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The Liverpool Poets published 'The Mersey Sound' in 1967, a collection of poems by Adrian Henri, Brian Patten, and Roger McGough. The anthology sold over 500,000 copies and launched their careers. It featured accessible poems using everyday language and symbols that resonated with 1960s counterculture. The poets sought to make poetry entertaining and part of the pop movement. They later formed a band called 'The Liverpool Scene' to perform their poems, though it achieved little commercial success. 'The Mersey Sound' had a profound impact on readers and is still widely influential today for its direct yet thoughtful depictions written in a lively style.
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- 1. The Liverpool Poets Adrian Henri Roger McGough Brain Patten
- 2. Liverpool in the 1960’s US beat poet Allen Ginsberg: "the centre of the consciousness of the human universe".
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- 5. “The kids didn't see this poetry with a capital p, they understood it as modern entertainment, as part of the pop-movement. “ (Roger McGough)
- 6. Pop Poetry • The Liverpool Scene • The Liverpool Scene was a poetry band, formed around 1967, which included Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts, Mike Evans, Mike Hart (ex Liverpool Roadrunners),[2] Percy Jones and Brian Dodson. Four LPs were issued with Henri's poetry heavily featured. The first one was produced by Liverpool DJ John Peel, who was then working on the pirate radio station Radio London. Despite his support, the album achieved little success, as did the other three. Public performances by the band included a (financially unsuccessful) 1969 tour[2] when they opened for Led Zeppelin. Henri was described in performance as "bouncing thunderously and at risk to audience and fellow performers, the stage vibrating out of rhythm beneath him." [1] The Liverpool Scene disbanded in April 1970.[2] • The albums were: • The Incredible New Liverpool Scene • The Amazing Adventures Of • Bread On The night • St. Adrian & Co., Broadway and 3rd • Heirloon (rarities and outtakes) • There were at least three "best of" albums and two non-LP singles Love Is/The Woo-Woo and Son, Son/Baby.
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