Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970

Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 is the fourth Nuggets box set released by Rhino Records. It was released in 2007 and packaged as an 8 1/2 x 11" 120 page hardcover book, the first 73 pages of which were made up mostly of vintage photographs. The compilation focuses on San Francisco Sound bands. Its title is derived from the first line of "Get Together," two versions of which open (Dino Valenti) and close (The Youngbloods) the four-disc set.

Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
Box set by
Various Artists
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
Recorded1964–1970
GenrePsychedelic rock, garage rock, folk-rock
Length257:11
LabelRhino
ProducerAlec Palao
Nuggets series chronology
Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995
(2005)
Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
(2007)
Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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Disc one: "Seismic Rumbles"

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  1. "Let's Get Together" - Dino Valenti – 3:00
  2. "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag"[2]Country Joe & The Fish – 2:43
  3. "You Were on My Mind" - We Five – 2:36
  4. "Number One" - The Charlatans – 4:06
  5. "Can't Come Down" - The Warlocks – 3:01
  6. "Don't Talk to Strangers" - The Beau Brummels – 2:20
  7. "Anything" - The Vejtables – 1:58
  8. "It's No Secret" - Jefferson Airplane – 2:30
  9. "Johnny Was a Good Boy" - The Mystery Trend – 2:37
  10. "Free Advice" - The Great Society – 2:06
  11. "Mr. Jones (Ballad of a Thin Man)" - The Grass Roots – 2:55
  12. "Stranger in a Strange Land" - Blackburn & Snow – 2:30
  13. "Who Do You Love?" - Quicksilver Messenger Service – 5:56
  14. "She's My Baby" - The Mojo Men – 3:01
  15. "Coffee Cup" - The Wildflower – 2:18
  16. "Live Your Own Life" - The Family Tree – 2:54
  17. "Fat City" - Sons of Champlin – 3:04
  18. "Human Monkey" - Frantics – 2:09
  19. "Bye Bye Bye" - The Tikis – 2:46
  20. "Section 43" - Country Joe & the Fish – 6:44
  21. "Hello Hello" - Sopwith Camel – 2:25

Disc two: "Suburbia"

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  1. "Psychotic Reaction" - Count Five
  2. "Got Love" - The Front Line
  3. "Satisfaction Guaranteed" - The Mourning Reign
  4. "Foolish Woman" - The Oxford Circle
  5. "My Buddy Sin" - The Stained Glass
  6. "Streetcar" - The Other Side
  7. "Suzy Creamcheese" - Teddy and His Patches
  8. "Rubiyat" - The Immediate Family
  9. "Rumors" - Syndicate of Sound
  10. "Sometimes I Wonder" - Harbinger Complex
  11. "Want Ad Reader" - The New Breed
  12. "I'm a Good Woman" - The Generation
  13. "No Way Out" - The Chocolate Watch Band
  14. "Hey I'm Lost" - Butch Engle & the Styx
  15. "I Love You" - People!
  16. "America" - Public Nuisance
  17. "Fly To New York" - Country Weather
  18. "Thing In 'E'" - The Savage Resurrection
  19. "Hearts to Cry" - Frumious Bandersnatch

Disc three: "Summer of Love"

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  1. "Alabama Bound" - The Charlatans
  2. "Carl Street" - The Mystery Trend
  3. "Somebody to Love" - The Great Society
  4. "Superbird" - Country Joe and the Fish
  5. "Two Days 'Til Tomorrow" - The Beau Brummels
  6. "Omaha" - Moby Grape
  7. "Up & Down" - The Serpent Power
  8. "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" - Grateful Dead
  9. "Codine" - Quicksilver Messenger Service
  10. "Down On Me" - Big Brother and the Holding Company
  11. "Think Twice" - Salvation
  12. "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane
  13. "Roll With It" - Steve Miller Band
  14. "Why Did You Put Me On" - Notes From The Underground
  15. "Underdog" - Sly & The Family Stone
  16. "Summertime Blues" - Blue Cheer
  17. "Glue" - The Ace of Cups
  18. "Soul Sacrifice" - Santana
  19. "The Bells" - The Loading Zone

Disc four: "The Man Can't Bust Our Music"

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  1. "Evil Ways" - Santana
  2. "Red the Sign Post" - Fifty Foot Hose
  3. "Lemonaide Kid" - Kak
  4. "1982-A" - Sons of Champlin
  5. "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?" - Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
  6. "Amphetamine Gazelle" - Mad River
  7. "Quicksilver Girl" - Steve Miller Band
  8. "Revolution" - Mother Earth
  9. "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" - Moby Grape
  10. "Light Your Windows" - Quicksilver Messenger Service
  11. "I'm Drowning" - Flamin' Groovies
  12. "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Lady" - Seatrain
  13. "White Bird" - It's a Beautiful Day
  14. "Dark Star" - Grateful Dead
  15. "Fool" - Blue Cheer
  16. "Mexico" - Jefferson Airplane
  17. "Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin
  18. "Get Together" - The Youngbloods

Credits

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  • Compilation Producer: Alec Palao
  • Art Direction: Hugh Brown, Steve Vance
  • Design: Steve Vance
  • Cover Design: Prairie Prince
  • Licensing: David Ponak
  • Liner Notes: Alec Palao, Ben Fong-Torres, Gene Sculatti
  • Photography: Ann Ehret, Ann Markell, Bruce Steinberg, Don Leeper, Ed Thrasher, Ethan Russell, Herb Greene, Jim Marshall, Lisa Law, *Michael Rachoff, Michael Howard, Paul Kagan, Yoram Kahana
  • Product Manager: Marc Salata
  • Remastering: Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch, Dave Schultz
  • Editorial Supervision: Sheryl Farber, Vanessa Atkins

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 at AllMusic
  2. ^ Although the liner notes cite the 1965 Talking Issue #1: Songs of Opposition EP as the source for this track, the version from the 1967 I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die LP was actually used.