Love Is the Song We Sing ~ San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970Je suis époustouflé par la beauté de l'objet, qui surpasse tous les coffrets Rhino achetés récemment... En fait, c'est carrément un livre, auquel on a ajouté quatre CDs en guise d'illustration. Un livre de luxe, quasiment. J'ai dû dire au moins dix fois de suite "wow!".
Pour ce qui est de la musique:
Disque : 1
1. Let's Get Together - Dino Valenti
2. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag [EP Version] - Country Joe & the Fish
3. You Were on My Mind - We Five
4. Number One - The Charlatans
5. Can't Come Down - Warlocks
6. Don't Talk to Strangers - The Beau Brummels
7. Anything - The Vejtables
8. It's No Secret - Jefferson Airplane
9. Johnny Was a Good Boy - The Mystery Trend
10. Free Advice - The Great Society,
11. Mr Jones (A Ballad of a Thin Man) - The Grass Roots
12. Stranger in a Strange Land - Blackburn & Snow
13. Who Do You Love [Demo Version] - Quicksilver Messenger Service
14. She's My Baby - The Mojo Men
15. Coffee Cup - Wildflower
16. Live Your Own Life - Family Tree
17. Fat City - The Sons of Champlin
18. Human Money - The Frantics
19. Bye Bye Bye [Warner Bros. Single Version] - The Tikis
20. Section 43 [EP Version] - Country Joe & the Fish
21. Hello Hello - The Sopwith Camel
Disque : 2
1. Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
2. Got Love - Front Line Assembly
3. Satisfaction Guaranteed - The Mourning Reign
4. Foolish Woman - Oxford Circle
5. My Buddy Sin - Stained Glass
6. Streetcar - The Otherside
7. Suzy Creamcheese - Teddy & His Patches
8. Rubiyat - The Immediate Family
9. Rumors - The Syndicate of Sound
10. Sometimes I Wonder - The Harbinger Complex
11. Want Ad Reader - The New Breed
12. I'm a Good Woman - The Generation
13. No Way Out - The Chocolate Watchband
14. Hey I'm Lost - Butch Engle & The Styx,
15. I Love You - People
16. America - Public Nuisance
17. Fly to New York - Country Weather
18. Thing in "E" - Savage Resurrection
19. Hearts to Cry - Frumious Bandersnatch
Disque : 3
1. Alabama Bound - The Charlatans
2. Carl Street - The Mystery Trend
3. Somebody to Love [LP Version][Version] - The Great Society,
4. Superbird - Country Joe & the Fish
5. Two Days 'Til Tomorrow - The Beau Brummels
6. Omaha - Moby Grape
7. Up & Down - Serpent Power
8. Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) - Grateful Dead
9. Codine - Quicksilver Messenger Service
10. Down on Me [Live] - Big Brother & the Holding Company
11. Think Twice - Salvation
12. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
13. Roll with It - Steve Miller Band
14. Why Did You Put Me On - Notes from the Underground
15. Underdog - Sly & the Family Stone
16. Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
17. Glue - Ace of Cups
18. Soul Sacrifice - Santana
19. Bells - The Loading Zone
Disque : 4
1. Evil Ways - Santana
2. Red the Sign Post - Fifty Foot Hose
3. Lemonaide Kid - Kak
4. 1982-A - The Sons of Champlin
5. How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
6. Amphetamine Gazelle - Mad River
7. Quicksilver Girl - Steve Miller Band
8. Revolution - Mother Earth
9. Murder in My Heart for the Judge - Moby Grape
10. Light Your Windows - Quicksilver Messenger Service
11. I'm Drowning - The Flamin' Groovies
12. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Lady - Seatrain
13. White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
14. Dark Star [Single Version] - Grateful Dead
15. Fool [Single Version] - Blue Cheer
16. Mexico - Jefferson Airplane
17. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
18. Get Together - The Youngbloods
J'ai appris que Rhino, qui peine à surnager, avait eu recours à de sérieuses compressions de personnel récemment... en tout cas ce n'est pas à cause de moi

(j'attends pour novembre "Where The Action Is", la scène sixties de L.A.)