While Supplies Last VARIOUS ARTISTS – Eddie Piller Presents: Mod Top 40 – Double Vinyl LP

While the recordings on Eddie Piller’s latest release maybe 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 platform 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 favourites 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 release 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 with its ranking on Randy’s original 1979 list.

A1. Doris Troy – What’cha Gonna Do About It

A2. Hank Jacobs – So Far Away

A3. Nella Dodds – Come See About Me

A4. George Stone – Hole In The Wall

A5. The High Keys – Que Sera Sera

A6. Betty Everett – Getting Mighty Crowded

A7. Sugar Pie DeSanto – I Don’t Wanna Fuss

A8. Rufus Thomas – Walking The Dog

A9. Joe Tex – Hold What You Got

A10. Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side

B1. Ike And Tina Turner – I Can’t Believe What You Say

B2. Chuck Jackson – Any Day Now

B3. Major Lance – The Monkey Time

B4. Inez And Charlie Foxx – La De Da, I Love You

B5. Mary Love – I’m In Your Hands

B6. The Larks – The Jerk

B7. Mitty Collier – I Had A Talk With My Man

B8. Maxine Brown – Oh No Not My Baby

B9. The Sapphires – Gotta Have Your Love

B10. Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

C1. Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Pony

C2. Jackie Ross – Selfish One

C3. The Sharpees – Tired Of Being Lonely

C4. Roy Head & The Traits – Treat Her Right

C5. Little Milton – Who’s Cheating Who?

C6. James Brown – Out Of Sight

C7. Don Covay – Mercy Mercy

C8. Darrell Banks – Open The Door To Your Heart

C9. Bessie Banks – Go Now

C10. Bobby Moore & His Rhythm Aces – Searching For My Love

D1. Phil Upchurch Combo – You Can’t Sit Down Part 1

D2. Jackie Lee – The Duck

D3. Bobby Sheen – Dr. Love

D4. The Poets – She Blew A Good Thing

D5. Little Hank – Mr Bang Bang Man

D6. Jerry Jackson – It’s Rough Out There

D7. Bunny Sigler – Let The Good Times Roll – Feel So Good

D8. Chris Bartley – Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven

D9. Toussaint McCall – Nothing Takes The Place Of You

D10. Mickey Lee Lane – Hey-Sah-Lo-Nay