The Nuggets first broadcast on NYC Radio-Pat St John on WPLJ FM (1/17/80)

Who ever started the Garage Music Compilation explosion in the early 80's is questionable. Lenny Kaye,Greg Shaw Tim Warren,Hans Kesteloo, Billy Miller and Todd Abramson are some examples. But Pat St John was the first to play the Nuggets Lp on NYC radio at WPLJ-FM. Shortly after this broadcast Garage Music Compilation releases were popping up like crazy in NYC and New Jersey record stores. Comps like Pebbles,Boulders,Mindrockers,Back From The Grave,Chosen Few,Skeletons in the Closet,Acid Dreams and Texas Flashbacks are just a few. Then came the fanzines like Kicks,Ugly Things,Not Fade Away and Journey To Thyme. The record stores i bought from were Vintage Vinyl,Midnight Records,Princeton Records,Cheap Thrills and off course the good ole' Record Show. All the above factors helped contribute to the scene and gave it momentum. Now i see it happening again on You Tube but with the added advantage of it being visual. That wasn't possible back then like it is now. Today there are 100's of sites dedicated to Garage Music and Videos. They have easy access to a much larger audience now then back in the 80's. I've seen videos on YT that i thought never existed and would've paid big bucks for if i had the opportunity.
This post is from my radio archives and i've been hooked on Punk Garage music ever since i recorded this. Pat played the cream of the crop on this broadcast and there were some real duds on that LP.
Pat St. John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_St._John
Lenny Kaye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kaye
Greg Shaw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Shaw
Nuggets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuggets:_Original_Artyfacts_from_the_First_Psych...
Pebbles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebbles_series
List of other Garage music compilation albums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_garage_rock_and_psychedelic_rock_compila...
0:28 13th Floor Elevators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Floor_Elevators
2:54 The Seeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeds
5:31 The Nazz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nazz
8:15 The Count Five http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Five
11:21 The Electric Prunes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Prunes
14:13 The Leaves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leaves
17:07 The Castaways http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castaways
19:00 The Blues MaGoos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Magoos
21:19 Pat St John ads his last comments about this music.
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[johnnydelrey]

continued..... Bill Kelly was doing a garage rarities show on WFMU. I helped a little. I was throwing garge stuff into my punk show on WPRB. I think a lot of people heard these lost classics and got into it and started retro garage bands. Then came the Pebbles series, Bands like the Cramps mixed everything in and people took noticed and more bands picked up the calling. It just spread from there. New York metro area had plenty of talent to puul from. And here we are today. Does it matter?

[AmericanGarageSongs]

@johnnydelrey Sire records re released Nuggets in 1976. That's probably how Pat found out about it. WPLJ was the #1 FM station at the time. Very few listened to WFMU back then. How Pat got to play that set is beyond me. That was not their format. I used to buy my records from Vintage Vinyl in 1981. The people selling garage comp records back then deserve more credit then any DJ playing them. That's what started the Comp explosion. They made the records available. Now it's happening on You Tube.

[johnnydelrey]

who started the garage rock resurgence? Lenny Kaye had a passion for it. He wrote the liner notes on that first Nuggets comp. I think he put it together. If Pat StJohn played it the first time in 80, he'd been sitting on it a long time. The 2 record set was released in 72. I found it in a record store looking for punk singles in 77. The guy at the store siad that album had been ther since the store opened and gave it to me. In the NYC area, I credit Bill Kelly, who was doing a garage (cont')

[surfraptor]

Best Music Ever!

[gkoz791]

best box set !!!!

[MB7rock]

FAVED IT! - Tremendous upload. 8 D

[Alphastare]

Great post!