The Merseybeats - The Very Best Of The Merseybeats (1997)

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in August 2011.


The Merseybeats - The Very Best Of The Merseybeats (1997)

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Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com) DVD-ROM: LG GDR816B
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
info.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

First biography paragraph from All Music (by Bruce Eder & Richie Unterberger):

The Merseybeats were one of the better quartets to come out of the British Invasion without ever making a dent on the charts in the United States -- along with the Roulettes, the Chants, and the Undertakers, they represent an undeservedly lost chapter in early-'60s British rock & roll. Although they enjoyed a little less than a year of serious chart success, the Merseybeats were unable to pull together the various facets of their sound into a cohesive, coherent whole in the manner of the Beatles or the Hollies, and into something lasting, in part because of a lack of original songwriting ability in their ranks. The group's roots go back to the early '60s in Liverpool, and a band originally known as "the Mavericks," comprised of Tony Crane (lead guitar, vocals), Billy Kinsley (bass, vocals), David Elias (rhythm guitar, vocals), and Frank Sloane (drums). They were doing well but soon found the name to be a drag on their success, making people think that they were a country & western band. They briefly used the name "the Pacifics," and then became the Merseybeats -- evidently their timing was such that they grabbed the name, previously a local music reference, ahead of anyone else in a city boiling over with musical activity.

Read all of the bio at:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-merseybeats-p4903/biography

All Music Album Review (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine):

Spectrum's The Very Best of the Merseybeats is a good budget-line U.K. collection featuring all of the group's Top 30 hits, plus a selection of good lesser-known singles and album tracks that often equal the originals. If you can't find Beat & Ballads this is a good alternative.

Taken from:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-the-merseybeats-spectrum-r365719

Amazon.com's page: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000006V63

Track List:

01. I Think Of You
02. Don't Let It Happen To Us
03. Wishin' And Hopin'
04. I Love You, Yes I Do
05. I Stand Accused
06. Last Night (I Made A Little Girl Cry)
07. Long Tall Sally
08. It Would Take A Long, Long Time
09. Milkman
10. It's Love That Really Counts
11. The Fortune Teller
12. Mister Moonlight
13. Hello Young Lovers
14. He Will Break Your Heart
15. Really Mystified
16. Good' Good Lovin'
17. Don't Turn Around
18. See Me Back
19. Jumping Jonah
20. All My Life