where the action isn't

Oh, Hi! Long time no write.
I haven't been feeling my best lately and with trips to the dentist and the doctor's last week I was in no mood to make your guys' dreams come true with some awesome bloggin'.

Major hat tip to good friend YK for turning me on to this, the latest Nuggets release. Coincidentally, I was planning to do a minor review of the Children of the Nuggets boxed set which covered the 1976-1996 era of Psychadelic music. It took a while for the Children of the Nuggets to grow on me, but now I love it. Highlights from that boxed set include:
    The Lime Spiders - Slave Girl
    The Inmates - Mr. Unreliable
    Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here
    The Godfathers - This Damn Nation
    The Prisoners - Whenever I'm Gone
    The Green Telescopes - Make Me Stay
    The Church - The Unguarded Moment
    Julian Cope - Sunspots

And now, for those of you Southern Californians who enjoyed any of the previous Nuggets comps, there is Where the Action Is!, a compilation of psychedelic, pop, rock and folk hits created in . . . Los Angeles.

WHERE THE ACTION IS! encompasses four discs arranged thematically to cover different aspects of the pop, rock, club and Top 40 sounds of the era. The first 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.”

I have placed a moratorium on spending, otherwise this would be mine already. However, this is certainly my next purchase.