Da-A-Ance: The Anthology [Import, Original recording remastered]

Lambrettas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B00006GO6Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,854 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Go steady

2. Cortinas

3. Listen listen listen

4. Poison Ivy

5. Runaround

6. Da - a - a - ance

7. (Can't you) Feel the beat

8. Cortina Mk II

9. London calling

10. Leap before you look

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Good times

2. Written in neon

3. Total strangers

4. Concrete and steel

5. Dancing in the dark

6. Decent town

7. Ambience

8. Men in blue

9. I want to tell you

10. Someone talking

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Da-a-ance!, January 27, 2003

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Mark Ellis (Valley Village, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Da-A-Ance: The Anthology (Audio CD)

If you want the complete recordings of The Lambs, this 2-disc set is the one to buy. Unlike any of the other Lambrettas CDs out there, this contains the lot: all the album tracks, all the singles (A & B-sides): everything originally released on Elton John's Rocket Records label. Tracks are pretty much in chronological order. Insert notes good, although a few of the details are erroneous.

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The Lambrettas rode in upon the 1979/1982 revival of 1960s Mod, as inspired by the release of the movie "Quadrophenia" which itself was based on the album by The Who. With virtually no succcess in the US, The Lambrettas did manage to carve their own 20 minutes or so of fame in the UK. Ironically, their best selling hit, a cover of the old Coasters song "Poison Ivy" was a ska track, and was not at all representative of the band's sound. As this collection shows, they were essentially, for want of a better term, a power pop band, and sometimes showed a hint of their R 'n' B roots.

5.0 out of 5 stars Beat Boys in the Jet Age, November 24, 2009

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Flashfilms (burbank, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Da-A-Ance: The Anthology (Audio CD)

Awesome to hear these classics again. Now where did I put my narrow tie and winklepickers?

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Anthology!, January 27, 2009

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Pepper Berry "Pepper" (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Da-A-Ance: The Anthology (Audio CD)

For anyone who is a fan of The Lambrettas to anyone who is seeking an introduction into the Mod scene of the 80s this is the perfect CD. Fans of The Jam and the like will want to pick this one up as well.