![]() ![]() The developing semantics and etymology were doubtless unnoticed over 19. ( pictured left, July 1961's first issue of Mersey Beat) Between July’s Oriole albums and September’s Searchers article – whether as "Mersey Beat" or "Merseybeat" – the use of a new geography-specific musical category became widespread. June Harris, again in Disc, wrote about The Searchers saying they were integral to “Merseybeat”. In Record Mirror that April, Bill Harry wrote of “the Merseyside Big Beat Scene”.īy September there was a change to something simpler than "Merseyside beat". At home we call it rhythm and blues with a Merseyside beat, but it's only now that it's beginning to pay off”. Most of them go for a commercialised, rhythm and blues sound, and they use material by people like Chuck Berry as a base for their own arrangements. There's plenty of work for all, but the competition is tough. The same month, John Lennon told her “There are about 20 top beat groups on Merseyside and several others who are not so big. In March 1963, the music paper Disc’s June Harris dubbed what was going on Liverpool “Merseyside Beat”. Their label made the contraction, maybe as copyright reasons prevented the use of the paper's exact name.Īs the band name and the This Is Mersey Beat albums confirmed, what Harry had coined was a convenient tag. They were still billed live as The Mersey Beats in February and August 1963. As The Mersey Beats, they played shows in September, October and December 1962. Yet when their first single, “It's Love That Really Counts”, came out on Fontana records in August 1963 their name appeared on the label as The Merseybeats – one word. The Mersey Beats were included – still two words. In July 1963, Oriole Records released the two This Is Mersey Beat albums. Bill Harry had given permission to use his paper’s name as he thought it would be good promotion.Īfter The Beatles broke through nationally, the name of Harry’s publication was a potent brand. He told them they were – but as The Mersey Beats. Wooler was asked why they weren’t on the bill. They first knew of the change after seeing the poster for a Wooler-promoted show they were booked for. How that happened is fascinating.Ī first sign of the resonance of the title Harry chose came in February 1962, when Cavern Club DJ Bob Wooler renamed local band The Mavericks without telling them beforehand. The two words were not yet collapsed into one, and weren’t yet specific musical signifiers. There was the sense of beat as in police beat: the paper was nosing around the Mersey area. The UK gained its first local music paper. ![]() In time, Mersey Beat would solely be devoted to the scene from which Cilla Black and The Beatles had sprung. Harry and Lennon had been at art school together. Inside, a short piece on singer Cilla Black and a whacky contribution by John Lennon on his band titled “Being a short diversion on the origins of The Beatles”. The front cover had a picture of Gene Vincent taken when he was in Liverpool alongside trails for forthcoming orchestral and theatrical productions. Thanks to you, we manage music for more than 10 million loyal listeners.Buyers saw a mast head saying “What’s On In Merseyside”. ♬ Configurable bookmarking support for play positionĭoubleTwist is handmade with ❤ in Austin, Texas, live music's world capital. ♬ UPnP/DLNA Play To support (PS3/4 are not supported because they don't support Play To) ♬ Supports MP3, AAC, OGG, WMA, m4a, wav and more ♬ Supports lossless formats and can play FLAC, ALAC as well as audiophile 24-bit audio files ♬ SuperSound™: Customize your sound with headphone enhancement, bass boost and widening effects ♬ Advanced 10 band equalizer with 17 presets and Preamp ♬ Gapless playback for FLAC, ALAC and MP3, AAC tracks containing gapless metadata ♬ Built-in Podcast directory and podcast management features, including variable speed playback for podcasts subscribed through the app. ♬ Configurable default start screen and menu listing ♬ Multiple built-in themes: dark, light, AMOLED black and red ♬ Advanced sorting options for Albums, Artists, Composers, Genres and more ♬ Configurable browsing preferences for Album Artist and Track Artist ♬ High resolution Album and Artist images It features a brand new material design UI with multiple themes, 10-band EQ, gapless support, lossless sound with FLAC & ALAC playback, casting support, podcast management and built-in AirSync for syncing your iTunes music to your Android device.ĭoubleTwist Classic Player has been recommended by the New York Times, BBC, Wall Street Journal and numerous tech publications. *** Optimized for large screens! *** doubleTwist Pro Lossless Player is the completely revamped premium version of doubleTwist Classic Player. ![]()
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