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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Rhino Records
Buy.com Sku: 211900909
UPC: 081227985868
UPC 14: 00081227985868
Release Date: 9/22/2009
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1. Sit Down I Think I Love You - Richie Furay/Stephen Stills (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
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| Personnel: Sky Saxon (vocals, whistling); Roger McGuinn (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar); P.F. Sloan (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Michael Lloyd (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Buzz Clifford (vocals, guitar, drums, background vocals); Darryl DeLoach (vocals, guitar, percussion); Glenn Ross Campbell (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Chris Darrow, Cyrus Faryar, Paul K. Johnson II, David Lindley, Del Shannon, Johnny Philips, Emitt Rhodes, Jesse Lee Kincaid, Edmund Villareal, Solomon Feldthouse, Tom Carvey, Jan Savage, Jimmy Allen Smith, Fred Olsen, Craig Robert Smith, Chris Ducey, James Hendricks, Jeff Hanna, Jerry Yester, Jim Yester, Keith Allison, Ken Johnson "Snakehips" & His West Indian Dance Band, Merrell Fankhauser, Randy California, Randy Holden, Richie Furay, Rodney Dillard, Russ Giguere, Ry Cooder, Arthur Lee, Stephen Stills, Warren Zevon, Barry McGuire, Bobby Fuller (vocals, guitar); Jackie DeShannon (vocals, acoustic guitar); Peter Fonda (vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar); Steve Hoard (vocals, steel guitar); Doug Dillard, Henry Diltz (vocals, banjo); Jack Ryan (vocals, autoharp); Dean Webb (vocals, mandolin); Randy Newman (vocals, piano); Bobby Hart (vocals, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Tommy Boyce (vocals, organ); Doug Ingle, Matthew Moore, Van Dyke Parks, Jimmy Greenspoon (vocals, keyboards); Micky Dolenz (vocals, Moog synthesizer); Greg Eckler, Brent Cartwright, John Christensen, Richie Hayward (vocals, drums); Curt Boettcher (vocals, wind); Stan Farber, Ron Hicklin (vocals, background vocals); Chip Douglas, Chris Hillman, George Delgado, Bryan Garofalo, Wanda Watkins, Laddie Hutcherson, Danny Hutton, Don Beaudoin, Denny Doherty, Dick Johnson, Michele O'Malley, Dennis Quartet Wilson, Greg "G-Rock" Sanders, Doug Decker, Marty Gish, Johnny Beaudoin, Jim Bell, John Bowman Charles, Gary Lewis, Gary Usher, Dino Martin Jr., Max Uballez, Earl Shackelford, Dan Wheetman, John Merrill, George Caldwell, Harry Nilsson, Smokey Roberds, Howard Kaylan, Mike Gotcher, Ian Freebairn-Smith, Dan Hortter, Shaun Harris, Alan Brackett, Bob Ray, Mike Conley, Jim Lowe, Jim Pons, Kenneth Blevins, Kim Fowley, Al Jardine, Lee Hazlewood, Lowell George, Mark Volman, Michelle Phillips, Nino Tempo, Noel Harrison, April Stevens, Ruthann Friedman, Sandy Salisbury, Sean Bonniwell, Sonny Bono, Taj Mahal, Terry Kirkman, Bill Rinehart, Bill Whitten, John Beck , Brian Wilson , Bruce Johnston , Buddy Randell, Billy Hinsche, Terry Green (vocals); John Noreen (guitar, electric 12-string guitar); Don Owens (guitar, keyboards); Michael Nesmith (guitar, percussion); Jim Reese, Gary Kato, Bernie Leadon, Bryan MacLean (guitar, background vocals); David Archuleta, John A. Walsh, Brian Hartzler, David Blue, Dennis Budimir, Dennis Edwards, Donald Peake, Richard Rosmini, Marty Prue, Ken Williams, Tony Valentino, Jerry Kole, John Popa, Warren Klein, Robert Lee Reiner, Lance Fent, Bruce Kunkel, Lawrence Perez, Mike Deasy Sr. , Charles Chiarenza, Mark Landon, Don Lanier, Lou Natkin, George Dominguez, Jorge Alaniz, James Burton, Bobby Arlin, Ralph Geddes, Alex St. Clair, Jim Tucker, Jimmy Pettit, Al Nichol, Neil Young, Robby Krieger, Russel Johnson, Tommy Tedesco , Billy Strange, Bill Pitman, Ben Benay, Ron Morgan (guitar); Ralph Barr (electric guitar); Mike Post (12-string guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Del Kacher, Joseph R. Gibbons (mandolin); Hersh Hamel, Bill Plummer (sitar); Darrel Terwilliger (violin, viola, strings); Nathan Kaproff, James Getzoff, George Kast, Bill Kurasch, Tibor Zelig, Sid Sharp, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer (violin, cello); Bernard Kundell, Arnold Belnick (violin, strings); Gerald Vinci, Robert Barene, Marvin Limonick, Ambrose Russo, Henry Ferber, Jack Shulman, Betty Marks, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Nathan Ross (violin); Leonard Selic, Joseph DiFiore, Harry Hyams, Philip Goldberg, Samuel Boghossian (viola); Jerome Reisler (cello, strings); Nathan Gershman, Armand Kaproff, Benjamin Barrett, Joseph Ditullio, Joseph Saxon, Emmet Sargeant , Alexander Murray, Dave Burk, Justin DiTullio, Anne Goodman, Raphael Kramer, Ray Kelley, Jesse Ehrlich, Frederick Seykora (cello); Jack Gootkin, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Johnny Vidor Strings, Alfred Lustgarten, Jack Schulman, Leonard Atkins (strings); William Clark Green (flute); Dan Hood (bagpipe); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Plas Johnson (reeds, saxophone); Steve Douglas & the Rebel Rousers, Jay Migliori (reeds); George Radford (saxophone); Dave Wells (trumpet, trombone); Roy Caton, Jules Chaikin, Bobby Helfer, Ray Triscari, Ollie Mitchell, Tony Terran, Bud Brisbois (trumpet); Dick Hyde, Richard Leith, Dick Leith (trombone); Hugh Masekela (brass); Michael Melvoin (piano, harpsichord); Gary Walker (piano); Don Randi (harpsichord, keyboards); Doug Rhodes (organ, background vocals); Larry Rendon, Steve Mendoza, Larry Tamblyn, Peter Tork (organ); Gene Garf, John Branca, Gabriel Mekler, Michele Rubin, Glen D. Hardin, Daryl Hooper, John Locke, Larry Knechtel, Lincoln Mayorga, Ray Manzarek, Tandyn Almer, Roger Kellaway, Byron Olson, Monty Harper (keyboards); Gary Coleman (vibraphone, tambourine, timpani, percussion); Julius Wechter (marimba, percussion); Bones Howe (drums, congas, tambourine); Jim Gordon (drums, congas, percussion); Milt Holland (drums, tabla, percussion); Earl Palmer (drums, tambourine); Ed Thigpen (drums, percussion); Ron Edgar (drums, background vocals); Ted Bluechel, Danny Wagner, David Getz, Manuel Mosqueda, Kevin Kelley , Dewey Martin, Don Murray , Larry Walker, Ed Cassidy, Mike Astor, Larry Brown , Bill Schnetzler, John Vidican, Bobby Donaho, Rick Andridge, Dalton Powell, Steve Lagana, Jeff Salisbury, Dick Dodd, Elliott Franks, Hal Blaine, Frank DeVito , Ed Mikelick, Danny Lamont, Joel Larson, Randy Wimer, Pug Baker, Fast Eddie Hoh, Ron Bushy, Terry Hand, John Densmore, John French , Michael Clarke , Toxey French, John Ware, Jim Voigt (drums); Frank Capp, Gene Estes (timpani, percussion); Max Gralnick (bells); Marshall Lieb (chimes); Bob Tebow, Bob Zwirn, Mitch Gordon, Mike Port, Jerry Penrod, Al Capps, Randy Fuller, Don Glut (background vocals). | |
| Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Andrew Sandoval. | |
| Recording information: American Recording, Studio City, CA; Annex Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Audio Arts, Los Angeles, CA; Capitol studios, Los Angeles, CA; Columbia Square, Los Angeles, CA; Del-Fi Studios, Los Angelels, CA; Eldorado Studios, Hollywood, CA; Gary S. Paxton Sound Services, Los Angeles, CA; Gold Star, Los Angeles, CA; Gold State Recorders, San Francisco, CA; HR Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Jewel Theater, Los Angeles, CA; Nashville West Los Angeles, CA; Original Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; RCA Studio B, Los Angeles, CA; RCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sun West Recordings, Los Angeles, CA; Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; T.T. & G, Los Angeles, CA; United Recorders, Studio B, Los Angeles, CA; Vault Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Western Recorders Studio 1, Los Angeles, CA; World Pacific Studios, Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Photographer: Andrew Sandoval. | |
| Arrangers: Donald Peake; Gary Usher; George Tipton; Dan Dalton; Harold Battiste, Jr.; Ian Freebairn-Smith; Jack Nitzsche; Jimmie Haskell; Al Capps; Larry Marks; Lee Hazlewood; Randy Newman; Arthur Lee; Billy Strange. | |
| WHERE THE ACTION IS! LOS ANGELES NUGGETS: 1956-1968, Rhino's 2009 sequel to their 2007 Nuggets box LOVE IS THE SONG WE SING, shifts the spotlight down the California coast, moving from the epicenter of the hippie universe in San Francisco to hipsville central in Los Angeles, the land where fringe-wearing folk-rockers strolled down the Sunset Strip alongside studio cats on the make. Both groups of hipsters are equally well-represented on WHERE THE ACTION IS!, along with the teens raising a ruckus out in the suburbs and the stars who stretched out, all based on the sounds they heard coming from the Strip, the section of Sunset that serves as the fulcrum for this entire set. The compilers focus on a brief time, the four-year stretch from 1965 to 1968, wh | |
Producer: Cheryl Pawelski; Chip Douglas; Curt Boettcher; Danny Hutton; Barry de Vorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.; Dave Hassinger; Ed Cobb; Eddie Davis; Larry Brown; George Radford; Doug Brown and the Omens; Dan Bourgoise; Gabriel Mekler; Gary Klein; Gary Usher; George Ti |
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Engineer: Chuck Britz; Dave Hassinger; Don Thompson Quartet; Eddie Brackett; "Doc" Siegel; James Hilton; Hank Cicalo; John Haeny; Kearney Barton; Larry Levine; Ami Hadani; Paul Buff; Rafael O. Valentin; Richard Delvy; Richie Podolor; Roy Halee; Armin Steiner; Stan |
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Technical Info
| Release Date : 09/22/2009 | |
| Original Release Date : 2009 | |
| Catalog ID : 519759 | |
| Label : Rhino | |
| Number of Discs : 4 | |
| Studio/Live : Studio | |
| Mono/Stereo : Stereo | |
| SPAR Code : n/a | |
| UPC : 00081227985868 |
Professional Reviews
Spin (p.86)
- "[T]his thematically organized, exhaustively annotated four-CD box is a portable riot on the Sunset Strip."
- "[T]his thematically organized, exhaustively annotated four-CD box is a portable riot on the Sunset Strip."
Q (Magazine)
(p.111)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The collection] makes a cast iron case for mid-'60s LA as a hotbed of creativity and weirdness."
(p.111)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The collection] makes a cast iron case for mid-'60s LA as a hotbed of creativity and weirdness."
Record Collector (magazine)
(p.101)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "[This focuses] on LA's Sunset Strip as epicentre of an inestimably influential scene, presenting 101 tracks which range from fascinating to downright mindblowing..."
(p.101)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "[This focuses] on LA's Sunset Strip as epicentre of an inestimably influential scene, presenting 101 tracks which range from fascinating to downright mindblowing..."

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