Condition: Used
Gerry And The Pacemakers - The Best Of Gerry And The Pacemakers
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog#: SN-66053
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Record is VG++
Cover has slight edge wear and corner wear (see our picture)
Country: Canada
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Brit Rock
Tracklist:
A1 I Like It
A2 I'm The One
A4 It's Gonna Be All Right
A5 Away From You
A6 How Do You Do It?
B1 Walk Hand In Hand
B2 Ferry Cross The Mersey
B3 You'll Never Walk Alone
B4 Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
B5 Chills
Gerry and the Pacemakers began their career with three number one UK hits, these being How do you do it (an up-tempo song that was offered to the Beatles), I like it (another up-tempo song) and You'll never walk alone (the Rodgers-Hammerstein ballad from Carousel that became the anthem of both Celtic and Liverpool football clubs).
They never had another number one hit but they had three more top ten hits - I'm the one (a number two hit), Don't let the sun catch you crying (their first American hit) and Ferry cross the Mersey (also an American hit). Their only other UK hits were It's gonna be alright, I'll be there and Walk hand in hand.
Their early UK hits charted in America following the success of Don't let the sun catch you crying, though without the impact they'd had in the UK. Girl on a swing missed the UK charts completely but made the USA top thirty.
Those ten hits are the only essential tracks but they recorded many other fine songs including covers of fifties songs made famous by Chuck Berry, Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. Unlike some other Liverpool groups of the time, they did not look to the Beatles as a source of songs.
This particular compilation of music by Gerry and the Pacemakers contains far more than just the hits.
Gerry & The Pacemakers - How Do You Do It (Live)
I always wonder what would have happened to these guys if they weren't stablemates with the Beatles in terms of Brian Epstein. It's actually a good song, believe it or not, and I think it's better than the Beatles version (and Please Please Me was worth it).
Gerry And The Pacemakers - I Like It
a underrated band this song if you listen to it closely has great lyrics and key changes, more than just a popsy tune
Gerry and The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey
Video clip of Gerry and the boys singing the theme tune from their film Ferry Cross The Mersey...
Reminds me of a world gone by that won't be revisited again.. A time of some of the best music that ever was and ever will be
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