Two video's in this one: Vince Taylor in a rare version of Twenty Flight Rock and Lonnie Donegan doing Gamblin' Man

Again two versions to compare. Roy Orbison's I Like Love is one of the about 25 recordings he made for Sun Records. It was the b-side of Chicken Hearted in January 1957.

Lonnie Donegan's skiffle was a major influence for The Quarrymen and later The Beatles. Moreover, Lonnie sings a song that was on the repetoire of the Quarrymen in 1957, on the day when Paul and John first met...

Paul McCartney sings Orbison here. This is a recording from 8 March 1962, when the BBC program Here We Go was host to the Liverpudlians. The Beatles took a lot of their fans with them to the studio. Pete Best is on drums. Sorry guys, this is audio only.

To compare two versions of the same song. Roy Orbison's Dream Baby (played here live with a guy called Bruce Springsteen) is the original. The Beatles played it in 1962 with Pete Best on drums.

Wtf is Davy Jones doing what that bass?

From Play It Cool.

Watching Rainbows is a John Lennon song from 1969, which was played during the Let It Be sessions. Not recorded, except for this piece of rehearsal. Put under some footage of the Let It Be film.

One of Brian Epstein's bands. From Ready Steady Go. Watch when the stage starts moving!

From the Ed Sullivan Show in 1965: Billy J Kramer & the Dakota's play their hit Bad To Me, which was written by a certain John Lennon.

Quality is quite bad to be honest. But the historical relevance made me post this video. The Koobas are described as one of the better bands from the Merseyside. Yet it never came to big hits... This is a performance from Thank Your Lucky Stars.

I think I'm becoming a fan of The Animals. Eric Burdon soulfull voice sends shivers down my spine! This song was covered in the seventies by a group called Santa Esmeralda, getting it into a Latin swing... Eric has his own song here. Sorry, not exactly lipsync...

Quality of this video is quite poor in fact. But I had never seen it anywhere before so I thought it is rare! Gene Vincent in 1958, doing Baby Blue. Hope you enjoy it.

The Iveys in a rare coloured clip of Maybe Tomorrow. The Iveys later became Badfinger after involvement of The Beatles (that is Paul McCartney). The band bears a sad story as two members committed suicide...

I've experienced some problems with podcasting this video of a young Tony Sheridan, performing the song I Like Love in front of a live audience. Hope it's alright now...