VA - Doin' The Mod Vol. 4 - Ready, Steady, Stop! (2002)
Artist: VA
Title: Doin' The Mod Vol. 4 - Ready, Steady, Stop!
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: Castle Music
Genre: Oldies, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Mod, Beat
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:18:24
Total Size: 204/328 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Doin' The Mod Vol. 4 - Ready, Steady, Stop!
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: Castle Music
Genre: Oldies, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Mod, Beat
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:18:24
Total Size: 204/328 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. The Pan Pipers - Stop!
02. The Kinks - She's Got Everything
03. Tony Colton's Big Boss Band - I've Laid Some Down In My Time
04. The Sorrows - Gonna Find A Cave
05. David Bowie & The Lower Third - Can't Help Thinkng About Me
06. The Alan Bown Set - I Really, Really Care
07. The Riot Squad - Working Man
08. The Blue Chips - You're Good To Me
09. The Onyx - You Gotta Be With Me
10. The Truth - Who's Wrong
11. The Spectres - (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet
12. The Bystanders - My Way Of Thinking
13. The Chapters - Can't Stop Thinking About Her
14. The Montanas - Top Hat
15. The Lancastrians - The World Keeps Going Round
16. The Clique - You've Been Unfair
17. Five's Company - The Big Kill
18. The Movement - Head For The Sun
19. The Time - The First Time I Saw The Sun Shine
20. Pussyfoot - Good Times
21. The Riot Squad - I Take It We're Through
22. The Bobcats - Can't See For Looking
23. Justin & Karlsson - Somewhere They Can't Find Me
24. Young Blood - Don't Leave Me In The Dark
25. The Blue Chips - Some Kind Of Lovin'
26. Michael Leslie - Make Up Or Break Up
27. The Worrying Kynde - Call Out My Name
28. The Sorrows - I Don't Wanna Be Free
29. The Koobas - You'd Better Make Up Your Mind
30. Guy Darrell - Evil Woman
When more and more collections of half-hearted beat groups, along with the dregs from the psychdelic and garage archives, keep being unearthed (mores the pity), it makes a pleasant change to find a collection that is more or less 100% quality - the "Doin The Mod" series fits that bill. Whilst the series is now long deleted and all the volumes (with the excpetion of the first one) somewhat difficult to find, anyone with more than a passing interest in mid-60s UK music should definitely try and seek this series out.
This series is to the beat and rnb scene what "Rubble" is to the psychedelic sound; that is, the best compilation of it's kind; the tracks are by and large very high quality, most do not feature on other compilations (at least, not to my knowledge!) and the presentation (eg the sound quality and the liner notes) are second to none. All volumes concentrated on the "mod" scene - a mis-used term if ever there was one - but with a slightly different focus in each volume; this one collects the slightly more freakbeat and vaguely psychedelic sounds from this time.
As such, it is probably the least "mod" in the five volumes, but this is not a criticism; in fact, this one is probably the best amongst them all.
Whilst there are a few relatively "well-known" groups on here (at least, well-known amongst collectors of the obscure), such as The Koobas, The Sorrows and The Riot Squad, the majority of the tracks are by groups and artists who rarely, if ever, feature on compilations. Several previous reviewers have highlighted Michael Leslie's "Make Up or Break Up" as one of the outstanding tracks on the collection; for me, this one is good, but is surpassed by "Some Kind of Lovin" by The Blue Chips (one of the most seriously catchy intros if nothing more), "The First Time I Saw The Sun Shine" by The Time, "Working Man" by The Riot Squad (top class Joe Meek production) and, best of all, Tony Colton's "I've Laid Some Down In My Time". Never heard any of these songs? Then buy this CD!! You need to hear them!
This series is to the beat and rnb scene what "Rubble" is to the psychedelic sound; that is, the best compilation of it's kind; the tracks are by and large very high quality, most do not feature on other compilations (at least, not to my knowledge!) and the presentation (eg the sound quality and the liner notes) are second to none. All volumes concentrated on the "mod" scene - a mis-used term if ever there was one - but with a slightly different focus in each volume; this one collects the slightly more freakbeat and vaguely psychedelic sounds from this time.
As such, it is probably the least "mod" in the five volumes, but this is not a criticism; in fact, this one is probably the best amongst them all.
Whilst there are a few relatively "well-known" groups on here (at least, well-known amongst collectors of the obscure), such as The Koobas, The Sorrows and The Riot Squad, the majority of the tracks are by groups and artists who rarely, if ever, feature on compilations. Several previous reviewers have highlighted Michael Leslie's "Make Up or Break Up" as one of the outstanding tracks on the collection; for me, this one is good, but is surpassed by "Some Kind of Lovin" by The Blue Chips (one of the most seriously catchy intros if nothing more), "The First Time I Saw The Sun Shine" by The Time, "Working Man" by The Riot Squad (top class Joe Meek production) and, best of all, Tony Colton's "I've Laid Some Down In My Time". Never heard any of these songs? Then buy this CD!! You need to hear them!
