MERSEYBEATS 1st V Rare Orig 1964 UK Fontana Beat LP
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The Merseybeats
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Very Rare original UK Beat LP released on Fontana Records in 1964. 1st UK pressing on the Black and Silver label, the sleeve is Laminated on the Front with Flipbacks on the rear.
Matrix No's
Side One - 687 314 1L 1
Side Two - 687 314 2L 1
The Merseybeats were one of the better quartets to come out of the British Invasion without ever making a dent on the charts in the United States -- along with the Roulettes, the Chants, and the Undertakers, they represent an undeservedly lost chapter in early-'60s British rock & roll. Although they enjoyed a little less than a year of serious chart success, the Merseybeats were unable to pull together the various facets of their sound into a cohesive, coherent whole in the manner of the Beatles or the Hollies, and into something lasting, in part because of a lack of original songwriting ability in their ranks. The group's roots go back to the early '60s in Liverpool, and a band originally known as "the Mavericks," comprised of Tony Crane (lead guitar, vocals), Billy Kinsley (bass, vocals), David Elias (rhythm guitar, vocals), and Frank Sloane (drums). They were doing well but soon found the name to be a drag on their success, making people think that they were a country & western band. They briefly used the name "the Pacifics," and then became the Merseybeats -- evidently their timing was such that they grabbed the name, previously a local music reference, ahead of anyone else in a city boiling over with musical activity.
They were successful enough to get an LP release, and the resulting self-titled album showcased their limitations as well as their virtues. Amid a few inspired moments, mostly on the single-sides (such as "Milkman") picked up for the LP, there were some "originals" that were highly derivative of Bo Diddley and Little Richard, interspersed with some decent Liverpool-style adaptations of American R&B ("Bring It on Home to Me," "He Will Break Your Heart,") and a strange choice of show tunes, one ("Hello Young Lovers") partly successful and the other not. Apart from a lack of originality in their sound, the album pointed to the group's very thin in-house songwriting -- they were almost wholly dependent on Peter Lee Stirling, who had written their three biggest, single A-sides, for success. And to judge from the weak diversity on their album, one couldn't tell if the Merseybeats wanted to sound like the Beatles, the Fortunes, or the Pretty Things, and as a consequence gained very few fans from the release.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1. Milkman
2. Hello, Young Lovers
3. He Will Break Your Heart
4. Funny Face
5. Really Mystified
6. The Girl That I Marry
Side Two
1. Fools Like Me
2. My Heart And I
3. Bring It On home To Me
4. Lavender Blue
5. Jumping Jonah
6. Don't Turn Around
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Released on Fontana Records in 1964
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Catalogue Number TL5210
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record is in Ex + condition (few light surface marks)
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Sleeve is in Ex condition (writing on back)
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