‘THEY CALL US MODERNISTS NOW
JAZZ WAS MY THING AROUND 59/60-THEN LATER IN THE 60’S THEY CALLED US MODS’…
‘JIMMY SIMMS WAS A MOD. HE DID’NT CALL HIMSELF A MOD, LABELS WAS SOMETHING JIMMY WAS’NT INTO. WHAT HE WAS INTO WAS JAZZ. JAZZ, U.S SOUL, & RHYTHM N’ BLUES’.
SO FOLLOWING ON FROM THE PREVIOUS ‘MODERNIST TO MOD’ & OUR CONTINUING FASCINATION WITH ‘YOUTH CULTURE’
-A SLIGHTLY LOOSER MOD SCENE SELECTION-SO GET ON YA SCOOTER (OR IS THAT PONY?) AND RIDE…
PART 1.
1 BARRETT STRONG MONEY
2 THE DAYLIGHTERS-OH MOM (TEACH ME HOW TO UNCLE WILLY)
3 ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS-NO HEY PROBLEMA
4 GEORGIE FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES-ORANGE STREET
5 THE KINKS-CADILLAC
6 JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS-BREAK IT UP
7 THE PHIL SPECTOR WALL OF SOUND-HARRY (FROM W.VA) & MILT
8 RAYMOND HARPER-SAFARI
9 GEORGIE FAME-OUTRAGE
10 DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES-COME SEE ABOUT ME
11 THE SMALL FACES-EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS
12 BO DIDDLEY-YOU CAN’T JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER
13 ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS-KOZO’S WALTZ
14 ROLAND KIRK-BLUE ROL
15 THE HIGH NUMBERS-I’M THE FACE
16 DON COVAY-PLEASE DO SOMETHING
17 RICO & THE RUDIES-YEH YEH
18 VIC LEWIS & THE ALL-STARS-BEULIEU BLUES
19 VIVIAN CARROLL-OH YEAH YEAH
20 DON COVOY-PONY TIME
21 ROLAND ALPHONSO & CAROL MCLAUGHLIN-JUST COOL
22 HERBIE MANN-COMIN’ HOME BABY
PART 2.
23 THE JAM-THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD
24 THE MODETTES-PAINT IT BLACK
25 SHOTGUN EXPRESS-CURTAINS
26 CHRIS FARLOWE & THE THUNDERBIRDS-BUZZ WITH THE FUZZ
27 ST LOUIS UNION-EAST SIDE STORY
28 GRANVILLE WILLIAMS ORCHESTRA-THE PHILLY DOG
29 THE SPECIAL AKA-GANGSTERS
30 BETTY EVERETT-MY LOVE
31 MARY LOVE-YOU TURNED MY BITTER INTO SWEET
32 BERNARD PURDIE-ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MINITOWN
33 RAY BRYANT COMBO-LITTLE SUZIE
34 PRINCE BUSTER-TEXAS HOLD-UP
35 BERNARD PURDIE-TESTIFYIN’
36 BETTY HARRIS-RIDE YOUR PONY
37 SOUL BROTHERS-SOHO
38 CHIP-YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD
ALSO CHECK OUT THE ‘MODERNIST TO MOD’/‘MODERNISM’/‘ALL THAT JAZZ’ & SKA/ROCKSTEADY PLAYLISTS…