Monday, March 23, 2015

The Lambrettas




































Artist:  The Lambrettas
Origin:  Brighton, England
Genre:  Mod Revival, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Punk

Original line-up:

Jez Bird:  Guitar
Doug Sanders:  Guitar, Vocals
Mark Ellis:  Bass
Paul Wincer:  Drums

The Lambrettas are an English Mod Revival Band from Brighton, formed in 1979 by Jez Bird (Guitar), Doug Sanders (Guitar, Vocals), Mark Ellis (Bass) and Paul Wincer (Drums).  Their biggest hit was in 1980, with cover version of the 1950s Leiber and Stoller song, "Poison Ivy", which reached NO. 7 in the UK Singles Chart, and follow-up "Da-a-a-ance" No. 12 Hit and in the same year, they released album Beat Boys In The Jet Age, which reached No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart.














Title:  Beat Boys In The Jet Age (Deluxe Expanded Edition) Collector's Edition  (2015)
Genre:  Mod Revival, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, Punk
Label:  Salvo
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  Beat Boys In The Jet Age:

 1.  Da-a-a-ance  (2:17)
 2.  Cortina MK II  (2:29)
 3.  London Calling  (2:20)
 4.  Poison Ivy  (2:42)
 5.  Leap Before You Look  (2:34)
 6.  Beat Boys In The Jet Age  (3:00)
 7.  Another Day, Another Girls (Page 3)  (2:42)
 8.  Living For Today  (2:41)
 9.  Watch Out I'm Back  (2:41)
10. Don't Push Me  (2:36)
11. Runaround  (2:22)
12. Face To Face  (2:48)

Disc 2:  Ambience And Non-LP Tracks:

 1.  Good Times  (3:58)
 2.  Written To Neon  (3:25)
 3.  Total Strangers  (4:11)
 4.  Concrete And Steel  (4:07)
 5.  Dancing  In The Dark  (2:43)
 6.  Decent Town  (4:00)
 7.  Ambience  (3:12)
 8.  Men In Blue  (4:41)
 9.  I Want To Tell You  (2:31)
10. Someone Talking  (4:57)
11. Go Steady  (2:55)
12. Listen Listen Listen  (3:54)
13. Cortinas  (2:34)
14. (Can't You) Feel The Beat  (2:48)
15. Steppin' Out (Of Line)  (2:48)
16. Lamba Samba  (2:54)
17. Anything You Want  (3:07)
18. Somebody To Love  (3:20)
19. Nobody's Watching Me  (2:38)
20. Da-a-a-ance (Live In Europe)  (2:36)

Current line-up:

Doug Sanders:  Vocals
Philip Edwards:  Guitar
Nick Beetham:  Bass
Paul Wincer:  Drums

Beat Boys In The Jet Age is the compilation album by The Lambrettas , was released on February 2, 2015 by Salvo, includes both of their studio album, as well as non-LP studio and live Tracks , and a 16 page booklet in Deluxe Expanded Edition, for Collector's Edition.

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