Dedicated to the enduring appeal of 60s music in its various guises. 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 ‘n’ 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 Mod? Who cares?! In essence, Take My Tip is a fascinating jukebox of classic rarities.
From CD liner notes
1. Ottilie Patterson with Sonny Boy Williamson - Baby Please Don't Go (Joe Williams) - 1:48
2. Long John Baldry And Hoochie Coochie Men - Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) - 2:50
3. Duffy Power - If I Get Lucky Some Day (Duffy Power) - 2:42
4. Tony's Defenders - Yes I Do (Tony Diamond) - 2:23
5. The Manish Boys - Take My Tip (David Joner) - 2:15
6. Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds - Buzz With The Fuzz (Albert Lee, John Deighton, Ricky Charman) - 2:30
7. The Shotgun Express - Curtains (Peter Bardens) - 2:21
8. Herbie Goins And Night Timers - Cruisin' (John McLaughlin) - 2:40
9. The Ram Jam Band With Geno Washington - Shake Shake Senora (Frank Guida, Gene Barge, Joseph Royster) - 2:31
10.Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers - Strange Feeling (Bert DeCoteaux, Joseph Cook) - 2:37
11.Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Medley: 60 Minutes (Of Your Love) A Lot Of Love (David Porter, Isaac Hayes / Homer Banks) - 3:37
12.Haydock's Rockhouse - Mix-A-Fix (David Paramor, Eric Haydock, Peter Eden) - 2:24
13.Beryl Marsden - What's She Got (Bob Barratt, Len Beadle) - 2:35
14.The Roulettes - Jackpot (Bob Henrit, John Rogan, Peter Thorpe, Russ Ballard) - 2:05
15.Mike Patto - Love (Elton Dean, Mike Patto) - 3:01
16.Rod Stewart - I Just Got Some (Billy Emerson, Willie Dixon) - 2:40
17.Toni Daly - Like The Big Man Said (Giovanni Alceo Guatelli, Mario Panzeri, Daniele Pace, Peter Callander) - 2:51
18.Murray Head with Blue Monks - You Bore Me (Murray Head) - 2:11
19.Kenny Lynch with Laurie Jay Combo - Harlem Library (Kenny Lynch) - 2:22
20.Edwick Rumbold - Boggle Woggle (Roger James) - 2:48
21.The N' Betweens - Evil Witch Man (Dave Hill, Don Powell, Jim Lea, Kim Fowley, Noddy Holder) - 2:19
22.The Shadows - Scotch On The Socks (Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, John Rostill) - 2:18
23.Ben Carruthers And The Deep - Jack O'Diamonds (Ben Carruthers, Bob Dylan) - 2:44
24.Paul Williams And Big Roll Band, The - Gin House (Fletcher Henderson, Henry Troy) - 2:37
25.Night-Timers Featuring Herbie Goins - The Music Played On (Ray Smith, Tony Colton) - 2:46
