Beatles and Mersey Beat Page


Please see Books section which includes books I've written about the Beatles and Merseybeat. Various items in the Reviews, Features, Interviews and Obituaries will also have a Merseybeat slant - I can't get away from it!

In 2006 Artsmagic issued The Beatles Liverpool DVD, a five and a half hour tour of Liverpool in which I meet over 20 people associated with the Beatles and visit over 50 Beatle sites. Please click The Beatles Liverpool for details.

Here are some specific Merseybeat items.

GERMANY CALLING!
Spencer Leigh goes to Hamburg and talks to musicians about the Beatles.

OUT OF THE CAVERNS
Spencer Leigh looks at the Merseybeat records that have been hiding in back rooms. (Record Collector - July 1997)

DON’T SAY THAT THIS IS THE END
Early American teen idols and the Beatles

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE RIGHT
At the Mathew Street Festival 2006

NOW I'M 64
A fuller version of a feature which appeared in the Liverpool Daily Post for Paul McCartney's 64th birthday

PAINTER MAN
Possibly the only interview with John and Stu's art teacher, Nicholas Horsfield

MERSEYBEAT COMPILATIONS
What's been released over the years

CHRIS CURTIS OF THE SEARCHERS - DECEMBER 1997 INTERVIEW
This was quite a scoop. In his first interview since the 60s, Chris talked frankly to Spencer Leigh about his years with the Searchers. (As published in Record Collector, March 1998)

CHRIS CURTIS OF THE SEARCHERS - APRIL 2003 INTERVIEW
Chris came back for more! Sadly, he has now passed away and you can read his Obituary in that section