Gerry and the Pacemakers
British Discography

This page lists the British recordings of the original Gerry and the Pacemakers in their original release.

Contributors:
Frank A. Lowry, Koji Mikuma, Jean-Louis Beaudoin, Alan Lowell, Amy Michaels, Matt

Albums

How Do You Like It? (1963)
Ferry Cross The Mersey (1965)
(Unreleased "Third Album", c. 1966)
20 Year Anniversary Album (1981)
The Very Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers (1984)

Singles

Gerry and the Pacemakers
Gerry Marsden solo singles

EPs

How Do You Do It?
You'll Never Walk Alone
I'm The One
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
It's Gonna Be Alright
Gerry In California
Hits From Ferry Cross The Mersey
Rip It Up

Albums

How Do You Like It?

United Kingdom
Columbia Records 33SX 1546 (mono) / SCX 3492 (stereo)
Release Date: October 1963

Side One

  1. A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues (Thompson)
  2. Jambalaya (Williams)
  3. Where Have You Been?
  4. Here's Hoping (Stephens - Reed)
  5. Pretend (Douglas Parman - Lavgre)
  6. Maybellene (Berry,Fratlo,Freeeed)
  7. You'll Never Walk Alone (Rogers - Hammerstein)
Side Two
  1. The Wrong Yo Yo (Trad. Arr. Marsden)
  2. You're The Reason (Edwards - Henley - Imes Fell)
  3. Chills (Keller - Goffin)
  4. You Can't Fool Me (Mitch Murray)
  5. Don't You Ever
  6. Summertime (Gershwin)
  7. Slow Down (Williams)

LP Re-issues:

You'll Never Walk Alone - Regal Starline REG 1070 - Released 1964
How Do You Like It? - Music For Pleasure MPF 1153 - Released 1967

CD Re-issues:

Repertoire REP 4422 - complete LP (stereo), plus 10 bonus tracks (OUT OF PRINT)
EMI 7243 8 56633 2 1 - complete mono and stereo versions of LP, in Digipak with original cover art (OUT OF PRINT)
EMI International How Do You Like It/Ferry Cross the Mersey - Two UK albums on a single CD (mono only)

Ferry Cross The Mersey

United Kingdom
Columbia 33SX 1693 (mono) / SCX 3544 (stereo)
Release Date: February 1965

Side One

  1. It's Gonna Be Alright [2:22]
  2. Why Oh Why [1:47]
  3. Fall In Love [1:45]
  4. Think About Love [1:45]
  5. I Love You Too [2:02] (Jacques - Ryan) The Fourmost
  6. All Is Quiet On The Mersey Front [2:07] (Martin) George Martin and Orchestra
Side Two
  1. This Thing Called Love [2:08]
  2. Baby You're So Good To Me [2:33]
  3. I'll Wait For You [2:09]
  4. She's The Only Girl For Me [2:30]
  5. Is It Love [2:55] (Willis) Cilla Black
  6. Ferry Cross The Mersey [2:20]

Soundtrack of the United Artists' film Ferry Cross The Mersey.

CD Re-issues:

Repertoire REP 4423 - complete LP (stereo), plus 14 bonus tracks (OUT OF PRINT)
EMI 7243 8 56567 2 9 - complete mono and stereo versions of LP, in Digipak with original cover art (OUT OF PRINT)
EMI International How Do You Like It/Ferry Cross the Mersey - Two UK albums on a single CD (mono only)

Unreleased third album

After Ferry Cross the Mersey, Gerry and the Pacemakers returned to the studio, apparently with an eye to making a third UK album. The British pop scene had by now changed significantly, with The Beatles' Rubber Soul having come out not terribly long after Ferry Cross The Mersey in 1965, and the pop scene changed quite rapidly thereafter. Gerry and the Pacemakers had failed to move with the times, and the UK record release was abandoned, effectively marking the beginning of the end of their career as a recording act.

There is little clear information available on plans for subsequent UK projects after Ferry. I do not know if there were any test acetates or rough running orders assembled for a third album, or if the album ever got beyond rough planning stages before being spun off into singles, EPs and unreleased tracks. There are also some reports of a planned trilogy of EPs for 1965, starting with Rip It Up, which would have consisted of new recordings of classic rock songs. How such an EP trilogy would have related to a third album is unclear.

Presuming that a third album was on the drawing board for 1966 release, there are up to 18 known songs that might be attributed to such a project, four of which appeared on UK singles before the album was finally abandoned.

A little over a dozen songs from these sessions did surface immediately in North America on (US) Laurie Records' Girl On a Swing and Canadian Capitol's Today! album, as well as a few singles. Three additional tracks were finally released in 1984 on a compilation LP. The re-issuing of these tracks has been irregular, with some occasionally popping up on compilation CDs or as bonus tracks. All have most recently appeared on a Hungarian CD re-issue of Girl on a Swing, which also includes Gerry's first four late-60s solo singles (A and B sides).

The following tracks appeared on US Laurie Girl on a Swing (LLP 2037):

  • At The End Of The Rainbow
  • Girl On A Swing (Columbia DB 8044)
  • Guantanamera
  • La La La (Columbia DB 7835)
  • Looking For My Life
  • Pretty Flamingo
  • See You In September
  • Strangers In The Night
  • The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
  • The Way You Look Tonight
  • Who Can I Turn To
  • Without You (Columbia DB 7835)

    The following songs appeared on Canadian Capitol Today! (T6181):

  • On a wonderful day like today
  • Tonight

    An isolated UK B-side:

  • Fool To Myself (UK single -- Columbia DB8044)

    The following three songs were unreleased until the 1984 LP The Very Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers (Music For Pleasure MFP 41 5654 1) and are by some reports extracts from the "Third Album" sessions (though they may be from the projected 1965 EP trilogy):

  • Hallelujah I Love Her So
  • Come Back To Me
  • When Oh When

    20 Year Anniversary Album

    United Kingdom
    Deb Records DEB 1101 (stereo)
    Release Date: 1982

    Side One

    1. You'll Never Walk Alone
    2. Magic Moments
    3. Give Me Your Word
    4. Ferry Cross The Mersey
    5. I'll Be There (Darin)
    6. Whiter Shade of Pale
    7. If
    8. Unchained Melody (A. North - H. Zaret)
    9. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
    10. I'll Be Home

    Side Two

    1. I Like It (Mitch Murray)
    2. Oh My Love
    3. The Story of My Life
    4. How Do You Do It (Mitch Murray)
    5. All In The Game
    6. World Without Love
    7. The Minute You're Gone
    8. I'm The One
    9. Where Do You Go To My Lovely
    10. House of The Rising Sun

    I must admit this wasn't one of my favorite releases, as the re-recordings just don't come off as well as the originals. These 1980s re-recordings sound dated, while the originals from 15-20 years previous have more of a timeless quality to them. The master tapes from these sessions have made the rounds of budget CD re-issue companies, often being sold without any indication of being re-recordings. Packaging is nice gate fold cover and lots of B&W pics of Gerry and the band spanning from 1957 to 1981.

    The Very Best of Gerry and the Pacemakers

    United Kingdom
    EMI MFP 41 5654
    Release Date: June 1984

    Side One

    1. How Do You Do It?
    2. I Like It
    3. It's Gonna Be Alright
    4. I'll Be There
    5. Girl On A Swing
    6. Come Back To Me *
    7. When Oh When *
    8. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
    Side Two
    1. You'll Never Walk Alone
    2. I'm The One
    3. Walk Hand In Hand
    4. La La La
    5. It's All Right
    6. Give All Your Love To Me (undubbed version)
    7. Hallelujah I Love Her So *
    8. Ferry Cross The Mersey

    * - indicates previously ureleased track

    Singles

    How Do You Do It (Murray)/ Away From You
    Columbia DB4987 (March 1963) Chart Peak: 1

    I Like It (Murray)/ It's Happened to Me
    Columbia DB7041 (May 1963) Chart Peak: 1

    You'll Never Walk Alone (Rogers - Hammerstein)/ It's All Right
    Columbia DB7126 (October 1963) Chart Peak: 1

    I'm The One / You've Got What I Like
    Columbia DB7189 (January 1964) Chart Peak: 2

    Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying / Show Me That You Care
    Columbia DB7268 (April 1964) Chart Peak: 6

    It's Gonna Be Alright / It's Just Because
    Columbia DB7353 (September 1964) Chart Peak: 24

    Ferry Cross The Mersey / You You You
    Columbia DB7437 (December 1964) Chart Peak: 8

    I'll Be There (Darin)/ Baby You're So Good To Me
    Columbia DB7504 (March 1965) Chart Peak: 15

    Walk Hand In Hand / Dreams
    Columbia DB7738 (November 1965) Chart Peak: 29

    La La La / Without You
    Columbia DB7835 (February 1966)

    Girl On A Swing / Fool To Myself
    Columbia DB8044 (September 1966)

    CD Re-issues:

    The Singles Plus EMI CDP 7 46602 2 - A 1987 CD collection of the A- and B-sides of all of the Columbia singles.
    Story EMI International- A quickly deleted 2002 issue, having the first ten singles (leaving off Girl on a Swing) and coming with a bonus CD-ROM.

    Gerry Marsden Solo Singles

    Following the breakup of the original Pacemakers in 1966, Gerry Marsden embarked upon a solo recording career. None of his solo efforts was successful, and to my knowledge none charted in the UK. The A- and B-sides of the first four singles have been made available on the Girl on a Swing re-issue, though they are otherwise difficult to find.

    Please Let Them Be/I'm Not Blue
    CBS 2784 (March 1967)

    Gilbert Green/What Makes Me Love You
    CBS 2946 (August 1967)

    Liverpool/Charlie Girl
    (released as Gerry Marsden & Derek Nimmo)
    CBS 3575 (April 1968)

    In The Year Of April/Every Day
    NEMS 56-3831 (Nov. 1968)

    Every Little Minute/In Days Of Old
    NEMS 56-4229 (May 1969)

    I've Got My Ukelele/What A Day
    Decca F 13172 (May 1971)

    Amo Credo / Come Break Bread
    Phoenix NIX 129 (April 1972)

    Remember (The Days Of Rock And Roll)/There's Still Time
    (released as Gerry Marsden & the Pacemakers)
    DJM DJS 298 (March 1974)

    They Don't Make Days Like That Any More / Can't You Hear The Song
    DJM DJS 314 (August 1974)

    Your Song / Days I Spent With You
    DJM DJS 362 (April 1975)

    My Home Town / Lovely Lady
    DJM DJS 10708 (September 1976)

    The Rose b/w You Are My Everything
    PACE 100 (September 1988)

    EPs

    How Do You Do It?

    Columbia SEG 8257
    Release Date: July 1963

    Side One

    1. How Do You Do It? (Murray)
    2. Away From You (Marsden-Chadwick)

    Side Two

    1. I Like It (Murray)
    2. It Happened To Me

    You'll Never Walk Alone

    Columbia SEG 8295
    Release Date: December 1963

    Side One

    1. You'll Never Walk Alone (Rogers - Hammerstein)
    2. Jambalaya (Williams)

    Side Two

    1. Chills (Williams)
    2. A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Thompson)

    I'm The One

    Columbia SEG-8311
    Release Date: February 1964

    Side One

    1. I'm The One
    2. You've Got What I Like

    Side Two

    1. You Can't Fool Me (Murray)
    2. Don't You Ever

    Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

    Columbia SEG 8346
    Release Date: May 1964

    Side One

    1. Dont Let the Sun Catch You Crying
    2. Show Me That You Care

    Side Two

    1. Summertime (Gershwin)
    2. Where Have You Been

    It's Gonna Be Alright

    Columbia SEG-8367
    Release Date: December 1964

    Side One

    1. It's Gonna Be Alright
    2. It's Just Because

    Side Two

    1. Maybellene
    2. You're The Reason

    Gerry In California

    Columbia SEG-8388
    Release Date: February 1965

    Side One

    1. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
    2. My Babe

    Side Two

    1. Away From You
    2. What'd I Say

    Recorded on October 24, 1964 at the Oakland Auditorium. Rare, but showing up for sale online with increasing frequency.

    Hits From Ferry Cross The Mersey

    Columbia SEG-8397
    Release Date: March 1965

    Side One

    1. It's Gonna Be Alright
    2. I'll Wait for You

    Side Two

    1. Why Oh Why
    2. Ferry Cross the Mersey

    Rip It Up

    Columbia SEG-8426
    Release Date: June 1965

    Side One

    1. Reelin' and Rockin'
    2. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

    Side Two

    1. Rip It Up
    2. You Win Again

    By some accounts, Rip It Up was to have been the first of three Pacemaker EPs, perhaps around a theme of early rock songs. Abysmal sales permanently shelved any such plans.

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    Last updated: 19 August 2009
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