right Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical th ...

''The Essential Pebbles Collection'' is a series of compilation albums of obscure

garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...

and

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

recordings that were originally released in the mid-1960s. As the name implies, the series was created by

AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Recor ...

as a distillation of the albums in the

Pebbles series ''Pebbles'' is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP. Together with the companion '' Highs in the Mid-Sixties series'', the ''Pebbles series'' ma ...

and the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series that had been released in earlier years. Only two more albums in the

have been issued since the ''Essential Pebbles series'' was begun.

Nature of the music

The first volume selects tracks from the first 10 CDs in the

plus ''

Ear-Piercing Punk ''Ear-Piercing Punk'' is a compilation album issued in both LP and CD formats of obscure 1960s garage rock that was originally released on AIP Records in the late 1970s. As discussed on the AIP Records website and in reviews of the album during it ...

'', while the second volume collects recordings previously included on the LPs in the

and Highs in the Mid-Sixties series that had not yet been reissued on CD. In the first two volumes, a second CD of "insanely rare bonus tracks" is provided in each volume. No information is provided about any of these recordings except that all but 2 are said to be previously un-reissued in any form. The third volume (both CDs) features recordings from continental European bands that had previously been featured in the Continent Lashes Back sub-series within the

. Each of the volumes in the ''Essential Pebbles series'' have as many tracks as many

box set A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands ...

s: 55 in the first two volumes, and 48 in the third volume.

Discography

* Essential Pebbles, Volume 1; released as #AIP CD 1958 in 1997 *

Essential Pebbles, Volume 2 ''Essential Pebbles, Volume 2'' is a compilation album in the Essential Pebbles series. Although subtitled Still More Ultimate '66 garage classics!, not all of the recordings on the album were originally released in 1966. Release data This album ...

; released as #AIP CD 1960 in 1998 * Essential Pebbles, Volume 3; released as #AIP 1964 in 2000

External links

AIP Records — Mail Order Site

Web Radio

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Nature of the music

Discography

See also

External links

Web Radio