"The Rubble Collection" Vol. 9 [10 CD Box Set] 2007

This is: Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Freakbeat, Garage Rock, Mod, Pop.
Originally appearing on LP from the Bam Caruso label in the 1980s, and then on CD on the Past & Present imprint in 2003, these first ten volumes (boxed) in the Rubble Collection were conceived and collected by Phil Smee. For fans of the Nuggets series, both the two American volumes and the British Nuggets, you won't find a lot of overlap. The Nuggets comps were and are for people who want what was at least the stuff of legend, if not readily available. The collection here digs deep and are, for the most part, flawless in what they present. This set, and its companion volumes 11-20 (a separate box), are very different creatures. For starters, they dig a lot deeper into the hopelessly obscure 45s and tapes of Brit psychedelia, freakbeat, Mod, and pop.
For every cut by Sharon Tandy & les Fleur de Lys, the Glass Menagerie, Pretty Things, and Flying Machine and the Clique, there is at least one to match from acts like Peter & the Blizzards, Skip Bifferty, Life 'N' Soul, and Factotums. You're getting the idea. This is for the listener who wants to dig down and get virtually everything. There are some things missing here (the second box picked up a lot of that slack), and like other series' that go down into the underbelly of the '60s, some of what's here is drek. But there are real gems, too -- ,check out the Sharon Tandy cuts like "Hold On," on disc nine, or the Velvett Fogg's "Lady Caroline," on disc ten, or Fairytale's "Lovely People" that kicks off volume six. Then there's the completely cracked and whacked, such as Dragonfly's "Celestial Empire," Orange Seaweed's "Pictures in the Sky," and Focus Three's "10,000 Years Behind My Mind." In addition to these ten handsome volumes in a single fold-in case, there is a 93-page booklet completely annotating tracks and offering discographies for artists who actually had them. In 2007, Fallout in the U.K. reissued this box again, in a limited numbered (on the bottom) limited license, limited edition of 1000 copies at a more reasonable price than the previous version. [Thom Jurek, AllMusic. Score: 4/5 stars]
trax:
01. Dragonfly / Celestial Empire 02. Peter & The Blizzards / You Know That I'll Be There 03. Groep 1850 / Mother No Head 04. The Tower / Slow Motion Mind 05. The Outsiders / Do You Feel Alright 06. Sharks & Me / Buses 07. Short '66 / Good Weekend 08. The Motions / Wedding Of 100 Brides 09. Sandy Coast / Back To The City 10. The Zipps / Lotus Love 11. The Bumble Bees / Girl Of My Kind 12. The Young Ones / Mini Minnie 13. St. Giles System / Swedish Tears 14. Q65 / So High I've Been, So Down I Must Fall 15. Super Sister / A Girl Named You 16. Les Baroques / Such A Cad 17. The Golden Earrings / That Day 18. The Golden Earrings / Things Go Better With Coke [Hidden track]
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