Customer Reviews

Da-A-Ance: The Anthology

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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.

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

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.

I've only recently become acquainted with the mod sounds of the Lambrettas. This is a great disc that covers a good bit of their repitoire. I'm guessing that hard core fans would already have all the E.P.s L.P.s and 45's so this would most likely be redundant for that lot.

For those that are just getting into this band I believe it's a good listen into the variety of songs/sounds the Lambrettas have released.

For those that have only heard Go Steady, Poison Ivy or Page 3..... all the songs do NOT sound like that and you might be better off with a Greatest Hits disc. Is there one? I only say that because if you only like songs that EVERYBODY else will like... then you may only like a half dozen songs or so.

I've heard a few tracks from the Definitive Collection: Beat Boys in the Jet Age disc and those songs sound like they were mastered/mixed a bit brighter overall. That's more to my tastes. But if I wasn't listening to them side by side I'd probably never have known the difference. Jeez, does this make sense?

Anyway, yes, I'm glad I got this set... but would I have been just as happy with the Definitive Collection set????

I think that the track listing for this Labrettas compilation come from another artist. These songs do not appear on the album. (This is the reason for the 1 star, otherwise this is a fun and great 2nd wave mod band).