Nuggets

D gave us a book last weekend called The Rock Snob's Dictionary.

Among other tidbits important to all lovers of rock and roll, I learned that Nuggets was an "anthology LP of singles by one hit wonder garage bands" compiled in 1972 by Lenny Kaye.

That is worth knowing and I might even buy the compilation, but I am not changing the name of this regular Friday morning post. 

My Nuggets are records that I pull out of our collection that are really great and everyone should know about.

This morning, I am bringing out a 3 CD box set, called 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields.

There are 69 songs on this 3 CD set, but many of them are a minute or two long.  Each CD has 23 songs on it and is about a 45 minute listen.

We have often listened to all three CDs back to back.  That's 2 hour plus experience, but its well worth it.

The songs are ditties for the most part.  They are low-fi and are not meant to be taken too seriously.  But the whole collection is as serious a piece of work that deserves to be much better known.

You can get the box set on Amazon for about $36.

Comments

[Raj Bala]

Mos def a nugget. If "The Book Of Love" doesn't make one tear up a little, I don't know what will.

[Marcus]

I highly recommend the Nuggets boxed set. Rhino just released part 2, which covers later psychedelic material, and while still very good, doesn't match the brilliance of the original set.

Thanks for keeping us updated on your listening recommendations. It helps us remember that there's a real person behind all of this rigorous shop talk.

And may I make a recommendation as well? Animal Collective's new album, Feels, is genius:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/animal-collective/feels.shtml

It may take a few listens to let it sink in, but it's terribly beautiful and worth the effort.