Remember The Liverpool Sound No. 7

 

Very smart clean Japanese pressed album and a nice crisp cover.

Freddie and the Dreamers were a British band that had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. The band's stage act was enlivened by the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall (1.60m) Freddie Garrity, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. Freddie met a band called The Rapiers at Terry Denes 50th birthday party In Cheltenham in 1988. Impressed by their matching guitars, suits and shadowesque style, he invited them to become The Dreamers in time for his Christmas Panto at the Apollo theatre Oxford. This group comprised Colin Pryce Jones on lead guitar, Dave Lawes on Rhythm guitar, Brad Dallaston on Bass guitar and John Tuck on drums. The group set about recreating the look of Freddie’s early days with sharp suits and vintage semi acoustic guitars, proving a hit on the theatre circuit. The Rapiers has been recording artistes in their own right, selling predominantly in mainland Europe, which was to emerge as a pressure throughout their tenure as Dreamers.This line up remained with Freddie until 1992, touring extensively with numerous solid silver sixties tours, TV appearances on TVam and Richard and Judy, Pantos: Jack and the Beanstalk Oxford Appolo theatre 1988, Blackpool Grand theatre 1989 Halifax Cinderella 1990, And again in Southsea at the Kings Theatre in 1991. The Rapiers has been under pressure to record and release more material for fury records and arguments over availability eventually led to The Rapiers leaving Freddie’s employ after a last gig in Holland in 1992. The group remained active until December 2000 and a final gig at Margate Winter Gardens. After that date, Garrity was told by his doctor that due to his pulmonary hypertension it was not advisable for him to continue working, and he officially retired from all work in February 2001. He died in Bangor, North Wales, on 19 May 2006 aged 69.