Listening Party: Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965 - 1968

Without a doubt, the epicenter of the mid-'60s music scene was the Sunset Strip, where "freaks" filled the rock clubs lining the famed Hollywood thoroughfare. Rhino continues the storied Nuggets tradition with a four-disc boxed set that mines the city's rich musical history for unsung gems.

WHERE THE ACTION IS! LOS ANGELES NUGGETS 1965-1968 is packed with 101 tracks across four discs, arranged thematically to cover different aspects of the pop, rock, club and Top 40 sounds of the era. Disc one covers some of the most notable bands that performed in the clubs of Hollywood's Sunset Strip. Disc two features a sampling of the musicians who began life in South L.A., East L.A. and such far-flung suburbs as Riverside and Bakersfield. The third delves into the artistry of L.A.'s producers, arrangers and Wrecking Crew of studio players. The final disc takes us from the nascent seeds of folk rock to the first blooms of canyon rock, country rock and full-blown psychedelia in the region. It also shows how rock pioneers such as Del Shannon and Rick Nelson took their own stabs at fitting in with "the kids."

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Listening Party Track List

1.You I'll Be Following - Love
2.Go And Say Goodbye - Buffalo Springfield
3.Gentle As It May Seem - Iron Butterfly
4.Back Seat '38 Dodge - Opus 1
5.Daily Nightly - The Monkees
6.I Love How You Love Me - Nino Tempo & April Stevens