VA - San Francisco Nuggets, Elevated (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

SAN FRANCISCO NUGGETS

VA - San Francisco Nuggets, Elevated (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

What I’m offering here is not just another deep‑dive into the Bay Area’s past. This is a listening experience built to lift you out of the usual narratives and drop you right into the pulse of a city that never stopped reinventing itself. San Francisco Nuggets, Elevated is my attempt to gather the shimmer, the grit, the wildness, and the quiet beauty of four decades of music that shaped the region from the inside out. Every track is chosen for the way it opens a door, the way it carries a little spark of the place it came from.

CD1 FOLK TO FREAK, opens with the bright jangle and folk‑rock shimmer that marked the mid‑sixties Bay Area. Wildflower, The Serpent Power, The New Tweedy Brothers, The E‑Types, and The Mojo Men all carry that mix of innocence and ambition. The tracks feel handmade, full of small harmonies and sharp guitars, and the sequencing moves with the ease of a local radio hour where garage pop, soft psych, and early experimentation all share the same air.

CD2 GARAGE BURNERS, tightens the grip abd shifts into the garage‑burner heart of the region. Towaway Zone, The Harbinger Complex, The Fabs, The Vipers, The Plague, and The Syndicate of Sound bring a rawer edge, built on tight rooms, cheap amps, and the urgency of teenage bands trying to cut through the noise. The energy is immediate. These are records made for dances, basements, and small clubs, and the compilation preserves that sense of motion.

CD3 ACID BLOOM, expands the frame. Here the Bay Area’s psychedelic imagination takes hold. Quicksilver Messenger Service, Frumious Bandersnatch, The Great Society, Tripsichord Music Box, Mad River, and Fifty Foot Hose show how far the scene could stretch. Long forms, modal grooves, experimental electronics, and folk‑poetic turns sit together without strain. The disc feels like a map of the city’s more adventurous corners, where improvisation and structure were always in conversation.

CD4 SUNSET ECHOES, closes the set with a reflective sweep. Womb, It’s A Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane, Ace of Cups, Hot Tuna, and The Grateful Dead bring a quieter, more spacious tone. The songs drift between folk, psych, and early country‑rock, carrying the weight of late‑sixties change. The mood is softer but no less vivid, as if the city is catching its breath after years of invention.

San Francisco Nuggets, Elevated is less about defining the era and more about following it as it moves. You move through rooms, moods, and small revelations, hearing how the Bay Area kept reshaping its sound without losing its spirit. This is the San Francisco I want you to hear. Restless, melodic, unpredictable, and alive. A listening experience like no other. (B) 

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Track lists

CD1

01 Wildflower - Baby Dear 2:23 1967

02 Serpent Power - Gently, Gently 2:39 1967

03 New Tweedy Brothers - I Can See It 4:06 1967

04 E-Types - Put The Clock Back on The Wall 2:47 1967

05 Dodos - I Made Up My Mind 2:17 1966

06 Vejtables - I Still Love You (Mono) 2:27 1965

07 Tikis - Bye Bye Bye 2:46 1966

08 Mojo Men - She's My Baby 3:02 1965

09 Beau Brummels - Two Days 'Til Tomorrow (Single Edit) 2:14 1966

10 Charlatans - Alabama Bound 7:03 1966

11 Just Six - Bo Said 2:46 1965

12 Soul Vendors - Get Out of My Eye 2:06 1966

13 Baytovens - Waiting for You 2:04 1967

14 Psy-Kicks - Summer Tears 2:36 1966

15 Butch Engle & the Styx - I Like Her 1:54 1967

16 Other Side - Streetcar (Mono Single) 2:21 1966

17 New Breed - Want-Ad Reader 2:31 1966

18 Front Line - Got Love 1:44 1965

19 Mourning Reign - Satisfaction Guaranteed 2:18 1967

20 Immediate Family - Rubiyat 2:42 1967

CD2

01 Towaway Zone - Away Girl 2:30 1966

02 Jangles - Tell Me Again 2:30 1966

03 U.S. Males - 02. U.S. Males - Open Up Your Heart 2:19 1968

04 Stonemen - #1 Fool 1:54 1966

05 Harbinger Complex - I Think I'm Down (Mono Single) 2:26 1966

06 Fabs - Dinah Wants Religion 2:41 1966

07 Vipers - My Love is Gone 1:39 1966

08 Answer - Why You Smile 2:35 1965

09 New Invaders - Don't Let Me Down 2:36 1965

10 Shag - Stop and Listen 2:35 1966

11 Thunderbirds - Hey Little Girl 2:42 1967

12 Blue Lite Conspiracy - 06 Her Heart Said No 3:22 1967

13 Bristol Boxkite - I'm Feeling Good 2:20 1967

14 Plague - Point Blank 2:19 1967

15 James Bond & The Agents - Wild Angel 3:33 1967

16 Fugitives - You Can't Blame That on Me 2:41 1966

17 Count Five - You Must Believe Me 3:00 1966

18 Children - I Long to See Her 2:43 1968

19 Donnybrookes - You're Gonna Cry 2:17 1966

20 Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl 2:29 1966

CD3

01 Quicksilver Messenger Service - Pride of Man 4:08 1967

02 Oxford Circle - Foolish Woman 2:33 1966

03 Frumious Bandersnatch - Cheshire 10:38 1968

04 Great Society With Grace Slick - Grimly Forming 3:53 1968

05 Loading Zone - Love Feels Like Fire 2:43 1968

06 Mystery Trend - Mambo for Marion 2:05 1967

07 Notes From The Underground - Who Needs Me 5:39 1968

08 Toads - Stay Away 2:46 1965

09 West Coast Natural Gas - Go Run and Play 2:33 1967

10 Tripsichord Music Box - Son of the Morning 5:32 1970

11 Light - Back Up 2:46 1967

12 Initial Shock - You've Been A Long Time Comin' 2:44 1967

13 Mad River - Windchimes 6:58 1967

14 Stained Glass - A Scene-In Between 2:38 1967

15 Final Solution - So Long Goodbye 6:10 1966

16 Neighb'rhood Childr'n - Feeling Zero 3:12 1997

17 Country Joe and The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine 4:26 1967

18 Fifty Foot Hose - Red The Sign Post 2:56 1969

19 Sons of Champlin - 1982-A 3:52 1969

20 Blackburn & Snow - Stranger in a Strange Land 2:27 1967

21 Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Fool (Bonus) 12:07 1968

CD4

01 Womb - Conceptions of Reality II 6:14 1969

02 Chocolate Watchband - Gone and Passes By 3:15 1967

03 It's A Beautiful Day - White Bird 6:07 1969

04 Mad River - Equinox 1:49 1969

05 Summerhill - Soft Voice 3:45 1969

06 Morning Glory - I See A Light 3:07 1968

07 Stoneground - Rainy Day in June 2:39 1971

08 Notes From The Underground - Where I'm At 3:00 1968

09 Jefferson Airplane - Comin' Back to Me 5:15 1967

10 Sopwith Camel - Hello Hello 2:26 1967

11 Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band - Lotus Blossom 3:17 1968

12 Mad River - High All The Time 4:07 1968

13 Ace of Cups - Glue 4:38 1968

14 Common People - Soon There'll Be Thunder 2:22 1969

15 All Night Workers - Why Don't You Smile 2:28 1965

16 Mount Rushmore - I Don't Believe in Statues 4:08 1968

17 Hot Tuna - Sea Child 5:05 1972

18 Indian Puddin' & Pipe - Hashish 3:04 1968

19 Other Half - Morning Fire 2:34 1968

20 Grateful Dead - Morning Dew 5:09 1967

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