The Fleur De Lys - "Mud In My Eye" (3:01)
Cathedral - "It's A Hard Way" (2:33)
The Afex - "She's Got The Time" (2:26)
Shyster - "Tick Tock" (2:43)
Dog Soul - "Big Bird" (3:08)
The Top Six - "I'm A Man" (2:25)
The Riot Squad - "I'm Waiting For The Man" (4:03)
Tony & Tandy - "Two Can Make It Together" (3:07)
Maxine - "A Love I Believe In" (2:19)
Fleur De Lys - "Brick By Brick (Stone By Stone)" (2:28)
Mike Berry - "Soul Ride" (2:48)
Richard Kent Style - "Just A Little Misunderstanding" (2:24)
Ossie Layne Show - "Sing A Simple Song" (3:30)
Graham Dee - "Mr Super Cool" (3:15)
Review: Acid Jazz top up their longstanding Rare Mod series, one of their most fervently clamoured-over compilations to have been conceived since their launch. A recent three-volume boxset set the tone for its recollection; and now, we're met with a further Best Of record, bottling the essence of the highly headsy and in-the-know series into a tighter thirteen-track compendium. Compiling the many lost classics without which there would be no 'sound' to typify the original Mod scene - a fusion of hard 60s r&b, freakbeat, soul and pop - the likes of Cathedral, Shyster, Fleur De Lys, Dog Soul, Maxine and Richard Kent Style all abound across a well-rounded quadraphonic crunch.
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