All's well, but I'm not too sure about your wife. lol. Looking forward to the cheque (sp?  ) Anyways, other than you I have no plans to go to Florida in the very near future, but I will someday. I stopped smoking but a few beers and some moondogs will fill our times. Not writing any books at the mo, just filling company's websites with rubbish. That's fine right now. Waiting for spring, doing the garden, deeging the weeds.
There's documentaries on Alma Cogan and Lonnie Donegan coming up. I'll burn you a copy and will collect some interesting stuff.

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the brian story?? http://www.thevideobeat.com/store/music-documentaries/brian-epstein-story-1-2.html
ferry boats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersey_Ferry

updated the first link......

The Koobas - You'd Better Make Up Your Mind:

I have compiled an album for EMI Gold to be released in February which I call 'The Mersey Sound.' One of the tracks is 'The Face' by the Kubas.

Interesting. What else is on it?

could we order it from you online????do you got the road runner recording by lu walters and the beatles??????

get us the album bill!

The Return of   'The Mersey Sound'
This CD was issued on 25th February to celebrate Liverpool’s year as the European City of Culture
and contains 30 tracks by both known and relatively little-known acts from the early to mid Sixties.


The tracks are:

Gerry & The Pacemakers: A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues.
Cilla Black: Love Of The Loved.
The Swinging Blue Jeans: Good Lovin’.
Cindy Cole: He’s Sure The Boy Love.
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: From A Window.
The Fourmost: Yakety Yak.
Beryl Marsden: Break-A-Way.
Gerry & The Pacemakers: Ferry Cross The Mersey.
The Blackwells: Why Don’t You Love Me.
Cilla Black: Anyone Who Had A Heart.
The Scaffold: Lily The Pink.
The Pathfinders: Don’t You Believe.
Gerry & The Pacemakers: You’ll Never Walk Alone.
The Swinging Bluejeans: You’re No Good.
Lee Castle & The Barons: A Love She Can Count On.
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: Trains And Boats And Planes.
The Fourmost: Hello Little Girl.
Cindy Cole: Lonely City Blue Boy.
The Fourmost: A Little Loving.
Jason Eddie & The Centremen: Come On Baby.
Steve Aldo: Everybody Has to Cry.
The Scaffold: Liverpool Lou.
Gerry & The Pacemakers: Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying.
Tiffany’s Thoughts: Find Out What’s Happening.
Beryl Marsden: Let’s Go Somewhere.
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: I’ll Keep You Satisfied.
The Scaffold; Thank U Very Much.
Cilla Black: Liverpool Lullaby.
The Kubas: The Face.
The Fourmost: I’m In Love.  . . . and incidentally . . .
Beryl Marsden, the Kubas and Steve Aldo were all part of The Beatles final tour of Britain in December 1965. Beryl was regarded as the best female vocalist in Liverpool at the time, Steve was a highly regarded singer and the Kubas were always on the brink of fame, but never quite made it.

Cindy Cole is, of course, Rita Hughes, the best female vocalist to emerge from Chester and former lead singer with Jeannie & The Big Guys. Sadly, Rita died of cancer in 1989. Tiffany’s real name was Irene Hughes and she was a founder-member of Liverpool’s first all-girl rock ‘n’ roll band the Liverbirds before leading her own Tiffany’s Dimensions and Tiffany’s Thoughts.

The Pacemakers, Fourmost, Scaffold, Billy J, Cilla and The Bluejeans are all well known, but Lee Castle & The Barons and The Pathfinders seem to have vanished from history. However, Jason Eddie is still an active performer. His real name is Albie Wycherley and he is Billy Fury’s younger brother.

The CD is a wonderful souvenir of the exciting sounds that emerged from Merseyside in the heyday of the Mersey Sound.

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Mersey Beat - Merseyside's Own Entertainment Paper
The Beatles, The Liverpool Sound, The Swinging Sixties...
It's still happening, man:
http://www.mersey-beat.com  

bill?????give me some background on these guys...

oh wait me find it....http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/shes-a-mod

tell us about jackie lynton then..........boots wellington eh???
wouldn't that be considered the first beatles music recorded for a record?????