Rare Mod 2
Format: CD/LP
Cat No: AJXCD/LP226
Release Date: 16.11.2009
Genre: Rare Mod
Mod is entering it’s 60th birthday and is once again growing as a cultural
force – a new generation has discovered this most quintessential of
British cultures.
Acid Jazz are celebrating with the next installment of their highly successful RARE MOD compilation series.
The east London indie has combed the attics and wardrobes of hundreds of original musi-cians and collected an amazingly broad cross-section of previously unreleased material. Acetates, demos and bona-fide unreleased songs combine on a hard hitting and commer-cially successful release.
Volume one was released earlier this year to much acclaim and was described as a genu-ine rival to both Nuggets and Pebbles. Volume two is a step up in class and rarity.
From obscure British soul (The Donnie Elbert Band and Mac Kissoon) though R n B (C Jam Blues, Parker’s Mood and The Gass Company), early psyche (The Nocturnes, The Amboy Dukes, The Summer Set) to out-and-out mod classics (The Fleur de Lys and The Richard Kent Style) – all the genres and styles are represented and many of the musicians involved went on to massive success in later years.
With mod enjoying its highest profile in a generation, from Weller and Oasis to The Last Shadow Puppets and Twisted Wheel, this album showcases a whole host of brilliant, un-discovered anthems for old hands and new converts alike.
Compiled by and with sleeve notes from Paul “Smiler” Anderson and Damian Jones.
Formats:
CD with expanded booklet with 4500 word sleevenotes
Digital download
Strictly limited run of 500 vinyl albums
Distributed by Shellshock/SRD
Also available Rare Mod 1.
