5013929431430

Let's Stomp! Merseybeat And Beyond 1962-1969 3CD Clamshell Box

Various Artists

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CRJAMBOX014

Release Date:  26 May 2023

Label:  Strawberry / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  5013929431430

Genres:  Pop  60's  

  • Description

    • 3CD 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 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 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. Danny 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)
      • 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 2

      • 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
      • 28. Them Calderstones – What’cha Gonna Do About It
      • 29. The Four Originals – You Won’t Be Leaving
      • 30. The Newtowns – Tomorrow

      Disc 3

      • 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 - 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 – The 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