The Mod Top 100

VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 3, 2024
VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)

VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 701 MB
4:30:24 | Jazz, Soul, R&B | Label: Edsel

Four CD set. While the recordings on Eddie Piller's latest release may be familiar to diehard fans of great '60s music, the story behind it will be new to many, but is well worth telling and hearing all the same. A lot of youngsters fell in love with the Mod lifestyle during the revival at the end of the '70s, but the more inquisitive ones like Eddie wanted to know more about the original fashions, the original influential figures, and most of all the original music. Step forward one Randy Cozens, eager to give the benefit of his advice. In those pre-internet days, his platform of choice was the letter pages of the weekly music press. His enthusiasm, his passion, and the sheer volume of missives he posted persuaded Sounds to commission Randy's guide to the music that was played in the all-nighter clubs in London's West End in those early '60s halcyon days.

VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 3, 2024
VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)

VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 701 MB
4:30:24 | Jazz, Soul, R&B | Label: Edsel

Four CD set. While the recordings on Eddie Piller's latest release may be familiar to diehard fans of great '60s music, the story behind it will be new to many, but is well worth telling and hearing all the same. A lot of youngsters fell in love with the Mod lifestyle during the revival at the end of the '70s, but the more inquisitive ones like Eddie wanted to know more about the original fashions, the original influential figures, and most of all the original music. Step forward one Randy Cozens, eager to give the benefit of his advice. In those pre-internet days, his platform of choice was the letter pages of the weekly music press. His enthusiasm, his passion, and the sheer volume of missives he posted persuaded Sounds to commission Randy's guide to the music that was played in the all-nighter clubs in London's West End in those early '60s halcyon days.

VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 3, 2024
VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)

VA - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 (2024)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 701 MB
4:30:24 | Jazz, Soul, R&B | Label: Edsel

Four CD set. While the recordings on Eddie Piller's latest release may be familiar to diehard fans of great '60s music, the story behind it will be new to many, but is well worth telling and hearing all the same. A lot of youngsters fell in love with the Mod lifestyle during the revival at the end of the '70s, but the more inquisitive ones like Eddie wanted to know more about the original fashions, the original influential figures, and most of all the original music. Step forward one Randy Cozens, eager to give the benefit of his advice. In those pre-internet days, his platform of choice was the letter pages of the weekly music press. His enthusiasm, his passion, and the sheer volume of missives he posted persuaded Sounds to commission Randy's guide to the music that was played in the all-nighter clubs in London's West End in those early '60s halcyon days.
Brian Auger & The Trinity & Julie Driscoll - Streetnoise (1969) & The Mod Years 1965-1969 (2009)

Brian Auger & The Trinity & Julie Driscoll - Streetnoise (1969) & The Mod Years 1965-1969 (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 955 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 350 MB | Covers - 82 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: SPV/Yellow Label (SPV 306222 2CD)

A 2CD set from organ supremo Brian Auger that includes the 1969 album Streetnoise, produced by Giorgio Gomelsky and featuring Julie Driscoll and Trinity, plus sixties compilation The Mod Years.
The final collaboration between singer Julie Driscoll (by that time dubbed as "The Face" by the British music weeklies) and Brian Auger's Trinity was 1969's Streetnoise - it was an association that had begun in 1966 with Steampacket, a band that also featured Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry. As a parting of the ways, however, it was Trinity's finest moment. A double album featuring 16 tracks, more than half with vocals by Driscoll, the rest absolutely burning instrumentals by Trinity…
VA - Eddie Piller Presents - British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022)

VA - Eddie Piller Presents - British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 625 MB
4:30:15 | Contemporary R&B, Psychedelic, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Beat, Mod | Label: Edsel Records

Four CDs. Demon are proud to release Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds Of the 1960s, the follow up the The Mod Revival. Featuring 100 original tracks, it's a deep dive into the Mod scene in '60s Britain. Including a selection of classic and rare tracks, tracing the scene from it's R&B roots to a soulful finale. Curated by Acid Jazz Records and Modcast founder Eddie Piller, and featuring new sleeve notes from respected author and broadcaster Paul 'Smiler' Anderson. As Eddie Piller points out in the forward to the extensive sleeve notes that accompany this collection, he chose the word 'Sounds' carefully, reflecting the variety of talent contained here, from uncool session musicians without an ounce of style in them, acts who saw an opportunity to jump on the Mod bandwagon and bands who whole heartedly embraced Mod way of life. And so this new collection mixes the Mod mainstays (Small Faces, The High Numbers, The Action, The Fleur de Lys), with a generous selection of future superstars (David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Marc Bolan, Jeff Beck and Graham Gouldman of 10cc are all represented here), and a few artists so obscure, so rare, that they never got to release a record in the '60s, but Eddie has tracked down the tapes nonetheless. "Be in with the In Crowd once more."
VA - Millions Like Us: The Story of the Mod Revival 1977 - 1989 (2014)

VA - Millions Like Us: The Story of the Mod Revival 1977 - 1989 (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 04:59:01 | 2,02 Gb
Mod Revival, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, New Wave | Label: Cherry Red Records

MILLIONS LIKE US is the first-ever box set to properly document the Mod Revival scene of the late Seventies and Eighties. Across 100 tracks by all the key bands, the story of the Mod Revival is told, from its roots in Punk/New Wave through to its commercial heyday in 1979 with bands like Secret Affair and The Lambrettas and its resurrection in 1985 with The Untouchables and Makin Time.
VA - Eddie Piller Presents - British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022)

VA - Eddie Piller Presents - British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 625 MB
4:30:15 | Contemporary R&B, Psychedelic, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Beat, Mod | Label: Edsel Records

Four CDs. Demon are proud to release Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds Of the 1960s, the follow up the The Mod Revival. Featuring 100 original tracks, it's a deep dive into the Mod scene in '60s Britain. Including a selection of classic and rare tracks, tracing the scene from it's R&B roots to a soulful finale. Curated by Acid Jazz Records and Modcast founder Eddie Piller, and featuring new sleeve notes from respected author and broadcaster Paul 'Smiler' Anderson. As Eddie Piller points out in the forward to the extensive sleeve notes that accompany this collection, he chose the word 'Sounds' carefully, reflecting the variety of talent contained here, from uncool session musicians without an ounce of style in them, acts who saw an opportunity to jump on the Mod bandwagon and bands who whole heartedly embraced Mod way of life. And so this new collection mixes the Mod mainstays (Small Faces, The High Numbers, The Action, The Fleur de Lys), with a generous selection of future superstars (David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Marc Bolan, Jeff Beck and Graham Gouldman of 10cc are all represented here), and a few artists so obscure, so rare, that they never got to release a record in the '60s, but Eddie has tracked down the tapes nonetheless. "Be in with the In Crowd once more."

VA - The Bristol Mod Explosion 1979-1987 (2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at March 21, 2024
VA - The Bristol Mod Explosion 1979-1987 (2024)

VA - The Bristol Mod Explosion 1979-1987 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 275 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 100 MB
39:21 | New Wave, Post-Punk, Mod | Label: Bristol Archive Records

This album covers the period 1979 to 1987 and features 14 tracks. When punk rock started to fizzle out and Squat Punks started to appear on the streets, many of the UK's disaffected youths had already moved sideways into Modernism and fell in love with bands like The Jam, Secret Affair, The Purple Hearts, The Lambrettas and The Chords but lets also remember our love for The Beat, Madness and The Specials. Mod was another gang culture, to some a way of life, to some it became life. The smart, striking fashion sense, the scooters, the music; (some from the 60's, soul and Motown), some from the 70's and 80's, guitar driven power pop. Wow! Mod was the real deal.

Thin Air - The Source of Dreams 1982-1984 (2024)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 8, 2024
Thin Air - The Source of Dreams 1982-1984 (2024)

Thin Air - The Source of Dreams 1982-1984 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 288 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 103 Mb | 00:44:22
Mod, Powerpop, New Wave | Label: Bristol Archive Records

Bristol Archive Records have been telling the story of the incredibly diverse Bristol Music scene for many years now. The label has focused recently on the sub-culture of Mod, Modernism and Power Pop and recently gained considerable success with their release ‘The Bristol Mod Explosion 1979-1987’. They have also released albums from the same scene by The Reaction ‘Shapes of Things To Come’ and The Rimshots ‘A Way With Words 1980-1983’. Now we turn our attention to another undiscovered Bristol band, Thin Air who featured on the Mod Explosion and the song writing genius of a would be Paul Weller, John Lennon, Elvis Costello – Paul Sandrone.

The Moody Blues - Live at the BBC 1967–1970 (2007)  Music

Posted by Rtax at April 2, 2024
The Moody Blues - Live at the BBC 1967–1970 (2007)

The Moody Blues - Live at the BBC 1967–1970 (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 515 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 331 MB
2:13:45 | Psychedelic Rock | Label: Deram

Double CD collection featuring rare and seldom-heard recordings by The Moody Blues taken from the BBC vaults which span their '67-'70 trips to the BBC's studios. Disc 1 features stunning session versions of some of the classics from their late '60s albums, while Disc 2 contains their TV appearances from that same time period, including a performance for the Tom Jones show that the BBC had lost, but was re-discovered. Features vital versions of "Nights in White Satin", "Question", "Tuesday Afternoon", "Ride My See-Saw" and many others. This release features multiple recordings of some songs, so they are listed more than once.