Welcome to “All Our Yesterdays”, the site of Norwich’s 60’s Mod-related music night out.
We’ve been running since November 1994. In that time we’ve moved from an all embracing 60’s / scooterist type night through various purist Mod night reincarnations (often without any Mods there!) to where we are now, which we think is a happy medium. Gone are the days when we play Two Tone, Revival and wall-to-wall Northern classics. Equally gone are the days when we play too obscure or “scene” tracks when the crowd may not be into them.
We stick to a 99% 60’s playlist but we’re not a night full of 60’s pop tunes. Yes we mix in the more obvious British tunes (take a bow The Who, Small Faces, Kinks, Spencer Davis et al) plus some classic Stax / Atlantic (say hello “Love Man”, “Land of 1,000 Dances” and “Green Onions”). But please, please, please (greetings Mr Brown) don’t expect “Build Me Up Buttercup”, “Sugar Sugar” or “Ferry Cross The Mersey” - yep, we’ve been asked for those in our time. But please DO ask for Jimmy Smith, Jacques Dutronc, The Eyes, Mohawks, Julie Driscoll, Jackie Wilson and Mongo Santamaria. We try to mix a few classics in with 60’s and Northern Soul, Beat, Hammond, Latin and RnB. We tend to steer away from Ska and Rock Steady as we’ve ended up having to play what feels like Trojan Greatest Hits Vol.ume 1 to 101 rather than anything too interesting. However there is a wonderful rock steady version of “Champ” by The Mohawks which is well worth a spin...
We want to fill a gap between “Mod lite” and ultra rarities. Consequently we get a mixed crowd who appear to like the music but don’t feel the need to dig the finest mohair or slip on a pair of weejuns. However if that IS your (brand new) bag we’ll welcome you with open arms!
This site is undergoing a period of reconstruction after some stagnation. Please continue to check back at later times for updates
April 14th - started a web blog - check the link from the side bar - feel free to comment - revamped version back online after the previous one was hijacked by spammers
Last updated April 14, 2007
We’ve been running since November 1994. In that time we’ve moved from an all embracing 60’s / scooterist type night through various purist Mod night reincarnations (often without any Mods there!) to where we are now, which we think is a happy medium. Gone are the days when we play Two Tone, Revival and wall-
We stick to a 99% 60’s playlist but we’re not a night full of 60’s pop tunes. Yes we mix in the more obvious British tunes (take a bow The Who, Small Faces, Kinks, Spencer Davis et al) plus some classic Stax / Atlantic (say hello “Love Man”, “Land of 1,000 Dances” and “Green Onions”). But please, please, please (greetings Mr Brown) don’t expect “Build Me Up Buttercup”, “Sugar Sugar” or “Ferry Cross The Mersey” -
We want to fill a gap between “Mod lite” and ultra rarities. Consequently we get a mixed crowd who appear to like the music but don’t feel the need to dig the finest mohair or slip on a pair of weejuns. However if that IS your (brand new) bag we’ll welcome you with open arms!
This site is undergoing a period of reconstruction after some stagnation. Please continue to check back at later times for updates
April 14th -
Last updated April 14, 2007