Sold Date: April 23, 2017
Start Date: April 23, 2017
Final Price: $29.98 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 870
Buyer Feedback: 36

You are viewing a listing for a brand new, never opened or played copy of the Record Store Day 2017 title...
Soho Scene '65: Jazz Goes Mod
November 1965: If you survey how the Mod scene looks by ’65, it seems a million miles from how it all started back in ’57. Back then it was a few of us distancing ourselves from those dinosaur Teds with their bootlace ties and multi-coloured suits. What a gas! Today there are all these ‘Mods’ hanging around Carnaby Street in their bullseye T-shirts, chevrons, stripes and even medals on their chest. It’s a different world. Being a bit older, our crowd stay away from that whole Disneyland element. We wouldn’t wear that tat for a firing squad. It’s now deciding where to go. The Scene club is now full of kids with that beach fighting mentality. The Flamingo is still good but has pretty much given up on jazz. The Marquee could have The Settlers along with The Chris Barber Soul Band. Strange days indeed. The West End hasn’t totally surrendered to the R&B crowd. On a Saturday night you can still slip in to the basement at the Phoenix in Cavendish Square and catch Don Rendell and Ian Carr blowin’ up a storm. Then on to Ronnie Scott’s in Gerrard Street around 11 to see the band warming up, and if you’re lucky it’s Harold McNair or Tubby. At fifteen shillings entry and beer at two shillings and sixpence, it ain’t cheap, but it’s still the best jazz club in the world. We’re still buying the platters that matter of course. You hit the sunlight of central London with some real beauties tucked under your arm like a copy of ‘Boiler Maker Jim’ by Terrell Prude on the Tangerine label because the flip ‘Funky Soul’ knocked you out. A smile comes across your face. It’s only a couple of weeks until the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet and the Jimmy Smith Trio appear at Fairfield Hall in Croydon. This is the life. Who says jazz is dead? 
Side One: 1. Hootin’ The Jazz Five 2. The One That Got Away Emcee Five 3. Blue Denham Dave Lee Orchestra 4. Fidel Shake Keane Quintet 5. Jeannine Don Rendell 6. Tubbsville Tubby Hayes Orchestra. Side Two: 1. I Only Want Some Chris Connor 2. Soul Sister Harold Corbin 3. Preachin’ Jazz Fred Ford 4. Mr. Kicks Eldee Young & Co. 5. Doin’ The Sixty-Eight Roland Kirk & Jack McDuff 6. Comin’ Home Baby The Dave Bailey Quintet 7. Society Red Jimmy Drew
All records dispatched by Speakeasy Records are mailed in a cardboard mailer with additional stiff padding for safe delivery.  A tracking number is provided on every order at time of its shipment.
Shipping within the U.S. is $4.00 media mail with tracking.  We also happily ship internationally.

Thank you for your interest!