{"product_id":"various-bob-stanley-presents-liverpool-sunset-the-city-after-merseybeat-1964-1969-cd","title":"Various - Bob Stanley Presents Liverpool Sunset: The City After Merseybeat 1964-1969 (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaterloo Sunset' is now regarded as the greatest song about London. It comes as a shock, then, to discover it was originally about another city altogether. Watching acts who had been huge stars just three years earlier but now couldn't buy a hit - the Searchers, Billy J Kramer, Gerry and the Pacemakers - the Kinks' Ray Davies wrote 'Liverpool Sunset' in sympathy. Compiled by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley, with comprehensive sleeve-notes, \"Liverpool Sunset\" investigates a thrilling but overlooked era in the city's musical history, covering soul, R\u0026amp;B, psychedelia and freakbeat. As this collection makes clear, the city was still producing new acts in the late 60s, and still making great records, it was just that the world had started looking elsewhere for it's musical fix. By 1965 the Iron Door club, once the Searchers' Merseybeat home, was beginning to host soul all-nighters where local band the Chants were often on the bill. The Cavern was by now hosting the likes of Solomon Burke, Stevie Wonder and Ben E King. All of this music was an inspiration to the next wave of Liverpool acts such as Just Four Men, Tiffany's Thoughts and the Clayton Squares. The latter were so highly regarded that breaking out nationally seemed a formality: they had two singles released on Decca, a six-week stint in Hamburg, a Ready Steady Go performance, and management by both the Cavern's owner Bob Wooler and London tough-nut Don Arden. \"Liverpool Sunset\" also includes overlooked tracks by some of the original Merseybeat stars: Billy J Kramer's soulful 'We're Doing Fine' deserves to be better known, and Cilla Black's wildly odd 'Abyssinian Secret' in 1968 was considered too outré by Parlophone and ended up buried on an EP. Adventurousness wasn't an issue. Joe Meek produced both the Cryin' Shames and Billy Fury's brother Jason Eddie, while McGough and McGear had Jimi Hendrix helping out on the terrific psych-pop So 'Much To Love'. Here are two dozen lost gems; 60s Liverpool classics once hidden now uncovered\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 It's a Crime - The Kirkbys\u003cbr\u003e2 Find Out What's Happening - Tiffany w\/The Thoughts\u003cbr\u003e3 Nobody Like My Babe - The Dennisons\u003cbr\u003e4 Just to Be with You - Johnny Gustafson (Aka Johnny Gus \u0026amp; Johnny Gus Set)\u003cbr\u003e5 It's Almost Good - Eddie Cave \u0026amp; the Fyx\u003cbr\u003e6 You Don't Have to Whisper - the Dimensions\u003cbr\u003e7 Whatcha Gonna Do - Jason Eddie \u0026amp; the Centremen\u003cbr\u003e8 Don't Let a Little Pride (Stand in Your Way) - Billy Fury\u003cbr\u003e9 Imagination - the Clayton Squares\u003cbr\u003e10 Come on Back - Paul \u0026amp; Ritchie \u0026amp; the Crying Shames\u003cbr\u003e11 Never Leave Your Baby's Side - Tony Jackson\u003cbr\u003e12 The Cat - the Merseys\u003cbr\u003e13 Atmospheres - the Wimple Winch\u003cbr\u003e14 So Much to Love - McGough \u0026amp; McGear\u003cbr\u003e15 Michaelangelo - 23rd Turnoff\u003cbr\u003e16 Summer Comes Sunday - Swinging Blue Jeans\u003cbr\u003e17 A Man Without a Face - the Chants\u003cbr\u003e18 Abyssinian Secret - Cilla Black\u003cbr\u003e19 We're Doing Fine - Billy J Kramer \u0026amp; the Dakotas\u003cbr\u003e20 Come on - the Carrolls\u003cbr\u003e21 Constantly Changing - the Koobas\u003cbr\u003e22 Girl on the Corner - Focal Point\u003cbr\u003e23 It Happens All the Time - Crackers\u003cbr\u003e24 Into My Life She Came - the Penny Peeps\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41740237439110,"sku":"ACI6711142.2","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/2959\/9806\/files\/liverpool-sunset.jpg?v=1744819718","url":"https:\/\/www.parasolrecords.com\/products\/various-bob-stanley-presents-liverpool-sunset-the-city-after-merseybeat-1964-1969-cd","provider":"Parasol Mail Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}