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| From | Mark Smith <markmsmith@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Liverpool Echo |
| Date | Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:38:09 +0100 |
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Hi
Well I can add no personal knowledge to this and you may already have found
this yourself but I've just had a search and it seems that the two main guys
in Liverpool Echo Martin Briley and Brian Engel were in a whole bunch of
bands in a relatively short space of time as this quote from Briley attests
*"Mandrake, Corn and Seed Merchants, Prowler, Starbuck, Liverpool Echo, True
Adventure ....... it was all the same thing to us."
Could it be that the tracks you heard were by one of those other bands but
credited to Liverpool Echo incorrectly.
Interestingly Liverpool Echo were signed to AIR, George Martin's production
company.
Mark
*
On 10/28/05, David Bash <bashpop@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I just received my copy of the Rev-ola Reissue of the Liverpool Echo
> (self-titled) LP, from 1973. What a great album it is! Perfectly crafted
> Mersey-era (naturally) stylings, featuring the lead/harmonies of Brian
> Engel
> and Martin Briley...yes, *that* Martin Briley, the guy who would have a
> Top
> 40 U.S. hit ten years later with "The Salt In My Tears".
>
> Interestingly, unlike the other bands who sported "Liverpool" in their
> name,
> Liverpool Echo was not from Liverpool; they were from London. They chose
> the name to reflect their sound rather than their location (the "echo"
> being
> used to signify that they were "echoing" the Liverpool sound). In
> addition,
> the cover art is a depiction of the December 7, 1963 issue of the
> same-named
> newspaper, which reported The Beatles coming back home from their recent
> tour.
>
> Unfortunately there aren't any bonus tracks on the disc, as the story is
> that the band had hurredly recorded the album in only a week, and didn't
> have time to record any additional tracks. The band broke up soon after.
> All of this puzzles both myself and John Borack, as we'd both seen a
> Beatles
> documentary a few years ago on A&E, which, curiously, featured as its
> soundtrack a bunch of songs from the album but also a bunch of others
> which
> were equally good, but that we'd never heard before. The credits said "all
> songs by The Liverpool Echo", but so far nobody we've spoken to can shed
> any
> light on this. Neither John nor I can remember the name of this
> documentary, and a search I just did on Google came up with nothing. The
> liner notes of the CD do talk about some pre-Liverpool Echo sessions in
> 1972, but not much else in this regard. If anyone can help here, I'd be
> most grateful.
>
> Anyway, it's a great album. I'll bet Not Lame will have some soon, because
> I know Bruce is a big fan! :-)
> --
> Pop Rules!!!!!
> Take Care,
> David
>
>
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