Heroes & Villains: Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968 Heroes & Villains: Sound Of Los Angeles 1965-1968 CD

Three CDs. A four-hour, 90-track overview of the Los Angeles music scene between 1965 and 1968. Featuring a dazzling combination of major league LA players, enduring cult acts and ultra-rare garage punk 45s. Housed in a stylish clamshell box that includes a heavily illustrated and annotated 80-page bound booklet, Heroes and Villains is a fascinating four-hour trip into the heart of the late '60s LA music goldmine. Heroes and Villains: The Sound of LA 1965-68 charts the entire cataclysmic scene, with classic hits from The Monkees, Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Association and The Grass Roots joined by vital cuts from Love, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Mothers Of Invention, Captain Beefheart, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas And The Papas. Featuring enduring cult names (Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Seeds, Electric Prunes), the new breed of Singer-Songwriter (Tim Buckley, Nilsson), the emerging wave of Heavy bands (Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly), nascent Country-Rockers (Gene Clark, Stone Poneys, Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band) and studio-based, Beach Boys-inspired harmony Pop acts (Sagittarius, The Millennium, The Parade). In among the unreleased-at-the-time demos, alternative versions and first-time releases, there's a raft of hugely obscure Garage Punk 45s - many from bands now stepping forward to tell their story for the first time, including The Satans (the notorious 'Makin' Deals'), Somebody's Chyldren (Hollywood legend Mae West's backing band on her brace of 1966 albums), The Prophets of Old, The Heros and The Odds And Ends.

1. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Single Version) - the Monkees 2. Kicks - Paul Revere and the Raiders 3. Let Her Dance - Bobby Fuller Four 4. But You're Mine - Sonny and Cher 5. Tomorrow's Girl - Merrell and the 'Xiles 6. Sand - Lee Hazlewood with Suzi Jane Hokom 7. Acid Head - the Velvet Illusions 8 Along Comes Mary - the Association 8. Don't Say No - Ruthann Friedman 9. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) -The Mamas and the Papas 10. I Cried My Eyes Out - the Misunderstood 11. Our Love Should Last 12. Forever - the Whatt Four 13. Wanted: Dead or Alive - the Rogues 14. The Wind Blows Your Hair (Demo Version) - the Seeds 15. My Baby's Barefoot - the Syndicate 16. Point of No Return - the Music Machine 17. Chicanery - the Royal Teens 18. Keep Your Mind Open -Kaleidoscope 19. A Child's Guide to Good and 20. Evil - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band 21. Floating Downstream on An Inflatable Rubber Raft - the Second Helping 22. Let's Live for Today - the Grass Roots 23. She Sends Me - the Roosters 24. (Cause) You Don't Love Me - the Odds and Ends 25. Help Yourself - the Sanctions 26. I'm Going Back to New York 27. City - Somebody's Chyldren 28. The Trip - Kim Fowley 29. Say What You Mean - Glad 30. Come Looking for Me - Diane Hildebrand 31. Where Do We Go from Here -The New Wave 32. New Hard Times - Stone Poneys 33. Hungry Freaks, Daddy - the Mothers of Invention 34. Zig-Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Computer Girl - Urban Renewal Project 35. The Most Up Till Now - the Peanut Butter Conspiracy 36. It Won't Always Be the Same -The Millennium 37. The Music Scene - Fapardokly 38. Just Can't Wait - the Prophets of Old 39. She Got Me - the Misunderstood 40. Makin' Deals - the Satans 41. Viet Nam - Bobby Jameson 42. With None Shoes - the Leaves 43. Be Happy, Baby - the Odds and Ends 44. Tears in My Eyes - the Royal Teens 45. Sunshine Girl (Promo-Only Stereo Mix) - the Parade Mr Richland's Favorite Song- Nilsson 46. Do You Like Worms (Roll Plymouth Rock) - the Beach Boys 47. Always You - Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends 48. Carnival Song - Tim Buckley 49. Fire Engine Sky - Michael Blodgett 50. I'm Not Living Here -Sagittarius 51. Don't Turn the Light Off -The Churchill Downs 52. No Shame - the Touch (Hunger) 53. Uncle Jack - Spirit 54. August Mademoiselle -Children of the Mushroom 55. Long Time - the Rose Garden 56. Run- the Candy Company 57. Too Many People - Jim and the Lords 58. Just Wanna Be Myself - the No-N-Mees 59. Say It with a Smile - the Heros 60. Move with the Dawn - Mark Eric 61. Yellow Brick Road - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 62. She Comes in Colors - Love 63. Time Will Show the Wiser 64. (Album Version) - the Merry-Go- Round 65. John Works Hard - the Laughing Wind 66. Calm Me Down (Promo Single Version) - the Human Expression Why (Alternative Version) - the Byrds 67. I Can Only Give You Everything-The Heros 68. Golden Apples of the Sun -Grains of Sand 69. Yesterday Holds on - Moorpark 70. Intersection Windy - Ruthann Friedman 71. Do I Have to Come Right Out 72. And Say It - Buffalo Springfield 73. Drivin' Sideways (On a One-Way Street) - Merrell Fankhauser and H.M.S. Bounty 74. 9 O'Clock Business Man - the Peppermint Trolley Company 75. The Great Banana Hoax (Extended Mix) - the Electric Prunes 76. Isha - Chris and Craig 77. Sit with the Guru - Strawberry Alarm Clock 78. Trip on Me - the Forum 79. Road to Nowhere - Hearts and Flowers 80. So You Say You Lost Your 81. Baby - Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers 82. Luxury Liner - International Submarine Band 83. Runnin' on Back - Del Shannon 84. She Sleeps Alone - the Parade 85. Pipe Dream - Chad and Jeremy 86. End of the Line - Boystown 87. Summer Magic* - the Paper Fortress 88. Cut Your Lawn - the Chyldren 89. A Girl I Knew (Single Version) - Steppenwolf 90. Flowers and Beads - Iron Butterfly 91. Black Roses - Clear Light 92. Hippy Town - Georgy and the Velvet Illusions