Various - I Love To See You Strut: More '60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets (CD)

Three CD set. Eagerly awaited sequel to 2020's successful Halcyon Days, that was itself inspired by the RPM Records bespoke compilations Looking Back, Keep Lookin' and Night Comes Down. Celebrating Mod-friendly 1960's beat music with Disc One focusing on club-based sounds, Disc Two on Mod legends and disc three's groovier, more heavy and psychedelic acts. With previously unissued Mod R&B tracks from The Fingers, The SW4 and The Trendbender Band and much more. Disc Two includes Mod legends The Who and Small Faces and fuzz- drenched stompers from The Pretty Things, The Artwoods and The Downliners Sect, while on Disc Three the music gets groovier, more psychedelic and then heavier with acts including Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity, The Easybeats (with Steve Marriott on backing vocals) and Steve Ellis. Also featuring The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Zombies, Dusty Springfield, The Move, The Koobas, The Action and The Creation plus an early single B side from future super star David Bowie and early recordings from Jimmy Page playing harmonica with Mickey Finn And The Blue Men, Jeff Beck playing guitar in The Yardbirds, and future Cream members Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker on bass and drums in The Graham Bond Organization.