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The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes of The Mersey Sound
Anthony Hogan Amberley Publishing 208 pages 2017 |
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Anthony Hogan follows up 2016's 'From a Storm to a Hurricane: Rory Storm & The Hurricanes' with another delve into the Merseybeat era. The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes of The Mersey Sound looks at the black music scene in Liverpool and its effect on Merseybeat as well as some of the unsung heroes of the local scene including the Liverbirds, Derry Wilkie, Kingsize Taylor & Geoff Nugent.
Anthony Hogan follows up 2016's 'From a Storm to a Hurricane: Rory Storm & The Hurricanes' with another delve into the Merseybeat era. The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes of The Mersey Sound looks at the black music scene in Liverpool and its effect on Merseybeat as well as some of the unsung heroes of the local scene including the Liverbirds, Derry Wilkie, Kingsize Taylor & Geoff Nugent.
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The Cavern Club: The Rise of The Beatles and Merseybeat
Spencer Leigh McNidder & Grace 260 pages 2016 |
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The history of the Cavern Club as told through owners of the club, musicians who played at the club, the backroom staff who've worked at the club and fans who've attended the club. Featuring a foreword by none other than Paul McCartney.
The history of the Cavern Club as told through owners of the club, musicians who played at the club, the backroom staff who've worked at the club and fans who've attended the club. Featuring a foreword by none other than Paul McCartney.
Cavern Club: The Inside Story
Debbie Greenberg
Jorvik Press
186 pages
2016
Debbie Greenberg
Jorvik Press
186 pages
2016
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Debbie Greenberg saw the Beatles debut at the Cavern Club and hardly missed a lunchtime or evening session. Then in 1966 with the Cavern Club in bankruptcy, her father asked her if it was a good idea to buy the Cavern Club. This is her story...
Debbie Greenberg saw the Beatles debut at the Cavern Club and hardly missed a lunchtime or evening session. Then in 1966 with the Cavern Club in bankruptcy, her father asked her if it was a good idea to buy the Cavern Club. This is her story...
From a Storm to a Hurricane: Rory Storm & The Hurricanes
Amberley Publishing
Anthony Hogan
208 pages
2016
Amberley Publishing
Anthony Hogan
208 pages
2016
Rory Storm was a showman who with his band the Hurricanes became one of the top bands in Liverpool but like many of the bands that exploded onto the Merseybeat scene never made it nationally. A well researched book containing over 100 photographs many unseen before in public
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The Beatles in Liverpool
Spencer Leigh Omnibus Press 128 pages 2014 The Beatles in Liverpool features exclusive interviews with Pete Best, Cynthia Lennon and Julian Lennon plus stories and anecdotes from musicians, promoters & friends. The 128 page book also contains many unseen photographs.
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Standing in the Wings: The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me
Joe Flannery The History Press 288 pages 2013 Standing in the Wings is Joe Flannery's account of life in 50's Liverpool, his relationship with Brian Epstein and his part in the Beatles rise to fame in the early 60's.
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Some Other Guys
M. Kuhlmann Veloce Enterprises 312 pages 2013 Some Other Guys aka Beat Waves 'Cross the Mersey Vol.2 features another sixty six groups from the Merseybeat era. Both volumes are essential as reference books to a golden era.
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Beat Waves 'Cross the Mersey
M. Kuhlmann Veloce Enterprises 558 pages 2012 A mammoth work of 558 pages with detailed line ups of 164 Merseybeat groups. This updates Manfred's first offering The Sound With The Pound with an additional 112 pages.
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It's Love That Really Counts: The Billy Kinsley Story
Spencer Leigh Cavern City Tours 224 pages 2010 Excellent book from Spencer Leigh on one of Liverpool's favourite sons.
It takes you on a journey from his childhood in Liverpool, seeing the Beatles for the first time to success with the Merseybeats and Liverpool Express. |
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Bigger Than the Beatles
Bill Harry Trinity Mirror Media 320 pages 2009 The only thing bigger than the Beatles was their hometown of Liverpool. It was a remarkable place in the early 60's with more country and western groups, folk groups, soul singers, black artists and female artists than anywhere in Britain. This book looks at the Liverpool scene that became Merseybeat.
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The Sound With The Pound: An Anthology of the 60s Merseybeat Sound
Manfred Kuhlman Best Books Online 450 pages 2009 Before Beat Waves Vols. 1 & 2 there was The Sound With The Pound....
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The Cavern : The Most Famous Club in the World
Spencer Leigh Saf Publishing Ltd 256 pages 2008 The story of the Liverpool's Cavern Club, the most famous club in the World from the beginning told through interviews with club owners and musicians.
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The Golden Years of Merseybeat
Eric Woolley The Bluecoat Press 104 pages 2008 Forty two groups including Gerry & the Pacemakers to Billy Butler & the Tuxedos are featured in the Golden Years of Merseybeat.
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Best of Cellars: The Story of the World-famous Cavern Club
Phil Thompson The History Press 128 pages 2007 The story of the Cavern Club the birthplace of Merseybeat. |
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The Beatles: The True Beginnings
by Roag Best, Rory Best & Pete Best Thomas Dunne Books 200 pages 2003 The Beatles, the True Beginnings features great photos by Sandro Sodano and archival material from the Casbah Club.
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The Best of Fellas: The Story of Bob Wooler
Spencer Leigh Drivegreen Ltd 264 pages 2002 The story of Bob Wooler one of the most important figures from the Merseybeat scene. Resident DJ at the Cavern Club but he was much more than that. He looked after the bands, giving them names, booking gigs but of course known for those wonderful woolerisms, just ask 'he Sheik of Shake' or the ‘the panda-footed prince of prance’ ...
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The Rocking City: The Explosive Birth of the Beatles
Sam Leach Pharaoh Press 240 pages 1999 An insight into the early days of the Merseybeat scene by local promoter Sam Leach.
He conveys the excitement of what it was actually like in those early days in Liverpool during 1961. |
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The Best Years of the Beatles
Pete Best Headline 176 pages 1997 Second book by Pete Best on his two years with the Beatles including more unpublished photographs.
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Hamburg: Cradle of British Rock
Alan Clayson Sanctuary Publishing Ltd 288 pages 1997 First there was Liverpool then the call came that bands were needed in Hamburg. Read about the clubs, the bands, the music and, well, Hamburg!
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Encyclopedia of "Beatles" People
by Bill Harry Cassell Illustrated 352 pages 1997 Bill Harry the founder of the Merseybeat newspaper and school friend of John Lennon & Stuart Sutcliffe has written or co-written around thirty books of varying quality. 'Beatles People' published in 1997 begins with Bill Harry's speciality, a 20 page introduction on the Birth of Merseybeat then a very short, just over a page, of the Chronology of the Beatles before Ringo Starr joined them in August 1962. READ MORE
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BEATLE! The Pete Best Story
by Pete Best & Patrick Doncaster Plexus Publishing Ltd 192 pages 1989 The first and probably the best book by Pete Best unceremoniously dropped by the band on the eve of fame and fortune.
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Let's Go Down the Cavern: Story of Liverpool's Merseybeat
Spencer Leigh Vermilion 216 pages 1984 Let's Go Down the Cavern was published in 1984, the year the 'new' Cavern Club opened it's doors. Prolific author Spencer Leigh spoke to 130 Merseybeat musicians and amassed 50 hours of conversations. The book is split into three parts, a history of Merseybeat, a Merseybeat 25 and a Merseybeat discography 1963-1965.
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Mersey Beat: The Beginnings of the Beatles
Bill Harry Omnibus Press 96 pages 1977 Merseybeat, the Beginnings of the Beatles contains pages from Bill Harry's groundbreaking Merseybeat newspaper including srticles from John Lennon & Paul McCartney. Also includes an introduction from Bill Harry.
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