THEM AGAIN

There I was, perusing a song list of sixties British female pop, stuff like Dusty Springfield, Lulu and Sandie Shaw. Bam! There were a couple cuts by the Liverbirds! I've a soft spot for the Liverbirds. Unlike a lot of British female singers at the time, the Liverbirds played their own instruments. Better, they looked as if they were not to be messed with. They were the cool chicks. That's all fine and dandy if their music backed it up. It did.

Having posted about them several times in the past, I didn't expect find much of anything new online. I was surprised to see that they now have their own YouTube channel and that the two surviving members wrote a book about their band. I'm still in rabbit hole mode. Join me, it beats doing the dishes.

 

First off, check the live clip, "Peanut Butter". So completely badass. A shitload more of that at their YouTube page. When you check the mp3s below, just imagine them with a meatier production. Even a crunchy Kinks-like sound. Even better? A time machine wherein Jon Spencer produces them à la Blues Explosion. Shit. now I'm just fantasizing.
 

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Listen: 
The Liverbirds - Talking About You mp3 at The Rising Storm
The Liverbirds - Hands Off mp3 at The Rising Storm

The Liverbirds - Long Tall Shorty mp3 at Internet Archive
The Liverbirds - Why Do You Hang Around Me? mp3 at Internet Archive
Podcast:
'Girls don't play guitars!' The Liverbirds' story at BBC
Video:
The Liverbirds - Channel at YouTube Live clips, music, etc
Visit:
The Liverbirds - Bio at The Hound
The book:
The Liverbirds: Our life in Britain's First Female Rock 'n' Roll Band by Mary McGlory and Sylvia Saunders