Description
Label Review.
Tracks (1976) Dreamin’ (1978) Lex (1979) with 8 bonus tracks. 7T’s.
Our Overview.
One of the 70’s “unsung heroes”, Liverpool Express were formed by ex- members of Sixties hitmakers The Merseybeats and The Merseys. This is the first time their three studio albums have been issued on CD.
In 1975 Billy Kinsley and three friends he had been playing soccer with over the years, Roger Scott Craig, Tony Coates, and Derek Cashin, joined together to create Liverpool Express. The songwriting partnership of Billy and Roger developed when they started getting together in a small rehearsal room at the Bluecoat Chambers in downtown Liverpool to write and arrange some of the bands early material.
Before long the band recorded their first album Tracks produced by their manager Hal Carter who had personally managed many other successful musical acts including Billy Fury, Eddie Cochran, Marty Wilde, Brenda Lee, and Johnny Burnette. Hal negotiated a recording deal for the band with Warner Brothers Records and within a matter of six months they had several hit records across Europe including You Are My Love, Every Man Must Have a Dream, Dreamin”, Smile and Hold Tight”.
Over a 12 month period between April 1976 and April 1977 the band had four single releases which made the charts, two of which reached the Top 20 , namely “You Are My Love” and “Every Man Must Have His Dream”. Success tailed off after that and the band ended.