Roots Of Mod (CD)

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54 tracks across 2 discs.

Long before Mod reached the masses, circa 1964, there existed 'Modernists', a central London cult that pre-empted the dress sense in constant flux. Everything had to be just so: back vents precisely seven inches once week, exactly five the next. At Soho's open-all-night Flamingo one Saturday, you had to be electric-blue Italian. Go back the following Thursday, and it'd be Parisian.

It was these same early harbingers of sartorial elegance who drew-up the blueprint for the sonic delights that continue to dominate mod-culture half a decade after it emerged. The charts - then known as 'the hit parade' - was snobbishly dismissed in favour of modern jazz, early soul cuts, brutish R'n'B, and even the odd 'girl-group', the earliest examples of which (at least under any hip leaning of the term) were just emerging when the pioneers of this new-movement were still on target practice.

This compilation - augmented with extensive sleevenotes - brings together an impressive 54 tracks that illustrate perfectly what got the younger siblings of the first rock & roll generation onto the dance floors. With classics of the genre rubbing shoulders with obscure gems and old school ties co-existing with the future sounds of London, a finer collection of the roots of the most enduring of all British youth cults can barely be envisaged.

Track Listing

Disc 1:
  • The Sunset Four Jubilee Singers - Wade In The Water
  • Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time
  • James Moody - Moody's Mood For Love
  • Joe Liggins And His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne
  • Buddy Morrow - Night Train
  • Juliette Greco - Je Suis Comme Je Suis
  • Earl Bostic - Flamingo
  • Otis Blackwell - Daddy Rolling Stone
  • Ray Charles - Get On The Right Track
  • The Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Walkin' Shoes
  • Bo Diddley - I'm A Man
  • Modern Jazz Quartet - Django
  • James Brown - Please Please Please
  • Shirley and Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
  • Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollipop
  • Muddy Waters - I Love The Life I Live
  • Mose Allison - Parchman Farm
  • Laurel Aitken - Nebuchadnezzar
  • Doris Day - Everybody Loves A Lover
  • Huey ‘Piano’ Smith - Don't You Just Know It
  • Andy Williams - House Of Bamboo
  • Ike Turner’s Kings Of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run Cold
  • Rosco Gordon - Just A Little Bit
  • Lambert, Hendricks And Ross - Gimme That Wine
  • Horace Silver - Sister Sadie
  • Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For You Precious Love
Disc 2:
  • Dave Brubeck - Blue Rondo A La Turk
  • Ray Charles - What'd I Say
  • Googie Rene - Caesar's Pad
  • Nat Adderley - Work Song
  • The Isley Brothers - Respectable
  • The Top Notes - Twist and Shout
  • Owen Gray - Cutest Little Woman
  • Bill Black’s Combo - My Girl Josephine
  • Ann Cole - Plain As The Nose On Your Face
  • Eric Morris And His Drumbago All-Stars - Humpty Dumpty
  • James Brown - I Don't Mind
  • Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step
  • Phil Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down Part 1 & 2
  • Ike and Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine
  • Teddy Randazzo - Let The Sunshine In
  • The Coasters - Little Egypt
  • Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland - Turn On Your Love Light
  • Don Covay - Pony Time
  • Barbara George - I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
  • The Dave Clark Five - Chaquita
  • The Shirelles - Baby Its You
  • Billy Preston - Volcano
  • Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
  • The Dukays - Nite Owl
  • James Booker - Gonzo

Additional Details

Label: Chrome Dreams

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 158 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/09/11

UPC: 823564619729

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