There has never been a more appropriate time to release UPTIGHT TONIGHT, since the late 70s re-issue of the "Nuggets" album at the dawn of punk rock. Today, bands such as The White Stripes and Hives are wearing their 60's Garage Punk influence on their sleeves, whilst the original garage 7"s going up in price all the time, through different auction sites and set sale lists.

What we have here is the cream of the crop, something for everyone: for the newcomers there are long time classics by the Sonics, Count Five, the Music Machine, and the Seeds; for the beginners there are big-money records from the Litter, the Outcasts, The Chob, Madd Inc, plus the rarest garage record of all-time (one known copy) Denise & Company's Boy, What'll You Do Then; and for the heavy collector's pleasure there are some unreleased tracks, from the Orfuns and the Soul Vendors.

Here are tens of thousands of pounds worth of records, for the price of a single CD. 26 classic tracks that never sounded better, thanks to the highest quality re-mastering allowing you to hear rock'n'roll as it was meant to be: primitive, pure, raw, and unadulterated.

This is the "Nuggets" for the 21st Century. Thank you Big Beat Records.

By Jim Lahat

Jim is one of the UK's biggest garage collectors.. To help fund his collection he is Head Of Music at BBC London where he produces the fabulous "Shake Some Action" show (Saturday nights from Midnight-2.00am). You can listen back to the show through ww.bbc.co.uk/london. Recent guests have included: Chocolate Watchband, Electric Prunes, Denise & Co., Alec Palao, Jon Spencer, Arthur Lee & Love, Kim Fowley and the Raveonettes and many others.