So I've been on a massive Britpop kick. The music was great because it was taking influences, from punk, mod, guitar rock, psych, and many other genres that appeal to me most, but yet this was a genre all its own, and almost every band in this era had a sound of their own. Unlike so many big genres in the last 100 years, the bands themselves defined Britpop, and Britpop defined them, but not by sounding like each other, but by their creativity and owning it. I'm still very fond of these years, and so therefore felt it would be a good post to accompany these great videos.
In 1995, Damon Albarn hosted a show on BBC Four called Britpop Now. Here was that episode broken into 12 video clips.
Blur:
Elastica:
The Boo Radleys:
PJ Harvey:
Menswe@r:
Echobelly:
Gene:
Supergrass:
Sleeper:
Marion:
Powder:
Pulp:
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Showing posts with label Mod. Show all posts
Mod Classics
Georgie Fame-Mod Classics: 1964-1966
Tracklist:
1. It's Got The Whole World Shakin'
2. Papas Got A Brand New Bag
3. El Bandido
4. Dawn Yawn
5. Get On The Right Track Baby
6. Lovey Dovey
7. See Saw
8. Soul Stomp
9. The World Is Round
10. Monkeying Around
11. Sweet Thing
12. Something
13. Point Of No Return
14. Lil' Darlin'
15. Funny How Time Slips Away
16. Preach And Teach
17. Parchman Farm
18. Move It On Over
19. Last Night
20. Music Talk
21. Sick And Tired
22. Outrage
23. The Monkey Time
24. Work Song
Check it out here @ VBR(kbps)
Rare Mod
Rare Mod Vol. 1
Tracklist:
1. The Attack - You Know He Did
2. The Shots - Keep A Hold Of What You Got Now Baby
3. Truly Smith - This Is The First Time
4. The Love Affair - Back In Your Life Again
5. The Shapes Of Things - Striving
6. The Silence - Down Down
7. The Favourite Sons - That Driving Beat
8. Steve Marriott & The Moments - Money Money
9. Doc Thomas Group - I'll Be Doggone
10. Steve Howe - So Bad
11. Truly Smith - Takin' Time Off
12. The Shots - Walk Right Out
13. The Shapes Of Things - You Must Believe In Me
14. The Silence - Cold On Me
15. The Unknown Mod Band - Can't Get None Of Your Lovin' Baby
16. The Attack - Feel Like Flying
17. Steve Marriott & The Moments - Good Morning Blues
18. The Love Affair - Satisfaction Guaranteed
19. Doc Thomas Group - Rescue Me
Check it out here @ 192(kbps)
Rare Mod Vol. 2
Tracklist:
1. The Richard Kent Style - Just A Little Misunderstanding
2. Mac Kissoon - 1000 Ways Of Loving You
3. The Donnie Elbert Band - A Love I Believe In
4. The Amboy Dukes - More And More
5. The Nocturnes - Hay, That's What Horses Eat
6. C-Jam Blues - Gonna Find A Cave
7. Chances Are - I'm Talking 'Bout You
8. The Gass Company - She's Got The Time
9. Les Fleur De Lys - Nothing To Say
10. The Summer Set - Oh Miss Stone
11. Parker's Mood - Don't Mess With Cupid
12. The Booker T's - Stupidity
13. The Amboy Dukes - You Better Find Yourself Someone
14. The Nocturnes - Night Owl
15. The Inner Sect - You're Not The Kind To Know
16. The Spartans - Lies
17. The Westsiders - Don't Lie To Me
18. Les Fleur De Lys - I Walk The Sands
19. Dave Anthony's Moods - See My Soul
Check it out here @ 192(kbps)
Dig The New Breed
Amazing modern Funk/Soul compilation released by Acid Jazz Records. I'd post a link if I could find where to purchase it, vut I've had no luck in finding it yet. Such a great listen, so I highly recomend checking this one out, and then trying to pick up a copy.
Various Artists - Dig The New Breed (Acid Jazz)
Tracklist:
1. Smoove – The Revolution Will Be Televised
2. Twisted Tongue – Got A Really Good Thing
3. Pleasure Beach - Smells Like Teen Spirit
4. The Third Degree - Mercy
5. Andy Lewis & Paul Weller- Are You Trying To Be Lonely
6. Jess Roberts & Smoove – Coming Back
7. Missing- Three Black Bros (PPO - mix)
8. LeLeo - Ella Briga Comigo
9. Grand Union – Jane Jane
10. Jinrai – Someplace Else
11. Andy Lewis – One By One
12. Lord Large - Stuck In A Wind Up
13. Steve Marriott and The Moments -Money Money
14. Andy Lewis – Love Is Alive In My Heart
15. PPO – Itchy Feet
16. Lord Large – Left Right and Centre
Check it out here @VBR (kbps)
MP3 Daily: The Jam-Live At The 100 Club
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The Jam-The 100 Club, London UK, September 11, 1977
1. Intro - Change my Address
2. Carnaby Street
3. This Modern World
4. Time For Truth
5. So Sad About US
6. London Girl
7. In The Streets Today
8. Standards
9. All Around The World
10. London Traffic
11. Heatwave
12. Sweet Soul Music
13. Bricks and Mortar
14. In The City
15. Back In Arms Again
16. Slow Down
17. In the Midnight Hour
18. Sounds From From The Street
19. Takin My Love
20. Outro
Check it out here @192(kbps)
Complete Introduction to Northern Soul
This new boxset from Universal compiled by Wigan Casino DJ Russ Winstanley, it's a four-disc set, each with its own theme - Motown Memories, Motown's Hidden Nuggets, Northern Floorshakers and Northern Anthems. For the serious collector, there's probably little new - although some tracks have made it out of the Motown archives for the first time. But for the less obsessive, it promises a mix of dancefloor staples and rare gems from the 60s to the present day - yes, even Frank Popp makes an appearance.
Disc One: Motown Memories
1. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 3:08
2. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Just Walk In My Shoes 2:24
3. Marvin Gaye - Little Darling (I Need You) 2:46
4. Chris Clark - I Want To Go Back There Again 2:39
5. The Detroit Spinners - I’ll Always Love You 2:43
6. Four Tops - I’ll Turn To Stone 2:28
7. The Supremes - There’s No Stopping Us Now 2:57
8. The Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You 2:27
9. Kim Weston - Helpless 2:42
10. The Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding 2:43
11. Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons - The Night 3:21
12. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - I Ain’t Going Nowhere 3:32
13. Earl Van Dyke & The Motown Brass - 6 By 6 2:20
14. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Whole Lot Of Shakin’ In My Heart
15. R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House 2:26
16. The Isley Brothers - Tell Me It’s Just A Rumor Baby 2:56
17. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run 2:56
18. San Remo Golden Strings - Festival Time 2:31
19. J.J. Barnes - Real Humdinger 2:35
20. Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Alright) 2:53
21. The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ 2:29
22. The Marvelettes - I’ll Keep Holding On 2:28
23. The Detroit Spinners - What More Could A Boy Ask For 3:12
24. Brenda Holloway When I’m Gone 2:08
25. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - California Soul 2:48
Disc Two: Motown’s Hidden Nuggets
1. The Velvelettes - Ain’t No Place Like Motown 3:19
2. Gladys Knight - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ 3:26
3. Frankie Valli - Thank You 3:32
4. Tammi Terrell - Tears At The End Of A Love Affair 2:57
5. The Contours - Baby Hit And Run 3:01
6. Four Tops - Have A Little Faith 2:48
7. Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet 2:10
8. Kiki Dee - The Day Will Come Between Sunday
9. David Ruffin - You Can Come Right Back To Me 3:04
10. The Sisters Love - I’m Learning To Trust My Man 3:13
11. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Baby (Don’t You Leave Me) 3:08
12. The Isley Brothers - My Love Is Your Love (Forever) 3:09
13. Brenda Holloway - Think It Over
14. The Originals - Suspicion 3:07
15. Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart Of Mine
16. Tammi Terrell - I Gotta Find A Way To Get You Back 2:59
17. Edwin Starr/Blinky - I See A Rainbow 2:29
18. The Isley Brothers - Why When Love Is Gone 2:33
19. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - One Way Out 2:34
20. Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) 2:21
21. Debbie Dean - Why Am I Lovin’ You 2:46
22. Edwin Starr - I Have Faith In You 2:18
23. Brenda Holloway - All I Do Is Think About You 2:54
24. Edwin Starr - If My Heart Could Tell The Story 2:27
25. Martha Reeves - No One There 3:30
Disc Three: Northern Floorshakers
1. The Tams - Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me 2:25
2. Holly St James That’s Not Love 2:21
3. Earl Jackson - Soul Self Satisfaction Demo Version 2:24
4. Barbara Randolph - I Got A Feeling 3:03
5. The Dalton Boys - Take My Hand 2:52
6. Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks A Rose 2:44
7. Bobby Hebb - Love, Love, Love 2:52
8. Prophets - I Got The Fever 2:54
9. William Bell - Happy 2:31
10. Johnny Taylor - Friday Night 0:00
11. Carolyn Crawford - Keep Stepping (Never Look Back) 2:23
12. The Supremes - Life Beats 3:26
13. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love 2:43
14. Jeanette Harper - (Pick Me Up) Put Me In Your Pocket 0:00
15. Chubby Checker - At The Discotheque 2:28
16. Bunny Sigler - Girl Don’t Make Me Wait 2:24
17. The Dells - Wear It On Our Face 3:20
18. Four Tops - Sweet Was The Love 2:50
19. Tommy Good - I’ve Gotta Get Away 2:41
20. David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love 3:18
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21. Drizabone - Real Love 3:49
22. Frank Popp Ensemble - Breakaway 3:37
23. Don Covay - It’s Better To Have (And Don’t Need) 3:08
24. Pete Warner - Just Want To Spend My Life With You 2:30
25. The Temptations (with James Jamerson) - You’re My Everything 3:27
Disc Four: Northern Anthems
1. Yvonne Baker - You Didn’t Say A Word 2:39
2. Bobby Paris - Night Owl 2:14
3. Vickie Baines - Country Girl 2:10
4. Chubby Checker - You Just Don’t Know
5. The 3½ - Angel Baby 2:36
6. Evie Sands - Picture Me Gone 3:17
7. Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe 4:13
8. Joy Lovejoy - In Orbit 2:24
9. Patti & The Emblems - I’m Gonna Love You A Long Time 2:16
10. The Lewis Sisters - Breakaway 2:32
11. John E. Paul - I Wanna Know 2:11
12. The Sapphires - Gotta Have Your Love 2:16
13. J.J. Barnes - Every Time I See You, I Go Wild! 2:59
14. The Charades - Key To My Happiness 2:08
15. Spyder Turner - I Can’t Make It Anymore 2:17
16. Edwin Starr - S.O.S. (Stop Her On Sight) 4:09
17. Sammy Davis Jr. - You Can Count On Me 2:11
18. The Funk Brothers - Aint No Mountain (inst) 0:00
19. Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over 2:38
20. Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By 3:06
21. Dean Parrish - I’m On My Way 2:43
In the meantime, enjoy this documentary about Wigan Casino done in the late 70s/Early 80s.
Paul Weller: Straight From The Source
November 3rd is going to somewhat of a Weller fest with the release of 'Weller at the BBC' which will come out on the same day in a range of formats including hardbook 4 x CD, a standard 2 x CD and 3 x Vinyl LP. You can pre-order through HMV who are offering a free MP3 recording of 'Changingman' recorded back in 1998 if you order now. To pre-order click here.
Have a look at this trailer for the set.
Win tickets to see Paul live in Madrid
Paul has now kicked off his European tour and is now in Germany for a few dates, after that it's Austria, Italy and Spain. For those of you are making the trek and coming to these gigs, many thanks for your much appreciated loyalty and endless dedication!
Talking of European dates, we have a competition to win a pair of tickets to see Paul play live in Madrid on 18th October. As well as winning two tickets, the winner will also have travel and accommodation included too. On entering the competition please make sure you are free to travel on 18th October and returning 19th October.
To enter click here.
MP3 Daily: The Clique
The Clique were formed in October 1963 by Adrian Stambach (Bass) (quitting the Cravats, a band featuring Jesse Hector) John Rowe (Lead Guitar), Trevor Roberts (Drums) and Peter Westgarth (Vocals/Harmonica), having their first rehearsals at the "Fender Club" in Kenton near Harrow, Middlesex. They were joined by John Kitchin (Rhythm Guitar) shortly afterwards.
They played the usual run of poorly paid gigs (weddings, socials and small dances)until they signed with Bob Druce Management in mid 1964 and played better poorly paid gigs. One of their earliest gigs was with their stable mates "The High Numbers" (The Who) at the Aquarium Brighton on an "All Nite Rave" in early August. They also played support for The Kinks later the same month, who were to become "stable mates" of another kind when The Clique signed a recording contract with Larry Page. They continued to play support for a while to rising bands like The Yardbirds, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, The Poets, Pretty Things until they "graduated" to being the main act towards the end of 1964. One of their "support acts" was The Small Faces at the London Cavern on April 3rd 1965, shortly after Steve Marriott had formed the group. They became quite friendly with The Who and played on the same bill several times (there is even a mention on one of the inserts supplied with The Who's "Live At Leeds" album) and on one occasion, Pete Townsend and Keith Moon came along to watch a performance at the "Railway Hotel" in Harrow Weald culminating with Keith replacing Trevor for a couple of numbers!
Another band they shared billing with a few times was The Birds and one should ask Ronnie Wood how impressed he was with their act. They made their first demo at the CBC recording studios in Liss, Hampshire sometime in October featuring the songs "She Ain't No Good". "Oo Poo Pa Doo", "Pretty Thing" and "One Kinda Favour". The disc was not recorded to their expectations and another was recorded at the Marquee Sound Studios a month later. This disc has not surfaced to date but "She Ain't No Good" was on it together with "Leaving Here". That disc was presented to Larry Page, who after seeing the band play at a gig, signed them up. The first record "She Ain't No Good" was recorded and a "B" side was required, something original. There wasn't one until Adrian said that he had written a song called "Time, Time, Time". Having shown the song to the other lads, they were somewhat disappointed and set about reconstructing it during Adrian's absence!
The record was expected to sell well (aren't they all?) but didn't. The follow up record "We Didn't Kiss, Didn't Love, But Now We Do Do" b/w "You've Been Unfair" sold even less but was appreciated by other musicians at the time. A third single was due to be released later in 1965 but an advance pressing is all that exists of that now. This was "Leaving Here" b/w "I Left My Heart In A Faraway City". There is a small footnote in that the intro to "We Didn't Kiss...." was superimposed on the Troggs "Wild Thing" also recorded by Larry Page. Between the release of the two singles, their original drummer, Trevor Roberts left the group and was replaced with 15 year old Brian Morris at Keith Moon's recommendation! Several other titbits of info exist for instance: It has been noted that Bob Dylan caught their act in Newcastle during his 1965 tour in May. The rest of their recordings were not issued until the band was rediscovered in the eighties. Dig the fuzz Records, an independent and very specialized UK label edited an LP with their complete discography (10 tracks) in 1995.
Source: Wickipedia
MP3: The Clique-We Didn't Kiss, Didn't Love, But Now We Do
Flickr Find: Rides of March
Originally uploaded by astrovine
Camera: Leica M2
This picture encapsulates everything I remember about Mods while growing up in the 80s. My older brother was a 3rd wave Mod revivalist and a part of San Diego's Jett Set Scooter Club. There always seemed to be 3 or 4 Vespas or Lambrettas parked in our driveway, adorned with a disproportionate amount of chrome, lights and mirrors. His crew would do rallies up and down California and would always come back with tales of riding on acid, and catching the power-pop,ska and soul bands of the time such as The Key, The Untouchables, Infantry, and Sons of Liberty. At the time I had no idea how much direct and in-direct influence his lifestyle would have on me. Long live two-stroke smoke...and always keep the faith.
Flickr Find: London: Before The Ride
Before the Rideout
GS in Brighton
Originally uploaded by T. McG
Being a scooterist, I am taken back by these photos. I am seldom lucky enough to see or either be grouped with a line of other beautiful vintage scoots, and even less chance since Terence's scoot was nabbed by some hoods and thrashed before its return.
I roam these streets alone.
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