MP3 of the Day

Track of the Day: Jan & Dean

By Ian S. Port Tue., Jun. 23 2009 at 11:10 AM
Categories: MP3 of the Day
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I've listened to this track multiple times and I still don't understand what a "Fan Tan" is exactly. With all the drugs going around Los Angeles between 1965 and 1968, though, is it any wonder singers Jan & Dean don't make a whole lotta sense? The song is just one of many "rainbow-wrapped" ditties available on the latest Nuggets box set in the lost garage rock series, this one called Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968. A mix of sunshiney AM radio tunes, unreleased tracks (by the Doors, Captain Beefheart, the Bryds, Love), and artists that have flown lower under the radar (The Seeds, The Electric Prunes, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy) have been compiled into a 4-CD box set. Sample some of the psychedelic folk here.

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