Various Artists - Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 100 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Double vinyl LP pressing. While the recordings on Eddie Piller's latest may be familiar to diehard fans of great '60s music, the story behind it will be new to many, but is well worth telling and hearing all the same. A lot of youngsters fell in love with the Mod lifestyle during the revival at the end of the '70s, but the more inquisitive ones like Eddie wanted to know more about the original fashions, the original influential figures, and most of all the original music. Step forward one Randy Cozens, eager to give the benefit of his advice. In those pre-internet days, his of choice was the letter pages of the weekly music press. His enthusiasm, his passion, and the sheer volume of missives he posted persuaded Sounds to commission Randy's guide to the music that was played in the all-nighter clubs in London's West End in those early '60s halcyon days. And so, the original Mod Top 100 was born. Eddie has taken Randy's list, and added some personal favorites from the era where original selections are no longer available. The result is 'Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 40', a new 2LP set containing 40 examples of R&B, Soul, Jazz, and Beat that you would expect to hear on the finest and most discerning dancefloors. With new sleeve notes from Eddie, and the generous support of Randy's children, Paul and Terry, this also serves as a fitting tribute to one of the most influential and important figures on the scene (as Eddie relates, when Randy passed away in 2003 there were more than 500 mods at his funeral, dancing in unison to The Soul Brothers Six and 'I'll Be Loving You').'Eddie Piller Presents The Mod Top 40', for lovers of vinyl and listeners who want an introduction to some classic Mod sounds. Both formats are stylishly packaged (of course), include new sleeve notes by Eddie, and track by track details of when each single was first released in the UK, along wi

Album Tracks 1. Serenade for Strings (Or Piano, 4 Hands) in C Major, Op. 48 Pezzo in Forma Di Sonatina 2. Serenade for Strings (Or Piano, 4 Hands) in C Major, Op. 48 Walzer 3. Serenade for Strings (Or Piano, 4 Hands) in C Major, Op. 48 Elegie 4. Serenade for Strings (Or Piano, 4 Hands) in C Major, Op. 48 Finale (Tema Russo) 5. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Thema, Moderato 6. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Un Poco Piu Mosso 7. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Allegro Non Troppo 8. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Andantino Tranquillo 9. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Vivace 10. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Andante 11. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Allegro Con Spirito 12. Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky for String Orchestra, Op. 35A Andante Con Moto - Coda, Moderato 13. The Snow Maiden, Incidental Music, Op. 12 14. Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 51 15. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 16. Pezzo Capriccioso, for Cello & Orchestra (Or Cello & Piano) in B minor, Op. 62

Double vinyl LP pressing. In 1979 as a 15-year-old Eddie Piller was perfectly placed to be at the epicentre of the Mod revival. Eddie never stopped being a mod and has a unique perspective having now lived through four decades of being intimately involved in the music that has emerged from the mod scene. In this part two double vinyl edition. Ed guides us through some of his favorite music from the scene. He guides us through a plethora of bands whose influences include The Who, The Kinks and the Jam, to sixties soul and R&B, those with an eye on psychedelia. The records have a vitality and a certain stylish swagger to them, that marks them out as mod. In the deluxe booklet, Piller has written a 5000 word note describing what it meant to him and has granted access to his own scrapbooks from his many years of gig-going from which pages and memorabilia are reproduced. Eddie Piller's Mod Revival is a personal appraisal from the founder of The Modcast, on what the mod explosion of the late 70s and 80s means to him. Album Tracks 1. The Nips - Garbrielle 2. Dolly Mixture - New Look Baby 3. The Blades- Revelations of Heartbreak 4. The Crooks - Modern Boys 5. Inspiral Carpets - Saturn 5 6. The Users - Kicks in Style 7. Untamed Youth - Untamed Youth 8. Les Elite - Get a Job 9. The Gents - the Faker 10. The Name - F*#k Art Let's Dance 11. The Scene - Something That You Said 12. The Killermeters - Why Should It Happen to Me 13. The Accidents - Blood Spattered with Guitars 1. The Fixations - No Way Out 2. The Leepers - Paint a Day 3. The Variations - Fight Back 4. The Same - Movements 5. The Kick - Stuck on the Edge of a Blade 6. Daggermen - Ivor the Engine Driver 7. New Hearts - Only a Fool 8. The Long Ryders - Looking for Lewis and Clark 9. Ocean Colour Scene - the Day We Caught the Train 10. Nine Below Zero - Pack Fair & Sq