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The Complete Mod Collection

The Complete Mod Collection
The Merton Parkas

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Track Listing

  1. Face In The Crowd
  2. Plastic Smile
  3. Empty Room
  4. Tears Of A Clown
  5. Hard Times
  6. Silent People
  7. When Will It Be
  8. Give It To Me
  9. You Need Wheels
  10. You Should Be So Lucky
  11. I Don't Want To Know You
  12. I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone
  13. Man With The Disguise
  14. Give It To Me Now
  15. Gi's It
  16. Put Me In The Picture
  17. In The Midnight Hour
  18. Band Of Gold
  19. Flat 19
  20. You Say You Will
  21. Dangerous Man
  22. Put Me In The Picture

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #96591 in Music
  • Released on: 2007-07-16
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

You Need Wheels AND This CD5
Yep, I admit it, I was a mod when I was 14-16, complete with parka and large Secret Affair keyhole patch sewn on the back - thanks, Mum! In fact, I still have a scooter twenty-five years later and regularly listen to my old mod records.

I always felt that the Merton Parkas got a raw deal in the Mod World, which was partly their fault for making the mistake of having the word Parkas in their band name. I know it was a pun on Merton Park (where they originated from), but still, I think that maybe held them back a little.

The Merton Parkas included two brothers Danny and Mick Talbot. Danny was the vocalist and main songwriter and Mick played the keyboards - yes, you're right music fans, the very same Mick Talbot who went on to rule the world with Paul Weller in the Style Council.

Anyway, onto what really matters, the music. This collection gathers together their singles from the debut and one true hit of sorts, You Need Wheels - written about a car, despite the many scooters on the record sleeve to other lesser known 45's, Plastic Smile (the name of their one and only album), Flat 19 and the excellent Put Me In The Picture, which bordered on power pop!

Shamefully, Beggars Banquet dropped the Parkas like a stone in the Summer of 1980 and they never really recovered. It's great to have this collection on CD and I will now wait patiently for someone to re-release Plastic Smile on CD.

If you want to get a girl, you need wheels!

the name of the "merton parkas"L.P. was.Face in the crowd5
This c.d. is one of the best from that time,the track'When will it be'dus it for me,somthing about that bass line that come,s at you.Here's the dope,if you like 'SmallHours' & you have not given the 'Merton Parkers'a go,it's time you did.