JOE MEEK / VARIOUS ARTISTS Bad Penny Blues (2009 UK 55-track 2-CD set. Back in the 50s, before Meek successfully struck out on his own to establish himself as the UK's first wholly independent record producer, Joe Meek had served a remarkable'apprenticeship' during the course of which he engineered, co-produced and/or produced countless sessions for many of the UK's established record companies. Joe carved out a highly impressive reputation during this period, working on dozens ofhit records and in addition to his many and various Pop, Skiffle and R&R sessions, he also worked on copious Jazz, Folk, Blues, Calypso and even light orchestral recordings. Many RGM aficionados regard this as the most interesting phase of his oft-controversial career, and this unique compilation offers a comprehensive overview of those early years) more...
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JOE MEEK The Lost Recordings (2009 issue UK 50-track 2-CD album set - Certainly Britain's, maybe the planet's most adventurous record producer, Joe Meek was a maverick in an age of conformity and a madcap sound surgeon before the world really knew what a record producer was for. This collection represents Joe Meek's early years, concentrating on the music he produced [and in many cases composed, albeit usually under one pseudonym or another] while working for labels and music entrepreneurs prior to his setting up of his legendary, independent Holloway Road studio RGM, in 1961. From Big Bill Broonzy's scorching blues to Humphrey Lyttelton's ground breaking Jazz and taking in Peggy Seeger, Eric Winstone, Lonnie Donnegan, Johnny Duncan, Red Price and numerous others, this 2 CD set illustrates perfectly how Joe Meek was pivotal in developing all genres of British music in the late 1950s and through much of the 1960s. These tracks have never previously been compiled together) more...
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JOE MEEK / VARIOUS ARTISTS Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2009 UK 21-track CD soundtrack album - 'Telstar' is the true story of the legendary record producer and maverick musical genius Joe Meek. The soundtrack contains 20 of the best of Joe Meek's hits including 'Telstar', 'Johnny Remember Me', 'Be-Bop-A-Lula', 'Have I The Right' plus a special recording of 'Please Stay' by Duffy who makes a brief cameo appearance in the fiim) more...
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