Lorca’s Geraniums!

 (International Times’ Interviews Liverpool poet Brian Patten)

I.T. interviews Brian Patten 2020

Malcolm Paul

Liverpool poet talks Merseybeat, the U.S. Beats and more . . 

I bought this when it came out and it introduced me to a world where it turned out my generation could write poetry too!

I had been commenting on I.T.'s Facebook page and Malcolm encouraged me to check out the interview . . . . if you are into that era and British poetry then check it out. He shared ‘digs' with Brian Eno!

they were posting about Roger McGough

I.T.

Adrian Henri - The Liverpool Scene - Plain & Fancy

 There have been some weird posts this past week and none more so than The Liverpool Scene album 'Amazing Adventures of . . . .from Plain & Fancy. Part of the explosion of the Liverpool scene for sure the Adrian Henri project album turns out to be more than a vanity project and despite the poets from the area (Roger McGough, Brian Patten and southerner Adrian Mitchell et al), largely going on and further without him he was a significant figure in that cultural explosion. This album vaunted by John Peel and The Perfumed Garden without whom etc etc

The Liverpool Scene - Amazing Adventures - Plain & Fancy

with nice and complete artwork and booklet this is for collectors and no mistake no matter how much an acquired taste 

Bat poem - The Liverpool Scene and Adrian Henri

Tonight At Noon

Liverpool poets wiki

More singles I bought when they came out and I think after before [I checked!] 'Lily The Pink' but I LOVED the Scaffold and was a fan of both Mike McGear (Paul McCartney's brother) and a life long fan of Liverpool poet Roger McGough and comedian John Gorman too. I adored the Liverpool poets and had the Penguin collection of that name and include a precocious interest in Adrian Mitchell, Brian Patten, Adrian Henri et al  and the guys here largely thanks to John Lennon I think with his two books and again bought both in paperback when they came out and even spoke and wrote in mock Lennonese from his writing for many a year at school. I went on to buy Grimm's 'Rockin' Duck' too and continued to follow McGough's output and 

So guys, 'Thank You Very Much'!

The Scaffold
Thank You Very Much
1967