{"product_id":"eddie-piller-presents-british-mod-sounds-of-the-1960s-volume-2-the-freakbeat-and-psych-years","title":"Eddie Piller Presents - British Mod Sounds of The 1960s Volume 2: The Freakbeat and Psych Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eCurated by Acid Jazz Records and Modcast founder Eddie Piller, \u003ci\u003eBritish Mod Sounds of The 1960s Volume 2: The\nFreakbeat and Psych Years\u003c\/i\u003e is the follow up to the hugely successful “British Mod Sounds of The 1960s” - a deep dive into the post-Mod scene in '60s Britain. Featuring a selection of classic\nand rare tracks, tracing the scene from early '65 to the dawn of a new decade.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven before Demon's well received 2022 box set 'British Mod Sounds of The 1960s' was released conversations were\nbeing had around a follow-up, though rather than just offering a straight if slightly diluted second volume, compiler\nEddie Piller decided to put together a collection exploring \"What the Mods did next\". Once again, long conversations\n(and the occasional heated debate) were had to ensure the quality of music and attention to detail were second to\nnone. Anything less just wouldn't be the Mod way.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe British Mod bands that had made the first half of the decade so exciting were still around but inevitably their\ninfluences had changed. No longer content with re-hashing American R\u0026amp;B, the scene split in multiple directions, not all\nof it forward looking - some hardened their up-tempo sound and gradually evolved into what we would come to know\nas Freakbeat. Others bought in psychedelic, esoteric or Eastern influences. A third strand explored a more pastoral or\nFolk based route. Simply put, songs and hair got longer.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the decade was out the choices for the discerning listener included Jazz-Rock, Proto-Prog, Whimsy, Heavy Rock,\nand Psychedelic Soul - even sounds derived from Cockney music-hall made an appearance.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume 2: The Freakbeat and Psych Years \u003c\/i\u003etracks the development of the original Mod mainstays (the Small Faces, The\nWho, The Action, The Kinks), with a generous selection of future superstars (David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Fleetwood Mac,\nJimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Steve Howe of Yes are all represented here), alongside a few artists so obscure, so\nrare, that they never got to release a record in the '60s, but Eddie has tracked down the tapes nonetheless.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStylishly packaged (of course) and including a new sleeve note by Richard Norris, author, musician, producer and DJ,\nwho worked at pioneering psychedelic reissue label Bam Caruso in the '80s, produced Joe Strummer's Mescaleros, but\nis perhaps best known as one half of Techno duo The Grid and the critically acclaimed group Beyond The Wizard's\nSleeve.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Purple LPx6 | Signed Copy.","offer_id":50388779467083,"sku":"2001606","price":139.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP | x2.","offer_id":50388780515659,"sku":"2001608","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CDx4.","offer_id":50388779303243,"sku":"2001605","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ModSoundsVol2-4cd-Packshot_5d3b050c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726348464","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/eddie-piller-presents-british-mod-sounds-of-the-1960s-volume-2-the-freakbeat-and-psych-years","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}