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