Nuggets Disc 1: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American psychedelic and garage rock singles that were released during the mid-to-late 1960s. It was created by Lenny Kaye, who was a writer and clerk at the Village Oldies record shop in New York. He would later become the lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group. Kaye produced Nuggets under the supervision of Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman. Kaye conceived the project as a series of roughly eight LP installments focusing on different US regions, but Elektra convinced him that one double album would be more commercially viable. It was released on LP by Elektra in 1972 with liner notes by Kaye that contained one of the first uses of the term "punk rock". It was reissued with a new cover design by Sire Records in 1976. In the 1980s, Rhino Records issued Nuggets in a series of fifteen installments, and in 1998 as a 4-cd box set.
Kaye was unsure whether Elektra Records would put out the album, so he threw his favorite songs together and made them fit into a concept. Elektra hired lawyer Michael Kapp to track down the original artists and secure licensing. Speaking in 2017, Kaye reflected "I would've made it more 'garage rock' as opposed to these kind of weirder things, like Sagittarius or even the Blues Project. A lot of it falls outside the parameters of what we've come to define as garage rock."

1. The Electric Prunes: "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" 00:00
2. The Standells: "Dirty Water" 02:59
3. The Strangeloves: "Night Time" 05:48
4. The Knickerbockers: "Lies" 08:21
5. The Vagrants: "Respect" 11:05
6. Mouseand the Traps: "A Public Execution" 13:21
7. The Blues Project: "No Time Like the Right Time" 16:10
8. The Shadows of Knight: "Oh Yeah" 18:58
9. The Seeds: "Pushin' Too Hard" 21:47
10. The Barbarians: "Moulty" 24:24
11. The Remains: "Don't Look Back" 26:59
12. The Magicians: "An Invitation to Cry" 29:43
13. The Castaways: "Liar, Liar" 32:40
14. The 13th Floor Elevators: "You're Gonna Miss Me" 34:35
15. Count Five: "Psychotic Reaction" 37:05
16. The Leaves: "Hey Joe" 40:13
17. Michael and the Messengers: "Romeo & Juliet" 43:04
18. The Cryan' Shames: "Sugar and Spice" 45:05
19. The Amboy Dukes: "Baby Please Don't Go" 47:36
20. Blues Magoos: "Tobacco Road" 53:16
21. The Chocolate Watchband: "Let's Talk About Girls" 57:59
22. The Mojo Men: "Sit Down, I Think I Love You" 1:00:43
23. The Third Rail: "Run, Run, Run" 1:03:06
24. Sagittarius: "My World Fell Down" 1:05:02
25. Nazz: "Open My Eyes" 1:08:52
26. The Premiers: "Farmer John" 1:11:38
27. The Magic Mushrooms: "It's-a-Happening" 1:14:05

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