 A new album compiling a treasure chest of rarities and collectables from the Sound Of Meeks-ville.As the infamous Tea Chest tapes continue to remain an enigma, we open up our own box of masters to discover some hitherto unissued Meek produced recordings, plus other recordings long since unavailable. Four Ray Dexter tracks are released for the first time, with backing by the Torndaos. Four John Carter and Ken Lewis recordings produced by Meek, which have been unavailable for a long time, are here, plus real rarities from Joy and Dave, the Moontrekkers and unknowns Johnny Garfield, The Ramblers and Dauphine Street Six. Also some early stereo, on two Dexter recordings and an unreleased version of Glenda Collins apocalyptic 'It's Hard To Believe It'. With release timed to coincide with the general notice being given to the 40th Anniversary of Meeks death (February 1967), this collection will suit those looking for something new to extend their Meek collection. Two Timing Baby - Carter Lewis & The Southerners / Atlantic Twist - Ray Dexter / Diamond Joe - Joy And Dave / Can't Make Up My Mind - Ray Dexter* / Tell Me - Carter Lewis & The Southerners / Dream Lover - Ray Dexter* / Take It Away - The Ramblers / Parade Of Tin Soldiers - The Saints / Fickle Heart - Johnny Garfield / It's Hard To Believe It (Unreleased Stereo Version) - Glenda Collins* / Rescue Me - Ricky Wayne / You Took My Love For Granted - Ray Dexter* / They Tells Us Not To Love - Joy And Dave / Will It Happen To Me - Carter Lewis & The Southerners / My Broken Heart - Carter Lewis & The Southerners / Just Like You - Ray Dexter / I Got - Ray Dexter* / Happy Talk - The Saints / John Browns Body - The Moontrekkers / Grandfather Clock - The Moontrekkers / On A Hillside - The Dauphine Street Six
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An early RPM release gets the make over treatment to bring you a very special special edition. Meeks highly influential album 'I Hear A New World', from which tracks continue to be sampled by todays pop meisters such as David Toop and Lewis Taylor, has added to it an extra 40 minutes audio tracks plus a bonus enhanced CDRom track. The Audio is an interview with Meek conducted in 1962 as he takes the listener around his studio. The enhanced ROM track is the segment filmed by the World In Action team for a Granada TV documentary broadcast in the early 60's discussing influential people in popular culture at that time. The clip of Meek is approx. 3 mins in duration. This package is unique in the market place - no other Meek package has either Meek audio or Meek visual.
A follow on compilation to RPMs highly successful Joe Meeks Girls comes this round up of several important group acts on Meeks books. The most notable are the Syndicats whose single Crawdaddy Simone, their last in 1966, is stupidly rare and valued at £300 !!!! Happily RPM can report that the recording on this compilation is taken from the original master tape. The track has its rarity value as an uncommon 'piece of Meek' but also in itself has a reputation for being just about the toughest freakbeat single ever Ray Fenwick's guitar burst in the middle seals it. RPM's series of Joe Meek collections is the way to make sense of the residual Meek archive, and this package is enhanced by comprehensive notes and pictures courtesy of long time Meek archivist Roger Dopson.
