How Do You Like It - Gerry & The Pacemakers

Advantages: Pure listening pleasure for Gerry Marsden fans.
Disadvantages: The only disadvantage is the Cilla Black track

...This is a must for Gerry and The Pacemakers fans. Pure listening pleasure. Gerry Marsden, the lead singer was in the sixties and is still a fantastic vocalist, he can have you up off your seat dancing with 'Shot of Rythm and Blues' and 'Jambalaya' and then completely slow down the mood with classic tracks such as 'Ferry Cross the Mersey' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone' the ultimate football anthem (especially if you, like I am a fanatical Liverpool fan) There are 26 tracks to listen to both upbeat and slow I could not find any fault with this DVD except perhaps for the fact that two tracks did not feature Gerry but one featured the Fourmost, which was quite good but the other track Cilla Black, well it depends on your point of view but for me this track ruins the whole thing, (no offence Cilla) but you were at your best on Blind... Read review

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...With a band like The Lightning Seeds, a greatest hits album is bound to be a treat. From the first track, the reflective What You Say, to the final anthem, Three Lions, Like You Do is packed full of hits. If you have ever watched Match Of The Day you’ll know The Life Of Riley, while Lucky You, Change, Pure… and pretty much all the other songs on the album are completely uplifting. Ian Broudie’s vocals are complimented wonderfully by these tunes, and the resulting album is a true class act.... Read review

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Advantages: A memorable chapter starting the second half of 'The British Invasion'
Disadvantages: An album that marked the closing of an era of creative composition

...We endured the 'British Invasion' twice in the twentieth century. The first stage of the front line campaign started, as most of us will know, in the early to mid sixties and came in the shape of Mersey Beat. Our lovable suited, mop topped friends with wobbly heads and innocent melodies fell at our feet as The Beatles, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Eden Kane, The Searchers and Herman's Hermits to name only a handful. What passed us by was the second tour of duty in the early to mid eighties, exactly twenty years after. What we received was a very watered down version of the sixties revolt on the charts. Because the first invasion had been so obvious, (all we had up until then was duck tails and black leather, the all of a sudden, these young men ditched the brill cream, or as my father used; soap and water,) what we got the second time... Read review

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