![]() ![]() Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye perform "Pale Blue Eyes" at the 1996 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony byĭespite those career highlights, the Nuggets compilation may have been the creation that had the greatest impact, spawning a cottage industry of similarly themed psychedelic garage-rock series - most notably, Rhino Records' Nuggets collections and the Pebbles and Rubble collections - as well serving as the foundational text for the '80s garage-rock revival. He also worked as a producer (helming Suzanne Vega's first two albums, including the Grammy nominated hit Solitude Standing) before eventually reuniting with Smith in 1995. Kaye would go on to play a key role as the guitarist and co-songwriter in the Patti Smith Group through her initial run of albums for Arista Records starting with Horses in 1975 as well as stints with the Jim Carroll Band and leading his own group, the Lenny Kaye Connection. ![]() While it did not sell well at the time it came out, the comp would help elevate some of the songs and acts featured - particularly the Electric Prunes, the Standells, the Seeds, the 13th Floor Elevators and the Bay Area's own Count Five and the Chocolate Watchband - as some of the pioneers of the fuzzed-out and ferocious sounds that laid the groundwork for the punk movement. Initially proposed an eight-album series, Elektra Records decided to keep the collection to a double-LP release. ![]() THE COUNT FIVE-'PSYCHOTIC REACTION',(1966).wmv by ![]()
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