...but there's been some editions - especially happy for the Sizer Barker - plus its allowed me to find The Most Tiring Day by Cecil - which is listed in Paul Du Noyer's book as "very interesting single performed with a certain heavy complexity that is rare in Liverpool music"

'Wake Up' by The Crescent - well worth checking out - the word is that Lee mavers wrote it for them when they were his backing band

....would disagree with Dead Or Alive, Pete Burns is (like me) from Port Sunlight, which is firmly on The Wirral!

Although I suppose you could argue that he rose out of the Liverpool 'scene' in the early 80s.

And whoever put Thomas Lang on there....wonderful! Must dig out 'Scallywag Jazz'

...though it should be a 'Merseyside-area' playlist ;-)

Aren't the Coral from Meols? Andy McCluskey from OMD was from Heswall.

Just kidding, really enjoying the playlist!

Rich

Forget Strawberry Fields or Penny Lane, for me the most evocative Merseyside related song is 'New Brighton' by the eternally underrated It's Immaterial.

It seems inexplicable (aside from the fact that no-one bought it first time round!) that the sublime album 'Song', on which New Brighton appears, is still unavailable on cd.

In an ideal world a copy of their single 'Driving Away from Home' would be given away free to any motorist spending more than £30 at all motorway service stations.

Anyone else love them? They've got a new single out in a few weeks time.

Billy Fury
A Flock of Seagulls
Apollo 440 (ft the late great Billy MacKenzie on vocals)
Gomez
Kathryn Williams
Candie Payne
The Pale Fountains
The Little Flames
The Rascals
Cilla "Surprise Surprise!" Black
The Searchers
The Fourmost
The Merseybeats
Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas

Alas nothing available for Ooberman, The Stands, Shack, Clinic, Yachts, Liverpool Express (remember 'You Are My Love'?), Ellery Bop, Hot Club de Paris or Benny Profane

A great, great band.

'Life's Hard...' was one of those albums that I played when sharing a house at college that all my house-mates could appreciate without calls for it to be turned off. Alas the same could not be said when I introduced them to The Pixies....

Not strictly a Liverpool song but a gorgeous paen to the oil refinery, apprently inspired by seeing the lights and flames in the dark when driving home from playing gigs across the North West

My old mum would have been distressed to hear them described as a Liverpool band.

She was very proud of moving from Walton Vale to Southport on her retirement and always regarded Southport as nothing whatsoever to do with Liverpool

I've just got wind of a rather top exhibition opening at the National Conversation Centre in Liverpool. Am I allowed to plug this? If not my sincere apologies.

LIVERPOOL THROUGH A LENS
Work of rock photographer goes on display

Atmospheric images of Liverpool’s youthful and exhilarating post-punk era feature in a new exhibition by photographer Francesco Mellina at the National Conservation Centre from 1 May to 31 August 2009.
Sound and Vision: Music and Fashion photographed by Francesco Mellina, Liverpool, 1978-82 showcases 60 photographs – most of them previously unseen.
The exhibition reveals a unique visual record of the city’s music and fashion scene, capturing the striking individuality and self-expression of gig-goers and acts in this pivotal era from New Wave and Northern Soul to the New Romantics and Rockabillies.
Featuring iconic Liverpool bands and artists such as Echo and the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Pete Wylie and Pete Burns, Mellina’s photographs document key gigs and music spots of the time, along with many more names who went on to achieve worldwide status including Roxy Music, The Clash, The Ramones and The Smiths as well as artists such as Mick Hucknall and U2 who were still opening support acts at the time.
Italian-born Francesco Mellina trained in photography at Liverpool Art School in the 1970s and went on to manage Liverpool band Nightmares in Wax, which later became Dead or Alive. He then set up Black Eye Records, establishing himself on the Liverpool music scene and becoming a familiar face with bands and gig-goers alike. He was also nationally recognised and regularly contributed to magazines such as The Face, Smash Hits, Melody Maker and NME.
His popularity resulted in him being uniquely positioned to intimately capture the edgy fashion and music trends that were created, nurtured and encouraged in the city during the late 70s and early 80s.
This closeness to his subjects offers exciting glimpses and rare insights into a time that many still try to imitate but can never truly replicate.
More…
National Conservation Centre Whitechapel, Liverpool Admission FREE
Open 10am-5pm every day Information 0151 478 4999
Website www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conservation

is some Scorpio Rising and some 25th of May, as well as the others previously mentioned, of course, especially Benny Profane. And if I say The Simon Bendrix Experience, is that memory playing tricks on me or did they really exist?

Their guitarist is currently the captain of the 4 XI cricket team I play for.

For shame.

This Cilla song was one the Beatles gave away. I came across it because it was in my Beatles Complete guitar book as a kid - I was intrigued by it, the chords looked interesting, but at the time there was no way to hear it.
Came across the book again recently and found the song on iTunes - I think it's good - not a note wasted.

Also added Wave Machines (Carl Brown's latest).

Pity about Yachts. I could just do with hearing Look Back In Love (Not In Anger).

Just found a David Tyrrell track on Spotify - an unsigned act with a track on a band compilation - anyothers out there of Liverpool bands?