#merseybeat

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[mickjonesteeth]

it's been a very long time since i posted ... here's john and paul at the waterfront, either in liverpool or new brighton 🌊

[rhapsodynew]

Rare shots: how did the members of The Beatles rest before they became famous

In these rare photos, the young members of The Beatles are vacationing in Spain. That was before their music drove the whole world crazy. The pictures were taken by their friend, photographer Klaus Voorman.

That summer, Paul, George and Ringo stayed at Foreman's family villa in Tenerife. It was in 1963, in just a few weeks The source of the article is the News magazine in photos, from which everyone copies the content - BigPicture.ru before their debut album Please Please Me reached the top of the British charts and Beatlemania began to take over the world.

"When I met them, they were shaggy guys from Liverpool," the photographer recalls. — My father built a villa on a hill, and if you are reading this inscription, then someone took this article from BigPicture.ru I lived with him for seven months. Paul wrote me a letter asking if they could come to visit. It was so simple."

"I'll never forget walking into the club and hearing that sound," he says. I came back every night and plucked up the courage to talk to them. We've been friends ever since."

A few weeks after these warm and relaxed photos were taken, the album Please Please Me was released. He occupied the first The source of the article is the News magazine in photos, from which everyone copies the content - BigPicture.ru The number one spot in the UK charts for 30 consecutive weeks, after which the chart was topped by another release by The same Beatles. That's how Beatlemania began.

[kaiserkeller]

SUPER RARE — Klaus Voormann and Gibson Kemp, c. 1965.

Please keep my watermark on if resharing as I have removed big rip marks from the original.

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

A Hard Day's Night • I Should Have Known Better • If I Fell • I'm Happy Just to Dance With You • And I Love Her • Tell Me Why • Can't Buy Me Love • Any Time at All • I'll Cry Instead • Things We Said Today • When I Get Home • You Can't Do That • I'll Be Back

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The Beatles With the Beatles 1964 Parlophone ————————————————— Tracks: 01. It Won’t Be Long 02. All I’ve Got to Do 03. All My Loving 04. Don’t Bother Me 05. Little Child 06. Till There Was You 07. Please Mr. Postman 08. Roll over Beethoven 09. Hold Me Tight 10. You Really Got a Hold on Me 11. I Wanna Be Your Man 12. Devil in Her Heart 13. Not a Second Time 14. Money —————————————————

George Harrison

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Richard Starkey “Ringo Starr”

* Long Live Rock Archive

[brianscellarfulofnoise]

Some wintery vibes from Brian for this cold day in Liverpool ✸

[jtownraindancer]

May I offer you a sad boy in these trying times?

Burn Gorman as Sean Finnigan in Merseybeat, 2001.

[sk8rambler]

unpopular opinion: i hate those soft covers of there she goes by the la's

[gaykarstaagforever]

It was the 1960s, and they were just four poor teenagers from Liverpool with goofy haircuts who decided to start a rock band. That mostly just covered Motown songs. But they played in Germany and got huge, until their adult personal lives tore the band apart. They were only together for a relatively short time, but they changed the face of blue-eyed rock'n'roll forever.

I am of course talking about The Liverbirds (or Liver Birds, pronounced "Lyverburds"), an all-female rock band who were directly inspired by The Beatles. They are considered one of the first successful all-female rock bands, and I have never heard of them until today, because they didn't get popular in America (because their only tour offer here was that they play Vegas topless. They declined).

Here they are covering The Vibrations' "Peanut Butter," live in Hamburg in 1965.

(You'll be tempted to assume this song is a veiled metaphor for a sex thing. It absolutely is not. It is literally a song about how peanut butter is tasty. Go find the lyrics. No I'm not joking. No song has ever been more about exactly one thing as this.)

They attempted to sign with The Beatles' manager, but he didn't think they would amount to much so they abandoned the idea. And, to be fair, they only had like 3 original songs, so he may have had a point.

One of them is this:

It's good. But The Beatles were pumping stuff like this out like a factory. It was a competitive time.

Speaking of The Beatles, they met John Lennon once, and he was a sexist dickhead to them. Because of course.

They also met Jimi Hendrix. He was chill and awesome to them and they got high together. Because of course.

Lineup changes began when one of them got pregnant, and another one quit to take full-time care of her husband who was injured in a car accident. The band replaced them and toured Japan, but they all apparently felt the writing was on the wall and broke up soon after.

Two of the original members are still living and are part of this great mini-documentary from 4 years ago by The New York Times (blegh, but this specific thing is good).

There is apparently a stage show based on their story that had a limited run in the UK. Which is shocking that that's it, because this is like the most perfect story ever for an Oscar-bait, feel-good movie biopic. As usual, you suck, Hollywood.

It even has some limited lesbian stuff! Come on!

I wouldn't say they were a great band, and now as then, they were understandably compared to and vastly overshadowed by fellow "Merseybeat" titans The Beatles. Which isn't fair because The Beatles were The Beatles. But as The Liverbirds were directly inspired by them...what can you do?

They are at any rate an historic band that should be more well-known and celebrated for what they were. And who they are.

Plus it is always good to take any opportunity to remind everyone what a shit human being John Lennon was.

[grool-is-cool]

Grool 10/10/2023

[haveyouheardthisband]

[odk-2]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐬 - 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒) Royce Nicholls / Mal Clarke from: "Jay Walker" / "Path Finder" (Single) "Pathfinder & Jaywalker" (EP)

Instrumental / Merseybeat / Surf / Australian

𝐉𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐔𝐊 (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Ray Eames: Lead Guitar Mal Clarke: Rhythm Guitar Paul Shannon: Keyboards / Saxophone Royce Nicholls: Bass Bob Johnston: Drums

Produced by Nat Kipner

Recorded: @ The Festival Studios in Pyrmont, Sydney Australia 1964

Single Released: October, 1964

EP Released: 1965

Sunshine Records

[mrsaito58]

(Above is what a rock band looked like in 1963.)

So, what with my new-kindled fanhood for Gerry & The Pacemakers [as per my posts of the last few days], today I found myself an affordable copy of this collection, and it should arrive in the next few weeks.

In the AllMusic review of this collection, they say: “for the most part this is pleasantly cheerful Merseybeat and not much more.“ Which immediately makes me think: how much more does it need to be? For some of us, “pleasantly cheerful Merseybeat” is Plenty Good Enough®, and completely worthy. I, for one, look forward to the pleasant cheer to come.

[guessimdumb]

The Liverbirds - Talking About You (1965)

All girl Liverpool band, who followed the Beatles on their path to Hamburg. Here they record a rockin’ cover of Chuck Berry.

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The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 2013 Universal ————————————————— Tracks Disc One: 01. There’s a Place [takes 5 & 6] 02. There’s a Place [take 8] 03. There’s a Place [take 9] 04. Do You Want to Know a Secret [take 7] 05. A Taste of Honey [take 6] 06. I Saw Her Standing There [take 2] 07. Misery [take 1] 08. Misery [take 7] 09. From Me to You [takes 1 & 2] 10. From Me to You [take 5] 11. Thank You Girl [take 1] 12. Thank You Girl [take 5] 13. One after 909 [takes 1 & 2] 14. Hold Me Tight [take 21] 15. Money (That’s What I Want) Live at the BBC for «Saturday Club» 16. Some Other Guy [January 26th, 1963] 17. Love Me Do [January 26th, 1963] 18. Too Much Monkey Business [January 26th, 1963] 19. I Saw Her Standing There [March 16th, 1963] 20. Do You Want to Know a Secret [January 26th, 1963] 21. From Me to You [January 26th, 1963] 22. I Got to Find My Baby [January 26th, 1963] 23. Roll over Beethoven [June 29th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Easy Beat» 24. A Taste of Honey [June 23rd, 1963] 25. Love Me Do [October 20th, 1963] 26. Please Please Me [October 20th, 1963] 27. She Loves You [October 20th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Saturday Club» 28. I Want to Hold Your Hand [December 21st, 1963] 29. Til There Was You [December 21st, 1963] 30. Roll over Beethoven [December 21st, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Pop Go the Beatles» 31. You Really Got a Hold on Me [June 4th, 1963] 32. The Hippy Hippy Shake [June 4th, 1963] 33. Till There Was You [June 11th, 1963] 34. A Shot of Rhythm and Blues [June 18th, 1963] 35. A Taste of Honey [June 18th, 1963] 36. Money (That’s What I Want) [June 18th, 1963] 37. Anna (Go to Him) [June 25th, 1963] 38. Love Me Do [September 10th, 1963] 39. She Loves You [September 24th, 1963] 40. I’ll Get You [September 10th, 1963] 41. A Taste of Honey [September 10th, 1963] 42. Boys [September 17th, 1963] 43. Chains [September 17th, 1963] 44. You Really Got a Hold on Me [September 17th, 1963] 45. I Saw Her Standing There [September 24th, 1963] 46. She Loves You [September 10th, 1963] 47. Twist and Shout [September 24th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Here We Go» 48. Do You Want to Know a Secret [March 12th, 1963] 49. Please Please Me [March 12th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Side by Side» 50. Long Tall Sally [May 13th, 1963] 51. Chains [May 13th, 1963] 52. Boys [May 13th, 1963] 53. A Taste of Honey [May 13th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «From Us to You» 54. Roll over Beethoven [December 26th, 1963] 55. All My Loving [December 26th, 1963] 56. She Loves You [December 26th, 1963] 57. Till There Was [December 26th, 1963] Demos 58. Bad to Me 59. I’m in Love —————————————————

George Harrison

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Richard Starkey “Ringo Starr”

*Long Live Rock Archive