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Rating: We should be infinitely grateful to both Lenny Kaye, better known as the historic guitarist of Patti Smith, and Rhino Records. It was pure and simple passion that drove Kaye to collect in 1971 the tracks that will make the history of Garage and beyond.
The compilation initially released by Elektra Records will be reissued in the '80s by Rhino Records in a box set of 4 remastered CDs. We could easily define this as The Compilation par excellence, a sort of Bignami of a movement that was coming to life in the '60s and that would influence all music to come, including the explosion of punk.
You will find bands that lasted the space of a single as well as the Electric Prunes or the 25th Floor Elevators, some of the most representative formations of garage; in the tracks the classical elements of the genre distorted voices, fuzz guitars, Farfisa and more, sounds that have become legendary. The musical references that you will find between the lines are numerous, from beat, R'n'B, Blues, Beach Boys to psychedelia that was emerging in those years and introducing consciousness towards new unexplored "shores".
A sound document that, without Kaye's help, could have ended up in oblivion. For those who "live" music, it is an investment to make, it costs around 80 euros but it is truly worth it.
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By popoloitaliano
This box set (four CDs for a total of 100 songs!) is perhaps the most controversial of the series because, in my opinion, it includes groups and sounds that have little to do with the original sixties sound.
Undoubtedly, this is a beautiful collection, mainly aimed at those unfamiliar with this kind of music, who can then get a vague idea of what happened below decks.
