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Following on from the Northern compilation reviewed last month, here we have a Mod inclined collection of tracks on a CD that’s ideal for keeping in your car, or in my case next to the portable player in the garage. Kicking off with Tin Soldier by the Small Faces from my point of view this…

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I loved The Moons’ debut album, Life on Earth, from which their latest single here is taken from. As such I’ve got Everyday Heroes already but playing it for the first time in a while, immediately the simple but powerful guitar intro gets me moving. The lyrics come flooding back (the title is self explanatory…

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As someone who likes a bit of Northern Soul but not enough to be travelling the country going to allnighters (a few RSG nighters in the 80s and 90s was my thing), I am constantly amazed when another compilation arrives that I find myself enjoying. Granted the soul that gets my feet tapping may not…

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“This collection provides the listener with an overview of black American soul music which swept across England in the late 1960s,” so reads the press release. Indeed the 20 tracks here do offer an insight into the Northern Soul scene with some choice cuts that may not appeal to fans of ultra rare tunes, but…

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Another re-release from the Trojan archives and while the title may sound similar to a previous box set of theirs, we are assured that every effort has been made to avoid duplication of material included on any other current Trojan release. Featuring two CDs and 40 tracks, this albums covers the 70s and 80s, an…

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The Muleskinners are a little known R&B outfit from the 1960s who have recently had their limited work of demo sessions (possibly released as a limited single unofficially back in the day) unearthed by Acid jazz records. With a harmonica striking out throughout we start with Need Your Lovin’ and if you were asked to…

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The latest in the line of Madness album re-releases is Rise & Fall, originally released back in 1982 and now digitally re-mastered and available on CD with a whole host of bonus tracks. When it first came out I was a Madness fan and bought it pretty much as a matter of course. Our House…

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Before I start can I please draw all non-believers’ attention to the sub heading of this album, Music for Mods: Soul & Ska Sounds From The Sixties. Thank you. As a fan of the late Laurel Aitken I do already own a number of his recordings from both the 50s and 60s as well as…

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It’s not often these days that compilations of old tracks really get you going, but this double CD – part of a new series from Trojan under their Universal Music ownership – is a bit of a blinder in my opinion. Boasting ‘40 vintage Jamaican Mod favourites’ from the Trojan archives, including ‘3 previously unreleased…

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