THE SEARCHERS Meet The Searchers - Original UK Mono LP on Pye - Beat Merseybeat

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THE SEARCHERS

Meet The Searchers

Original UK Mono LP released on Pye Records in 1963. Front-laminated cover with flipbacks on rear. Pye innersleeve.

NN 1086 A-2   /   NN 1086 B-1

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The Searchers' debut LP doesn't sound quite like any other album they ever issued. All of their Pye albums were rushed, but not like this -- faced with an extraordinarily popular hit right out of the box in the guise of "Sweets for My Sweet" (which rose to Number One on the U.K. charts), the group cut 11 more finished tracks in one day, drawn from the best part of their stage act.

The music was as raw and basic a Liverpool sound as anything heard this side of the Beatles' debut album (also recorded in one day), which this record paralleled, not only in sound but one key song selection, closing with "Twist and Shout".

The attributes that the Searchers would build on, spirited playing, good harmony singing behind smooth lead vocals, and crisply defined lead and rhythm guitars, are all present in as stripped-down a form as they would ever be heard. The range of material reflects the personal tastes of the members, mostly early Motown ("Money") and other American R&B ("Farmer John," "Stand By Me"), and even one recent American folk hit, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone".

Meet the Searchers is just about the best single document that one can find of what rock & roll in Liverpool was about, and it's played with so much spirit that one suspects it might've done well as a reissue during the late-'70s "power pop" boom.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Sweets For My Sweet
Alright
Love Potion No. 9
Farmer John
Stand By Me
Money

Side Two

Da Doo Ron Ron
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya
Since You Broke My Heart
Tricky Dicky
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Twist And Shout

Released on 'Pye Records' in 1963

Catalogue No. NPL 18086

Disc is in VG+ condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in VG+ condition

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