The bulk of this
recording (tracks 1-12) was the second one to be made by the amateur recording
club of Plessey Communications (ATE) in 1964 at their studio just off Edge Lane
in Liverpool, with Plessey employees as the engineers. Along with other
peripherals, the studio consisted essentially of a mixing desk and a
Ferrograph. Fred Crane was the main instigator of this session.
Fred was an employee at Plessey and a member of their employee's audio
club. He was also a Scout leader at Wellington Road Mission Church,
Liverpool, where he had come into contact with the group. A number of
onlookers can be heard singing in the background of some songs at this session.
The date was Wednesday 16 December 1964, the day before the first booking
at the Catacombs coffee bar in Manchester. The
name of the group had recently been changed from the "Seekers" to the
crossBeaTs. Tracks 13-15 are home recordings
when doing parts in early 1965. Songs in green itlaics were NOT written by the group - which at this stage means
most of them. An MP3 download is available for each song. The
words of all the songs on this CD are available on
this web site, and there is also a page of the chords
used. |