LIVERPOOL ECHO '73 UK SPARK LP ORIG. MANDRAKE P. STEAMER MERSYBEAT GEM. LISTEN
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Description
THIS IS VERY RARE UK LP ORIGINAL
BY LIVERPOOL ECHO
TITLED LIVERPOOL ECHO
RELEASED IN 1973
ISSUED ON THE SPARK LABEL
CAT. NO. SRLM 2007
MATRIX......A1 / B1
VERY RARE UK LP ORIGINAL, SUPERBLY MELODIC SHORTLIVED UK MERSYBEAT BAND, 12 ORIGINAL SONGS WRITTEN BY FORMER 'MANDRAKE PADDLESTEAMER' MEMBERS 'MARTIN BRILEY' & 'BRIAN ENGEL' LISTEN BELOW
MARTIN BRILEY - lead guitar
DAVY JOHNS - drums
BRIAN ENGEL - vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar
KEITH BROWN - bass guitar
Review
Power pop has never sounded so powerful! When former Mandrake Paddlesteamer mainstays Brian Engel and Martin Briley convened as Liverpool Echo in 1973, the Beatles had been in the grave for just three years, and the world still desperately wanted them back -- so desperately that, with a band name borrowed bodily from an old Merseybeat-era newspaper, what could any record company do, but lift a "Fabs"-headlined copy of the paper for an album cover? But "Beatles Come Home So Quietly" really wasn't the most appropriate banner for an LP jacket, all the more so since, once you hit the vinyl, the spirit of the "Moptops" hung so heavily over the music that it screamed out for attention. Of course, it was true that any early-'70s band that was capable of melding melody with studio-borne creativity would inevitably be tarred "the new Beatles" (as Badfinger and 10cc would readily testify); it is also true that all such comparisons were then hopelessly devalued by the arrival of the Rutles. But still Liverpool Echo have an uncanny grasp of the Merseybeat sound circa 1963 and 64, spliced with a healthy hint of the Hollies, and that was more than enough to raise high hopes for the album. Unfortunately, hope was all that the record label (Spark) could do. They certainly had no promotion or distribution muscle to speak of, and both band and LP sank within seconds, to lie forgotten until Revola revived it (with excellent Mark A Johnston liner notes) in 2005.
Tracks
Title Composer Time 1 You Might as Well Surrender Briley, Engel 2:02 2 Girl Said to Me Briley, Engel 2:32 3 You Know It Feels Right Briley, Engel 2:10 4 No Not Again Briley, Engel 2:02 5 Seem Like Today Will Never End Briley, Engel 2:12 6 Gone Gone Gone Briley, Engel 2:13 7 If I Told You Once Briley, Engel 2:28 8 Girl on the Train Briley, Engel 2:47 9 Sally Works Nights Briley, Engel 2:47 10 No More Tomorrows Briley, Engel 2:15 11 Don't You Know I've Been Lying Briley, Engel 2:41 12 Another Night Alone Briley, Engel 2:17RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, HAS ONE SMALL LIGHT HAIRLINE, THIS DOES NOT AFFECT PLAY, RECORD LOOKS NICE AND CLEAN AND PLAYS WELL THROUGHOUT
COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, HAS SLIGHT CREASING AND RING WEAR, COVER IS IN A CLEAN AND TIDY CONDITION
THIS RARELY TURNING UP UK LP ORIGINAL IS IN GREAT CONDITION!!
post charges: UK - FREE, EUROPE - £2.50, ALL OTHER COUNTRIES - £5, REDUCTION ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES: EUROPE - £1.50 for each additional LP, OTHER COUNTRIES - £3 for each additional LP
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