LIVERPOOL MUSIC HERITAGE TRAIL
“Liverpool is the pool of life…”
Carl Jung, psychologist, 1927
Welcome to our music trail. A whistle stop tour through sixty years of Liverpool music, from 1957 to 2016.
The city’s relationship with music is deep rooted. And we’re pretty good at it too. The trail celebrates and explores just some of the places, sounds, stories and people that are embedded into our proud musical heritage, our psyche and personality.
Liverpool is a port city. The River Mersey is central to the city’s identity. It has shaped everything; from the communities that have settled here, the ambience and our attitude to life. Music is at the heart of that. The city’s great maritime age was between the mid-19th century and the inter war years. The built environment we see today is a legacy of that global influence and has a huge impact on the story of music in the city too.
Music scenes move quickly. We’ve selected twelve locations that have all bitten the dust but were shape shifters and disrupters: from grassroots, underground scenes to global phenomena.
Taking The Tour
There’s a map to guide you, download it here. The tour should take about 90 minutes to complete.
Each location is identified with a Liverpool Music Heritage Trail plaque – you can’t miss them. Scan the QR code on the plaque for a short film clip about the location.
If you wish to do an online tour, you can do that here. Just click on one of the themes; there’s extra information, film clips and music playlists too.
The Vinyl Frontier – NEMS and Probe
Clubland – Cream and The Kaz
Up The Hill – The Sink and The Picket
Money (that’s what I want) – The State and Liverpool Stadium
Forgotten Town – Warehouse and The Lomax
Lightning Strikes (not once but twice) – The Cavern and Eric’s
Click to download the music trail map
Acknowledgements
Liverpool Music Heritage Trail is funded by The Beatles Story and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and has been developed in partnership with Liverpool Business Improvement District (BID). The trail is a Beatles Legacy Group initiative.
With grateful thanks to:
Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram
Gary Evans and Sarah Lovell at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Mary Chadwick at The Beatles Story
Bill Addy, Leane Wilkes, Chloe Gaughan and Will Kingsley at Liverpool BID
Peter Hooton, Kevin McManus and Paul Gallagher at Beatles Legacy Group
It’s all about the music. Warmest thanks to the following music industry creatives:
Norman Killon, Spencer Leigh, Andy Carroll, Peter Hooton, Ken Testi, Lesley Kazan-Pinfield, Liam McNaughton, Jon Keats, John McGee, Brad Edwards, Penny Kiley, Marc Jones
Thanks also to:
Ian Lysaght, Jah Jussa, Kevin Lysaght, Paul Nuttie and Josh Fitzmaurice at Zope Media
Michael Stewart at Liverpool Music City
Lucy Hodson at Happen PR
Laura Brown at Laura Brown PR
Scott and Lucy Duffey at Toucan Tango
James Simmons, Isobel Daykin and Abbie Glynn at Liverpool City Council
Matt Crebbin at JSM Group
Dave Brewitt at Hope Street Hotel
All at Quarry music venue
Bernadette King at CBRE
Tony Kriss at Core PMC
Dean Evans at RPAM
Jake Wilson at Oriel Studios
