I was going to wait until later in the week to post this, but as I was putting the final touches on the cover art (yeah, it was just adding the title to an existing picture), I thought it's an excellent day to crank up some 60s rock, so I should just post it now. To be more specific, it's L.A. mid to late 60s bands (or bands that were produced in L.A.) - a lot of garage rock, but also some "sunshine pop" and just a wee bit of country rock. I owe a big debt of gratitude to the website Through a Vast Crystal Sphere and the mammoth rock and pop box sets on that site. I tried not to over-rely on the selections there, as there's also several cuts from the Rhino 4 disc set Where the Action Is: LA Nuggets 1965-1968, plus various and sundry other sources. (Disclaimer: I think all the bands are from LA or LA based, but I didn't check that hard.)
In addition to the aforementioned box sets, my general infatuation with Los Angeles in the late 1960s, I'd also cite a Sadies concert from several years ago where they did a killer cover of Love's "A House is not a Motel" as the spark for my obsession with LA rock from this period. And if any of The Sadies (or their friends) are reading this blog, I'd highly recommend an entire album of 60s psychedelic rock covers or heck, just a tribute album to Love.
Side A
| I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night | The Electric Prunes |
| Put the Clock Back on the Wall | The E-Types |
| Swim | Penny Arkade |
| To Claudia on Thursday | The Millennium |
| Louise | Keith Allison |
| Underground Lady | Kim Fowley |
| It's A Hard Life | The Seeds |
| Gone And Passes By | Chocolate Watch Band |
| That's the Way the World Has Got to Be | Chris Lucey |
| Buy for Me the Rain | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| If You Want This Love | The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band |
| Little Girl, Little Boy | Odyssey |
| You're Gonna Miss Me | 13th Floor Elevators |
| Love Special Delivery | Fire Escape |
| Oh My Baby | The Kicks |
| A Clown's No Good | Merry Go Round |
| Follow Me | Lyme & Cybelle |
| Falling Sugar | The Palace Guard |
Side B
| A House Is Not A Motel | Love |
| Guaranteed Love | Limey & The Yanks |
| Lies | The Knickerbockers |
| I Don't Walk There No More | Research 1-6-12 |
| Where Were You When I Needed You? | Grass Roots |
| Wasn't Born to Follow | The Byrds |
| November Night | Peter Fonda |
| Underground Fire | Ventures |
| Sleepy Hollow | The Last Word |
| Zig Zag Wanderer | Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band |
| Riot On Sunset Strip | The Standells |
| What I Want You To Say | Barracudas |
| Superman | The Clique |
| Night Time | The Strangeloves |
| Hey Joe | The Leaves |
| Snowblind | Judy Henske & Jerry Yester |
| Moonlight Drive | The Doors |
| Words | Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart |
