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Nuggets, Volume 7: Early San Francisco

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Released
  
1985

Producer
  
Gene Sculatti

Label
  
Rhino Entertainment

Recorded
  
1965 - 1966

Release date
  
1985

Nuggets, Volume 6 Punk Part Two (1985)
  
Nuggets, Volume 7 Early San Francisco (1985)

Nuggets, Volume 7 Early San Francisco (1985)
  
Nuggets, Volume 8 The Northwest (1985)

Genres
  
Psychedelic rock, Folk rock, Garage rock

Nuggets, Volume 7: Early San Francisco is a compilation album featuring American psychedelic rock and folk rock musical artists from San Francisco, and their recordings prior to the Summer of Love. It is the seventh installment of the Nuggets series and was released on Rhino Records in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

Contents

Musical highlights includes the Beau Brummels two biggest hits "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little". The album also features a wide assortment of rarities including pre-Mojo Men group the Vejtables' minor hit "I Still Love You", the Great Society's original rendition of "Somebody to Love", and the raga rock-influenced "Free Advice". Country Joe and the Fish's first version of "Bass Strings", which appeared on their second self-produced extended play, received a more commercially accessible release with the album. Songs that charted on the Billboard 200 include "Laugh, Laugh" (#15), "Just a Little" (#8), "You Were on My Mind" (#3), and "I Still Love You" (#84).

Nuggets, Volume 7: Early San Francisco marks the first re-release for tracks by the Vejtables and the Tikis since their original distribution.

Side one

  1. The Beau Brummels - "Laugh, Laugh"
  2. The Beau Brummels - "Just a Little"
  3. The Mojo Men - "Dance with Me"
  4. The Mojo Men - "She's My Baby"
  5. The Vejtables - "I Still Love You"
  6. The Vejtables - "The Last Thing on My Mind"
  7. Jan Ashton - "Cold Dreary Morning"

Side two

  1. We Five - "You Were on My Mind"
  2. We Five - "You Let a Love Burn Out"
  3. The Charlatans - "Codine"
  4. The Great Society - "Somebody to Love"
  5. The Great Society - "Free Advice"
  6. Country Joe and the Fish - "Bass Strings"
  7. The Tikis - "I Must Be Dreaming"

References

Nuggets, Volume 7: Early San Francisco Wikipedia