Hats off to Rhino and Alec Palao for producing the definitive box set of the San Francisco Sound. They got it right, and I know because I arrived in S.F. in1966 and soaked it all up. This four CD set is really an entertaining 120 page book of photos and remembrances with music as the theme. The first CD covers the birth of the sound and features some cool early alternate versions, like “Section 43” from the Country Joe EP. Disc 2 covers all the San Jose and suburban bands, like Syndicate of Sound and Count Five. Disc 3 is titled “Summer of Love,” and is the cream of the psychedelic sound with the Dead and Big Brother. The last disc covers bands that took off in the late ‘60s like The Sons of Champlin and Blue Cheer. A real entertaining and well done set. - Joe Goldmark

Awesome 4-CD box set gives you a slew of wonderful rarities and a handful of hits that make us all feel bad that we missed out on the magical glory years of the original San Francisco scene in its full creative swing. Unless you were there…in which case I salute you. Amazing text & photos too, all courtesy of Sir Alec Palao, whom I also salute! - Daniel Tures

From the well known to the barely known.  Defi nitive examples of this highly eclectic scene. Four beautiful discs & a great book.  Deep, yet barely scratching the surface. - Marc Weinstein