Real Good Time

Stoked to see Patti Smith and her band tonight in the tiny Catalan village of Sant Feliu de Guíxols. To get in the mood, let's enjoy the first known recording (from 1966) by her faithful guitar player, the ubercool Nuggets compiler Lenny Kaye, in the guise of Link Cromwell.

Link Cromwell & The Zoo - Crazy Like A Fox

Heavy Nuggets

Caution: wild trip ahead, with a triple dose of goodies from the first three volumes of the Brown Acid series. Yet another younger brother of Lenny Kaye's famed Nuggets compilation, although the bands are much more obscure here and the songs way heavier. Recorded after Altamont ended the hippie dream once and for all, these slabs of proto stoner rock provide the ideal soundtrack to the post-Aquarian comedown. Find your copies on the mindblowing Riding Easy label: editions four and five have dropped as well in the meantime.

Raw Meat - Stand By Girl
Crossfield - Take It!
First State Bank - Before You Leave