NUGGETS: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 Box CD2 Poll

chocolate, strawberry and Love oh my. will re-listen to this one before voting, though i think my original choice will stand up.

sonics o so barely over human beinz, music machine, love, and ppl gonna think ppl gonna think ppl gonna think you spazz

This one is also really tough, but I'm gonna vote for the Nightcrawlers cuz I dig that song. Interestingly unlike the first volume where the stompers tended to rule, the best tracks on this one tend to be the poppier ones.

For me it is between these songs, all of them true pop gems:

6. Outside Chance - Turtles
10. Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
18. Why Do I Cry - Remains
19. Laugh, Laugh - Beau Brummels
21. I Wonder - Gants
25. Live - Merry-Go-Round

"I Wonder" - although I love it - is ruled out because it sounded too much like "In My Life". "Outside Chance" is ruled out because, well, there are other Turtles tracks I would rather love to vote for.

Really hard to choose between the rest, but it has to be "Laugh Laugh" I guess.

"Talk Talk"

24. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions

love this shit

miracle worker innit

balls u may be interested to know dudes were from greenwood SC

it's between "action woman" and "strychnine" for me

picked "Laugh, Laugh" by the Beau Brummels after originally thinking it was going to go to "Incense and Peppermints". could of realistically gone for about nine to ten different song on this thing. didn't realize, until today, how much bitterness there is towards women on this CD.

how much bitterness there is towards women on this CD 95% of 60s garage rock.

Gotta be 7 and 7 is. The weird breakdown part of that song kills.

"Outside Chance" must be the winner. Surprised to see that it is a Warren Zevon track.

"follow me" from (i think) disc 4 is another one of his

'sweet young thing', such an awesome groove.

Those Music Machinists were up to no good. But I gotta go with my beloved "Spazz." Why settle for one song when you can have three?

I've never gotten the fascination with "The Little Black Egg." All the Nugget-ness is in the lyric.

how much bitterness there is towards women on 95% of 60s garage rock.

Yeah but I always suspected The Litter at least were frontin'. I bet they had their fair share of action women.

It's still the sexiest disc - Chocolate Watch Band, Swingin' Medallions (more for the context than the band or song). And my favorite pic in the booklet is adorable Kenny with his Kasuals because...well, just look at it really closely.

SPAZZ!

sorrry, not you KEvin

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART!

Here's the part of the poll where I do the weaselly "I really want to say '7 and 7 Is' but I'll go with 'Incense & Peppermints' in case nobody else does" thing...only to change my mind and say "Nah, fuck that, NOTHING beats '7 and 7 Is!'" because truly nothing does, or almost nothing. That level of escalating weirdness - like Arthur Lee's afraid that all his nonsence about hypnotized dogs and ice-cream cones is too conventional, not sufficiently insane; so he has to resort to "Boom-bip-bip-loom-bip-bip, yeah!" Adding that "Yeah!" on the end for emphasis, as if we're supposed to know what the hell he's on about. And so on and so on until that atomic blast. The whole damn record is one big explosion! It's no wonder they had to break out the acoustic guitars on Forever Changes.

"Seven And Seven Is" is my 11 favourite songs of the moment, fuck.

yeah, gotta go for love. gonna go for chocolate watch band if "are you gonna be there (at the love-in)" comes up in another poll.

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20051203/4803154648.jpg

Got one of these, recently.

Oh, The Turtles.

"Outside Chance" must be the winner. Surprised to see that it is a Warren Zevon track.

-- zeus

i really need to dig into The Turtles albums, which one should i seek out first?

This is way harder than the poll for the original Nuggets (disc 1).

this is totally the best disc in the set.

goin with "last time around," myself. so heavy! almost-sabbath-heavy! and agh the raveup in the middle! so rad.

Another for the Sonics, but this is very hard. I spent a lot of the 80's partying to this stuff.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

These are all fabulous but today I went with "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", just ahead of "Spazz" (that riff!).

i'm going with another unpopular choice...Shape of Things to Come. I just dig it so much.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Lot of good stuff didn't get a vote.

i really need to dig into The Turtles albums, which one should i seek out first?

A good singles compilation would be the best place to start. Other than that, I would say "Happy Together" is the best. Perhaps also "Battle Of The Bands" although that one contains some rather strange tracks too.

don't forget Turtle Soup. Especially if you are a Kinks fan. One of the most underrated albums of the 60's and the only outside production work that Ray Davies ever did:

The Turtles Thread (Cuz I Couldn't Find One) A.K.A. I Finally Heard Turtle Soup.

actually, anyone who likes 60's rock and pop should own a copy of Turtle Soup and i'm always surprised by how many people have never heard it. i can't believe mojo hasn't hyped it by now. or maybe they have.

I think Battle of the Bands is several years ahead of its time. (And I don't even particularly like the Turtles!)

thanks for that Scott, will be getting that shortly.

WTF I'm the only one who voted for Blues Magoos. bullshit

Lot of good stuff didn't get a vote.

Absolutely otm

26. Steppin' Out - Paul Revere & The Raiders 0
3. Nobody But Me - Human Beinz 0
13. Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders 0
29. Little Girl - Syndicate Of Sound 0
25. Live - Merry-Go-Round 0
4. Journey to Tyme - Kenny & The Kasuals 0
23. Who Do You Love - Woolies 0
22. I See the Light - Five Americans 0
21. I Wonder - Gants 0
18. Why Do I Cry - Remains 0
15. I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Shadows Of Knight 0
16. The Trip - Kim Fowley 0

I'm pretty sure all of these songs are fucking awesome.

yes all are great but outside Paul Revere, none of those are the best song on this disc.

How did "Nobody But Me" get no votes? That drop where it goes all psychedelic is so, so great.

The best comp is the best of all-time.