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The Big Three, despite the fact they were a three piece group, were one of the loudest on Merseyside thanks to the electronic wizardry of former member Adrian Barber who designed and made the amplifiers or ‘Coffins’ as they called them. Adrian decided to stay in Germany after a 1962 tour and was replaced by Brian Griffiths, one of the best guitarists in Liverpool.

The Big Three were managed by Brian Epstein and he arranged an audition for the group with Decca, recording ‘Some Other Guy’. They had arrive back from Hamburg the day of the audition and went to Decca’s recording studio thinking it was to record a demo tape. They were ‘upset’ when told Decca would be releasing the ‘demo’ and wouldn’t let them perform the song in the way they would have done when appearing at The Cavern or one of the many other venues (Decca mistake number 1). In 1963 Decca recorded them live at the Cavern, enough songs for an LP but for some unknown reason they erased most of the tape, (Decca mistake number 2) leaving four songs for release as an EP, ‘The Big Three At The Cavern’  with the unforgettable Bob Wooler introduction. The Big Three left Brian Epstein and signed with Kennedy Street Enterprises but didn’t find success on record again. Three tracks have never been released, ‘Fortune Teller’, ‘Long Tall Sally’ and ‘Walkin’ The Dog’ .