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(ACE Records) 29 tracks, the complete Star Club recordings 1965/66 with a 16 page color booklet....more

The Liverbirds: From Merseyside To Hamburg - The Complete Star Club Recordings (CD)

(ACE Records) 29 tracks, the complete Star Club recordings 1965/66 with a 16 page color booklet.

The Liverbirds were not unique, but they were certainly unusual. The male groups of the Merseybeat era were ten a penny. Of the 400 Liverpool combos listed by Spencer Leigh in his book Let’s Go Down The Cavern, less than a handful are female. The fact that the Liverbirds played their own instruments made them doubly rare, even more so on a national and international level.

Although they were from Liverpool, as photographs suggest (at a quick glance they could almost be mistaken for the Pretty Things or the Stones) musically the Liverbirds had more in common with the R&B-influenced bands of the South East than your typical Merseybeat group.

So overwhelming was the competition from their local male counterparts that the group found gigs difficult to come by until Manfred Weissleder entered the picture. Weissleder owned the Star-Club in Hamburg, the Beatles' old stomping ground, and was always on the lookout for new talent.

The Liverbirds had a lot to prove – not least their newly acquired nickname die Weiblichen Beatles (the Female Beatles) – but after a shaky start they soon settled in, cranking up the volume and winning over the tough Star-Club crowd with their repertoire of mainly Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry numbers. The club’s audience was known for its contingent of female groupies, but even they grew to accept and admire the group. Duly impressed, Weissleder offered them a recording contract on his Star-Club label. The girls ended up moving to Hamburg permanently.

What the Liverbirds might have lacked in musical expertise, they more than made up for with youthful dynamism, knocking out the songbooks of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry in particular with a compelling punkish naivety often found wanting in the recordings of the their male contemporaries.

As their celebrity grew, the Liverbirds toured all over Germany, Switzerland and Denmark, sharing a bill with their hero Chuck Berry in Berlin. Usually their sets would include several of his songs, but they were told not to play them that night. Ignoring the instruction, the group launched into ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, prompting Berry’s manager to rush the stage demanding that they stop. They carried on playing regardless.

Barring a single issued on US Philips in 1965 and the three tracks featured on Ace’s “Destroy That Boy: More Girls With Guitars” compilation of 2009, “From Merseyside To Hamburg: The Complete Star-Club Recordings” marks the first-ever release of the Liverbirds’ repertoire outside of their adoptive Germany.

By Mick Patrick

Article properties:The Liverbirds: From Merseyside To Hamburg - The Complete Star Club Recordings (CD)

  • Interpret: The Liverbirds

  • Album titlle: From Merseyside To Hamburg - The Complete Star Club Recordings (CD)

  • Genre Beat

  • Artikelart CD

  • Label Big Beat Records

  • EAN: 0029667429023

  • weight in Kg 0.107
Liverbirds, The - From Merseyside To Hamburg - The Complete Star Club Recordings (CD) CD 1
01Talking About YouThe Liverbirds
02Bo Diddley Is A LoverThe Liverbirds
03He's Something ElseThe Liverbirds
04Long Tall ShortyThe Liverbirds
05He's About A MoverThe Liverbirds
06You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The...The Liverbirds
07Johnny B GoodeThe Liverbirds
08MonaThe Liverbirds
09Road RunnerThe Liverbirds
10Diddley DaddyThe Liverbirds
11Money (That's What I Want)The Liverbirds
12Got My Mojo WorkingThe Liverbirds
13Hands OffThe Liverbirds
14Too Much Monkey BusinessThe Liverbirds
15Before You Accuse MeThe Liverbirds
16Leave All Your Old Loves In The PastThe Liverbirds
17Shop AroundThe Liverbirds
18It's Got To Be YouThe Liverbirds
19Peanut ButterThe Liverbirds
20Oh No Not My BabyThe Liverbirds
21It's So ExcitingThe Liverbirds
22He Hardly Ever Calls Me Honey AnymoreThe Liverbirds
23Loop De LoopThe Liverbirds
24Love HurtsThe Liverbirds
25For Your LoveThe Liverbirds
26Around And AroundThe Liverbirds
27Down Home GirlThe Liverbirds
28HeatwaveThe Liverbirds
29Why Do You Hang Around MeThe Liverbirds
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Tracklist
Liverbirds, The - From Merseyside To Hamburg - The Complete Star Club Recordings (CD) CD 1
01 Talking About You
02 Bo Diddley Is A Lover
03 He's Something Else
04 Long Tall Shorty
05 He's About A Mover
06 You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The...
07 Johnny B Goode
08 Mona
09 Road Runner
10 Diddley Daddy
11 Money (That's What I Want)
12 Got My Mojo Working
13 Hands Off
14 Too Much Monkey Business
15 Before You Accuse Me
16 Leave All Your Old Loves In The Past
17 Shop Around
18 It's Got To Be You
19 Peanut Butter
20 Oh No Not My Baby
21 It's So Exciting
22 He Hardly Ever Calls Me Honey Anymore
23 Loop De Loop
24 Love Hurts
25 For Your Love
26 Around And Around
27 Down Home Girl
28 Heatwave
29 Why Do You Hang Around Me