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20 Original Mod Classics by Various Artists (CD, 2004)

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Title: 20 Original Mod Classics. Style: Mod. Artist: Various Artists. Edition: Album. Format: CD. Condition: New. Record Label: Music Club. No Of Discs: 1.

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Record LabelMusic Club International Records U

UPC5014797295575

eBay Product ID (ePID)20050159321

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2004

GenreRock

Run Time53 Mins 30 Seconds

ArtistVarious Artists

Release Title20 Original Mod Classics

Additional Product Features

DistributionPhantom Import Distributi

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia

Additional informationThere's no shortage of "mod"-identified music collections out there, running the gamut from the most predictable, superficial assembly of cuts associated with Swinging London to compilations that really get behind and inside the tastes of those who were the real mods. This release from Music Club mostly fits into the second category, though it's not without its problems. On the plus side, there are liberal dollops of American soul interspersed with some of the most unselfconsciously punked-out homegrown tracks to come out of mid-'60s England. The Who are not represented, but the Creation and their "My Generation"-ish "Biff Bang Pow" are here, along with the Small Faces' studio rendition of "All or Nothing," the Yardbirds' "Over Under Sideways Down," and the Action's "Something Has Hit Me." The sound is excellent -- you can practically hear the action on the drums on Martha & the Vandellas' "Dancing in the Street" -- and the annotation is thorough, tracing the roots of the "mod" movement to the introduction of bebop and modern jazz to England after World War II. Oddly enough, though, there's also a built-in contradiction between the notes and the content here -- though most of the music is drawn from that three-year period from 1964 through 1967 when the mods were taken seriously, some also comes from long after and far afield. To be fair, with the possible exceptions of "She's About a Mover" by the Sir Douglas Quintet and Erma Franklin's "Light My Fire" (which is great but dates from 1970), everything here is justified in terms of chronology or sound, but it's surprising the makers had to reach that far to fill out this disc. ~ Bruce Eder

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo