If you liked LA Burnout, you will love these: The LA Gemstones Compilations – Parts One and Two. Comprised of ten discs (total) I caught wind of these two collections last summer with the release of their ‘Rock Box’ comp working backwards to the ‘Pop Box’. Both present an exhaustive overview of the music emanating out of Los Angeles at the time, roughly 1964- 69
As I mentioned in 2010, some of the strongest / most interesting compilations, box sets, what-have-you that I’ve come across over the past few years have been of the fan-made, unofficial, bootleg variety. In that regard LA Gemstones is at the top of the heap.
UPDATE: Looks like a number of the links in the original post are dead, SO please go here to download instead (see comment thread here for the details). – AD
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Does anyone have an active link to the L.A. Gemstones: The Pop Box? It appears the download on the linked page is currently down.
1 | Patrick December 7th, 2011 at 11:18 ambe careful if you visit that site. i almost/possibly did just download a virus trying to follow those links to the set….
2 | j December 7th, 2011 at 6:34 pmThanks for the heads up, J. I didn’t have any trouble w/ the download links.
Could you elaborate per what you ran into so other blog readers can plan ahead and avoid? Any details appreciated. – AD
3 | Satisfied '75 December 7th, 2011 at 6:46 pmjust be careful with Sendspace. Said file not found, but they still left up a “click here to download” which tries to get you to download some sort of installer – stay away from that. If you can’t download direct from sendspace, don’t do it. rookie mistake on my part for even trying..
love AD though, keep up the fine work.
4 | j December 7th, 2011 at 7:08 pmIf anyone comes across direct links please post.
I Just made the mistake of downloading something called Ilivid which also downloaded a friend called searchqu that made itself my default homepage. I did add/removes to both now I’m just hoping for the best.
I’m even more obsessed with getting these comps now
5 | Brian December 7th, 2011 at 9:39 pmBrian – that sucks man. wondering if I should remove this entire post now from AD if the links are leading people to inadvertently download software.
6 | Satisfied '75 December 8th, 2011 at 12:23 amHmmm, dying to see them. Tracklisting to post?
7 | VM December 8th, 2011 at 5:37 amI found another link:
8 | Nils December 8th, 2011 at 7:14 amhttp://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6283&start=150
Supposedly a higher bitrate on some tracks.
There definitely seems to be something wrong with the original links. I am currently using the above links in the comment section and seems to be working. Thank you.
This looks like a real labor of love! Cheers to the original compiler. I have the Rhino Nuggets 4-cd box of the 60′s Los Angeles scene released a few years back and its great but this set looks like it took the idea to a whole different level. Really looking forward to digging into this set.
9 | Matt December 8th, 2011 at 8:01 amThanks again!
Nils – Thanks for verifying that those links are legit! Can’t wait to go home and snatch those up.
Satisfied ’75 – Thanks for the concern man. I definitely think adding an update with warning and Nils link would be a good idea. I don’t know exactly how malware works but there’s a chance that some people have a common piece of malware on our machines that’s somehow redirecting or exploiting the original links. Again that’s just a theory. Thanks a ton for the post though!
10 | Brian December 8th, 2011 at 8:57 amwow these are going to keep me busy for a minute…
11 | theMike December 9th, 2011 at 11:38 amI just went to the forums link that Nils posted, but I’m still
12 | BonGogh Dave December 9th, 2011 at 4:14 pmfinding the links broken. How are you other guys finding
the ability to download–I’m seriously getting bummed out
here! Please help me find the “key” to unlock these NUGGETS….
The link is still no bueno for me, but since I don’t have the Rhino La Nuggets perhaps I should start there.
13 | VM December 10th, 2011 at 5:00 amFor the Pop Box, you can also try the links given here: http://sonofzamboni.blogspot.com/2010/07/la-gemstones.html#comments
14 | Diz December 13th, 2011 at 8:55 pmIt’s where I got it, although I can’t vouch for the links being current. It’s a really, really great set. But I can’t find the Rock Box! Where is it? Does anyone know?
The Rock Box is at http://crystalsphere1.blogspot.com/
15 | Jack December 16th, 2011 at 5:51 pmGreat compilation, need to download the liner notes though, no good links anywhere….
16 | Scott Wilkinson December 22nd, 2011 at 4:19 pmGoogled “L.A. Gemstones” for the first time in a while to see where this stuff got noticed. I’ll leave it to Jason Penick to spread THE ROCK BOX, I didn’t have much of a hand in that set. Here’s a re-up of THE POP BOX, distribute as you see fit:
NOTES: multiupload.com/OIY30Z83G3
17 | Ian Zamboni January 14th, 2012 at 8:47 amDISC 1: multiupload.com/O3G1TKOE5N
DISC 2: multiupload.com/5QOQYZE55Q
DISC 3: multiupload.com/SFHHVQYDKY
DISC 4: multiupload.com/8XCVKRNRLB
DISC 5: multiupload.com/1Q3PV54KZC
anyone know where i can find these 10 cds? multiupload is dead, sendspace links are dead (and by the way, anyone who clicked on the ads, well, use your head, of course you’re going to start getting crap). . . any updates as to where these are found would be greatly appreciated (especially via mediafire or a file hoster that actually WORKS these days)
18 | dw March 6th, 2012 at 9:54 amThanks for the post. Thanks Nils for your link.
19 | Download beats April 18th, 2012 at 12:07 amAnyone have active links for the Pop Box. I have been looking everywhere for this wonderful set,
20 | reasonforbeing April 26th, 2012 at 6:54 pmGreat compilation, need to download the liner notes though, no good links anywhere….
21 | berlinhipsterfestival2012 May 13th, 2012 at 6:29 am