Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era, 1976-1995 (4-CD Box Set)

by Various Artists

When Patti Smith group guitarist and music maven Lenny Kaye oversaw the now classic Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 for Elektra, it was under label president Jac Holzman's directive to "compile together the good tracks from all those albums that only have one good track." Two legendary LP's worth of garage-skewed classic pop song genius later, the '72 set saluted the quintessential Nuggets notion that every band has ashot at a three-minute gem. Children of Nuggets renews the tradition with a cornucopia of grassroots rock, retro revelations, lush power pop, and sublime grooves and lyrical flow from the next generation of like-minded bands, circa '76-'95. Good to the last drop, it's four CDs of absolutely esential, DIY-infused songs, each and every one a rare sonic gem.