Saturday, January 31, 2009

Let’s Stomp! • Liverpool Beat 1963














A Liverpudlian treat . . . 

The 16 tracks on Let’s Stomp! were all originally released on the Oriole label in 1963 and produced by John Schroeder. Schroeder , whis is best known for his work with Sonds Orchestral, was one of the first London producers to recognize thee potential of Merseyside. Unlike George Martin who was fed groups by Brian Epstein, Schroeder came to Liverpool to see what was happening. He set up a mobile recording unit in the Rialto ballroom and , over a two-day period, he recorded over twenty Merseyside groups. Two albums were released called This Is Merseybeat and 12 of the best tracks have been included on Let’s Stomp! (From the liner notes)