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Track 6 Breaking Up Going Away

Track 6 Breaking Up Going Away

After their romantic weekend at Jimmy’s house, the couple were back to fleeting moments on the bike or the secluded bench by the duck pond. Judy was longing for another night of love and passion. Meanwhile her dad, Jack McDermott became increasingly suspicious of his...

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Track 7 Lost

Track 7 Lost

This haunting song reflects Judy’s devastating experience of being banished to Ireland to have her baby in secret, to have it adopted and return as if nothing had happened. Unwanted pregnancies of this nature were often treated harshly by parents who had lived through...

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Track 8 We are MODS

Track 8 We are MODS

After returning Judy resumed her Saturday job at the local supermarket. She had reinvented herself, through her appearance at least, as a Mod. Her hair was now tightly cropped, her clothes reflected the new Mod fashion. She was trying to be brave and get her life back...

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Track 9 Revenge

Track 9 Revenge

One stormy night a Mod riding a Vespa pulled into a car park to shelter from the rain. He rushed into the café and released that he was inside the Busy Bee which was full of Rockers that night. The Rockers surrounded him at the bar whilst one of their number, who was...

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Track 10 Humdrum Rumble

Track 10 Humdrum Rumble

The Crown pub at the corner of Theobald Street and the High Street in Borehamwood was a regular haunt for Mods every Friday night in the early sixties. Often it was a boy’s night out. A chance to show off the latest fashions, listen to great songs on the juke box and...

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Track 11 NO Means NO!

Track 11 NO Means NO!

This track is as relevant today as it should have been back in the early sixties. Sexual consent is vital and nonconsensual sex is a modern polite phrase for RAPE! The lyrics of this very sad song pull no punches as Judy prepared to meet with Jimmy, determined to tell...

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Track 12 Hazy Sunny Week Away

Track 12 Hazy Sunny Week Away

This fun sixty style number is in direct contrast to the previous song on the album: NO Means NO! It is designed to reflect the Holiday Camp atmosphere of the period. Just one week after her disastrous encounter with Jimmy, Judy sets off on holiday with Terry, Nester...

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Track 13 Gone, Gone, Gone

Track 13 Gone, Gone, Gone

After a wonderful week at the Madisons Holiday Camp, Judy and Terry wasted no time on their return to join a Mod convention taking place at Margate on the Bank Holiday Monday. Thousands of Mods descended on Margate. The A2 Thanet Way in Kent was filled with scooters,...

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Track 14 Reveal

Track 14 Reveal

This is the final track on the album, set against the scene in 2024 with Judy now 77 lying in her bed at the Watford Peace Hospice. In the days when singles were released this song would have been part of a double A side single with the first track from the album:...

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