Description
Label Review.
25 tracks. Cilla Black, The Liverbirds, Beryl Marsden, Jeannie & The Big Guys, Tiffany with The Thoughts, The Three Bells, Vernons Girls, The Breakaways, Glenda Collins, Nola York, Samantha Jones, Tiffany, Jacki Martin, Lyn Cornell, The De Laine Sisters, The Sharades, Cindy Cole, The Satin Bells, Sandy Edmonds. Ace.
Our Overview.
With this latest compilation, from Ace Records, the focus is on a location: the music hotbed of Merseyside. While male beat groups ruled the Merseyside roost in the 60s, the area was also home to its fair share of female talent. To illustrate the point, here are 25 hand-picked girl-pop artefacts from thereabouts.
Liverpool’s pop queen Cilla Black is featured with her two most Merseybeat-oriented tracks, including a terrific version of “A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues”, the first song she ever recorded at Abbey Road. Guitar-toting cover girls the Liverbirds, who released no records in the UK but were stars in Germany – where their repertoire of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry numbers made them favourites at the Star-Club – also appear twice.
The Breakaways, the Vernons Girls and Beryl Marsden – three other acts intrinsically associated with Liverpool – are also featured. Along with a selection of proven fan favourites, the collection contains many lesser-known gems, among them new-to-CD tracks by the Three Bells, Nola York, Tiffany, Lyn Cornell, Cindy Cole and, not least, Samantha Jones, whose hitherto-unreleased-in-any-format ‘I Don’t Want To Lose Him’ was recorded with visiting American producer Teddy Randazzo. A fantastic addition to the collection of any fan of 1960s Beat Group fare.