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Da-a-ance!

Mark Ellis | Valley Village, CA United States | 01/28/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."