Various Artists: Joe Meek - A Curious Mind Outer Space! Horror! Death Discs! The Wild West! Demos! 3CD Box Set

• 3CD SET EXPLORING THE FASCINATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS OF THE LEGENDARY JOE MEEK.

• 82 TRACKS OF FAR OUTER SPACE EXPLORATION, GHOULISH GOINGS ON, DEATHLY LAMENTS, WILD WEST IMAGININGS AND JOE’S OWN INIMITABLE HOME DEMOS!

• 57 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS! MANY NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD STEREO VERSIONS! ALL TRACKS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEA CHEST TAPES.

• INCLUDES DETAILED ‘I HEAR A NEW WORLD’ SESSIONS AND OUT-TAKES.

• FEATURES HIT SINGLES BY JOHN LEYTON, HEINZ, MIKE BERRY, SCREAMING LORD SUTCH, THE OUTLAWS AND MORE.

• SLEEVENOTES BY THE JOE MEEK SOCIETY’S CRAIG NEWTON. MASTERED AT WESTERN STAR BY MEEK AFICIONADO ALAN WILSON.

Unique among the 1960s pop landscape, and facilitated by his own home studio set-up, Joe Meek pursued and expressed a passion for his countless hobbies through his hit records and studio productions. From the legendary ‘I Hear A New World’ sonic landscapes and the Tornados’ global hit ‘Telstar!’ to several successful horror-themed records with Screaming Lord Sutch and his smash hit laments to both Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, Meek’s fascinations were never far from his thoughts, often resulting in wildly imaginative and way ahead of their time recordings.

Laden with sound effects, experimental electronics, eccentric lyrics and themes that often stretched the boundaries of what pop music could be in the early 1960s, ‘A CURIOUS MIND’ showcases both Meek’s imagination and his mastery of the recording studio. A selection of themed demos shine light on hit songs that might’ve been, while sound effects and experimental electronic production sessions set him many years ahead of his contemporaries and rivals. The familiar hits are here, alongside lesser-known gems and material never before heard in stereo.

Of particular interest is a disc of newly discovered ‘I Hear A New World’ versions and outtakes, including an early compilation/demo of the album that still sounds futuristic 65 years after it was recorded. A must hear for fans of that album, presented for the first time in pristine sonic quality, having previously only been heard as distorted vinyl dubs.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

BEYOND THE STARS

1  Ricky Wayne's Introduction*

2  Joe Meek and The Blue Men - I Hear A New World

3  The Tornados - Telstar (Alternate Edit)

4  Geoff Goddard - Sky Men

5  Glenda Collins - It's Hard To Believe It (Alternate Lyrics)

6  The Tornados - Life On Venus (Mix 4)

7  Joe Meek - Spacescape #2*

8  The Thunderbolts - March Of The Spacemen

9  The Tornados - Globetrotter (Mix 2)

10  Joe Meek - Spacescape #3*

11  The Thunderbolts - Saturn And Back (Take 10)*

12  The Tornados - Robot (Mix 3)

13  Dave Adams - Space Theme*

14  Glenda Collins - Magic Star (Take 1)

15  Joe Meek and The Blue Men - Dribcots Space Boat (Take 5)*

16  Joe Meek - FX Experiment #2*

17  The Thunderbolts - Lost Planet

18  The Tornados - All The Stars In The Sky (Original Speed)

19  The Thunderbolts - Stepping On The Stars (Take 2)*

20  Joe Meek - Have You Ever Tried Living On The Moon?*

21  The Thunderbolts - Call Of Outer Space (Take 7)*

22  The Rhythmics - Telstar (Take 3)

23  The Tornados - Lullaby Of The Stars

24  Geoff Goddard - Sky Men (Original Speed/Pre-Overdubs)* 25 The Rhythmics - Life On Venus (Take 2)*

26  Joe Meek and The Blue Men - Glob Waterfall (Take 9)*

27  Joe Meek - Spacescape #5*

DISC TWO 

BEYOND THE GRAVE / OUT WEST

1  Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper

2 The Moontrekkers - Night Of The Vampire

3  Screaming Lord Sutch - She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man (O'Dubs Take 6)*

4  Joe Meek - You Make Me Feel Evil*

5  Doctor Dark - Put Me Back To Rot*

6  Geoff Goddard – Somebody’s Knocking On My Coffin*

7  Screaming Lord Sutch - Monster In Black Tights (Organ Version)*

8  Meek/Sutch - Screaming Session*

9 The Moontrekkers - Unknown Horrors*

10  Joe Meek - Dark Stranger (Take 6)*

11 The Outlaws - The Spook Walks (A TV Theme) (Take 1)

12  Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages - Till The Following Night

13 Geoff Goddard & Joe Meek - Monster In White Tights (Demo)*

14 The Moontrekkers - Return Of The Vampire (Pre-Overdubs)*

15 John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me ('Died' Version)

16 Mike Berry & The Outlaws - Tribute To Buddy Holly

17 Heinz - Tribute To Eddie

18 Houston Wells & The Marksmen - North Wind (Take 2/Pre- Overdubs)*

19  Gerry Temple - No More Tomorrows (Stereo)*

20 The Ferridays - Two Brothers (Stereo)*

21  Pamela Blue - My Friend Bobby

22  John Murray – Johnny*

23  Joe Meek - Johnny Must Be Hung*

24  Joe Meek - Darkness Fills The Sky*

25  Harold Smart – Manhunt*

26  Burr Bailey - Chahawki (Stereo)*

27  Chad Carson - Jesse James (Alternate Version)*

28  Chick, Ted Cameron Group & D.J's - North Wind*

29  Houston Wells & The Marksmen - Blowing Wild (Vocal Take 3)*

30 Houston Wells & The Marksmen - Only The Heartaches (Stereo)*

31 Mark Douglas - Riding The Rails (Stereo)*

32 The Outlaws - That Set The Wild West Free (Vocal Take 5)*

DISC THREE

THE 'I HEAR A NEW WORLD' SESSIONS (IN STEREO)

1  I Hear A New World (Album Demo Take 1)*

2  Orbit Around The Moon (Take 1)

3  Orbit Around The Moon (Take 2)*

4  Entry Of The Globbots (Take 2)

5  Entry Of The Globbots (Take 3)*

6 March Of The Dribcots (No FX)*

7  Love Dance Of The Saroos (Take 1)

8  Love Dance Of The Saroos (Take 4)*

9  Glob Waterfall (Take 1)*

10  Glob Waterfall (Take 2)*

11  Glob Waterfall (Take 5)*

12  Magnetic Field (Rehearsal)

13  Magnetic Field (Rehearsal 2)*

14  The Bublight (No FX)*

15  Valley Of The Saroos (Take 1)*

16  Valley Of The Saroos (Take 3)*

17  Dribcots Space Boat (Reverse Intro Segment)

18  Dribcots Space Boat (Session Tape Fragments)*

19  Dribcots Space Boat (Reverse Mix Pass 1)*

20  Dribcots Space Boat (Take 2)* The 'I Hear A New World' Evolutions…

21  The Jaybirds - Husky Team (Take 6 / Stereo)*

22  The Outlaws - Tune For Short Cowboys (Alt Version)*

23  The Outlaws - Spring Is Near (Take 9 / Stereo)*