Night Comes Down: 60 British Mod R&B Freakbeat Night Comes Down: 60 British Mod R&B Freakbeat CD

Three CD set. This release follows previous collections Looking Back (2011) and Keep Lookin' (2014), which ran the gamut of musical styles which emanated from the UK, diverse and yet united in their dancefloor appeal, from the discotheques of the day to nouveau Mod clubs in the 21st century. Many tracks make their official debut on CD, including rarities by The Gnomes Of Zurich, Kevin 'King' Lear, Dominic Grant, The Shadrocks, The Reaction, Al Saxon, The Hammers, etc. In addition, 'Cypress' by The Truth is a previously unissued variant of Donovan's 'Hey Gyp'. Familiar names (The Spencer Davis Group, Laurel Aitken, The Moody Blues, Arthur Brown) are joined by cult favourites (John's Children, Mickey Finn, The Bo Street Runners) and relative unknowns (Five's Company, The Second Thoughts). Across the three CDs, Night Comes Down charts the development of beat music in it's various guises, from the gutsy yet jazzy R&B which opens Disc 1 through to horn-laden Brit Soul (Norma Lee, The Brothers Grimm), fuzz-laden Freakbeat (Favourite Sons, The Tomcats, The In Crowd), Femme Pop (Twiggy, Twinkle), and groovy Loungecore (courtesy of Mark Wirtz and Les Reed's British Lion Orchestra). Disc Three reflects the influence of Psychedelia, as Swinging London became multi-colored, with assorted treats from The Alan Bown, The Mike Stuart Span and The Spectrum, with some unlikely Mod-ish discoveries by "hairy" bands such as The Deviants and Fat Mattress.

1. Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean) - Lita Roza 2. I Need Your Loving - Ronnie Jones ; the Night-Timers 3. Baby, Don?T Do It - Laurel Aitken 4. Taboo Man - Alexis Korner?S Blues Incorporated 5. Pills - Mickey Finn ; Blue Men 6. Work Song - James Royal 7. Seventh Son - the Second Thoughts 8. Comin? Home Baby - the Mark Wirtz Orchestra ; Chorus 9. It?S a Lie - Philip Goodhand-Tait ; the Stormsville Shakers 10. And I Do Just What I Want - the Bo Street Runners 11. And My Baby?S Gone - the Moody Blues 12. Like That - Mike Cotton Sound 13. Gonna Make a Woman of You - a Band of Angels 14. She?S a Girl - the Attraction 15. It?S Alright - the Rocking Vickers 16. Ready, Steady - the Clockwork Oranges 17. Can You Hear Me - Can You Hear Me ? the Cymbaline 18. A Tu Vera - the Tomcats 19. I Ain?T Got You - Five?S Company 20. The Snake - Kevin ?King? Lear 21. Jugger Tea - Oliver Bone 22. Don't That Beat Them All - Just Five 23. No Other Baby - Chad ; Jeremy 24. Gotta Get Through to You - Eden Kane 25. Big Fat Spider - Heinz 26. You're Gonna Get Your Way - Glenda Collins 27. What Am I Doing Here with You - Twinkle 28. Rolling on - Norma Lee 29. The Other Side of Love - the Caravelles 30. Time Is on My Side - Four + One 31. Night Comes Down - Mickey Finn 32. Short Change - Spencer Davis Group 33. Big Bare Beat - the British Lion Orchestra 34. Phone Me - Robb and Dean Douglas 35. My Love - Ronnie Jones 36. The Society for the Protection of Love - the Stormsville Shakers 37. What?S Her Name - Guy Darrell 38. Count Me Out - Kevin ?King? Lear 39. Can?T Stop Talkin? About My Baby - Mike Patto 40. Soul Serenade ? the Mike Cotton Sound - the Mike Cotton Sound 41. Knock on Wood ? Oliver Bone - Oliver Bone 42. Just One More Chance ? the Outer Limits - the Outer Limits 43. Don?T Stop Girl - Dominic Grant 44. When I Think of You - Twiggy 45. Yeh Yeh - the Mark Wirtz Orchestra ; Chorus 46. That Driving Beat - the Favourite Sons 47. Blow Up - the in Crowd 48. Party Line - the Attraction 49. Arthur Green - Andy Ellison 50. Cypress (Previously Unissued) - the Truth 51. Sink or Swim - Circus 52. She Was Really Saying Something - Doc Thomas Group 53. Take Me for a Little While - Rusty Harness 54. Baby and Me - the Hammers 55. Going Going Gone - Mike Hurst ; Mike D?Abo 56. There Is - the Shadrocks 57. Afrodisiac - the Web 58. Falling in Love with You - the Reaction 59. East Side 628 - Al Saxon 60. A Man Needs Love - the Brothers Grimm 61. Girl on a Motorcycle - the British Lion Orchestra 62. The Eagle Flies on Friday - the Exceptions 63. London Bridge Is Coming Down - the Spectrum 64. Elevator - Grapefruit 65. Peacock Dress - Sun Dragon 66. Looking Towards the Sky - Davey Payne ; the Medium Wave 67. Violin Shop - the Alan Bown 68. Remember the Times - Mike Stuart Span 69. Hold on - Rupert?S People 70. Give What You Take (Demo) - the Lomax Alliance 71. Second Fiddle - the Gnomes of Zurich 72. I?Ve Got Money - the Crazy World of Arthur Brown 73. Come and Play with Me in the Garden - John?S Children 74. Fire in the City - the Deviants 75. Sunshine Superman - Big Jim Sullivan - Big Jim Sullivan 76. Tomorrow Never Knows - the Mirage - the Mirage 77. Flowers Are Flowering (Demo) - the 23rd Turnoff 78. Mr. Universe - Episode Six 79. I Don't Mind - Fat Mattress 80. How Do You Feel - Sounds Incorporated 81. Infatuation - the Secrets 82. Call Me Lightning - the Good Vibrations 83. Mae West - Ken Moule?S London Jazz Chamber Group 84. Pumpkin Mini - Katch 22 85. Einer Kleiner Miser Musik - Tony Rivers ; the Castaways 86. Thank You Baby for Coming - the Matchmakers 87. The Meaning of Love - Putney Bridge