VA - Millions Like Us The Story of the Mod Revival 1977-89 (2014) [Box Set] MP3@320kbps Beolab1700

VA - Millions Like Us: The Story of the Mod Revival 1977-1989

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Artist...............: Various Artists
Album................: Millions Like Us: The Story of the Mod Revival 1977-1989
Genre................: Indie
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
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Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 4/8/2015

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Tracklisting
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Disc One
1. The New Hearts – Just Another Teenage Anthem
2. The Exits – The Fashion Plague
3. The Reaction – I Can’t Resist
4. Strangeways – All the Sounds of Fear (demo)
5. Sema 4 – Sema 4 Messages
6. Speedball – No Survivors
7. The Jolt – See Saw
8. The Cigarettes – They’re Back Again, Here They Come
9. The Killermeters – Why Should It Happen to Me
10. The Donkeys – What I Want
11. Secret Affair – Time for Action
12. Purple Hearts – Millions Like Us
13. The Chords – Now It’s Gone
14. Back to Zero – Your Side of Heaven
15. Squire – Walking Down the Kings Road
16. Merton Parkas – Plastic Smile
17. The Crooks – Modern Boys
18. Untamed Youth Untamed Youth
19. The First Steps – The Beat Is Back
20. The Nips – Gabrielle
21. The Teenbeats – Strength of the Nation
22. The Lambrettas – Go Steady
23. Long Tall Shorty – 1970’s Boy
24. Les Elite – Career Girls
25. Beggar – Don’t Throw Your Life Away (live)
26. The Mods – Let Me Be The One (live)

Disc Two
1. The Circles – Opening Up
2. The Odds – Saturday Night
3. Seventeen – Bank Holiday Weekend
4. The Most – Carefree
5. The Scene – Hey Girl
6. The Same – Wild About You
7. The Vandells – Bank Holiday
8. The Directions – Three Bands Tonite
9. The Chords – Maybe Tomorrow
10. Sta-prest – School Days
11. 9 Below Zero – Pack Fair And Square (previously Unissued Demo)
12. The Accidents – Blood Spattered With Guitars
13. Mi5 – Television Screen Heroes
14. Secret Affair – My World
15. Q-tips – S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song)
16. Red Beans And Rice – That Driving Beat
17. Dead Beats – Choose You
18. The Letters – Nobody Loves Me
19. The Name – Fuck Art Let’s Dance (demo)
20. The Lambrettas – D-a-a-ance
21. Squire – My Mind Goes Round in Circles
22. The Scene – I’ve Had Enough
23. D.c.10’s – I Can See Through Walls
24. Run 229 – Soho
25. The Fixations – No Way Out
26. Two Tone Pinks – Don’t Lecture Me

Disc Three
1. Small Hours – The Kid
2. Weekend – Tina’s Party
3. The Upset – Only for Sheep (previously unissued)
4. The Amber Squad – Can We Go Dancing
5. The Times – Red with Purple Flashes
6. The Heartbeats – Go
7. The Dodos – Blind to Fiction
8. The Retreads – Would You Listen Girl
9. Long Tall Shorty – Win Or Lose
10. The Gents – The Faker
11. The Clues – No Vacancies
12. The Onlookers – You and I
13. Small World – Love Is Dead
14. Purple Hearts – Plane Crash (respond Version)
15. The Stripes – One Step Ahead
16. Direct Hits – Modesty Blaise
17. The Diplomats – I’ll Keep On Holding On
18. The Truth – Confusion (hits Us Everytime)
19. The Prisoners – Hurricane
20. Fast Eddie – I Don’t Need No Doctor
21. The Jetset – Wednesday Girl
22. Dee Walker – Jump Back
23. The Way Out – Time Moves Us On
24. Manual Scan – Nothing You Can Do
25. Mod Fun – I Am with You

Disc Four
1. The Scene – Something That You Said
2. Stupidity – Bend Don’t Break
3. The Moment – In This Town
4. The Untouchables – Free Yourself
5. The Combine – Dreams Come True
6. The Alljacks – Guilty
7. Makin’ Time – Here Is My Number
8. The Co-stars – Kiss and Make Up
9. The Boss – One Good Reason
10. The Blades – The Last Man in Europe
11. 5:30! – Catcher in the Rye
12. Solid State – Train to London Town
13. Eleanor Rigby – I Want to Sleep with You
14. The Rage – Looking for You
15. The Threads – Step Back
16. The Risk – Jobs For the Boys
17. James Taylor Quartet – Blow Up
18. The Kick – Julie London
19. The Reflection A.o.b. – All I Want to Be
20. Studio 68 – Get Out of My Hair
21. The Leepers – Paint in a Day
22. The Clique – Worming
23. The Aardvarks – Arthur C. Clarke

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Spread out over four discs and lovingly packaged, Cherry Red’s Millions Like Us tells the tale of the mod revival, one of the most insular and focused music scenes to ever come out of the U.K.
Inspired by the success of the Jam, who played with all the pent-up energy of the Who and sported the dress sense of the nattiest ’60s mods, and the release of the film Quadrophenia, England exploded with bands eager to follow in the Jam’s wake, and Millions collects up most, if not all, of them.
From the most obscure corners of the scene to the bands who almost made it (the Lambrettas, Secret Affair, the Chords, Squire — each of whom get two songs), there are tons of groups made up of young lads in stylish gear looking to express their frustrations, celebrate their small freedoms, bash out ringing chords, and impress the young modettes in the crowd. For the most part, the bands involved play with enough energy and fire to obscure their obvious debt to the past, and the Jam, and the collection is filled with tons of great songs.

Split between rave-ups about scooters, bank holidays, and girls, and empowering mini-epics about the “kids” and the scene, there’s a positivity to the music that must have provided a nice alternative for people who wanted loud and aggressive music, but also wanted to hear good melodies and look smart. To that end, a great deal of the songs here share a lot with the power pop scene that was operating in the U.S. at the same time. Check out Secret Affair’s “My World,” which sounds like it could have been on a Raspberries album. There’s also a strong R&B thread running through the scene, mostly in a good Northern soul/Motown-inspired way, sometimes in a corny, overly reverent way (like the Q-Tips’ tepid cover of “S.Y.S.L.J.F.M [The Letter Song]”).

The set takes a few interesting detours here and there, gathering up some music on the fringes of the scene like L.A. band the Untouchables’ “Free Yourself,” the twee pop psych of Direct Hits’ lovely “Modesty Blaise,” the modern girl group snap of Dee Walker’s “Snap Back,” and the bubblegummy pop of the JetSet’s “Wednesday Girl.” These diversions show how far the mod revival’s reach extended, and it keeps the set from being merely four hours of bands who wanted to be the Jam’s little brothers. The fourth disc shows that this urge was very strong and long-lasting, since even by 1989 there were still bands in deep thrall to the classic mod sound, though peppered by psychedelic leanings (the Leepers’ “Paint a Day”) and early acid jazz (the James Taylor Quartet) too.

Like most box sets, Millions Like Us isn’t perfect and goes on a little too long, but overall it’s a fun, exhaustive, and inspired look back at a vibrant scene that tends to be overlooked, but really shouldn’t be.