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Ready Steady Stop Vol. 4 - Doin' The Mod (2002)
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Length:  1:18:38
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Pan Pipers - Stop!    2:30
      2.  
      		 Kinks - She's got everything    3:09
      3.  
      		 Tony Colton's Big Boss Band - I've laid some down in my time    2:39
      4.  
      		 Sorrows - Gonna find a cave    2:26
      5.  
      		 David Bowie & the Lower Third - Can't help thinkng about me    2:45
      6.  
      		 Alan Bown set - I really, really care    2:41
      7.  
      		 Riot Squad - Working man    3:06
      8.  
      		 Blue Chips - You're good to me    3:01
      9.  
      		 Onyx - You gotta be with me    2:34
      10.  
      		 Truth - Who's wrong    3:09
      11.  
      		 Spectres - (We ain't got) Nothin' yet    2:20
      12.  
      		 Bystanders - My way of thinking    2:38
      13.  
      		 Chapters - Can't stop thinking about her    1:49
      14.  
      		 Montanas - Top Hat    2:05
      15.  
      		 Lancastrians - The world keeps going round    2:26
      16.  
      		 Clique - You've been unfair    2:16
      17.  
      		 Five's company - The big kill    2:08
      18.  
      		 Movement - Head for the sun    2:56
      19.  
      		 Time - The first time I saw the sun shine    2:37
      20.  
      		 Pussyfoot - Good Times    3:11
      21.  
      		 Riot Squad - I take it we're through    2:49
      22.  
      		 Bobcats - Can't see for looking    2:15
      23.  
      		 Justin & Karlsson - Somewhere they can't find me    2:50
      24.  
      		 Young Blood - Don't leave me in the dark    2:35
      25.  
      		 Blue Chips - Some kind of lovin'    3:11
      26.  
      		 Michael Leslie - Make up or break up    2:23
      27.  
      		 Worrying Kynde - Call out my name    2:26
      28.  
      		 Sorrows - I don't wanna be free    2:35
      29.  
      		 Koobas - You'd better make up your mind    2:29
      30.  
      		 Guy Darrell - Evil Woman    2:25
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      1. Stop - Pan Pipers
      2. She's Got Everything - Kinks
      3. I've Laid Some Down In My Time - Colton, Tony & The Big Boss Band
      4. Gonna Find A Cave - Sorrows
      5. Can't Help Thinking About Me - Bowie, David & The Lower Third
      6. I Really Care - Bown, Alan Set
      7. Working Man - Riot Squad (2)
      8. You're Good To Me - Blue Chips
      9. You've Gotta Be With Me - Onyx (2)
      10. Who's Wrong - Truth (1)
      11. We Ain't Got Nothing Yet - Spectres (1)
      12. My Way Of Thinking - Bystanders
      13. Can't Stop Thinking About Her - Chapters
      14. Top Hat - Montanas
      15. World Keeps Going Round - Lancastrians
      16. You've Been Unfair - Clique (1)
      17. Big Kill - Five's Company
      18. Head For The Sun - Movement (2)
      19. First Time I Saw The Sun Shine - Time (2)
      20. Good Times - Pussyfoot
      21. I Take It We're Through - Riot Squad (2)
      22. She Can't See For Looking - Bobcats
      23. Somewhere They Can't Find Me - Justin & Karlsen
      24. Don't Leave Me In The Dark - Youngblood
      25. Some Kind Of Loving - Blue Chips
      26. Make Up Or Break Up - Leslie, Michael
      27. Call Out The Name - Worrying Kynde
      28. I Don't Wanna Be Free - Sorrows
      29. You'd Better Make Up Your Mind - Koobas
      30. Evil Woman - Darrell, Guy

      Part 4 of this consistently high-quality series has gone against the norm by actually being as good - if not better than the previous 3. I have been a keen fan of the '60's Mod scene for years, but every tune on this album was a pleasant surprise - it's like discovering a whole new scene all over again.
      If ever there was a musical embodiment of Pop Art, 'Doin The Mod Vol. 4' is it - taking the classic '60's R&B sound of early Mod and shaking it up into the multi-coloured, exciting energy of Freakbeat, Power Pop and up-beat proto-Psychedelia.

      The series' amazing ability to avoid the usual 'Sixties compilation-fodder (except one albeit obscure Kinks number)should make this worthwile for even the most die-hard Modernist.

      And it's worth the price alone just to hear David Bowie in his little-known Mod phase, plus an early incarnation of Status Quo that will astound you! In fact, I'm off to see if Amazon has any 'Spectres' albums right now!

      An excellent selection of some harder-to-find sixties gems.

      The compilers have worked hard to find something different without compromising quality - some so-called Mod collections recycle good but very familiar material. To me this is the real deal.

      Thoroughly recommended at the bargain prices on offer. As a keen collector of British sixties output I don't know how this series by-passed me for so long.
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