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Where The Action Is - Los Angeles Nuggets 1965 - 1968 (2009)
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Length:  4:25:47
    Track Listing:
      CD 1:
      1.  
      		 Riot On Sunset Strip - The Standells    2:20
      2.  
      		 You Movin' - The Byrds    2:06
      3.  
      		 You I'll Be Following - Love    2:23
      4.  
      		 Dr. Stone - The Leaves    2:19
      5.  
      		 Go And Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield    2:18
      6.  
      		 Zig Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band    2:32
      7.  
      		 Gentle As It May Seem - Iron Butterfly    2:25
      8.  
      		 Candy Cane Madness - Lowell George & The Factory    2:11
      9.  
      		 If You Want This Love - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band    2:49
      10.  
      		 Baby My Heart - The Bobby Fuller Four    2:15
      11.  
      		 All Night Long - The Palace Guard    2:56
      12.  
      		 It's Gonna Rain - Sonny & Cher    2:36
      13.  
      		 For My Own - The Guilloteens    2:08
      14.  
      		 Take A Giant Step - The Rising Sons    2:54
      15.  
      		 One Too Many Mornings - The Association    2:51
      16.  
      		 Time Waits For No One - The Knack    2:09
      17.  
      		 Take It As It Comes - The Doors    2:14
      18.  
      		 Pulsating Dream - Kaleidoscope    1:51
      19.  
      		 Tripmaker - The Seeds    2:44
      20.  
      		 The People In Me - The Music Machine    2:51
      21.  
      		 Saturday's Son - The Sons Of Adam    2:09
      22.  
      		 Eventually - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy    1:53
      23.  
      		 Swim - Penny Arkade    2:43
      24.  
      		 The Third Eye - The Joint Effort    2:12
      25.  
      		 Girl In Your Eye - Spirit    3:08
      CD 2:
      1.  
      		 Jump, Jive & Harmonize - Thee Midniters    2:28
      2.  
      		 Back Up - The Light    2:47
      3.  
      		 To Die Alone - The Bush    1:54
      4.  
      		 Get On This Plane - The Premiers    2:30
      5.  
      		 Little Girl, Little Boy - The Odyssey    2:23
      6.  
      		 Hideaway - The Electric Prunes    2:40
      7.  
      		 Listen, Listen! - The Merry-Go-Round    2:34
      8.  
      		 She Done Moved - The Spats    2:27
      9.  
      		 Grim Reaper Of Love - The Turtles    2:20
      10.  
      		 See If I Care - Ken & The 4th Dimension    2:14
      11.  
      		 He's Not There Anymore - The Chymes    2:04
      12.  
      		 Back Seat '38 Dodge - Opus 1    2:27
      13.  
      		 Eternal Prison - The Humane Society    2:33
      14.  
      		 Revenge - The Others    1:51
      15.  
      		 Come Alive - Things To Come    3:01
      16.  
      		 Acid Head - The Velvet Illusions    3:05
      17.  
      		 Guaranteed Love - Limey & The Yanks    2:24
      18.  
      		 Love's The Thing - The Romancers (aka The Smoke Rings)    2:02
      19.  
      		 Underground Lady - Kim Fowley    2:14
      20.  
      		 Pretty Little Thing - The Deepest Blue    2:46
      21.  
      		 You're Wishin' I Was Someone Else - The Whatt Four    2:28
      22.  
      		 Hippy Elevator Operator - The W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band    3:08
      23.  
      		 That's For Sure - The Mustangs    2:06
      24.  
      		 Tomorrow's Girl - Fapardokly (Merrell & The Exiles)    2:28
      25.  
      		 Everything's There - The Hysterics    2:14
      26.  
      		 Our Time Is Running Out - The Yellow Payges    2:38
      CD 3:
      1.  
      		 Action, Action, Action - Keith Allison    2:12
      2.  
      		 The Rebel Kind - Dino, Desi & Billy    2:34
      3.  
      		 High On Love - The Knickerbockers    3:01
      4.  
      		 Fan Tan - Jan & Dean    2:20
      5.  
      		 Halloween Mary - P.F. Sloan    2:38
      6.  
      		 Somebody Groovy - The Mamas & The Papas    3:08
      7.  
      		 Daydreaming - Thorinshield    2:42
      8.  
      		 Just Can't Wait - The Full Treatment    2:45
      9.  
      		 Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon    2:13
      10.  
      		 The Times To Come - London Phogg    2:56
      11.  
      		 No More Running Around - The Lamp Of Childhood    2:51
      12.  
      		 Little Girls Lost-And-Found - The Garden Club    3:01
      13.  
      		 Mothers And Fathers - The Moon    2:04
      14.  
      		 My Girlfriend Is A Witch - October Country    2:06
      15.  
      		 Montage Mirror - Roger Nichols Trio    2:09
      16.  
      		 Flower Eyes - Pasternak Progress    2:31
      17.  
      		 Come Down - The Common Cold    2:30
      18.  
      		 Jill - Gary Lewis & The Playboys    2:16
      19.  
      		 Daily Nightly - The Monkees    2:30
      20.  
      		 Night Time Girl - Modern Folk Quartet    2:35
      21.  
      		 Don't Say No - The Oracle    3:06
      22.  
      		 Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down) - Hearts And Flowers    4:36
      23.  
      		 Rainbow Woman - Lee Hazlewood    3:11
      24.  
      		 Poor Old Organ Grinder - Pleasure featuring Billy Elder    3:56
      25.  
      		 Baby, Please Don't Go - The Ballroom    3:06
      CD 4:
      1.  
      		 Sit Down I Think I Love You - Stephen Stills & Richie Furay    2:49
      2.  
      		 Splendor In The Grass - Jackie DeShannon with The Byrds    2:23
      3.  
      		 November Night - Peter Fonda    2:59
      4.  
      		 Roses And Rainbows - Danny Hutton    2:08
      5.  
      		 Lemon Chimes - The Dillards    2:36
      6.  
      		 Here's Today - The Rose Garden    2:30
      7.  
      		 I Love How You Love Me - Nino Tempo & April Stevens    2:44
      8.  
      		 Words (Demo) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart    2:17
      9.  
      		 (You Used To) Ride So High - The Motorcycle Abeline (Warren Zevon & Bones Howe)    2:34
      10.  
      		 Los Angeles - Gene Clark    2:35
      11.  
      		 Once Upon A Time - Tim Buckley    2:18
      12.  
      		 Darlin' You Can Count On Me - The Everpresent Fullness    2:17
      13.  
      		 I'll Search The Sky - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band    2:15
      14.  
      		 Come To The Sunshine - Van Dyke Parks    2:56
      15.  
      		 Heroes And Villains (Alternate Take) - The Beach Boys    2:59
      16.  
      		 She Bang Hymns Out Of Tune - Jesse Lee Kincaid    2:18
      17.  
      		 Sister Marie - Nilsson    3:00
      18.  
      		 Last Night I Had A Dream (Single Version) - Randy Newman    2:04
      19.  
      		 Life Is A Dream - Noel Harrison    2:00
      20.  
      		 Marshmallow Skies - Rick Nelson    2:13
      21.  
      		 I Think I Love You - Del Shannon    4:35
      22.  
      		 Change Is Now - The Byrds    3:20
      23.  
      		 The Truth Is Not Real (Single Version) - Sagittarius    2:59
      24.  
      		 You Set The Scene - Love    6:51
      25.  
      		 Inner-Mannipulations - Barry McGuire    3:40
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      Audio CD (21 Sep 2009)
      Number of Discs: 4
      Format: Box set
      Label: Rhino

      Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 [Box set] is a worthy addition to the growing "Nuggets" catalogue and covers the LA scene of the mid/late sixties. Like another reviewer I found the earlier SF collection slightly more to my old Hippie taste - perhaps the LA scene was just a little bit more commercial - but this collection does contain plenty of genuine nuggets!

      It is very well presented in a 48 page book format with the 4 CDs slotted into recesses at the back - bit of a scuff risk if played a lot, but quite secure. The book has full track details as would be expected from the likes of Andrew Sandoval and Alec Palao, and featurettes on the LA radio stations and clubs of the era. It is well illustrated and very informative and will look very nice on your shelf!

      The 101 tracks fill the 4 CDs and Amazon has provided audio clips for your delectation. Bill Inglot ferreted around in the tape vaults to find these gems and Dan Hersch and Andrew Sandoval remastered them to sound fresh and exciting. Where the Action Is! Is lovingly produced by people who have an obvious love of the music featured, and considerable knowledge of the era.

      Don't be put off by the speculation and guesswork of the "reviewers" who "reviewed" this collection before it was actually released - it is a good sounding and good value set. Most of the material has been available before - but not these remasterings - but there are three previously unreleased tracks featured as well. Once Upon a Time by Tim Buckley, Sit Down I Think I Love You by Stephen Stills & Richie Furay and Words (Demo) by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. You know you want to hear them!

      Where the Action Is! Is probably not the best introduction to the Nuggets series, but if you have the others then it will not disappoint. Some great music, well presented and reasonably priced must deserve five stars even if it's not perfect!

      Having been a fan of West Coast music for over 40 years, this was a must have. The packaging is book form again, and it makes a perfect partner for the San Francisco book box set, Love Is The Song We Sing. The book is a mine of information and includes a "time-line" of miscellaneous facts for the period in question.

      The music contains nearly all the familiar bands that you would expect, but not necessarily the track or version that you might anticipate. Examples are Byrds: You Movin' (from the preflyte sessions);Beach Boys: Heroes and Villains (alternate take). One for the completists is the Tim Buckley track Once Upon A Time (previously unissued). Another early track is the Stills/Furey version of Sit Down I Think I Love You - classic West Coast!

      Overall, this is a very good package with much music to enjoy, especially for anyone who loved the era. I don't consider it quite as good as the San Francisco set, hence only 4 stars, but this is a personal opinion on the music itself - it's still worth purchasing.


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      2. You Movin' The Byrds 2:06 £0.69
      3. You I'll Be Following Love 2:23 £0.69
      4. Dr. Stone Leaves 2:19 £0.69
      5. Go And Say Goodbye Buffalo Springfield 2:18 £0.69
      6. Zig Zag Wanderer Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 2:32 £0.69
      7. Gentle As It May Seem Iron Butterfly 2:25 £0.69
      8. Candy Cane Madness Lowell George & The Factory 2:11 £0.69
      9. If You Want This Love The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band 2:49 £0.69
      10. Baby My Heart The Bobby Fuller Four 2:15 £0.69
      11. All Night Long Palace Guard 2:56 £0.69
      12. It's Gonna Rain Sonny And Cher 2:36 £0.69
      13. For My Own The Guilloteens 2:08 £0.69
      14. Take A Giant Step The Rising Sons 2:54 £0.69
      15. One Too Many Mornings The Association 2:51 £0.69
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      18. Pulsating Dream The Kaleidoscope 1:52 £0.69
      19. Tripmaker Seeds 2:45 £0.69
      20. The People In Me The Music Machine 2:51 £0.69
      21. Saturday's Son Sons Of Adam 2:09 £0.69
      22. Eventually Peanut Butter Conspiracy 1:53 £0.69
      23. Swim Penny Arkade 2:43 £0.69
      24. The Third Eye The Joint Effort 2:12 £0.69
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      27. Back Up The Light 2:47 £0.69
      28. To Die Alone Bush 1:54 £0.69
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      37. Back Seat '38 Dodge Opus 1 2:27 £0.69
      38. Eternal Prison The Humane Society 2:33 £0.69
      39. Revenge Others 1:51 £0.69
      40. Come Alive Things To Come 3:02 £0.69
      41. Acid Head The Velvet Illusions 3:05 £0.69
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      51. Our Time Is Running Out The Yellow Payges 2:38 £0.69
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      54. High On Love The Knickerbockers 3:01 £0.69
      55. Fan Tan Jan And Dean 2:20 £0.69
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      57. Somebody Groovy The Mamas & The Papas 3:08 £0.69
      58. Daydreaming Thorinshield 2:43 £0.69
      59. Just Can't Wait The Full Treatment 2:45 £0.69
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      68. Come Down Common Cold 2:30 £0.69
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      73. Tin Angel [Will You Ever Come Down] Hearts And Flowers 4:36 £0.69
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      79. November Night Peter Fonda 2:59 £0.69
      80. Roses And Rainbows Danny Hutton 2:08 £0.69
      81. Lemon Chimes Dillards 2:36 £0.69
      82. Here's Today The Rose Garden 2:31 £0.69
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      89. I'll Search The Sky The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 2:15 £0.69
      90. Come To The Sunshine Van Dyke Parks 2:56 £0.69
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      100. You Set The Scene Love 6:51 £0.69
      101. Inner-Mannipulations Barry McGuire 3:40 £0.69
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