Joe Meek

An important, even inimitable, figure of early British pop and rock & roll, Joe Meek was a pioneering record producer and sound engineer who became infamous for his eccentric behavior and experimentation with instruments. Like Phil Spector, Meek also changed the landscape of music with innovative production techniques that, much more than the artists he worked with, stamped a vision of mad genius on his recordings. In Meek’s case, this usually amounted to super-compressed sound, wavering sped-up vocals, ghostly backing violins and choruses, spooky echo and reverb, ticky-tack variable-speed piano, and all manners of Halloween and outer-space sound effects.

This quintessential collector’s edition compiles Meek’s most essential and enduring work, gathering a variety of the great sides he produced between 1958 and 1962. Included here are classics like The Tornados’ “Telstar”, John Leyton’s “Johnny Remember Me”, Screaming Lord Sutch’s “‘Til The Following Night”, and Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers’ “Hurtin’ Inside”. Also featured here are lesser-heard tracks which are
just as enjoyable as the hits. This is the material upon which Joe Meek’s legend was built.

INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. JUNGLE FEVER (1962)
THE TORNADOS

02. IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME (1962)
MIKE BERRY with The Admirals

03. HURTIN’ INSIDE (1962)
CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS

04. LONE RIDER (1962)
JOHN LEYTON

05. HONEY ‘CAUSE I LOVE YOU (1962)
MICHAEL COX

06. LONELY WEEK-END (1962)
RAY DEXTER

07. ‘TIL THE FOLLOWING NIGHT (1961)
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH with The Savages

08. MY BABY DOLL (1961)
MIKE BERRY & THE OUTLAWS

09. BLACK BUFFALO (1962)
THE FLEE-RECKKERS

10. BIG BEAT DRUM (1962)
NEIL CHRISTIAN & THE CRUSADERS– feat. Jimmy Page

11. BAD BOY (1959)
MARTY WILDE & HIS WILDCATS

12. NORTH WIND (1962)
HOUSTON WELLS

13. MR. LOVEBUG (1962)
IAIN GREGORY

14. GIRL BRIDE (1962)
GEOFF GODDARD

THE TORNADOS
15. TELSTAR (1962)