Celebrating Mod Subculture & Soul Music Across The Decades
The Bigger Picture: Friday on My Mind Part III by Don Hughes (published August 2018). Now available to pre-order. The final volume of Don Hughes’ captivating and critically acclaimed Friday On My Mind mod trilogy, The Bigger Picture is an autobiographical and visual guide to the musical history of Hounslow, West London. Presenting a dazzling array of rare and unseen …
My Mod Musical Journey – Mod Music & It’s Related Genres Over the course of time I will be including several articles discussing my musical journey of Mod. My very earliest Mod music memories and influences. All of which are encompassed under the umbrella termed Mod music. These articles will discuss this music from my pre teen years. Beginning with …
1980s Mod Rallies Cassette Tape 2 – The Lost Tapes Installment 2 After six months exactly, since I published my first article of tape 1 of my 1980s Mod Rally cassette tapes, I have decided to revisit another of those tapes. The tapes I fondly term my “lost tapes” because I had forgotten I still owned them, until I …
DJ Alan Handscombe-McGrath Talks About DJing In The 1980s At Mod Related Events, Mod Rallies & Soul Clubs When attending the 80s Mod events, the Mod rallies organised by the late Tony Class, were some of the most memorable for myself personally. Over that time, several DJs would take to the record decks and introduce so many of us to …
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Goin’ to a Happening Got the Mojo Talkin’ – Tony Beesley with Jayne Thomas On Records – Part 2 Kenny’s Records (Sheffield) & RPM (Formerly Backtrack Records, Rotherham) Jayne: “Tony, please continue with your records and record shop stories where we left off in …
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Memories Of The 1980s Mod Rallies & Events – DJ Rob Cox The first Mixcloud uploads that are certainly worthy of discussion are those of Nit3owl64, known as Rob Cox. Rob was one of the DJs whose sets I had the pleasure of listening to as well as dancing to at the CCI Mod rallies and events, in the 1980s. …
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Mod Websites & Further Reading Below are a handful of some chosen links and further reading to Mod websites, blogs and pages. In addition, if you simply enjoy nostalgia and looking back, some of these sites and articles, do just that. These relate to the Mod subculture of the 1960s, 1980s onwards, through to the current day. 1960s Mods Jack …
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This post is one which I was eager to include within the memories and nostalgia section of this site. Partly because it is one which that I knew I would enjoy writing. However in addition, one which I wanted to share with like minded individuals and friends who have requested that I post the track listings from my 1980s Mod …
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Goin’ to a Happening Got the Mojo Talkin’ Tony Beesley with Jayne Thomas on records Jayne: Tony, how about a brief introduction about yourself? Tony: I am a complete music obsessive, record addict and a writer/designer. I enjoy music, books and flexing my creative muscles via my writing, book design and associated work. The passion and commitment for these …
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Kitchen Sink Realism Films – A Selection Of Links To Articles & Further Reading Below are a collection of links to ideal reading for those interested in Kitchen Sink Realism films. This is regardless of whether you are a novice or an avid collector and viewer of these films. These articles offer a great insight into “British New Wave” cinema. …
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