An eye-catching new mural was today unveiled on a popular city centre street.
The mural was painted above the record shop 81 Renshaw Street, which has a long and colourful history as the former home of the music magazine Mersey Beat. The magazine was created by Bill Harry, a classmate of John Lennon at Liverpool Art College, in the 1960s and was made to reflect and promote the outpouring of new music talent that Liverpool was producing at the time.
Shop owner Neil Tilly was keen for the new mural to celebrate different artists in the city. Painted by artist Paul Curtis, the mural was commissioned as part of National Album Day and celebrates the debut albums of four different artists.
