The Liverpool Scene
The Players
During the summer of love 1967 the nucleus of Liverpool Scene was Mike Evans (tenor and alto sax, guitar, vocals - formerly with the Clayton Squares), Mike Hart (guitar, vocals, 1968), Adrian Henry (vocals), who gave lessons at an art school, Brian Patten ( voc) and Andy Roberts (guitar, vocals, accordion, harmonica, penny whistle).
They lived just above O'Connor's Tavern, where they held their regular Tuesday-sessions. After an increasing importance of they were joined by Percy Jones (bass, harmonica) and Brian Dodson (drums, 1967-69) and later Pete Clark (drums, 1969-70) and then Frank Garrett (drums, 1970)
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"The Scene was the conscious center of the human universe" - Gingsberg
The beginning! An album of poetry with Roger McGough, Adrian Henri and Andy Roberts. Brian Patten didnt make it to the album...
The Liverpool Scene was the title of a poetry book in 1967, published in London and bringing to the public the works of Roger McGough, Adrian Henry and Andy Roberts.
These three poets had gathered a growing following in the early 60's by often reading their poems in places like Steates Coffee Bar, O'Connors' Tavern and the Everyman Theatre. When the nation got aware of the existence of Liverpool (by way of the Beatles) these poets started to sell their books in growing piles, especially since the aformentioned book was released with an LP. Allen Ginsberg had said, the Scene was the conscious center of the human universe.
The record became the link to pop. Much of this new poetry was influenced by popsongs and therefore it was a logical step, when the poets joined the musicians.
The first to do this was Roger McGough along with Scaffold. Next step was a penguin book (The Mersey Sound) featuring Henri, McGough and Patten. Roger McGough saw it this way:The kids didn't see this poetry with a capital p, they understood it as modern entertainment, as part of the pop-movement.
the INCREDIBLE new liverpool scene
CBS
63045
1967
FEATURING:
* Side One
Knees Down Mother Brown
I say, I say, I say
For You, Everything's Gonna Be All Right
My Johnny Joined The Army
Lets Do It While We're Waiting
Poem For National L.S.D. Week
Let Me Die A Young Man's Death
The New 'Our Times'
Adrian Henri's Talking After Christmas Blues
Don't Worry, Everything's Going To Be All Right
Classroom Blues
* Side Two
Tonight At Noon
Love Is (see video below)
In The Midnight Hour
The Day Before Yesterday
Mother, There's A Strange Man Waiting At The Door
Mother, The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen
At Lunchtime, The Story Of Love
Mrs Albion, You've Got A Lovely Daughter
Car Crash Blues
Adrian Henri's Last Will And Testament
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Roger McGough
PRODUCED BY:
Hal Shaper
Love Is
One of the very earliest photographs of The Liverpool Scene circa 67
Amazing Adventures of...
The cover shows the regulars outside O'Conners Tavern in Liverpool, the band's home venue.
Liverpool DJ John Peel, who was then working on the pirate radio station Radio London, picked up on the LP and featured it on his influential late-night Perfumed Garden show. After Radio London closed down, Peel visited Liverpool and met the band; as a consequence, they were featured in session on his BBC Top Gear and Night Ride shows, and in 1968 he produced their first LP Amazing Adventures of... The Liverpool Scene."O'Conners is still there. Basically it was the creature of its landlord, Jimmy Moore, (the big fella on the cover). A pretty utilitarian drinking hole, but large, with a good sized upstairs room which we took over for poetry and music sessions on Wednesdays. The downstairs was lit with orange bulbs, lending a curious ambience to the experience." ANDY ROBERTS
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF ...
RCA Victor SF7995
1968
* Side One
1 Tramcar to Frankenstein (Evans & Roberts)
2 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
3 Gliders, Parks (Hart)
4 Burdock River Run (Roberts)
5 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
6 Universe (Band)
* Side Two
1 Bat Poem (Henri & Roberts)
2 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
3 Percy Parslow's Hamster Farm (Roberts)
4 Happy Burial Blues (Cockrill, Evans & Roberts)
5 Palms (Hart)
6 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
7 Love Story (Henri & Roberts)
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Mike Hart
Percy Jones
Brian Dodson
PRODUCED BY:
John Peel
Galactic Lovepoem
Liverpool Scene Galactic Lovepoem
Liverpool Scene, poetry rock band, live TV, February 1969
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Gully Foyle
Bread on the Night
Mike Hart had left before recording began for this album. Contains '64' and 'I've got those Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall can't fail blues'
BREAD ON THE NIGHT
RCA SF8057
1969
* Side One
1 The day we danced at the Dole (Evans)
2 The Raven (Roberts)
3 GBS Blues (Evans)
4 The entry of Christ into Liverpool (Band)
5 64 (Roberts)
* Side Two
1 Come into the perfumed garden Maud (Henri)
2 See the conkering heroine comes (Henri & Roberts)
3 Winter Poem (Henri & Jones) (see video below)
4 I've got those Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall can't fail blues (Henri)
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Percy Jones
Brian Dodson
PRODUCED BY:
Sandy Roberton and Liverpool Scene
Albion Dreaming: A popular history of LSD in Britain (Hardcover)
Bath Festival of Blues Poster
The Bath Festival of Blues circa 1969
Stuart Godfrey recollects. I remember very clearly seeing Liverpool Scene at the Bath Festival in 1969 and they were BRILLIANT - even in the exalted company of Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Roy Harper, The Nice (to name but a few) they really got the festival buzzing - Adrian Henri was an amazing front-man who very nearly wrecked the stage with some ill-advised leaps (he was a big guy). Less clearly I seem to recall they had a guitarist name of Andy Roberts??? who made some pretty strong solo albums.
I did get to meet Adrian Henri and Roger McCough at a poetry reading in Hereford and they were really nice guys; Henri had this uncanny ability of balancing one full beer-mug on his belly while downing another. As a thin guy, I found this very impressive. Ah, memories...Stuart
Bath Festival of Blues Line Up Saturday June 28th 1969
Winter Poem
Liverpool Scene Winterpoem
Liverpool Scene, poetry rock band, live TV, February 1969
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ST ADRIAN Co
Pete Clark replaced Brian Dodson on Drums. Side 2 recorded live at Warrick University.
ST ADRIAN Co - Broadway and 3rd
RCA SF8100
1970
* Side One
1 Made in the USA (Henri & Evans)
* Side Two
1 Human Tapeworm (Roberts)
2 Night Song (Henri, Roberts)
3 Bomb Commercials (Henri)
4 Colours (Evans)
5 Baby (Henri, Roberts)
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Percy Jones
Pete Clark
PRODUCED BY:
Sandy Roberton and Liverpool Scene
Andy and Adrian on tour in Norway in 1971
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Recorded in February 1969 for Granada television programmes
Heirloon
The Official post break-up 'Best of' album, comprising of material already recorded and in the archive. Contains Adrian's beautiful poem 'Love is'.
Heirloon
RCA SF8134
1970
* Side One
1 Love Is
2 Gunner from Daker
3 The Morning The Sky Went Away
4 Moon King
5 Im Just A Simple Boy
6 The Woo-Woo
7 Mental Astronaut
* Side Two
1 Tramcar To Frankenstein
2 The Little Car
3 The Boathouse
4 Wildwest
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Mike Hart
Percy Jones
Pete Clark
Frank Garrett
Bryan Dodson
PRODUCED BY:
Sandy Roberton and Liverpool Scene
Recollections
Recollections' was a later 'Best - of' album on Charisma.
Recollections
Charisma
Perspective
CS3
1972
* Side One
1 The Woo Woo (Henri, Roberts, Dodson, Jones & Evans)
2 The day we danced at the Dole (Evans)
3 Bat Poem (Henri, Roberts)
4 64 (Roberts)
5 Colours ( Evans)
6 I've got those Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall, can't fail Blues (Henri)
* Side Two
1 Love is (Henri)
2 The Entry of Christ into Loverpool (Henri, Roberts, Evans, Dodson & Jones)
3 Love Story (Henri, Roberts)
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Mike Hart
Percy Jones
Pete Clark
PRODUCED BY:
Sandy Roberton and Liverpool Scene
The Liverpool Scene
A 'Best - of' featuring some of the best of the Liverpool Scene and a couple of Andy's solo songs.
The Liverpool Scene featuring Adrian Henri & Andy Roberts
Polydor 2310055
1972
* Side One
1 Made in the USA (Henri & Evans)
* Side Two
1 Human Tapeworm (Roberts)
2 I've got those Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall, can't fail Blues (Henri)
3 Creepy John (Roberts)
4 Moths and Lizards in Detroit (Roberts)
5 GBS Blues (Evans)
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Percy Jones
Pete Clark
&
Ian Whiteman
Ian Carr
Malcolm Griffiths
Karl Jenkins
PRODUCED BY:
Sandy Roberton and Liverpool Scene
THE LIVERPOOL SCENE CD
A CD re-release of The Liverpool Scene's first two albums. Remastered from vinyl, it's nice to have this material without the crackles and clicks ... there's a story to this release.
The Liverpool Scene -
two albums
BGOCD538
2001
* CD One
1 Tramcar to Frankenstein (Evans & Roberts)
2 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
3 Gliders, Parks (Hart)
4 Burdock River Run (Roberts)
5 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
6 Universe (Band)
7 Bat Poem (Henri & Roberts)
8 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
9 Percy Parslow's Hamster Farm (Roberts)
10 Happy Burial Blues (Cockrill, Evans & Roberts)
11 Palms (Hart)
12 The Amazing Adventures of Che Guevara (Evans)
13 Love Story (Henri & Roberts)
* CD Two
1 The day we danced at the Dole (Evans)
2 The Raven (Roberts)
3 GBS Blues (Evans)
4 The Entry of Christ into Liverpool (Band)
5 64 (Roberts)
6 Come into the Perfumed Garden Maud (Henri)
7 See the Conkering Heroine Comes
(Henri & Roberts)
8 Winter Poem (Henri & Jones)
9 I've got those Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Mayall Can't Fail Blues (Henri)
BAND:
Andy Roberts
Adrian Henri
Mike Evans
Mike Hart
Percy Jones
Brian Dodson
PRODUCED BY:
John Peel
Sandy Roberton and Liverpool Scene
A Gallery to Play to By Phil Bowen
A Gallery To Play To
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