List of garage rock and psychedelic rock compilation albums

This is a list of compilation albums featuring recordings entirely or mostly in the garage rock and psychedelic rock genres of rock music. For the most part, the recordings that are compiled on these albums were originally released in the mid-1960s and into the 1970s. In order to encompass the musical forms that are included in the Pebbles series, the list includes compilations of British and European recordings in the same general style (although the terms utilized in these cases include "Nederpop", "freakbeat", "mod", "beat" and others).

The Nuggets and Pebbles albums were the pioneering series, so they are listed first, followed by the remainder in alphabetical order. "Pebbles" is a takeoff on the name "Nuggets" (which may itself be based upon "rock" music), and this is true of many of the other series, particularly the older ones: Boulders series, Rubble series, Rough Diamonds series, Digging for Gold series, Hearts of Stone series, and a new one, Gravel series.

Overview

Despite the fact that many of the recordings being anthologized on these albums are extremely rare, the sheer volume of available garage rock recordings that have already been compiled is staggering. In all, there are reportedly more than 1,000 compilation albums of this sort, plus numerous other albums that concentrate on particular garage rock bands and artists. A large number of these compilation albums were released in limited runs of as little as 400 to 500 copies, such as the original 1978 release of the first album in the Pebbles series. Thus, many of these compilation albums have become rarities in themselves.

Most of these compilation albums were released in long series over a number of years, although many are standalone records. In many cases, the albums were first released on LP and later on CD; but many albums originated on CD, including some new volumes in established LP series. There are also numerous new LP's that are issued each year, including more than a few on 10" disks.

There are many on-line reference resources for garage rock and psychedelic rock music. Although most concentrate on the bands rather than the compilation albums, an exception is the remarkable database "Searchin' for Shakes", published by "Ugly Things" fanzine, which is available on line as well as in download form.

As good as most of these albums are, the list of inventive names that have been devised for these compilation albums is a treat in itself.

Criteria for Inclusion on this List

Some of these albums and series have a more eclectic group of songs than these two genres — the Born Bad series, for instance, includes numerous rockabilly rarities, novelty songs and instrumental rock recordings, with several being releases from the 1950s — but fit as well into this category as any other. In a few cases, such as the Rough Diamonds series, the series itself is compilation in nature, although the individual albums are by specific artists. Some of the albums are released in series but with significantly different names — e.g., Rave with the Amphetamine Generation and Riot of the Amphetamine Generation — so these albums are listed individually rather than trying to create a series name.

Generally speaking, the list does not include compilation albums of punk rock (as the term is generally utilized today), pop music and surf music. Compilation albums covering music from the late 1970s and later (even if the music is clearly garage rock or psychedelic rock) have also been omitted, as typified by the third Nuggets box-set, . Exceptions are compilations such as Rockabilly Psychosis and Garage Disease, which include some older tracks as well as newer releases.

Origin of the Music

While most of these compilations center on American recordings, other albums include music from Europe in the same vein, including the second Nuggets box set and the 10 albums in the Pebbles series that are subtitled "The Continent Lashes Back". More recently, compilations of this type of music from Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere have been released, to the extent that garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings could truly be regarded as a category of world music; these compilation albums are also listed herein.

When known, the city, state, country or region of origin of this music is given in parentheses. "US" covers the United States of America, while "UK" covers all parts of the United Kingdom (England, Ireland, Wales, etc.). "Mixed" means that the music comes from many parts of the world even if individual volumes within a series concentrate on a particular country or region.

Recitation of the List

Nuggets Series

* — original compilation album (Elektra Records; reissue — Sire Records) (U.S.)
* Nuggets series — a series of follow-up albums issued by Rhino Records (U.S.)
* — box set (Rhino Records) (U.S.)
* — box set (Rhino Records) (Europe)

Pebbles Series

* Pebbles series (Mixed)
* (U.S.)
* Essential Pebbles series (Mostly U.S.)
* Pebbles box (box set) (Mostly U.S.)
* Trash Box (box set) (Mostly U.S.)

Other

* Acid Dreams- The Original (the first Psychedelic sampler ever)
* 30 Seconds before the Calico Wall
* 94 Baker Street series {UK)
* A Fistful of Fuzz {United States}
* Acid Dreams Epitaph (U.S.)
* Acid and Flowers (U.S.)
* Acid Visions series (U.S.) – includes a box set
* Acid Visions / Best of Texas Punk and Psychedelic (Texas)
* Acid Visions / Hors Serie — Tripping With The Texas Girls (Texas)
* Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things series (Virginia)
* Alphabeat {UK)
* Arf! Arf! - El Cheapo 2-CD Sampler (Mixed)
* Attack of the Jersey Teens (New Jersey)
* Back From The Grave Series (U.S.)
* Back to Peru (Peru)
* Bad Vibrations series (U.S.)
* Baltimore's Teen Beat (Baltimore, MD)
* Battle of the Bands — Outcasts and Arkay IV
* Beat Beat Beat series {UK)
* Le Beat Bespokƒ series (Europe)
* Beat, Bluf & Branie series (The Netherlands)
* Beat Express series (The Netherlands)
* Beat from Holland series (The Netherlands)
* Beat Met Een Zachte G (The Netherlands)
* Beat the Road Jack (mostly Denmark)
* The Beat Scene {UK)
* Belgian Beat Blast series (Belgium)
* Best Beat (The Netherlands) – "two-fer" CD with Nederbiet also
* The Best of Louie Louie series (U.S.)
* Beyond the Calico Wall
* Biet Het series (The Netherlands and Belgium))
* Blunderbuss
* Born Bad series (Songs the Cramps Taught Us) (U.S.)
* Boulders series (U.S.)
* Bring Flowers to U.S. (U.S.)
* Bring Flowers to the World (Europe)
* Brum Beat {UK)
* Bury My Body {UK)
* Buzz Buzz Buzz series {UK)
* Byrds Won't Fly Today
* Cambodian Rock series (Cambodia)
* Chains and Black Exhaust (U.S.)
* Chocolate Soup for Diabetics series {UK)
* Cicadelic 60's series (U.S.)
* Come Fly with Us! (U.S.)
* Contact / Sounds of Mod {UK)
* Conquer the World series (Mixed)
* The Continent Lashes Back series (Europe)
* Copenhagen Beat series (Denmark)
* Dans Le Vent series (Canada)
* Deadly Dose of Wylde Psych (U.S.)
* Destination Frantic (U.S.)
* Digging for Gold series (U.S.)
* Doin' the Mod series {UK)
* Downbeat (The Netherlands)
* Dream Babes series {UK)
* Dutch Beat Explosion (The Netherlands)
* Dutch Pop Giants (The Netherlands)
* Ear-Piercing Punk (U.S.)
* Eastern PA Rock series (Pennsylvania)
* Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks series {UK)
* English Freakbeat series {UK)
* Everything You Always Wanted to Know about '60's Mind Expansive Punkadelic Garage Rock Instrumentals but Were Afraid to Ask
* Fenton Story (Michigan)
* For a Few Fuzz Guitars More {United States}
* Fort Worth Teen Scene series (Fort Worth, TX)
* Frat Shack series (U.S.)
* Freakbeat Scene {UK)
* Friday at the Hideout / Boss Detroit Garage 1964-67 (Detroit, MI)
* Fuzz, Flaykes and Shakes series (U.S.)
* Gaiety Records Story series (Canada)
* Garage Beat 66 series (U.S.)
* Garage Punk Unknowns (mostly USA bands)
* Garage Zone (mostly US bands)
* Get Lost series (New Zealand)
* Girls Go Zonk (U.S.)
* Girls in the Garage series (Mostly U.S.)
* Girls with Guitars (Mixed)
* Grains of Time (U.S.)
* Green Crystal Ties series (U.S.)
* Gravel series (U.S.)
* Great Lost Elektra Singles series {UK)
* Great Pebbles — see above
* Growing Slowly Insane
* G.S. I Love You series (Japan)
* Hava Narghile series (Turkey, etc.)
* Heart So Cold (Northeastern United States)
* Hearts of Stone series (Brazil)
* Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych (Mixed)
* Highs in the Mid-Sixties series — see above
* History of Northwest Rock (Washington/Oregon)
* The History of Texas Garage Bands in the '60s series (Texas)
* Hotel Cleveland series (Cleveland, OH)
* How Was the Air up There (New Zealand)
* The Houston Post Nowsounds Groove-In (U.S.)
* I Wanna Come Back from the World of LSD (Southwestern United States)
* In the Garden {UK)
* In-Kraut series (Germany)
* Incredible Sound Show Stories series {UK)
* Instro Hipsters a Go Go series
* Intoxica! (Southern California)
* It's a Go Go World
* It's a Kave In (Australia)
* Just for Kicks (U.S.)
* Khmer Folk & Pop series (Cambodia)
* Kicks & Chicks (U.S.)
* Killer Cuts (U.S.)
* Legendary Joe Meek {UK)
* Let's Dig 'em Up series (U.S.)
* Lethal Dose of Hard Psych
* Living in the Past series (The Netherlands)
* El Loco Rocanrol series (Mixed)
* Lost Generation series (U.S.)
* Lost Illusions series (Germany)
* Love is a Sad Song (U.S.)
* Love Peace & Poetry series (Mixed)
* Michigan Mayhem (Michigan)
* Midnight to Sixty-Six (U.S.)
* Midnite Sound of the Milky Way
* Mindrocker
* Mod Meeting series {UK)
* Mod Scene {UK)
* Motor City Is Burning series (Detroit, MI)
* Nederbeat 63-69 Box Set series (The Netherlands)
* Nederbeat series (The Netherlands)
* Nederbiet (The Netherlands) – "two-fer" CD with Best Beat also
* Nederpop series (The Netherlands)
* Neurotic Reactions (Mixed)
* New England in the 60's - You Ain't Gonna Bring Me Down to My Knees (New England)
* New England Teen Scene (New England)
* New Mexico in the '60's – From the Grass to the Outer Limits (New Mexico)
* New Rubble series (mostly UK) – see also Rubble series
* Nice - Anthology of Peter Eden Productions {UK)
* Night is so Dark (U.S.)
* Nightmares from the Underworld (Canada)
* No No No (U.S.)
* The Northwest Battle of the Bands series (Washington/Oregon)
* Nuggets — see above
* Nuggets from the Golden State (California)
* O Toi Beatnik (France)
* Oh, it's More from Raw (U.S.)
* One Hand in the Darkness) (U.S.)
* Overdose of Heavy Psych
* Papermen Fly in the Sky {UK)
* Party Party Party
* Pebbles — see above
* Pennsylvania Unknowns (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
* Pepperisms Round the Globe (Mixed)
* Perfumed Garden series {UK)
* Planetary Pebbles — see above
* Prae Kraut Pandaemonium series (Europe)
* Pretty Ugly series (Australia)
* Psychedelia series (U.S.)
* Psychedelic Crown Jewels series
* Psychedelic Experience series (U.S.)
* Psychedelic Minds series (Mixed)
* Psychedelic Patchwork series (U.S.)
* Psychedelic Pstones series {UK)
* Psychedelic States series (U.S.)
* Psychedelic Super Pjotr (Eastern Europe)
* Psychedelic Underground series (Germany)
* Psychedelic Unknowns series (U.S.)
* Quagmire series (U.S.)
* Rare 60's Beat Treasures series {UK)
* Rave with the Amphetamine Generation
* Riot of the Amphetamine Generation
* Ripples series {UK)
* Rock Hits of the Sixties
* Rock-N-Roll Music Is My Only Salvation) (New Zealand)
* Rockabilly Psychosis and Garage Disease (U.S.)
* Rubble series {UK) – see also New Rubble series
* Rough Diamonds series (U.S.)
* Scum of the Earth series
* Shadows Falling series
* Shakin' in Athens (Greece)
* Searching in the WILDerness (Mostly The Netherlands)
* Shapes and Sounds {UK)
* Shindig! {UK)
* Sigh Cry Die - 29 Tales of Woe & Despair
* Signed DC (DC metro area)
* Simla Beat
* Sixties Rebellion series (U.S.)
* Soft Sounds for Gentle People (Mostly California)
* Some Kinda Fun – Songs We Taught the Untamed Youth
* Songs We Taught the Fuzztones (link — The Fuzztones)
* Sons of YMA (Peru)
* Steam Kodak (Singapore and Southeast Asia)
* Sugarlumps series
* Teenage Shutdown series
* Texas Flashbacks series (Texas)
* Texas Punk from the Sixties series (Texas)
* Thai Beat A Go Go series (Thailand)
* That Driving Beat series {UK)
* Three O'Clock Merriam Webster Time – Nomads and Lemon Fogg (Texas)
* Time Won't Change My Mind (U.S.)
* Tobacco-A-Go-Go series (North Carolina)
* Too Much Monkey Business series (Mixed)
* Top Teen Bands series (Minneapolis, MN)
* Trans World Punk Rave-Up! (Europe)
* Trash on Demand series (Mixed)
* Trenchmen Meet the Lost Souls (North Dakota)
* Trip in Tyme series (U.S.)
* Tucson's '60's Sound (Tucson, AZ)
* Turds on a Bum Ride series (Mixed)
* Tymes Gone By (U.S.)
* Uptight Tonight (U.S.)
* Wake the Neighbours (U.S.)
* Washington, D.C. Garage Band Greats (Washington, D.C.)
* Waterpipes & Dikes series (The Netherlands)
* We All Live on Candy Green - Electric Sound Show series {UK)
* We Are the Mods {UK)
* We Had the Beat / The Heartbeats & Other Texas Girls of the 60s (Texas)
* What a Way to Die (U.S.)
* What's the Use
* Who Will Buy these Wonderful Evils series (Sweden)
* Wildworld series (Mixed)
* Winning Sides series (U.S.)
* Winnipeg '60's (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
* World Of Acid {mostly United States, some Europe}
* Worldbeaters series (Mixed)
* Wrenchin' the Wires series (Poland)
* Writing Letters to Nowhere (Australia)
* Wyld Sides series (U.S.)
* Ya Gotta Have Moxie / The Best of Boulders series (U.S.)
* Yeah Yeah Yeah
* Yellow Purple and Green (U.S.)
* You're Playing with Fire (U.S.)

External links

* [http://comps.ugly-things.com/compsproject/comptitle2.php?&scompid=1009&lifilter=&lispeed= Searchin' for Shakes on-line database ("Ugly Things" fanzine)]