3 CD box set spotlighting the pioneering movement that brought the world The Beatles but has been overshadowed by their success. • Hits include The Searchers’ ‘Sweets For My Sweet’ (UK #1) and ‘When You Walk In The Room’ (UK #3), Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas’ ‘Bad To Me’ (UK #1), The Swinging Blue Jeans’ ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’ (UK #2) and The Mojos’ ‘Everything’s Al’right’ (UK #9). • Also featuring The Chants (featuring Eddy Amoo later of The Real Thing), The Undertakers and Lomax Alliance (both led by Jackie Lomax who later signed to Apple) and The Kirkbys and The 23rd Turnoff whose singer/guitarist was ace songwriter Jimmy Campbell. • Five tracks are newly mastered from producer Joe Meek’s ‘Tea Chest Tapes’ including The Cryin’ Shames’ magnificent tear jerker ‘Please Stay’ and the previously unreleased ‘A Different Drummer’ by The Maracas. • Other rarities include an unreleased track by Birkenhead’s The Pathfinders from producer Shel Talmy’s vaults and a fab song by ex Vernons Girl, Samantha Jones found on a well- preserved acetate plus tracks by The Dennisons, The Seftons and The Perishers released on CD for the first time. Although The Beatles aren’t present for licensing reasons there are four Lennon and McCartney compositions donated to other acts. Merseybeat was a brief phenomenon but hugely influential throughout the world. It blew up nationwide in 1963 before Merseybeat groups spearheaded the ‘British Invasion’ of the US charts. This box celebrates the scene on the first two discs, then on disc three presents some of the brilliant mod, freakbeat, psych and Mersey soul music that came from Liverpool when the Merseybeat bubble burst and press and public looked elsewhere. Inspired by US rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and Motown and the D.I.Y. attitude of skiffle, the Liverpool beat groups rocked clubs such as their hometown’s The Cavern and the Star-Club in Hamburg and larger ‘Big Beat’ sessions at The Tower Ballroom in New Brighton. The Searchers and Gerry And The Pacemakers achieved success on the world stage, others never made it out of their local area, made a couple of 45s or even demos and disappeared. Track Listing: DISC ONE 1. Lee Curtis & The All Stars – Let’s Stomp 2. The Searchers – Farmer John 3. Gerry & The Pacemakers – Slow Down 4. The Swinging Blue Jeans – Hippy Hippy Shake 5. The Big Three – Some Other Guy 6. Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four – Lies 7. The Chants – I Don’t Care 8. Wailin’ Howie Casey & The Seniors – Double Twist 9. The Undertakers – Just A Little Bit 10. Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas – Bad To Me 11. The Fourmost – I’m In Love 12. Faron’s Flamingos – Do You Love Me 13. Ian & The Zodiacs – Beechwood 4-5789 14. Freddie Starr & The Midnighters – Peter Gunn Locomotion (Alternative Mix) 15. The Vernons Girls – Lover Please 16. The Chants – Come Go With Me 17. The Searchers – Sweets For My Sweet 18. Jeannie & The Big Guys – Sticks and Stones 19. The Dennisons – You Don’t Know What Love Is 20. King Size Taylor – Somebody’s Always Trying 21. Billy Fury – Nothing Shakin’ (But The Leaves On The Trees) 22. Glenda Collins – I Feel So Good 23. Howie Casey & The Seniors – I Ain’t Mad At You 24. Denny Seyton & The Sabres – House Of Bamboo 25. Cilla Black – Love Of The Loved 26. Lyn Cornell – Sally Go Round The Roses 27. The Merseybeats – Our Day Will Come 28. Wellington Wade (Ian & The Zodiacs) – It Ain’t Necessarily So 29. The Kinsleys – Do Me A Favour 30. The Big Three – What’d I Say (Live At The Cavern) Bonus Demos 31. Earl Preston & The TTs (Featuring Cy Tucker) – Bony Moronie 32. Rory Storm & The Hurricanes – Lend Me Your Comb 33. Savva & The Democrats – Shakin’ All Over 34. Mike & The Thunderbirds – Web Of Love DISC TWO 1. The Mojos – Everything’s Al’right 2. Gerry & The Pacemakers – Why Oh Why 3. The Liverbirds – Talking About You 4. The ’Takers (The Undertakers) – If You Don’t Come Back 5. Tony Jackson With The Vibrations – Bye Bye Baby 6. The Searchers – When You Walk In The Room 7. The Swinging Blue Jeans – Make Me Know You’re Mine 8. The Black Knights – I Gotta Woman 9. Earl Royce & The Olympics – Shake A Tail Feather 10. Beryl Marsden – Music Talk 11. The Fourmost – The In Crowd 12. The Trends – The Way You Do The Things You Do 13. The Breakaways – That’s How It Goes 14. Four Just Men – Things Will Never Be The Same 15. Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four – Wild Side Of Life 16. The Pathfinders – Lonely Room (Previously Unreleased) 17. Jason Eddie & The Centremen – Come On Baby (Alternative Mix) 18. The Koobas – Somewhere In The Night 19. The Eyes – She 20. The Connoisseurs – Make Up Your Mind 21. Greta Ann – Sadness Hides The Sun 22. The Roadrunners – Cry, Cry, Cry 23. The Cryin’ Shames – Please Stay (Alternative Mix) 24. Mark Peters – Don’t Cry For Me 25. Earl Preston’s Realms – Daddy Rolling Stone 26. The Richmond Group – Cops And Robbers 27. Michael Allen – I Can’t Stand It Bonus Demos 28. Them Calderstones – What’cha Gonna Do About It 29. The Four Originals – You Won’t Be Leaving 30. The Newtowns – Tomorrow DISC THREE 1. Tony Jackson With The Vibrations – Fortune Teller 2. The Kirkbys – It’s A Crime 3. The Koobas – A Place I Know 4. Paddy, Klaus & Gibson – No Good Without You Baby 5. Paul & Ritchie & The Cryin’ Shames v- Come On Back (Alternative Mix) 6. Billy J Kramer With The Dakotas – We’re Doing Fine 7. Johnny Gustafson – Take Me For A Little While 8. Eddie Cave & The Fyx – Fresh Out Of Tears 9. Chris Curtis – Aggravation 10. The 5 a.m. Event – I Wash My Hands In Muddy Water 11. The Clayton Squares – Imagination 12. The Merseys – Sorrow (Alternative Version) 13. The Thoughts – All Night Stand (US Version) 14. The Maracas – A Different Drummer (Previously Unreleased) 15. The Lomax Alliance – You Better Get Going Now 16. Wimple Winch – Rumble On Mersey Square South 17. The Seftons – I Can See Through You 18. Bill Kenwright & The Runaways – I Want To Go Back There Again 19. The 23rd Turnoff – Michael Angelo 20. Focal Point – Girl On The Corner 21. The Swinging Blue Jeans – Keep Me Warm (’Til The Sun Shines) 22. Samantha Jones – This Is The Real Thing (Previously Unreleased) 23. The Remo Four – Heart Beat 24. The Lomax Alliance – Give What You Take 25. The Perishers – Bye Bye Baby 26. The Merseys – So Sad About Us 27. The Quotations – Cool It 28. Satin Bells – I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) 29. Cilla Black – Step Inside Love
