This is the Website
of Percy Phillips
the man who gave us the Birth of the Beatles!
Percy Phillips - the genius engineer
Frequently asked questions
In Spite of All the Danger © Speakeasy Recordings.
Special thanks to MPL (McCartney Productions Ltd) for use of the video clip.
And here's Paul to sing one of his tracks recorded at Percy's
Hi and welcome to the little studio in Liverpool where it all began, first in the UK and then creating a global Rock n Roll invasion in the United States and around the world.
If you’re one of the millions of people who have been to a Paul McCartney gig somewhere in the world, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Paul never fails to mention where the Quarry Men first recorded “That’ll Be The Day”, and even a McCartney/Harrison original “In Spite of All the Danger”
Percy with actor Terence Knapp. Knapp moved to Hawaii after this
Before it was a studio, Percy charged batteries for the poor of Liverpool - they had no mains electricity
The little studio was owned by a guy called Percy Phillips, a very skilled electrical engineer, and in 1958 was the only studio in Liverpool!
As you’ll see on other pages Percy cut hundreds of records for just about anyone who could sing or play an instrument on Merseyside – so called ‘cus of the river that flows between Liverpool on one bank and The Wirral on the other.
It was and is a swinging singing city.
John, Paul and George in their Quarry Men cowboy shirts, with George's mate Arthur Kelly standing in for Colin Hanton after a gig in which Colin went home early after a tiff with the lads
The Beatles – or The Quarry Men as they were still known – were just another singing playing group at that time but what happened to music throughout the world can be traced back to Percy Phillip’s little studio in 1958