The Complete Mod Collection

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Album Description
Compilation of every track issued by the 80's mod revival act, including their hit single 'You Need Wheels'. 22 tracks. 1997 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Making Time
Try and Stop Me
How Does It Feel to Feel
Tom Tom
Nightmares
If I Stay Too Long
How Does It Feel to Feel
For All That I Am
Uncle Bert
Cool Jerk
Bony Moronie
Ostrich Man
I Am the Walker
For All That I Am
Nightmares
How Does It Feel to Feel
Instrumental #1
I'm a Man
That's How Strong My Love Is
Making Time

Customer Reviews:

One of all-time best UK 1960's bands.......2003-07-26

An absolutely perfect anthology. Lots of first-time stereo....great sound and plenty of information. Get this and Volume 2 "Biff Bang Pow" before it's too late.

Too Bad They Didn't Get Along.......2003-05-19

These guys were great and Eddie Phillips is a highly under-rated guitarist who influenced Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page. If you like Shel Talmy's prodution on early Who songs, you will love this CD. After Eddie Phillips left the band, he was replaced by Ron Wood who shows up on Vol. 2.

This mod band rocks.......1999-12-17

Do you like the Who? Then you will love the Creation. Incredible English mod band from the 60's, they sung the lead track on the movie Rushmore ("Making Time") possibly the coolest rock song I have ever heard. The entire album is wonderful, except for the U.S. version of "How Does It Feel to Feel" (UK version is much better). The Creation is so good it is truly a mystery that they never hit it big. Wonderful stuff.

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The Complete Mod Collection
The Merton Parkas
Manufacturer: Anagram UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024R42
Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

Face in the Crowd
Plastic Smile
Empty Room
Tears of a Clown
Hard Times
Silent People
When Will It Be
Give It to Me Now
You Need Wheels
You Should Be So Lucky
I Don't Want to Know You
(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
Man With the Disguise
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Album Description

Compilation of every track issued by the 80's mod revival act, including their hit single 'You Need Wheels'. 22 tracks. 1997 release. Standard jewel case.

Complete Collection, Vol. 2: Biff Bang Pow

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Creation-'Complete Collection 2:Biff Bang Pow'(Retroactive)
Thank God!

Complete Collection, Vol. 2: Biff Bang Pow
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Manufacturer: Retroactive Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Complete Collection, Vol. 1: Making Time

ASIN: B00000DF8C
Release Date: 1998-10-13

Tracks:

Biff Bang Pow
Painter Man
Life Is Just Beginning
Through My Eyes
Midway Down
The Girls Are Naked
Can I Join Your Band?
Sweet Helen
Hey Joe
Like A Rolling Stone
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Sylvette
Biff Bang Pow(Stereo)
Painter Man(Stereo)
Can I Join Your Band(Stereo)
Midway Down(Stereo)
Life Is Just Beginning(Alternate Take 1)
Life Is Just Beginning(ALternate Take 2)
Painter Man(Live Mono)
Try And Stop Me(Live Mono)

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The second in Retroactive's collection of the recorded works of loud, arty, feedback-loving mods the Creation will thrill fans of tightly compressed '60s rock (but you should begin with volume 1, since it's slightly better). Skip ahead to track 3, the psychedelic-flavored, strings-enhanced, snottily sung "Life Is Just Beginning"--the rhythm section is sloppy and plodding, but the song is totally great, arching toward a chaos few groups from the time could even dream of. A heretofore obscure act birthed in 1966 and produced by Shel Talmy (who worked with the Stones, the Kinks, and the Who), the group never got along with each other. Myriad lineup changes and bad luck ensured that the Creation never achieved widespread recognition, and they broke up in 1968. In the early '80s, their cause was championed by British indie pop acts, notably the Television Personalities (who covered their classic pop-art tribute "Painter Man") and Biff Bang Pow. The latter act not only named itself after a particularly explosive song by the band, but its leader, Alan McGee, called his influential record label (Oasis, Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine) Creation. One listen to the group's music, and such devotion doesn't seem very strange. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Second volume of series collecting all known recordings by this '60s mod/pop band. 20 tracks total, including the hit 'Biff Bang Pow!' and previously unreleased cuts. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews:

Painter men.......2006-02-03

The Creation never had the sort of commercial success that came to the likes of the Kinks and the Who, two bands whose most exciting and energetic moments were also captured by Shel Talmy, the Creation's producer. They also adopted the art-rock pop-art mod image of their peers and their guitarist Eddie Phillips pioneered the violin-bow techniques that distinguished their sound on groundbreaking singles like Making Time and Painter Man, which appeared on Shel Talmy's Planet label. Perhaps the lack of major label backing or a string of line up changes hindered their chances of fame.
At any rate, their exciting stage act was not to blame. During live performances of Painter Man, which reached no. 2 in Germany, for example, singer Kenny Pickett took to creating a spray painting, the finished canvas being slashed to pieces by violin bow or set on fire at the end of the show, to huge acclaim.
The band never released an album in their lifetime though there have been some compilations, The Complete Collection being the most comprehensive. It is split into 2 separately available CDs, Making Time and Biff Bang Pow! Both feature singles from the period 1966 and 1968, as well as unreleased tracks, alternative and stereo mixes, live performances and the like. Vol. 1 has the A-sides Making Time, How Does It Feel To Feel and If I Stay Too Long, with B-sides, while Vol. 2 features Painter Man, Life Is Just Beginning and Midway Down, with their B-sides. Well worth exploring

Creation-'Complete Collection 2:Biff Bang Pow'(Retroactive).......2005-06-16

Another lesser known short lived British psychedelic band that existed only from 1966-68.Tracks that make this compilation CD worth your time are "Biff Bang Pow"(disc has two versions),"Painter Man"(disc has three different versions),Dylan's cover of "Like A Rolling Stone","Midway Down" and The Leave's "Hey Joe".Line-up:Kenny Pickett(R.I.P.)-vocals,Eddie Phillips&Ron Wood-guitars,Rob Gardner-bass and Jack Jones-drums.Might appeal to fans of Smoke,Small Faces,The Action,Pretty Things,Q 65,early Kinks and Five Day Week Straw People.

Thank God!.......1999-03-17

This CD is worth the price for "Painter Man" and "Can I Join Your Band" alone. Fans of mod art pop or the Who and Small Faces, join the fans.

Complete Collection, Vol. 1: Making Time

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Painter men
hate to be the lone dissenter, but...
A definitive comp of an influential Mod band
Mesmerizingly Rocking
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Complete Collection, Vol. 1: Making Time
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Complete Collection, Vol. 2: Biff Bang Pow

ASIN: B00000DF8B
Release Date: 1998-10-13

Tracks:

Making Time
Try And Stop Me
How Does It Feel To Feel
Tom Tom
Nightmares
If I Stay Too Long
How Does It Feel To Feel(UK Version)
For All That I Am
Uncle Bert
Cool Jerk
Bony Moronie
Ostrich Man
I Am The Walker
For All That I Am
Nightmares
How Does It Feel To Feel
Instrumental #1
I'm A Man
That's How Strong My Love Is
Making Time

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The Creation were charged mid-'60s mod rockers whose catchy, well-constructed songs echoed the most aggressive work of the Beatles, Small Faces, the Kinks, and the Who. The group recorded a handful of blistering songs that rate among rock's most visceral, melodic, blistering three-minute nirvanas. These ahead-of-the-curve numbers were dramatically enhanced by Eddie Philips's delicately controlled feedback-drenched guitar work (heightened by the use of a violin bow sawed across the guitar strings with incredible malice). "Making Time," this collection's opener, is such a revved-up, anthemic number that fans of garage grace will not mind at all that three different versions of it are included. Other highlights include the loud, druggy "How Does It Feel to Feel" (based on a line from Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone") and a surprisingly poignant cover of Otis Redding's "That's How Strong My Love Is." There is also a companion volume that's quite nearly as essential. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

First of a two volume set collecting all known recordings by the '60s mod/ pop band. 20 tracks, including the hit 'Making Time' and previously unreleased cuts. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews:

Painter men.......2006-02-03

hate to be the lone dissenter, but..........2000-07-15

I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. This is far from revolutionary, and actually fairly derivative. These guys lean more toward Herman's Hermits than the Who or Kinks. Lot's of sing-along verses, la-la-las, etc. Fairly lightweight 60s pop that you've heard a million times before. There are a few heavier-leaning cuts ("Making Time" is the standout), but not consistent enough to sustain it. The best thing I can say for it is that the guitar has a good crunch throughout.

A definitive comp of an influential Mod band.......2000-07-06

Fans of the mod-soaked Brit invasion stuff of the Who/Kinks/Action/Small Faces universe will enjoy this lengthy CD comp.

Searing guitar, snotty lyrics and Moon-esque drumming highlight this mesmerizing snapshot of the mid-60s mod era in England. The Creation is much more influential than you think today -- people even named a label after 'em (Creation Records, silly). Hey, if Pete Townshend was a member of this band's fan club, then you know they gotta rock!

Mesmerizingly Rocking.......1999-04-30

Of course, as a youngster I was more exposed to the likes of the Who and Kinks, both of whom I liked well enough (more so the Kinks because my dad loves them and used to rock out in his car to "Set Me Free"). Never *really* loved the Who in large part due to the, let's face it, lame vocals (except Townshend's vocals, which rock). Knew there had to be some other vintage Brit rock from back then and thanks to the Rushmore link, have discovered the Creation. It's brilliant. Indeed, at first listen sure sounds a lot like those other 60's Brit icon bands but since the Creation is new to me, it's like... like hearing the old Who with a good vocalist. The song "Making Time", I am sure you'll agree, is every bit the "hit" "My Generation" is. The first of many should-have-been hits on this cd.

This is it!.......1999-03-17

These guys were without a doubt a better mod band than the Who! Shel Talmy thought so (or something to that affect) and so do I. If you only know the Creation through "Making Time" (on the RUSHMORE soundtrack) this is where you can dig deeper. And it's just a start. Because there is a vol. 2!