Uncut Magazine does the blues

If you haven't seen it already, Uncut Magazine has a free CD that's worthy of your attention - especially if you want to hear the sound that inspired the original mod sound of the early 60s.

A free CD titled Woke Up This Morning features 15 blues classics that inspired 60s bands like The Yardbirds, The Who, Them and The Kinks, along with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck. If you've never thought about buying a blues CD, but always fancied one, this could be the place to start. There's a feature on The Yardbirds too, offering up another reason to buy it.

It's on the shelves now, get it now while you can.

Uncut Magazine website
http://www.uncut.co.uk/magazine

1960s Rave Magazine issues on eBay

They're becoming ever-more collectable, so investing in some of the issues of Rave Magazine on eBay might be a shrewd investment.

One particular seller (cactuskay123) seems to have a number of issues of the 60s teen culture magazine, as well as a number of issues of Beat Monthly and allsorts of memorabilia of the day.

Prices aren't cheap though, although you can pick up the March 1967 issue above (which features a Steve Marriott/Crissie Shrimpton photo article) for £18 on a Buy It Now. Check out all the magazines for sale via the link below.

Rave Magazine at eBay

The Specials live CD giveaway

Yesterday we mentioned the free Specials track to download, now we hear that a full album is being given away - in this weekend's Sunday Times (12th July 2009).

According to the newspaper's website, a 12-track live CD will be given away, all the tracks recorded live at the Brixton Academy during the recent gigs there. if that's not enough, there's also an 'exclusive' interview in the newspaper's magazine too.

Which means it might be worth getting up a little bit earlier this Sunday and beating a path to the newsagents - it's certain to be in short supply.

The Specials website

We Are The Mods trailer

When we first featured We Are the Mods (the work of E.E. Cassidy), it was described as a US-based teen drama using the familiar territory of 'good girl corrupted by the bad' as well as being a tribute to 60s cult classics like Blow-Up and the early work of Jean-Luc Godard. I've just found the trailer, so you can make up your own mind.

Looking at the website, it seems like the movie is getting a lot of private showings right now in the US, with no sign of a general release or indeed a DVD release. if we hear more, we'll let you know. Trailer below.

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Win I'm The One by Horst A. Friedrichs

We've featured the book in the past and now we have five copies of I'm The One (21st Century Mods) by Horst A. Friedrichs to give away.

The book is published on 31st August 2009, the work of award-winning photographer Horst A. Friedrichs, wh has spent more than a decade recording the modern-day British mod community, travelling all over the UK, attending allnighters, weekenders and scooter cruises to take his snaps, of which 70 colour and 70 black and white feature, complete with 'real-life descriptions' of what contemporary modernism means to each of the people captured.

Want to win a copy? Follow the link below to the competition page to get yourself in the draw.

Enter the I'm The One book competition

I'm One by Horst A. Friedrichs

We usually get advanced warning of the various mod-related books that come out, but the first we've heard of I'm One (Trust In Mod) by Horst A. Friedrichs is via a pre-release piece from Amazon.

To be honest, the piece makes the book sound pretty awful, but read between the lines and it sounds much better. Skip most of the text and get to: 'Whether shot in Margate, Scarborough, Brighton, or London, Friedrich's photographs could be right out of 1966 in the way they capture the essence of Mod. This rare collection of stunning images provides a sensitive portrayal of Britain's Mod community from the past decade and a unique insight into the diversity of the contemporary Mod scene.'

So essentially a photobook of the modern-day mod scene. Which sounds just fine by us. We'll try and get a copy for review, but in the meantime, you can pre-order for £16.99 for an August delivery.

Find out more at the Amazon website

Double Breasted 1st anniversary issue

The Double Breasted mod fanzine is one year old and to celebrate, there's a couple of competitions and a giveaway of a free CD.

The first anniversary issue of Double Breasted will be on sale at The Glasgow Mod Weekender (from 25th June) and comes with two competitions, including one to win tickets to see Booker T in Perth in July, along with a free CD of 60s-inspired Scottish bands.

Of course, there's also the magazine too, which offers up club news, weekender, gig and record reviews, style and design icons, a sneak preview of Enamel Vergurin's new book, events diary and a whole lot more. You can still get issue 3 but issues 1 and 2 are almost gone, if you want the complete set, get in touch via the link below.

Double Breasted at MySpace
 

Mod Crop musical ready to open

We featured it a while back, but as it's due to open, we thought we would flag up Alan Fletcher's Mod Crop musical once more.

Opening on 9th June and only running until 13th June (so get in there if you want to see it), the musical is based on Alan FLetcher's Brummell's Last Riff novel (the first in his Mod Crop trilogy) and stars Mark Joseph in a tale of life as a mod in 1960s Britain.

Check out the website for the full background to the show and if you like what you see, it takes place at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham, with tickets prices between £13 and £22. Advanced bookings also get a free copy of Mark Joseph's album.

Find out more at the Mod Crop website

Extended Panorama Mods clip online

The Mods clip on Panorama (not to mention the Rockers one) went down very well a couple of weeks back, so after some discussion with our man at the BBC, the corporation has agreed to put online a longer version of the Mods clip.

The new version lasts just under 7 minutes long, missing just 60 seconds of the original film due to legal reasons (admissions of drug taking being the made omission).

If you want to check it out, see the link below. And to read the accompanying blig entry for the clip, see here.

Watch the extended Panorama Mods clip at the BBC website