A CD of early Quarrymen numbers?
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
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Recorded in Liverpool in 1997, the tracks on the CD are from Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Gene Vincent, Carl Perkins, Lonnie Donegan and other Quarrymen heroes as follows: Mean Woman Blues - Midnight Special - Blue Moon of Kentucky - I forgot to remember to forget - Whole lotta shakin' - Pick a bale of Cotton - That's all right, Mama - Blue Suede Shoes - When the sun goes down - Don't be cruel - You're right, I'm left, she's gone - Bebop-a-Lula - Have I told you lately that I love you - Twenty flight rock - Lost John,
John Lennon's Original Quarrymen Get Back -Together
The five remaining Quarrymen from the original 1957 lineup got
together in Music House Studios in Liverpool in late 1997 to put together their first ever recording. Len Garry, who played tea-chest bass in 1957, reveals himself to be the owner of a great rock and roll voice and
has taken up guitar, leaving Pete Shotton to step in on the bass, (and double on washboard on the skiffle numbers!) Eric Griffiths continues to play guitar, Colin Hanton actually uses his original drumkit and Rod Davis
plays guitar instead of banjo and sings lead on a couple of Donegan numbers.
The result is a real foot tapper, with a very authentic 50's sound about it, even the echo was produced with a genuine Watkins Copycat! If you were ever a skiffle fan in the 50's you'll recognise the sound immediately, all those guitars whamming solidly through their three chords and the old tea-chest thumping away in the background!
SOUND CLIPS FROM THE CD:
How to get your own copy!
The CD is available from selected records shops in the UK and by mail from Quarrymen Records, Scorpion Publications, Dept IN, PO Box 616,
Uxbridge UB8 2YP or by phone from 01895 847504. Please leave your Visa/Mastercard details on our answerphone. Or:
UK readers only:
EITHER: send a cheque made out to Quarrymen Records for £14.00,
including postage and packing OR: write to us giving your VISA/Mastercard number, valid from/to dates, your name as on your card and your address and a phone number in case of queries. Please allow three weeks for delivery.
Readers outside the UK:
Visa /Mastercard payments only, please. Price £14.00 including postage and packing. Let us have your card number, valid from/to dates, your
name as on your card and your address and phone number in case of queries.
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