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Mala and Norman

The Sage Pearl cruise ship stopping off at the increasingly busy Mersey river port

A piece named appropriately after the Bob Dylan song of the same name

Beatles PCLivPlaces order and formThe Liver Building bursts out of the drab post war years into vibrant psychedelia in this photograph, with the advent of the Beatles. Retaining its position as an important west coast port, the city was influenced by thousands of sailors returning from America, and the musical influences could be heard in Liverpool's distinct sounds, of skiffle, and, later, Merseybeat. _ Their early music progressed from classic rock and roll to pop before becoming