazy Apartment (Winston's Fumbs); No More Now (The Smoke NZ); No Good Without You (The Birds); Kicks & Chicks (The Zipps); Dance Around The Maypole (The Acid Gallery); Get Yourself Home (The Fairies); I'm Your Witchdoctor (The Chants R&B); But You'll Never Do It Babe (The Boots); One Third (The Majority); Flight From Ashiya (Kaleidoscope); Here Come The Nice (The Small Faces); It's My Fault (The Rattles); When The Alarm Clock Rings (Blossom Toes)
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