Track Listing

1. Ottilie Patterson with Sonny Boy Williamson Baby Please
2. Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie MenUp Above My Head I Hear Music
3. Duffy Power If I Get Lucky Some Day
4. Tony's Defenders Yes I Do
5. The Manish Boys Take My Tip
6. Chris Farlowe and The ThunderbirdsBuzz With The Fuzz
7. The Shotgun Express Curtains
8. Herbie Goins & The NightimersCruisin'
9. The Ram Jam Band with Geno WashingtonShake Shake Senora
10. Cliff Bennett & The Rebel RousersStrange Feeling
11. Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
12. Haydock's RockhouseMix-A-Fix
13. Beryl Marsden What's She Got
14. The Roulettes Jackpot
15. Mike Patto Love
16. Rod Stewart I Just Got Some
17. Toni Daly Like The Big Man Said
18. Murray Head with The Blue MonksYou Bore Me
19. Kenny Lynch with The Laurie Jay ComboHarlem Library
20. Edwick Rumbold Boggle Woggle
21. The N' BetweensEvil Witch Man
22. The Shadows Scotch On The Socks
23. Ben Carruthers & The DeepJack O'Diamonds
24. Paul Williams & The Big Roll Band Gin House
25. The Night-timers featuring Herbie GoinsThe Music Played On
26. Minutes (Of Your Love)/A Lot Of Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15802 in Music
• Released on: 2007-06-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
This new series of Zonophone compilations is dedicated to the
enduring appeal of 60s music in its various guises. The period of British
music between 1963 and 1969 has endured beyond any other - and not just
because it was spearheaded by two of Pop's most timeless masters, The
Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Where British artists in the 50s had failed
to properly engage with their influences (namely, American rock'n'roll), UK
bands in the 60s successfully fused their love of U.S. black music with
other styles, charged it with a healthy dose of youthful aggression and
called it their own. That's in essence the Beat and R&B era, of course, in
a nutshell. But a quick glimpse at the credits for this compilation reveals
more: previously, serious-minded musicians shunned "pop". The R&B explosion
brought them into the fold: now, hardcore jazz musicians could be found in
the ranks of various beat combos.

Running parallel with this musical renaissance was a similarly exciting
evolution in youth culture. Mod was the catch-all term used to describe the
newly-acquired aspirant lifestyle adopted by many teenagers - with a
strongly identifiable look, the emphasis on the neat, the sharp, the
modern. Four or so decades on, Mod has now come to symbolise the era,
inseparable from the iconography of the mid-60s, and kept alive by a small
but perfectly formed scene of people who weren't even born at the time.
What's Mod? What you want it to be. Is this CD Mod? Who cares?! In essence,
Take My Tip is a fascinating jukebox of classic rarities, hard-to-find
collector's items and genuine discoveries. Take my tip - listen to this CD
and enjoy!

Customer Reviews

Take My Tip & Buy It!
And yet another 'Mod' compilation, this time from EMI's Zonophone who did a sterling job compiling EMI's French Girls. As 'Mod' dates from about 1958-66, it has no defining sound except that which is 'Modern' and therefore is always open to interpretation. Restricted to the EMI vaults (1964-67), there are, thankfully, no tracks by The Small Faces who tend to run riot over general Mod comps. Not that Take My Tip skimps on big names, Rod Stewart, Chris Farlowe, Long John Baldry & The Shadows all make an appearance. If you haven't heard The Shadows' 'Scotch On The Rocks' you're in for a treat - on hearing it for the first time on another comp I had to double check it was the same Shadows who backed Cliff. Another re-discovered gem is the big city soul belter 'Like The Big Man Said' by Southend's Toni Daly (aka Antoinette) who at 13 made her debut for Decca (see Girl's Scene). The N' Betweens' (known later as Slade) 'Evil Witch Man' is a groovy slab of nonsense that owes more to Sam'n'Dave than Screaming Jay Hawkins. Jack O'Diamonds by US actor Ben Carruthers could have appeared on a Pebbles comp - originally a poem written by Bob Dylan for the back cover of 'Another Side Of' - Carruthers wrote the music and it was later covered by Fairport Convention. Sleeve notes, dates & pics are all present & correct. Whaddya waitin' for.

Rarity
For the uninitiated, and as defining and classic as it was/is, there is more to The Shadows than 'Apache'.

Great inclusion on this album - 'Scotch On The Socks' by the Shadows. Riffs and pregressions that ooze quality and injected with typical humour (not least in the title).

Taken from the EMI compilation album (vinyl) 'Shadows Rarities' which has not (as yet) been re-released on any other format and is therefore truly a rarity.

Beryl is a godess!
I love this! But did you know Beryl who is featured on this actually has a new single out in Novemeber! How exciting - you can hear more at her website!