VA - Some Other Guys: 32 Merseybeat Nuggets 1963-1966 (1990)

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This 77-minute compilation, which originally appeared on the Sequel label in England, is a decent if limited (by its restriction to the library of a single label) crash course in what the Liverpool sound was like, beyond the ranks of the Beatles, Gerry & the Pacemakers, etc. Of the dozen acts featured here, only one -- the Searchers -- ever saw success that lasted more than one or two chart entries, if that; the CD is a bit of a cheat, since the Searchers are represented by six songs (although only two hits). The rest is genuinely obscure, and all material drawn from the Pye Records vaults. There's a lot of high-quality playing on this collection, especially from the Undertakers and the Trends. The Undertakers' early sound never really got too close to what was thought of as Merseybeat, being dominated by the saxophone, an instrument seldom heard in Liverpool; the Trends, on the other hand, had good guitar attack, and lead vocalist Tony Priestly sang extremely well. Their tactical error may have been to record "All My Lovin'" (which they couldn't improve over the Beatles version) as their second single, which that shows off one of the problems that most of these bands had -- a lack of repertory of their own. Most of these groups were forced to cover others' songs, and sometimes each other's, or else to write their own material, even if they weren't good enough to do it. Tommy Quickly was at the bottom of the Brian Epstein management totem-pole, though not in his personal life -- he comes off as a decent enough singer, but nothing special; his backing band, the Remo Four, play well enough but were rather predictable on these records. The notes are thorough and the sound is more than acceptable.
Track List:

01. The Searchers - Farmer John
02. Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four - Yes
03. The Undertakers - Do The Mashed Potatoes
04. The Chants - Come Go With Me
05. Jeannie & The Big Guys - Boys
06. The Wackers - The Girl Who Wanted Fame
07. The Searchers - Some Other Guy
08. The Trends - You're A Wonderful One
09. Undertakers - Stupidity
10. Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four - The Wildside Of Life
11. The Wackers - Love Or Money
12. The Searchers - Stand By Me
13. Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four - Lies
14. Remo Four - Peter Gunn
15. Tommy Quickly - I'll Go Crazy
16. The Undertakers - Everybody Loves A Lover
17. The Searchers - Needles And Pins
18. The Undertakers - Just A Little Bit
19. Paddy, Klaus & Gibson - I Wanna Know
20. The Searchers - I Pretend I'm With You
21. The Trends - The Way You Do The Things You Do
22. Tony Jackson - Stage Door
23. Remo Four - I Know A Girl
24. The Chants - I Could Write A Book
25. The Takers - If You Don't Come Back
26. The Chants - She's Mine
27. Paddy, Klaus & Gibson - Hey Teresa
28. Jeannie & The Big Guys - Sticks And Stones
29. The Trends - All My Loving
30. The Searchers - I Don't Want To Go On Without You
31. Chris Curtis - Aggravation
32. Tony Jackson - Bye Bye Baby

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