Liverpools Musical Links Mystery Cache
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There can be few cities in the UK, or even the world, with as many
musical links as Liverpool. It is acknowledged by the Guinness Book
of Hit Singles as “The World Capital of Pop” for
producing more number one hit singles per capita than any other
city around the globe.
Its Wall of Fame in Mathew Street in the Cavern Quarter celebrates
this achievement by featuring 54 Liverpool Number One chart hits
between 1952 and 2002. The most famous era was probably the
1960’s with the Beatles and Gerry & the Pacemakers, but
we must not forget other bands like OMD, Elvis Costello and the
Attractions, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Christians, The Teardrop
Explodes, The Zutons, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Lightening Seeds,
Atomic Kitten and The Coral. There have been far more successful
bands from Liverpool than solo artists, but they do range from
Cilla Black and Ken Dodd through Melanie Chisholm to Ray Quinn of X
Factor fame.
The above co-ordinates are in Mathew Street, Liverpool. The high
buildings around here play havoc with the GPS so I’ll help
you by telling you they are for the Bronze statue of John Lennon
leaning against the wall close to the junction with North John
Street.
To find the cache, you first need to find the links between the
following pairs of bands or artists that have either managed to
break into the charts, or performed at the city’s famous
Cavern Club.
A : K-L
B : “Raving Texans Skiffle Group” and
“Orpheus”
D.CE : “St James Infirmary” and
“Butch”
F : “The Perishers ” and “The Big
Sleep”
G : M+N
H : “The Plebs” and “The Peeps”
I : “Syd Lawrence Jazz Band” and “Don
Rendell”
J : “Dada” and “The Jazz Couriers”
K : “Art Ellefson” and “The
Dischords”
L : “Supertramp” and “Panama Jazz
Band”
M : “The Thee” and “Rondo”
N : “Amon Din” and “The Siege Band”
The cache is at N 53 AB.CDE W 002 FG.HIJ which is short walk from
John Lennon’s statue down Mathew Street. Please allow time to
explore the Cavern Quarter as there are many statues, sculptures,
unusual seats and other things to see, linked with music in the
city.
As already stated, GPS signal around Mathew Street is at best
‘bad’ and worst ‘non-existent’, so to help,
find three more musical links before heading off to the final
cache.
PQRST : “Alex Revell Jazz band” and
“Orphan”
U : “Only the Best” and “The Southside
Stompers”
V : “Cathedral” and “Clean Blue
Skies”
You will need to search near RQxU and STxV if you wish to succeed
in finding the cache.
Having (hopefully) found the cache, continue to the end where
Mathew Street meets Stanley Street. To the left you will see the
bronze statue designed by Tommy Steele of Eleanor Rigby sat on a
bench. Inside the statue he put a four leaf-clover for luck, a page
from the Bible for spiritual health, a sonnet for lovers, an
adventure book for excitement and a pair of football boots for
action to boost the statue's mythical properties. Join the queue of
tourists waiting to have your picture taken sat next to
Eleanor!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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