Joe Meek: Pop Alchemist
Legendary English record-producer and songwriter Joe Meek is best remembered for his 1962 hit, Telstar by the Tornadoes. He was responsible for nearly 250 singles, 45 of which charted top 50.
What lots of folks don't know is that he pioneered experimental pop, couldn't play a single musical instrument and led an extraordinary life. He was an extremely volatile character who was persecuted and even jailed for being gay. He famously suffered from crippling paranoia and depression and he was convinced he could communicate with the dead. Meek even set up tape machines in graveyards to record voices from the beyond. He obsessed over Buddy Holly and was committed to communing with his spirit, claiming to have actually done so in his dreams.
In 1967, armed with a shotgun, Joe Meek tragically took his own life and that of his landlord's for reasons unknown. He was 37 and left behind a lasting legacy of sound production and recording, rivaling Phil Spector. British music magazine, NME ranked Meek as the greatest record producer of all time.
Let's see if we can conjure up Meek's troubled spirit on today's episode of SAVAGE BEAT.
- 3:03pm Telstar by The Tornadoes on ( )
- 3:07pm I Can't Stop by The Honeycombs on ( )
- 3:09pm Green Jeans by The Flee-Rekkers on ( )
- 3:12pm Ridin' the Wind by The Tornadoes on ( )
- 3:15pm Jack the Ripper by Screaming Lord Sutch on ( )
- 3:19pm Theme From 'the Traitors' by The Packabeats on ( )
- 3:20pm Hey There Stranger by Pamela Blue on ( )
- 3:20pm Can Can '62 by Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers on ( )
- 3:26pm Little Baby by The Blue Rondos on ( )
- 3:28pm Dumb Head by Sharades on ( )
- 3:30pm North Wind by Houston Wells & The Marksmen on ( )
- 3:35pm Night of the Vampire by The Moontrekkers on ( )
- 3:35pm Hobbies by Jenny Moss on ( )
- 3:36pm Ambush by The Outlaws on ( )
- 3:40pm 'Til the Following Night by Screaming Lord Sutch on ( )
- 3:44pm Globetrotter by The Tornadoes on ( )
- 3:48pm Wipeout by The Saints on ( )
- 3:50pm Listen to Me by Flip and the Dateliners on ( )
- 3:53pm You Were There by Heinz on ( )
- 3:56pm Something I've got To Tell You by Glenda Collins on ( )
- 3:59pm Baby It Hurts by Glenda Collins on ( )
- 4:03pm She's Not Just Anybody by The Dovers on Pebbles v.7 (BFD)
- 4:05pm The Temper Tantrum by The Warlocks on The Big Itch v. 3 (Mr Manicotti)
- 4:06pm I'm Gone by Nomads on Shout! Northwest Killers v. 2 (Norton)
- 4:09pm Won't You Tell Me by Vestells on Back from the Grave v. 5 (Crypt)
- 4:13pm Bottom of it All by The Spats on Sixties Rebellion v. 7 The Backyard Patio (Way Back)
- 4:14pm 1-2-5 by The Haunted on Pebbles v. 1 (BFD)
- 4:20pm Rats Revenge Pt. 1 by The Rats on Back from the Grave v. 1 (Crypt)
- 4:22pm Psychotic Reaction by Positively 13 O'Clock on Pebbles v.1 (BFD)
- 4:22pm Nothing Remains by Uranus and the Give Moons on Don't Press Your Luck! (Sundazed)
- 4:27pm Hey Joe by Hazards on Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things (Norton)
- 4:30pm Please Don't Be Mad by Soothsayers on Midwest Monsters v. II (Cavern)
- 4:32pm Friday at the Hideout by Underdogs on Friday at the Hideout 1964-67 (Norton)
- 4:34pm I'm Tempted by The Quests on Teener Garage Explosion v.2 She'll Hurt You in the End (Teenage Shutdown)
- 4:36pm Do Like Me by The Uncalled For on Pebbles v.8 (BFD)
- 4:39pm Second Chance by The Misterians on NW Killers v.3 (Norton)
- 4:44pm Victim of Circumstances by Roy Junior on Back from the Grave v.2 (Crypt)
- 4:47pm Comete by Jimmy's Guitar on The International Vicious Society (University of Vice)
- 4:49pm (Would I Still Be) Her Big Man by Brigands on Back from the Grave v.2 (Crypt)
- 4:51pm Lost Innocense by The Buddahs on Pebbles v.2 (BFD)
- 4:53pm Crankshaft Sid by Jimmy Knight on The Big Itch. v2 (Mr. Manicotti)
- 4:56pm Like a Rolling Stone by The Soup Greens on Pebbles v. 1 (BFD)