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The Merseybeats never did become part of the British Invasion as they never had any success in the States, still playing today with two original members Tony Crane and Billy Kinsley so sound today pretty much as they did all those years ago. They only notched up 7 hits in UK of which only 3 made top twenty, nevertheless I liked the Merseybeats, in fact I have every track they recorded in the sixties.

Their biggest hit was I Think Of You the second single but here is their very first single an ex Shirelles number I think, be interested in vies of those who listen.


Here is a link for your reference:

http://s65.yousendit.com/d.aspx?
id=1DT6D4DYWJ9PD2K27YATMHDSM

Roy,

Of all the bands that I saw live they were one of my favorites.

I'll take a listen. It has been many years since I have heard anything recorded by them.

Thanks so much.

The link did not work unfortunately.

Great group!

I love Elvis Costello's version of "I Stand Accused".

I have a recording of "Sorrow" without the horns.

http://s65.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1DT6D4DYWJ9PD2K27YATMHDSMD

Corrected

Very nice and relaxing. I did hear this song before, but different recording (re-recording, i suggest...)

Roy: In 1995, I was on a self-directed train tour of Britain. As I stood on a station platform in Wales taking in my surroundings, I heard familiar music coming over the PA system (BBC Radio, I would guess). It took me a minute, but then I realized it was a song by The Merseybeats. Perfect...

That was great Roy. Any chance you can post "I Think of You" by the Merseybeats?

My band used to play "Sorrow" back in the 60s. The best version though of that song though IMO was the one by David Bowie.

http://tinyurl.com/fzcbc

Here you are Brian.

Roy: When The Merseybeats became The Merseys (just Crane and Kinsley?) circa 1966, I believe they credited their backing band as The Fruit Eating Bears. When I came across this info, I thought it sounded very odd. Any idea who they were and the significance of this strange name?

That's correct Randy, don't much about them except they emerged from a Merseybeat band called The Masterminds or three of them did


The line up was Kenny Goodlass , Ken Mondy , Chris Finlay , George Cassidy and Joey Molland

The latter became part of Badfinger and still is as far as I know.

Their gimmick if you want to call it that was that they had two drummers.

Interestingly in the seventies some punk band emerged on the scene and took the name.

Roy: As usual, excellent info. I'm well aware of The Masterminds and Joey Molland, but I didn't know that they recorded with The Merseys. This is very interesting. Thanks!

Roy,

Many thanks for posting "I Think of You". It is just how my faded memory recalled it. I loved that song when it was released and I believe that it has stood the test of time.

I've heard the name but never heard the band, they sounded kind of like Chad and Jeremy to me, the songs were kind of nice but I thought the recording and production could have been a little better. My Peruvian wife (who is not accustomed to this type of music) liked the second song a lot. I thought the stuff was nice but doesn't stand up to a lot of other British bands from those days, which again to me is probably the production, they musn't have had the money behind them.

I surmise that it was probably a four track recording Bob. Recorded as a "live" bed track with the drums separated by soundproof baffle boards. That was quite a common process for the day. Especially in the smaller and low budget studios.

Roy can perhaps provide us with the details of where it was recorded and how the job was accomplished.