GOLDEN JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY
City Winery New York
25 Eleventh Ave. at Fifteenth St.
Friday, July 28, and Saturday, July 29, $35-$125, 8:00
646-751-6033
citywinery.com
The greatest rock compilation in the history of pop music, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1964-1968 was released in October 1972 and led to the creation of generations of rock fans and garage bands. Assembled by Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman and record store employee and music critic Lenny Kaye, the double album consisted of seventy-eight minutes of twenty-seven gems, most under three minutes.
The collection was impeccable, beginning with the Electric Prunes’ “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” and the Standells’ “Dirty Water” and continuing with the Seeds’ “Pushin’ Too Hard,” the 13th Floor Elevators’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction,” the Leaves’ “Hey Joe,” the Amboy Dukes’ “Baby Please Don’t Go,” Blues Magoos’ “Tobacco Road,” and the Chocolate Watchband’s “Let’s Talk About Girls” before concluding with the Nazz’s “Open My Eyes,” the Premiers’ “Farmer John,” and the Magic Mushrooms’ “It’s-a-Happening.” I have never heard anything like it before or since.
On July 28 and 29, an all-star roster will be at City Winery performing songs from the original double album, the follow-up that was initially shelved, and “Also Dug-Its,” which have been released in a five-LP anniversary edition from Rhino. The additional tunes are from such groups as Love, the Swingin’ Medallions, the Beau Brummels, Syndicate of Sound, and ? & the Mysterians.
The outrageously cool lineup of musicians includes Patti Smith, Ivan Julian, Peter Buck, James Mastro, Marshall Crenshaw, Joan as Police Woman, Juliana Hatfield, Bob Mould, Steve Wynn, Ed Rogers, Eric Ambel, Mary Lee Kortes, Tom Clark, Vicki Peterson, Richard Lloyd, Link Cromwell, and Tammy Faye playing with the Jubilee house band: Tony Shanahan, Jack Petruzzelli, Glen Burtnik, Dennis Dike, and Kaye himself. A different set of songs will be performed each night.
“Oh Yeah” (the Shadows of Knight), there’s “No Time Like the Right Time” (the Blues Project) to “Run, Run, Run” (the Third Rail) to City Winery and show your “Respect” (the Vagrants), ’cause this ain’t just a bunch of “Talk Talk” (Music Machine); “It’s-a-Happening.”