Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969

Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969
Box set by
Various artists
ReleasedJune 19, 2001
GenrePsychedelic rock
Psychedelic pop
Freakbeat
Garage rock
Proto-punk
LabelRhino
ProducerAlec Palao
Various artists chronology
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968
(1972)
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969
(2001)
Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults
(2004)
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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 is a four-disc box set from Rhino Records, released in 2001.

While the original Nuggets compilation concentrated on the American pop and rock scene, the second Nuggets shifted its focus to the rest of the world, collecting cuts from the United Kingdom (such as The Pretty Things and Small Faces), Canada (The Guess Who and The Haunted), Japan (The Mops), Australia (The Easybeats, The Masters Apprentices, Ronnie Burns), New Zealand (The La De Da's and Chants R&B), Sweden (Tages), Iceland (Thor's Hammer), The Netherlands (Q65, Cuby + Blizzards and Golden Earring), Peru (We All Together), Brazil (Os Mutantes), Uruguay (Los Shakers), Czechoslovakia (The Matadors) and Austria (The Slaves).

The compilation was produced by music consultant Alec Palao and production coordinator Gary Stewart. The packaging includes a fully illustrated book in a box, with the design of each individual CD resembling those of the late 1960s British record labels Deram, Reaction and Immediate, and Shel Talmy's Planet Records. The liner notes are by Bomp's Greg Shaw.