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Barry James has just announced that in a couple of weeks time on the 60's and 70's programme on a Tuesday night that he will be doing a bit of a Joe Meek Special and will be playing about 30 mins or so of Joe Meek produced tracks.
The programme will be available via Azanorak, however, if anyone would like me to record it then let me know.
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Not sure if you watched `the joe meek story` on bbc 4 a few weeks back. It was a 2 hour drama and showed how he produced his music. It also showed how much of a troubled man he was and the mental pain he went through. If you never saw it try to watch it when its repeated.
This is a good video showing his equipment. By todays standards it looks very basic.
Mike or Coastie - can you pls. tell me in a few words who Joe Meek was. I cannot open the youtube (due to copy-rights blocked in GER) and my proxy somehow doesn't work - I guess they are looking for a new US server
A great myth has built up all around him. Maybe because of his private life or that he had a mental illness or maybe because he produced some great music from a small flat on top of a shop in north london. All his recording equipment was made by himself, the way he wanted it to be. His life was a total mess by having the mental illness and losing all his money. It ended with him killing himself.
Thank-you ! - I also will look him up on wikipedia - its a shame that I never had heard of him before. His end is really tragic - he probably was (how we would call it today) a border-liner or he had BPD. Probably today doctors could have helped him with the right medicamentation. But ingeniousness and mental disorder so often go hand in hand...
I hope this video works for you. Its an hour long BBC program looking at the life of Joe Meek. Its in the Arena series of documentaries which the BBC used to make very well.
Zitat von mike aus RE: Joe Meek SpecialI hope this video works for you. Its an hour long BBC program looking at the life of Joe Meek. Its in the Arena series of documentaries which the BBC used to make very well.
This video is really worth watching not only for the Joe Meek information but also a good look on the whole music scene of the 60s.
Thank you !! - but again its blocked for GER as it "contains music of UMG" (???) "and Gema hasn't authorised youtube for the copy-rights for GER" - If I can't get my proxy going I will watch it when going to Austria on sunday - Thanks again for your help
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One also has to remember that Joe Meek was a homosexual, something which was illegal in this Country in those days and morally wrong, so he was fighting against both his feelings and his conscience which would be enough to give anyone a bit of a "short fuse" and make them fly off the handle easily.
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Zitat von mike aus RE: Joe Meek SpecialI hope this video works for you. Its an hour long BBC program looking at the life of Joe Meek. Its in the Arena series of documentaries which the BBC used to make very well.
"Three Coins In The Sewer", "Johnny Remember Me", "Telstar", "Have I The Right" and the above were just so different in production that to liken Joe Meek to Phil Spector who's recordings were all similar and therefore instantly recognisable is insane. Joe Meek was Joe Meek, in that he was brilliant, but not typecast.
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Its good you watched it fully. He produced so much good music in the 60s that we just take for granted. I think Telstar was his most famous song and to think he produced it from his kitchen and living room makes me appreciate him more. People with a mental illness are normally extremely gifted in some way and his music proves it.
This just shows you how famous and respected Joe Meek has become. An American music equipment company is using the name of Joe Meek in its branding. Its full range of recording equipment carries the Joe Meek logo.
When Mike Read was at Big L he did a special programme on Joe Meek and very interesting it was. It inspired me to buy an album of Joe Meek with hits from John Leyton,Mike Berry,even screaming Lord Sutch. A lot of music on Juke Box Jury were Joe Meek productions.
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It amazes me how many records he produced or had a hand in dealing with in some way. Not all of his music has been discovered yet as there are more tapes to be investigated yet.
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