The roots of the San Francisco music scene are explored on this 1968 release from the Los Angeles based Vault label. Featured artists are the Great Society, which was singer Grace Slick's band before she joined the legendary Jefferson Airplane; the Beau Brummels, the influential folk rock group led by guitarist songwriter Ron Elliot; and the Vegetables and the Tikis - two influential surf rock bands that paved the way for the surf music craze of the sixties. Now finally available in the digital domain, all selections newly remastered.