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Liverpool Eric's - all the best clubs are downstairs, everybody knows that... [Paperback]

Jaki Florek + Paul Whelan
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 508 pages
  • Publisher: FEEEDBACK; 1st edition (30 Mar 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 0954032624
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954032623
  • Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 20.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 786,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A big fat book crammed with photos and memories centering on the unique Liverpool music club Eric's - from the people who worked there, hung out, formed bands and played there, and MORE! Liverpool Stadium, The Cavern, Probe Records, Open Eye, The Zoo, The Jung Festival, Ken Campbell's Liverpool Theatre of Science Fiction, The Everyman, The Liverpool School of Music, Language, Dream & Pun... Every band you can think of played Eric's. It was known as a PUNK club - Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, The Damned, The Clash... but Roger Eagle also booked blues and jazz and reggae artists... and comedy, theatre, and... anything he wanted!! The club nurtured local bands such as Big In Japan, Wah! Heat, Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen, and Pete Burns played his first ever gig there in The Mystery Girls. Pre-Eric's the big local bands were Deaf School, and Supercharge - and they also played Eric's. The book looks at the Liverpool scene before Roger Eagle and Ken Testi set up Eric's, and what people went on to do next... it is packed with tons of interesting stuff that you will not read about anywhere else.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Memories of Eric's 17 April 2009
Format:Paperback
This book has been painstakingly researched in depth, cataloguing not only Eric's but the whole Liverpool music scene since the early days of rock n roll.

Well March 18th at 9.30am I heard a loud thud upon my door mat, I went to see what the postman had brought me and to my most pleasant surprise it was a huge book called `Liverpool Eric's, all the best clubs are downstairs, everybody knows that..'. I immediately browsed to find the section which I had contributed to, chuckled at the old photos. The layout is wonderfully done, in a punk style text and dark edged pages giving it a vintage theme.

I love the way they have chosen the names for the chapter's, I am still working my way through the many pages, but you won't be disappointed. Read the interviews, the stories and see the photos, it brings it all to life again.I especially enjoyed reading all about Rodger Eagle and his history, the many tales from people who knew him.

I was a regular Eric's goer and I have a little piece in the book, so maybe you think I'm biased. However it is a huge tome of a book,hard to put down. If you like me enjoy reading about musical history especially one which you were part of, then you MUST buy the book.It's the book which had everything going for it but then something came along to scupper the proceedings, eventually after years of much passion, perseverance and determination from Jaki Florek, it came to press. Thanks to Jaki and Paul for your Eric's book and for making our memories a part of your history. I will treasure it!!

Mel
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb 4 May 2009
Format:Paperback
I am also quoted in the book and may be accused of bias, but I bought the book before I knew I was quoted in it, and I am extremely impressed with the amount of hard work that must have gone into researching and editing this seminal work on Erics, the bands, the people and the time. A really impressive, unpretentious book, which will stand the test of time.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars It is not 'out of stock' 24 April 2009
Format:Paperback
Don't believe Amazon's statements 'temporarily out of stock' or '2 available' - I have no idea why they think it is OK to state this. I also have no idea why they have removed the images from the book I put up.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Well, this is the business!!
The book is the size of a yellow pages and crammed with pix and tales of the Liverpool bands (and imported turns) from the late 70s who made Erics such a magical place.
It is a labour of love and took several years to complete - a testiment to Jaki and Paul and will provide hours of time-warping fun- my band is on page 415-god we look so earnest - but I would buy it regardless,as it represents the lost harmony that comes with that rare sense of `right place right time`-everyone `belonged`...well maybe not Brian May..?-and is a reminder of how things should be.
Buy it -buy it-buy it!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eric's Liverpool-All the best clubs........ 24 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
Well, what can I say?

Sublime,absolutely brilliant book-all my early 80's faves in there. Got my copy from my local post office in Bootle, not from here so if anyone has probs getting a copy It's on sale at the Linacre Post office. Anyway, just go and buy it
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Get it re-printed! 19 April 2009
Format:Paperback
Jaki, Please hurry up and get this re-printed, tried in vain all over L'Pool to get a copy
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