It's a new year, children, and so let us start 2008 on a properly groovy note.
To facilitate the cosmic process, I, bitterandrew guru-andrew, have assembled a modest playlist of mod-tastic treasures for your aural enjoyment. Drink deep and let the music set you free.
Alan Moorehouse - Beatcoma (from Let's Boogaloo!, Vol. 3, 2007) - This happening bit of vintage library music is the current frontrunner in the "music I would use for my personal theme when I become dictator of the world" stakes. If you want a picture of that future, imagine a pair of go-go boots doing the frug on a human face — forever.
The Beat Chics - Now I Know (from The Beat Scene, 1998) - An all-female outfit that were contemporaries of (and toured with) a slightly better-known Liverpool quartet with a similar name.
Ennio Morricone - Valmont's GoGo Pad (from the Danger: Diabolik OST, 1968) - I *heart* Danger: Diabolik, and Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for the film is a major factor behind that sentiment.
Camera Obscura - Happy New Year (from Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi, 2001) - This indie pop gem is the only contemporary track in today's featured selections, but it does have a decidedly retro tilt to it while being contextually appropriate, as well.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
I know just where I stand
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4 comments:
What a modtastic grab bag of goodies. Love the Decca Originals series. Have you got the Rhythm & Blues and Blues collections? Both are stomping comps. Would also recommend Terry Rawlings mighty Mod reference book.
http://www.amazon.com/Mod-British-Phenomenon-Terry-Rawlings/dp/0711968136.
Here's to another year on AT.
PS My choice for a Mondo national anthem would be The Zodiac - David Lindup
Available on Sound Gallery Vol. 2
Thanks, PM.
Oddly enough, I have Sound Gallery v2 in my current listening queue. I imagine there would be a lot of car chases though the streets of Milan in the Mondo Nation.
I love the Decca Original series a lot, though I have yet to obtain the entries you mention. I will have to rectify that, and nab myself a copy of Rawling's book, as well.
thank you for the groovy tunes & a keen new year to you!!!
xxx.
"If you want a picture of that future, imagine a pair of go-go boots doing the frug on a human face-—forever."
LOL. That's freakin' hillarious man!
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