Mersey Boys & Liverpool Girls: Sounds of the Mersey 1978-2001

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Annotation

Sleevenotes written by John Peel
Made in the EU
"Dedicated to the thousands of loyal supporters of the most successful club in English football".
Design by The Red Room

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout: EMI UDEN 5323882 @ 2 IFPI L046
Label Code: LC 0542

Annotation last modified on 2025-09-14 10:52 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Liverpool Girl
Ian McNabb4:05
2Sandstorm
engineer, producer and mixer:
John Leckie
drums (drum set):
Keith O'Neill (English drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Pete Wilkinson
guitar:
John Power (of The La’s and Cast) and Liam Tyson
lead vocals:
John Power (of The La’s and Cast)
recording of:
Sandstorm
lyricist and composer:
John Power (of The La’s and Cast)
Cast3.82:41
3The People in the Telly
The Real People3:16
4The Back of Love
engineer:
David Bascombe, Dave Woolley, Colin Fairley, Paul Cobald, Steve Prestige and Steve Short (sound engineer & producer)
producer:
Kingbird and Kingbird
recording of:
The Back of Love
writer:
Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch (Echo & the Bunnymen), Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant
Echo & the Bunnymen53:14
5I Want You
recording of:
I Want You
lyricist and composer:
Michael Head (Shack)
Shack4:05
6Oliver's Army
engineer:
Roger Bechirian
producer:
Nick Lowe (UK singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/producer)
bass guitar:
Bruce Thomas
drums (drum set):
Pete Thomas (drummer)
guitar:
Elvis Costello
organ, piano and synthesizer:
Steve Nieve
vocals:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Oliver’s Army (from 1978-08 until 1978-09)
lyricist and composer:
Declan Patrick MacManus
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions4.352:58
7Deliver Your Children
recorded in:
Record Plant Mobile Studio, Fair Carol Yacht, US Virgin Islands, United States (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-05-31)
recording engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
assistant engineer:
Steve Churchyard, Pete Henderson (engineer) and Mark Vigars (engineer)
producer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Denny Laine (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
bass:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
classical guitar:
Denny Laine (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
drums (drum set):
Joe English (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
background vocals:
Denny Laine (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11) and Linda McCartney (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1977-11)
recording of:
Deliver Your Children (from 1977-05-01 until 1977-11)
writer:
Denny Laine (in 1975) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1975)
publisher:
McCartney Music
Wings2.654:17
8Driving Away From Home
additional recording engineer:
Dave Bascombe
recording engineer:
It’s Immaterial
vocal:
Merran Laginestra (Multi-disciplined musician and sound artist. Born in Sidney, Australia)
remixer:
David Bascombe
recording of:
Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
writer:
John Campbell (of It's Immaterial & Yachts) and Jarvis Whitehead
It's Immaterial53:50
9Feelin'
engineer:
Mark Wallis
additional producer:
Mark Wallis
producer:
Steve Lillywhite
bass guitar and background vocals:
John Power (of The La’s and Cast)
drums (drum set):
Neil Mavers (former drummer for "The La's")
guitar:
Peter Camell (former guitarist for "The La's") and Lee Mavers
lead vocals:
Lee Mavers
recording of:
Feeling
lyricist and composer:
Lee Mavers
publisher:
Go! Discs Music Ltd. (publisher)
The La’s41:46
10My Beautiful Land
Steven Kennedy2:57
11Good Luck Charm
Speed4:23
12Forgotten Town
producer:
Laurie Latham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Ariola München GmbH (in 1987)
recording of:
Forgotten Town
lyricist and composer:
Henry Priestman
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
The Christians3:56
13King in a Catholic Style
producer:
Walter Becker
recording of:
King in a Catholic Style
writer:
Gary Daly, Gazza Johnson and Eddie Lundon (China Crisis)
China Crisis4:28
14The Happy Man
Thomas Lang3:48
15Groovy Train
engineer:
Gary Wilkinson
producer:
Graham McPherson and Mark Saunders (UK record producer)
mixer:
Mark Saunders (UK record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Produce Records (UK label owned by the band The Farm)
music videos:
Groovy Train (music video) by The Farm (90s UK indie/synth-pop band)
recording of:
Groovy Train
lyricist:
Peter Hooton
composer:
Steve Grimes (The Farm)
publisher:
Virgin Music (publisher and label, only for releases with Virgin MUSIC logo)
The Farm44:09
16He Took Her to a Movie
recording of:
He Took Her to a Movie
composer:
Ladytron (UK electronic band)
Ladytron3:11
17Julia's Song
engineer:
Paul Collister
co-producer:
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
producer:
Chester Valentino (Paul Collister)
recorded at:
The Gramophone Suite in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (in 1979)
recording of:
Julia’s Song
lyricist:
Julia Kneale
composer:
Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) and Andy McCluskey
publisher:
Dinsong Limited and Dinsong (publisher) (in 1984)
OMD54:38
18Lucky You
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1994)
recording of:
Lucky You
writer:
Ian Broudie and Terry Hall
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd. and Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS)
Lightning Seeds3:53
19Diary of a Wimp
Space2:46
20And It Hurts
Amsterdam3:07
21Heart as Big as Liverpool
The Mighty Wah!3:34

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
Liverpool Football Club
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