Heroes and Villains
CD
RRP £19.55 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Performers
- Various Artists
- Label
- Rpm
- Discs
- 3
- Barcode
- 5013929190900
RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2022 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 (more than 20,000 words) 80-page bound booklet, ‘Heroes and Villains’ is a fascinating four-hour trip into the heart of the late ‘60s LA music goldmine. After The Beatles captivated a generation with their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the Los Angeles music scene moved beyond the previously-dominant surf, hot-rod and girl group discs to fashion a spirited response to the British Invasion. Hollywood studios and the Sunset Strip teen clubs played host to a thrilling assortment of bands, with such names as The Byrds, Sonny And Cher and the increasingly ambitious Brian Wilson leading the charge as LA established itself in 1965 as America's leading music city. The scene moved on to encompass Psychedelia, Sunshine Pop and Proto-Hard Rock before August 1969's horrific Tate-LaBianca murders traumatised LA's music community and brought the freewheeling ‘60s to a shocking, apocalyptic end. ‘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 Be
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Details
- CD3 CD featuring Various Artists, Heroes & Villains, The Soun, CD3
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