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60's garage done 70's style

Robert Schell | Townsville, Texas | 09/24/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Nomads were a group with obvious 60's garage rock roots who played with a more 70's Stooges/NY Dolls kind of sound. On their best songs they're every bit as good as the Cramps or the Dolls (or better), but they did some pretty humdrum and plodding stuff as well. "The way you touch my hand" is one of the great power-pop/rock 'n' roll songs of all time, and should be in your collection. Other early numbers like "Where the wolfbane blooms" and "Real gone lover" are a gas, too. Before buying this collection, I'd only had an old l.p. copy of their first American album "Outburst," and I found some of the later material on this collection somewhat disappointing. The second disc in this set, which is all rarities, made it up for me -- lots of excitement there. It should be noted that a good number of the songs on here are covers, mostly 60's garage groups like the Sonics and Third Bardo, but also some 70's groups like Blue Oyster Cult and Hawkwind, even. Anyone cool enough to cover both "Motorhead" and "I'm five years ahead of my time" is alright by me!"

The Nomads son una maravillosa banda de segunda fila.

JL | Spain | 11/30/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Pero eso no es ningún problema si lo que quieres escuchar es rock de garaje de los sesenta tocado con la energía de los grandes grupos del Detroit de finales de la misma década -lease MC5 y The Stooges-.
Además estos dos discos incluyen suficiente material como para recoger grandes canciones, ya sean propias o versiones, y estas últimas abundan en ecléctica selección: los Sonics, Third Bardo, Blue Oyster Cult, Hawkwind, etc.
Una buena compra si ya tienes los originales que los Nomads versionaron o si te pica el gusanillo escuchando a los suecos y los buscas."

16 forever!

Johan Gesterling | Västerås, Sweden | 03/15/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great introduction...even if you got a couple of albums with this group it could be great buy...it includes some rare material of extream quality.it include covers of dictators, stooges etc."