Rubble is a 20-volume collection of compilation albums
of mostly late-1960s British psychedelic rock compiled by Bam-Caruso Records
The
first volume was created in 1984, and the series was completed in 2002
(and later, the New Rubble series has begun). Rubble is one of the
first series of compilation albums of psychedelic rock, freakbeat,
rhythm and blues, garage rock and beat music of the mid to late 1960s
in the United Kingdom. It predated similar compilation series, such as
the English Freakbeat series, which AIP Records started in 1988.
The
name "Rubble" is influenced by the title of the seminal Nuggets double
LP, and resembles the titles of several similar compilation series,
such as the Pebbles series, Boulders series and Rough Diamonds series.
Most of the bands on these albums were not commercially successful,
such as the Glass Menagerie, Wonderland and Wild Silk. However, the
albums also include a few better-known bands, such as Tomorrow, The
Poets, The Pretty Things and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.