Leírás
Garage Rock, 1980s Retro Mod, Psych-Mod, Indie Rock,
2022-es válogatás album, CD újra nyomás, 2023.
„Wardour Dreams” is a compilation of both of MOD FUN‘s 1980’s Vinyl LPs, remastered and for the first time available as full albums on CD. This collection of songs represents the bulk of studio recordings by „New Jersey’s Original 80’s Retro-mod band,” who were among the most popular of the handful of east-cost acts in the early 1980’s retro-rock movement based in the „NYC cave-stomp” scene; which would eventually come to be known as the „underground garage” sound. Based around the club „The Dive,” where MOD FUN gigged monthly, alongside many other gigs at CBGB, SNAFU, Firefly, DIRT and the Peppermint Lounge.
MOD FUN also ventured out to California very early in their career (1984) and absorbed the stylistic influences of the brand new „Paisley Underground” sound within their tight „UK psyche” compositions. Many gigs at San Francisco’s The Mab and Berkeley Square; LA’s Madame Wongs and Cavern Club, as well as San Diego’s Club Zu and Rock Palace. „90 Wardour Street” (released in 1985) was their debut 12-inch and exhibits MOD FUN‘s flair for American Garage sounds slammed right up against their infatuation with UK Psyche-Mod-R&B material like The Creation, Syd’s Pink Floyd, The Eyes, The Action, Zombies, Kinks and (even) early Who.
You can’t listen to these 8 original songs and not get hooked by the depth of the many classic influences in their sound … 90 Wardour Street plays like a „case history” of 60’s retro music… For „Dorothy’s Dream” the band dipped even further into the Californian „Paisley Underground,” (after their 2 tours of that state,) and their immersion in the „American Indie” sound, including more influences like Big Star and The Nazz now sitting alongside their continued Anglophilic love of UK psyche and pop like The Move, Syd Barrett, Buzzcocks and their original initial inspiration The Jam. By the time „…Dream” was recorded however it was even harder to pick out individual influences, as the band had jammed so many different MOD styles.
Felvételek:
90 Wardour Street:
1 I Can See Everything 3:02
2 Tyme Is Now 1:33
3 Movin’ N Groovin’ 2:46
4 Fade to Mirror 3:37
5 We Got Tyme 2:33
6 The American Dream 1:35
7 Eyes Getting Louder 3:54
8 Minuet 20 1:51
Dorothy’s Dream:
9 I Feel 3:37
10 Turn It Around 3:57
11 Hope It’s Today 3:37
12 Think Of Things To Say 2:51
13 I Want You To Know 2:41
14 Mary Goes Round 4:03
15 Open Your Eyes 3:59
16 Half Way To The End 3:34
17 Thee Hair That You Wear 5:01
18 I’ve Got You # 3:57
*Bonus Cuts:
19* Plastic People [4-track Demo] 2:47
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