Get Ready to ROCK! » Merseybeat https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:41:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : THE HAMBURG REPERTOIRE, 2 CDs https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-the-hamburg-repertoire-2-cds/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-the-hamburg-repertoire-2-cds/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:58:27 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=100186 THE HAMBURG REPERTOIRE  Cherry Red [Release date : 10.01.25] It’s no exaggeration to say that popular culture in the UK – music, fashion, sexual mores, religion – experienced a revolution of mind, body and soul in the sixties. On of the prime … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/01/album-review-the-hamburg-repertoire-2-cds/feed/ 0 Album review : GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS I Like It (3 CD Anthology) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:25:42 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=96882 gerry_and_the_pacemakers 150Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] As the sixties’ “Merseybeat” pop explosion recedes further into the past, ten album, multiple hits band, Gerry And The Pacemakers seem less and less likely to get the credit they deserve. And so this anthology … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/album-review-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-3-cd-anthology/feed/ 0 Album review : THE CRYIN’ SHAMES – Please Stay, Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-the-cryin-shames-please-stay-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-the-cryin-shames-please-stay-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:37:20 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94821 CRYIN SHAMES Teachest 150Cherry Red [Release date: 12.04.24] The Cryin’ Shames were late to the Merseybeat party, and departed almost as soon as they arrived. This a 2 CD reissue of every recording made by the band in its various guises. 48 tracks … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-the-cryin-shames-please-stay-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes/feed/ 0 Album review : V/A Let’s Stomp (Merseybeat 1962-1969) 3 CD set https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/#comments Sun, 14 May 2023 16:45:51 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=88400 LetsStomp-final-stroke-min-1Cherry Red [Release date: 26.05.23] Heavily influenced by US Blues and Rock, Merseybeat was a sixties pop music phenomenon, originating in Liverpool, that swept all before it. First the UK, then Europe, ultimately invading the USA and the ROTW. Across … Continue reading →

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