A House, A Car and a Wedding Ring - Joe Meek, Lordan
There'll Be Some Changes Made - Joe Meek, Higgins, Billy [Dru
Rock Around the Mailbag - Joe Meek, Adams
Blackout - Joe Meek, Duke
Sea of Love - Joe Meek, Baptiste
Mr. Blue - Joe Meek, Blackwell
What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For - Joe Meek, Johnson
Joe's Message to Dave & Dee - Joe Meek, Meek
Track Listings (29) - Disc #2
Joe Remembers, Pt. 2 - Joe Meek, Meek
I Hear a New World - Joe Meek, Duke
I Hear a New World/Valley of the Saroo's/Magnetic Field - Joe Meek, Duke
Just Too Late - Joe Meek, Duke
It's a Triumph! - Joe Meek,
Heart of a Teenage Girl - Joe Meek, Crompton
Angela Jones - Joe Meek, Loudermilk
North Wind - Joe Meek, Morris
My Baby Doll - Joe Meek, Duke
Once Upon a Time - Joe Meek, Johnson
My Baby's Fone Away - Joe Meek, Duke
Try Once More [#] - Joe Meek, Raymond
Why Pretend [#] - Joe Meek, Meek
Johnny Remember Me - Joe Meek, Goddard
Sweet Little Sixteen - Joe Meek, Berry, Chuck
Ridin' the Rails [#] - Joe Meek, Goddard
Kickin' Around [#] - Joe Meek, Duke
The Outlaws - Joe Meek, Duke
Orbit Around the Moon - Joe Meek, Duke
Husky Team - Joe Meek, Duke
Entry of the Blobbotts - Joe Meek, Duke
Tune for Short Cowboys - Joe Meek, Duke
John, C'est l'Amour - Joe Meek, Goddard
Crazy, Man, Crazy - Joe Meek, Charles
Walkin' with My Angel [#] - Joe Meek, Goffin
Dance Legless Russian [#] - Joe Meek, Knight
Chahawki - Joe Meek, Adams
Bouzoukis [#] - Joe Meek, Goodwin
Looking for Someone (Who Wants Johnny?) [#] - Joe Meek, Goddard
Track Listings (29) - Disc #3
Joe Remembers, Pt. 3 - Joe Meek, Meek
Telstar - Joe Meek, Meek, Joe
Telstar - Joe Meek, Meek, Joe
Telstar - Joe Meek, Meek, Joe
Don't You Knock on My Door [#] - Joe Meek, Meek
Lover Return [#] - Joe Meek, Portland
Come Back to Me [#] - Joe Meek,
You're My Girl [#] - Joe Meek, Portland
Magic Star - Joe Meek, Meek
Globetrotter [#] - Joe Meek, Meek
Globetrotter - Joe Meek, Meek
There's Lots More Where This Came From - Joe Meek, David
Three Cups - Joe Meek, Meeks
Interpol [#] - Joe Meek, Hawkshaw
Roberta [#] - Joe Meek, Smith
A Fool for Love [#] - Joe Meek, Meek
San Francisco Bay - Joe Meek, Fuller
March of the Spacemen - Joe Meek, Meek
Lost Planet - Joe Meek, Ward
Just Like Eddie - Joe Meek, Goddard, Geoff
Powercut - Joe Meek, Fletcher
Surfin' John Brown - Joe Meek, Traditional
Big Breaker - Joe Meek, Meek
Sky Men - Joe Meek, Goddard
Live It Up [#] - Joe Meek, Meek
Temptation Baby [From Live It Up] - Joe Meek, Meek
Please Let It Happen to Me [From Live It Up] - Joe Meek, Meek
Lucky Johnny - Joe Meek, Dowland
The Kennedy March - Joe Meek, Meek
Track Listings (30) - Disc #4
I'm Just a Boy - Joe Meek, Hawkshaw
Can't Make Up My Mind - Joe Meek, Meek
My Fair Baby's Coming for Me [#] - Joe Meek,
Don't Go Away [#] - Joe Meek, Sabres
My Baby's Coming Home - Joe Meek, White
I Taught Her How [#] - Joe Meek,
Three Boys Lookin' for Love - Joe Meek, Goddard
Have I the Right - Joe Meek, Blakley
Hab' Ich das Recht - Joe Meek, Blakley
It Ain't Right [#] - Joe Meek, Holder
Little One [#] - Joe Meek, Hamilton
I'm in Love with You - Joe Meek, Bennett
She's Too Way Out - Joe Meek, Davis
My Suzanne [#] - Joe Meek, Strangers
Little Baby - Joe Meek, Stubbs
Shirley [#] - Joe Meek, Strangers
Don't Think Twice It's All Right - Joe Meek, Dylan
It's All Right [#] - Joe Meek, Mayfield, Curtis [1
I'm Your Lovin' Man [#] - Joe Meek, Cook
Not Sleeping Too Well Lately [#] - Joe Meek, Meek
What's News, Pussycat? - Joe Meek, Kneen
She Comforts My Sorrow [#] - Joe Meek,
Movin' In - Joe Meek, Adams
Nobody Waved Goodbye - Joe Meek, Brooks
City Lights [#] - Joe Meek,
Let Me In [#] - Joe Meek, Dallon
Rat-Tat-Ta-Tat - Joe Meek, Bernard
Feels Like Loving [#] - Joe Meek,
Gotta Be a First Time - Joe Meek, Adams
I Can Tell (Something's Up) [#] - Joe Meek, Boyd
Four CDs in a Long Box, with 48-page, Full Color, Saddle-stitched Booklet, Brimming with Rare Pics and Memorabilia. "The Ultimate Joe Meek Anthology", this is his First Wholly Comprehensive Career Overview. Disc 1: Present... more »s Many of the Hits He Engineered for the Major UK Labels During the Mid/Late 50s. Disc 2: Joe Goes it Alone, and Tops the UK Charts with ?johnny Remember Me?. Disc 3: ?telstar? Propels Meek to International Success. Disc 4: ?have I the Right? Introduces a Whole New Rgm Sound. Disc 2, Three and Four Include Copious Collectors? Rarities, Demos, Interviews, Previously Unissued Sides, etc. Liner Notes by St Etienne?s Bob Stanley, a Self-confessed Joe Meek Fanatic.« less
Four CDs in a Long Box, with 48-page, Full Color, Saddle-stitched Booklet, Brimming with Rare Pics and Memorabilia. "The Ultimate Joe Meek Anthology", this is his First Wholly Comprehensive Career Overview. Disc 1: Presents Many of the Hits He Engineered for the Major UK Labels During the Mid/Late 50s. Disc 2: Joe Goes it Alone, and Tops the UK Charts with ?johnny Remember Me?. Disc 3: ?telstar? Propels Meek to International Success. Disc 4: ?have I the Right? Introduces a Whole New Rgm Sound. Disc 2, Three and Four Include Copious Collectors? Rarities, Demos, Interviews, Previously Unissued Sides, etc. Liner Notes by St Etienne?s Bob Stanley, a Self-confessed Joe Meek Fanatic.
CD Reviews
A great set for the seasoned collector!
David Elliott | North Haven, CT | 11/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a great reason why collecting Joe Meek is a very rewarding hobby. Castle Records has released this fantastic and extensive overview of Joe's full body of work, containing rarities that will certainly please those who enjoy his work and this type of music. The highlight, for me personally, is the German A-Side version of the Honeycombs single 'Have I the Right?' which is performed in the Germans language. This is a most entertaining take, as the song itself is a totally different take, not merely a vocal overdub.
I feel confident in giving this set 5 stars, but I would strongly recommend the set for more seasoned vets of Mr. Meek; this is not the best place to start for the beginner. Beginners should definitely check out one of the single-disc overviews, as this 4CD box will probably be too overwhelming if you are not familiar with the more popular material first."
I Hear A New World
Arvo | Mortville USA | 01/03/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Joe Meek was considered a genius because he took the recording medium and interpreted it as another instrument in the creative process. Before him, most recordings were done with the intention of making it sound as accurate as possible. Meek completely bewildered musicians when he mic'ed their instruments at a really high volume and used all sorts of effects and compression. He existed at a weird vortex in time where pop music still wasn't very widely accepted, but he used it as a vessel to express his passion for outer space as well as the loneliness he felt, especially since he was said to be a very strange person, on top of being gay in a time when such things were illegal.
As a result, there were tons of hit songs churned out of Meeksville, produced by a tone deaf man who used to record himself tapping on a plate and humming in order to communicate to musicians the sound that he wanted. Meek often utilized strange otherworldly sounds he created as well as recordings from his attempts to record the dead in graveyards in his regularly charting songs.
It goes without saying that people who aren't very familiar with Joe Meek should probably pick up a single CD collection before this one, as it isn't that wise to buy a box set of someone you're not familiar with, but especially because this one seems to have been released for the specific purpose of selling to seasoned fans. There are a number of hits that are not in this collection, almost as if to assume that anyone who buys it will already own them. For instance, The Moontrekkers' "Night of The Vampire", Screaming Lord Sutch's "Til The Following Night", anything by Glenda Collins, and Joe Meek & The Blue Men's "I Hear A New World" (there is only an excerpt on this release) are what I consider to be essential for anyone fond of Joe Meek, and missing from "Portrait of a Genius". In it's place there are 40 something pages of liner notes/photos, alternate takes, demo versions, unissued sides, and several excerpts from a bio that Joe seemed to have recorded for a record label or something.
"The RGM Legacy" is by no means "one-stop shopping", but for the initiated, it is pure gold."
Terrific Joe Meek Set
Sound Cleanser | United States | 11/16/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This great box set is a sprawling overview of the entire
music production career of Joe Meek. Disc 1 starts out with
the work he did while employed at major recording studios.
Discs 2 through 4 cover the prized period where Meek recorded as
an independent producer, setting up shop in various flats.
Contains many great rare and unreleased tracks, some of which rank
amongst Meek's best productions. Highly recommended for the