On Hobart’s Edge Radio, Fridays 6pm – 7pm. Dynamic 60s style mod, pop, soul, ska and new wave music. An exciting mix to start your weekend. Music from/inspired by the 60s Mod era, melodic pop/rock, stompin’ retro soul/ska, new wave sounds and ballads to catch your breath.
The original Mods (scooter riding, snappy dressers) danced the night away to modern jazz, R&B, Beat, upbeat (Northern) Soul and Jamaican ska. Mod/ska revivals have also coincided with punk, power pop, new wave and a continuing Northern Soul scene.
Early Who, Small Faces, Soul, Ska, The Jam, Squeeze…The Sound of Pop Art.
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Playlists
Sharpen Them Claws [live at Rektango, April '24] – Mangus & Co. (Tas) (Ruckus, '25 amrap.org.au)
Sunset Baby – Lasca Dry (Tas) ('25 amrap)
Stop to Love – Luther Vandross
Where Did Our Love Go – Diana Ross & the Supremes
Cherry Oh Baby – Eric Donaldson (Trojan Originals, sanctuary)
Live (The Merry Go Round, '67) – The Bangles (All Over the Place, '84)
Talk of the Grapevine – J.J. Barnes (The Very Best of Northern Soul, crimson)
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down (Sam & Dave) – Elvis Costello (Get Happy!!, '80)
20-75 – Willie Mitchell
Don't You Know Yockomo – Dinah Lee
Somebody Help Me – The Spencer Davis Group
Stompin' at Maroubra – Little Pattie
OO Wee Baby I Love You – Fred Hughes (Blues Brother Soul Sister, crimson)
Call Me Lightning – The Who (Direct Hits, '68)
Carry Go Bring Come – Justin Hinds & the Dominoes (Trojan Originals)
Lucky Number – Lene Lovich (New Waves, family recordings)
Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go-Go's
Groovin' Out on Life – Ken Parker (Trojan Originals)
Johnny and Mary – Robert Palmer (New Waves)
Lost – Barbara Randolph (Very Best of Northern Soul)
Da-a-a-a-nce – The Lambrettas
I'm Tore Down – Freddie King
Hide Away – Freddie King
Sign of the Times – The Belle Stars
Special Brew (live) – Bad Manners
All I Need – Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
Selfish One – Jackie Ross (Blues Brother Soul Sister)
A Quiet Place (Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters) – Nick Lowe ('20 bandcamp)
Misty Blue – Dorothy Moore
Separate Beds – Squeeze (Argy Bargy, '80)
Hold On – The Allniters (D-D-D-Dance!, '83)
Love of the Common People – Nicky Thomas (Trojan Originals)
Reach Out I'll Be There – The Four Tops
Montego Bay – Freddie Notes & the Rudies (Trojan Originals)
Summer Daze – Kat Greta ('25 amrap.org.au)
Get Ready – The Temptations
Miss You Too Much – Angie Pepper Band (Angie Pepper / The Passengers – It's Just That I Miss You, Citadel)
I Can't Make It – Small Faces
Ain't Got No – I Got Life – Nina Simone
25 Miles – Edwin Starr
Talk of the Town – The Pretenders
Do You Remember Walter? – The Kinks
I Just Don't Know What To Do with Myself (B.Bacharach, H.David) – Marcia Hines
I've Got the Music in Me (Kiki Dee Band) – Marcia Hines
Work Song (Mose Allison) (live) – Georgie Fame
Hiawatha – The Belle Stars
Marianne – Dog Trumpet ('24 amrap), dogtrumpet.net/home
Is This What I Get for Loving You? – Marianne Faithfull
Come and Stay with Me – Marianne Faithfull
Child of the Moon – The Rolling Stones
She Don't Know Why – The Breed (Tas) (Somebody Said, bandcamp)
End of the World – Some Ska Band (It's Going Down, bandcamp)
What a Waste – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
I Only Want to Be with You – Dusty Springfield
She's Not There – The Zombies
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me – Sandie Shaw
Liza Radley – The Jam
Save It For Later – The English Beat
Denis – Blondie
Sweet Matilda – Grace Cummings
Lovin' You, Baby (live) – Charles Bradley ft. The Extraordinaires (The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo 2014, bandcamp)
If You Call (live) – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo 2014, bandcamp)
Be My Baby – The Ronettes
American Squirm – Nick Lowe
Feels Like It's Love – Makin' Time
She Let's Me Know – Little Murders (Stop plus Singles, 1978-1986, bandcamp)
That's Not Love – Dilip n the Davs (bandcamp)
Ruin the Dance Floor – Sasquin (Tas)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Found You (iTunes session, '13) – Alabama Shakes
Road Runner – Bo Diddley (Blues Brother Soul Sister, crimson)
He's the One (original version) – The Masticators! Feat. Lisa Mychols (bandcamp)
The Champion (Part 1) – Willie Mitchell (The Very Best of Northern Soul, crimson)
Look Back Over Your Shoulder – Archie Bell & the Drells
Weak Spot – Evelyn Thomas
(Call Me) Super Bad – James Brown (Godfather of Soul, pickwick)
There's a Place – The Dugites (West of the World, '81)
Baggy Trousers – Madness
(Keep Feeling) Fascination – The Human League
You Can't Sit Down (live) – The Cockroaches [based on The Dovell's '63 vocal vers. of Phil Upchurch Combo's '61 instrum.]
Street Feeling (The Selecter) – Catbite [Philly ska] (Live From an Empty War3house, '20 bandcamp)
Take Care – Big Star (Best, bandcamp)
O, My Soul – Big Star
Sneaky Feelings (Elvis Costello) – Catbite (Live From an Empty War3house)
Just Can't Get Enough (Depeche Mode) – Junior Dell & the D-Lites ('25 Original Gravity bandcamp)
I Get the Sweetest Feeling – Jackie Wilson (Blues Brother Soul Sister, crimson)
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down – Ann Peebles
Dimples – John Lee Hooker
Sunrise – Mexican Nutty Stompers (Save the Ska Show with Beefy, bandcamp)
New Risen – Eyeless in Gaza (Heaven Sent, the rise of New Pop 1979-1983, cherry red)
Why Do I Cry (The Remains) – The Vinylos [Spain] (The Vinylos, '16 Clifford Records bandcamp)
In the Heat of the Night – The Sound of Pop Art (The Beat the Beautiful and the Loaded, '18)
The Great Pretender – Carol Fran
English Rose – The Jam (All Mod Cons, '78)
Heartbreaking World – Squeeze (Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti, '85) [Jools Holland voc. & co-write with C.Difford]
Rude Monkey – Maria Blues [L.A.] (Birth of the Fourth Wave of Ska, '18)
Rise Again – Laura Rain and the Caesars [Detroit] (Rise Again, '22 LRK records bandcamp)
Guns of Navarone – The Skatalites (Time for Action, from mod2ska, disky)
Nadine (Is it You) – Chuck Berry
Hello Stranger – Barbara Lewis
Wade in the Water – Ramsey Lewis
Hand in Glove (with The Smiths) – Sandie Shaw (Long Live Love, union square music)