![]() RASCOE: And the result was one of the most influential compilation albums of all time. KAYE: Which would be those kind of songs that were rapidly vanishing under the radar or an album track that had been overlooked. RASCOE: So Kaye created a list of about 60 psychedelic rock tracks he loved from off the beaten path. LENNY KAYE: Would you assemble a list of songs for me? ![]() He had been with the label for a few months in 1972 when Jac Holzman, the boss, called him into his office with a proposition. ![]() ![]() RASCOE: Lenny Kaye to the rescue - Kaye was a record store clerk in New York City's West Village, a rock writer and a scout for Elektra Records. (SOUNDBITE OF THE ELECTRIC PRUNES SONG, "I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM (LAST NIGHT)") Stevie Wonder and Elton John and Carole King all have new albums out - and Miles Davis and Al Green and Dolly Parton. You're in a record store because that's how you chose your own music back then, and you're browsing the newest stuff.
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