The Searchers Meet the Rattles explained

The Searchers Meet The Rattles
Type:live
Artist:The Searchers
Cover:The_Searchers_Meet_the_Rattles.jpg
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Released:1964
Recorded:1963
Genre:Rock/Pop
Language:English
Label:Mercury
Chronology:The Searchers US
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The Searchers Meet The Rattles is the second US live album by English rock band The Searchers (side 1) and the first US LP by German rock band The Rattles (side 2). The Searchers recorded their set in March 1963 at the German Star-Club during their Hamburg residency.[1] The album contains songs that Mercury Records had withheld from its predecessor Hear! Hear!. Songs by The Rattles are taken from their album Twist Im Star-Club Hamburg released in Germany on Philips Records in 1963.[2] The only other country that released The Searchers Meet The Rattles was Canada.[3]

Overview

The Searchers played 126 appearances at The Star-Club, The Rattles 154.[4] Mike Pender said: "Playing at the Star-Club and mixing acts like the Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis gave us great confidence."[5] The first US live album by The Searchers Hear! Hear! went to No. 120 on Billboard Top 200 in the summer of 1964. Mercury quickly followed up with another LP made of the band's early live catalogue recorded before the group's international success, including the UK Top 50 hit "Sweet Nothin's" (otherwise best known by Brenda Lee).[6] Although record company still had seven unreleased tracks in their pockets, they used only five of them, omitted "Beautiful Dreamer" (originally issued on the German various artists LP Twist im Star-Club Hamburg) and "Always It's You" (from the Searchers' German LP Sweets For My Sweet). The Searchers Meet The Rattles LP was released in mono (Mercury MG-20994) and then fake stereo in January 1965 (Mercury SR-60994).Surprisingly, LP included one song from the Searchers' studio catalogue owned by competitive Pye Records, the song "It's All Been a Dream", B-side of the first UK hit single "Sweets for My Sweet".[7]

Personnel

The Searchers

The Rattles

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mike Pender. The Search for Myself. 2014. Genuine Article Books. 9780993121302. 227.
  2. Web site: Twist Im Star-Club Hamburg . Discog.com . 6 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Exploring The Searchers Meet the Rattles . Discog.com . 6 February 2021.
  4. Book: Leigh, Spencer . 1984 . Let's Go Down the Cavern . Vermilion & Co. 41 . 0-09-158541-4.
  5. Book: Leigh, Spencer . 1984 . Let's Go Down the Cavern . Vermilion & Co. 42 . 0-09-158541-4.
  6. Book: Frank Allen. The Searchers And Me: A History of The Legendary Sixties Hitmakers. 2009. Aureus Publishing. 9781899750412.
  7. Book: Mike Pender. The Search for Myself. 2014. Genuine Article Books. 9780993121302. 57.

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