It’s over forty years since The Jam inspired a new generation with their All Mod Cons album – released in the dying months of 1978. But the Mod revival was far more than just a one-band phenomenon inspired by the arrival of the film version of The Who’s Quadrophenia. A succession of groups including The Purple Hearts, The Jolt, The Chords and Secret Affair amongst many others added to Weller’s powerful songs with great tunes. It was a movement that had been growing organically for more than a year and was a fitting answer to the increasingly grim post-punk scene with hits such as: ‘David Watts’, ‘The Modern World’, ‘Down in the Tube Station at Midnight’, ‘Eton Rifles’, ‘That’s Entertainment’, ‘Going Underground’...
1.Prologue / This is the Modern World,2.August-September ‘78 / Maybe Tomorrow, 3. October-November’78 / Opening Up, 4. FebruaryApril ‘79 / Seventies Bboys, 5. May ‘79 / So Cool, 6. June-July ‘79 / Days of Change, 7. August ‘79 / Millions Like Us, 8. SeptemberOctober ‘79 / Walking Down kings Road, 9. November-December ‘79 / Beat Boys in the Jet Age, 10. 1980 / Frustration, 11. Mods and Sods / Going Underground, 12. The Best of the Rest / Three Bands Tonight, 13. Epilogue / Now it’s Gone, 14. Music Adverts and Scrapbook.