Mods!: Over 150 Photographs from the Early '60's of the Original Mods! (Paperback)

~ Richard Barnes (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Handsome ... unpretentious, straightforward ... pays a most modlike attention to detail..." -- New Musical Express

"Mr Barnes has got it about as right as anyone could." -- Sounds

Product Description

The bestselling, definitive account of the 1960s Mod movement. With over 150 dazzling photographs the book reveals the reality of the movement in dances, clothes, style and scooters. The book contains ephemera gathered from the earliest days of Mod, from the seaside to Carnaby Street, as well as a glorious celebration of a lifestyle, gratifyingly accurate and visually meticulous.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing (June 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0859651738
• ISBN-13: 978-0859651738
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #487,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bible to the Mod movment!, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This book is stuffed with detailed information on the Mod culture of the early 60's. The author goes on and on telling whatever he can on what was going on, how they dressed, what they liked, the drugs, the scooters...everything! That's not all of it. That book contians thousands of black and white photographs of the scene (images of the kids danceing, riding and strutin' themselves across the beaches). This book tells the history of mod from it's humble begings to it's sad end in the mid-sixties. I would recomend this book to anyone who is interested in Mod. I would also suggest viewing the movie "Quadrophenia" for more of an idea of what Mod was.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The classic book on the 60's Mod movement, October 7, 1998

By A Customer

This book has become the acknowledged starting point for anyone wishing to learn more about the 1960's Mod youth movement. The book is filled with photographs and articles from the time. Thoroughly recommended for Mods or anyone wishing to find out about this most important of subcultures.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An aphorism for clean living under difficult circumstances, April 30, 2002

By	AnDonio - See all my reviews

Well, I used to get mad trying to look cute like them, me and my mates spent hours reading it! I translated it into Italian and photocopied my translation handing it out at the mod meetings held in Rimini each easter. Now I'm past those days but sweet memories still keep coming back.
A reportage from the past with fresh and amazing photos, but you'll find that style is not a fashion!
Five stars is my rating, but is not an impartial one!