Includes index

The evolution of the Beatles -- The Beatles -- The Mersey boom : a chronology -- Early days -- Cavern Kids 1 -- The Cavern -- Cavern Kids 2 -- Hamburg -- Cavern Kids 3 -- Sweet Gene Vincent -- Cavern Kids 4 -- Let's stomp! -- Cavern Kids 5 -- Cavern Kids 6 (Parts one & two) -- The Swinging Blue Jeans -- Cavern Kids 7 -- Twist and shout! -- Liverpool 1980: Eric's Progeny -- The Merseybeats -- The Paul McCartney Band -- Operation big beat -- Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporates -- The 1962-64 R&B boom -- Some other guys -- Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames -- Everything's alright! -- The London R&B explosion -- The R&B explosion -- Rod Stewart & Brian Auger -- Bringing in all back home -- Belfast R&B : the story of Them -- An early 60s Miscellany

John Platt Collection; OhClRRL