I’ve been nominated by my brilliant pal Chris Estey to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me—just album covers without any explanation—and to nominate a different person each day to do the same.
Today I nominate: Dave Martens
Day 24:
NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968 (Elektra Records, 2LP compilation, 27 tracks, 1972)
NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968 (Elektra Records, 8-Track cartridge compilation, 25 tracks, 1972)
NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968 (Elektra Records, cassette tape compilation, 25 tracks, 1972)
NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968 (Sire Records, 2LP compilation, first reissue, 27 tracks, 1976)
NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968 (Rhino Records, expanded 4cd box set, 118 tracks, 1998)
NUGGETS: ORIGINAL ARTYFACTS FROM THE FIRST PSYCHEDELIC ERA, 1965-1968 (Rhino Records, compact disc compilation, reissue, 27 tracks, 2012)
Purchased: October 1981 in Providence, RI (1976 Sire edition, used copy).
– Tom Kipp
The 13th Floor Elevators: “You’re Gonna Miss Me” (1966)
(from NUGGETS, 1972)
