i have been looking at this site http://www.merseybeatnostalgia.co.uk/index.html as Griff jr. suggested and am loving the he ll out of it you gotta check this out.we gotta get the beatles on it too.but their older stuff with you know it pete.you gotta?????????i gotta quit with the gotta.you must check out the under takers.
all these groups played great music.i would also like to see a lonnie d. section.

i kinda feel like this is my forum,since i come here more than any of you.no not the whole forum just this fifth section.i must say this idea has charged my interest in making this happen.i will be back after a D E_MAIL..............

Heh, sorry about the long waits in between, but yeah, a lot of us skip over this section unfortunately. I don't. I simply forget about it.

That is a REALLY good site with loads of great downloadable Mersey tracks - some which are quite difficult to find! Well researched histories of many of the well known (and not so well known) groups of the Merseybeat era (check out The Big 3).

WELL worth a look.

Cheers PC

That site is sweet. I hardly know anything about those bands, but that just shows my ignorance.

PC has my vote as the tutor for this site. I need to do me some learning.

up you go

farons flamingos.............http://www.merseybeatnostalgia.co.uk/html/farons_flamingos.html
i believe  faron is in the pic with george and ringo in germany.the one in allan williams book.

What REALLY annoys me about all the different versions of "Do You Love Me" is the "push push" backing vocals - where the hell did that come from? The original Contours version is "work work" which ties in the next line "work it all baby". As far as I know only the Dave Clark 5 use the correct lyrics - by far the worst version is by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, the best is by the Contours... in my humble opinion of course!

DO YOU LOVE ME (Berry Gordy)
You broke my heart
'Cause I couldn't dance
You didn't even want me around
And now I'm back, to let you know
I can really shake 'em down
Do you love (I can really move)
Do you love (I'm in the groove)
Ah do you love (do you love me)
Now that I can dance
Watch me now, oh (work, work)
Ah, work it all baby (work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy (work, work)
With a little bit of soul now (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)
And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Now that I can dance
Watch me now, oh (work, work)
Ah, shake it up, shake it (work, work)
Ah, shake 'em, shake 'em down (work, work)
Ah, little bit of soul now (work)
(work, work)
Ah, shake it, shake it (work, work)
Ah, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
Ah, don't get lazy (work)
I can mash-potatoe (I can mash-potatoe)
And I can do the twist (I can do the twist)
Well now tell me baby (tell me baby)
Mmm, do you like it like this (do you like it like this)
Tell me (tell me)
Tell me
Do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
Now, do you love me (Do you love me)
(Now, now, now)
(work, work)
Ah, I'm working hard baby (work, work)
Well, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
And don't you get lazy (work)
(work, work)
Ah, hey hey baby (work, work)
Well, you're driving me crazy (work, work)
And don't you get lazy (work)

i just downloaded talkin bout you by faron and the flamingos....great tune.......

that site is cool.........nice rare ear candy there.
i will have to do more when i return from the auto parts store..the wifes car is crapping on us again....

yeah the brits just keep coming.......i mean the hits

Quoted from tkitna

That site is sweet. I hardly know anything about those bands, but that just shows my ignorance.

PC has my vote as the tutor for this site. I need to do me some learning.

Me too.

i just dig that tune .... Do you love me !

Quoted from The_End

That is a REALLY good site with loads of great downloadable Mersey tracks - some which are quite difficult to find! Well researched histories of many of the well known (and not so well known) groups of the Merseybeat era (check out The Big 3).

WELL worth a look.

Cheers PC

yeah it does, thanks   theres lots to see

A lot of great information. Thanks. I was just wondering whether all these great songs are downloadable. And if so, how?

do you have real player?you maybe able to save it in your library.or if your computer asks you to save a file to disc or open pick save to disc and it should come up on your music files.i can capture them....

bump

lets get this up there again.......

again.....

I found something of the Dennisons. Nice little song. I had never heard of this Merseyside band until I visited this site.

the web educates i tell ya....

Ever heard the Big 3 live at the Cavern? It has Bob Wooller introducing them then they break into some amazing live tracks including What'd I Say - sounds absolutely awesome!!!

Wasn't The Big 3 the loudest band of the club?

Apparently so, I can't remember who, but one of the members custom-built their amplifiers.

By the way - I have the original Live At The Cavern EP (with the Bob Woller intro) - if anyone's interested in hearing it please give me a shout.

Shout!

Quoted from Bobber

Shout!

OK mate - I will sort this out tonight for ya

As promised THIS is "The Big 3", a totally amazing and sadly over-looked band, recorded LIVE at the CAVERN CLUB in 1963!!!!

This is taken directly from my original vinyl EP so please excuse some of the little pops and squeaks!! Enjoy, and let me know what you think - this really IS AWESOME STUFF!

http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2JIUXWOJHJ0SS2R0X3S9ZS7ZTS

Thanks a lot, Alan! This must have been a great band to watch live on stage. On the other hand, I can see why the Beatles were something special even back in the early days. The Big 3's choice of covers (Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah) is from a lower level in my opinion. It's just not that electrifying, although the backcover tells us something else. Still, it has always been a bit of a mystery to me why bands like this and Rory Storm never hit the big time like The Beatles or even failed to score some hits like Gerry and the Pacemakers did... Their quality seems to be alright...

BIG THREE
Merseybeat trio, claimed to be the first beat group in Liverpool, formed from late-'50s Cass And The Casanovas: Casey Jones, rhythm guitar; Adrian Barber, lead guitar, John Gustavson, bass; Johnny Hutchinson, drums. Backed blues singer Duffy Power on package-tour circuit early '60s; dropped Jones and became Big Three '62, so named for 6} statur