Joe Meek

Real Name:
Robert George Meek
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Born: April 5, 1929, Newent, Gloucestershire, England
Died: February 3, 1967, London, England
Record producer and songwriter, his biggest hit was "Telstar" by Tornados, The (1962)
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Releases:
I Hear A New World (Part 1) (7", EP)   Triumph (2) 1960
I Hear A New World (Album) (3 versions)   RPM Records (2) ... 1991
Work In Progress - The Triumph Sessions (2xLP, Comp)   RPM Records (2) 1994
The Alchemist Of Pop - Home Made Hits & Rarities 1959-1966 (2xCD, Comp)   Castle Music 2002
Portrait Of A Genius - The RGM Legacy (4xCD, Comp, RM)   Castle Music 2005
Production:
Girl Bride / For Eternity (7", Single)   His Master's Voice 1961
Johnny Remember Me (2 versions)   Top Rank International 1961
Magic Star (7")   Decca 1962
Everything In The Garden (7")   Pye Records 1963
March Of The Spacemen (7")   Dot Records 1963
The Honeycombs (LP, Album)   Pye Records 1964
Tribute To Eddie (LP, Mono)   Decca 1964
Howling For My Baby (7", Single)   EMI Columbia 1965
That's The Way / Can't Get Through To You (7", Single)   Pye Records 1965
Johnny Remember Me / Wild Wind (7", Single, Mono)   Old Gold (2) 1982
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages (CD, Comp, RM)   EMI 1991
304 Holloway Road - Joe Meek: The Pye Years Volume 2 (CD, Comp)   Sequel Records 1993
English Freakbeat Volume Five (CD, Comp) Too Far Out AIP Records 1993
English Freakbeat Vol. 6 (CD, Comp) Diggin' For Gold AIP Records, AIP Records 1996
English Freakbeat Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Howlin' For My Baby, L... AIP Records, AIP Records 1996
English Freakbeat Volume 4 (CD, Comp) She's Too Way Out AIP Records, AIP Records 1997
The Beat Scene (CD, Comp, RM) Third Time Lucky Deram 1998
The Joe Meek Collection: Hidden Gems Volume One (CD, Comp)   Diamond Recordings 1998
That Driving Beat Volume 2 (More UK Freakbeat Rarities 28 Track Collection Of Rare British Freakbeat 1964-1966) (CD, Comp) Shake With Me Past & Present Records 2001
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) I Hear A New World Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (12") I Hear A New World Mute Records Ltd. 2002
The Definitive Tom Jones 1964-2002 (4xCD, Comp) Little Lonely One Universal Records 2003
Vampires, Cowboys, Spacemen & Spooks - The Very Best Of Joe Meek's Instrumentals (7", Comp)   Castle Music 2007
Appears On:
Acker's Away (7", EP)   EMI Columbia 1959
Lansdowne Jazz Series - The Seven Ages Of Acker Volume One (7", Mono, EP)   Columbia 1959
Die Vier Grossen Schlager (7", EP) Telstar Tip 1962
Four Hits And A Mister (7", EP, Mono)   EMI Columbia 1962
Loneliness (7") Don't You Think It's Time His Master's Voice 1962
Magic Star (7") Magic Star Decca 1962
Play Telstar - The Lonely Bull And Others (Album) (2 versions) Telstar Dolton Records 1962
Shutters And Boards (7", Single) North Wind Parlophone 1962
Telstar (EP, Maxi) (3 versions) Telstar Decca ... 1962
Telstar (3 versions) Telstar Decca ... 1962
The Original Telstar - The Sounds Of The Tornadoes (LP, Mono) Telstar, Red Roses And... London Records 1962
The Sounds Of The Tornados (7", EP, Mono) Red Roses And A Sky Of... Decca 1962
Away From It All (LP, Album) Indian Brave, Dreams D... Decca 1963
Dragonfly (7", Single) Hymn For Teenagers Decca 1963
Everything In The Garden (7") When Love Was Young Pye Records 1963
Gee What A Party / Say That Again (7")   His Master's Voice 1963
Globetrotter (7", EP) Globetrotter, Swinging... Decca 1963
Globetrotter (Single) (2 versions) Globetrotter Decca ... 1963
Heinz (7", EP) I Get Up In The Mornin... Decca 1963
Just Like Eddie (7")   Decca 1963
Law And Order (7") Law And Order His Master's Voice 1963
Live It Up (7", EP)   Decca 1963
March Of The Spacemen (7") March Of The Spacemen Dot Records 1963
More Sounds From The Tornados (7", EP) Swinging Beefeater Decca 1963
My Little Baby (7", Single) My Little Baby His Master's Voice 1963
Robot / Live On Venus (7", Single) Robot, Life On Venus Decca 1963
Telstar (Irgendwann Erwacht Ein Neuer Tag) (7", EP) Telstar (Irgendwann Er... La Voix De Son Maître 1963
The Ice Cream Man / Theme From "The Scales Of Justice" (7", Single) The Ice Cream Man Decca 1963
The Return Of The Outlaws (7") The Return Of The Outlaws His Master's Voice 1963
Anna Marie (7", Single) Moon Watch Over My Baby Parlophone 1964
Chahawki (7")   Decca 1964
Have I The Right? (Single) (2 versions) Please Don't Pretend A... Pye Records ... 1964
Hot Pot (7", Single) Hot Pot Decca 1964
I Can't Stop (7") I'll Cry Tomorrow Interphon Records 1964
I'll Prove It (7") For Loving Me This Way... Decca 1964
Little Baby (7") Baby I Go For You Pye Records 1964
Please Little Girl (7")   Decca 1964
Questions I Can't Answer (7") Beating Of My Heart EMI Columbia 1964
Saturday Club (LP, Mono, Comp) Telstar Decca 1964
The Honeycombs (Album) (2 versions) Nice While It Lasted, ... Pye Records ... 1964
Tribute To Eddie (LP, Mono) Don't Keep Pickin' At Me Decca 1964
Early Bird (7") Early Bird EMI Columbia 1965
That's The Way (7", EP) She's Too Way Out Pye Records 1965
That's The Way / Can't Get Through To You (7", Single) Can't Get Through To You Pye Records 1965
Tomorrow I'll Be Gone (7")   EMI Columbia 1965
Is That A Ship I Hear (7") Is That A Ship I Hear EMI Columbia 1966
Pop-Art Goes Mozart (7") Pop-Art Goes Mozart EMI Columbia 1966
You're Holding Me Down (7") I've Gotta Buzz Columbia 1966
An Astromusical Odyssey (Album) (2 versions) Telstar Phase 4 Stereo ... 1971
Popcorn (Album) (3 versions) Telstar Hallmark Records ... 1972
The World Of The Tornados (LP, Comp) Telstar, Globetrotter,... Decca, Decca 1972
Perfidia (7") Telstar United Artists Records 1973
40 Super Oldies - The Story Of Pop (Cass, Comp) Telstar Decca, TELDEC »Telefunken-Decca« Schallplatten GmbH 1974
Golden Hour Of Golden Instrumental Hits Featuring The Many Moogs Of Killer Watts (LP) Telstar Golden Hour 1974
Telstar / Venus (Planet Of Love) (7") Telstar Rhino Records 1974
Heavy Danes (LP, Comp) Telstar Polydor 1975
Telstar / Red Rocket (7") Telstar SRT 1975
Popular Music's Golden Hit Parade (Comp) (2 versions) Telstar Reader's Digest ... 1976
Remembering... The Tornados (LP, Comp) Telstar, Globetrotter,... Decca 1976
Be-Bop-A-Lula (LP, RE) Temptation Baby Music For Pleasure 1978
Cosmic Daddy (LP) Telstar Musicon (2) 1978
Cosmic Daddy / Telstar (7", Single) Telstar Hansa 1978
Galactic Soul (3 versions) Telstar Epic ... 1978
Sideral Cosmic Sound (2xLP, Comp) Telstar Carrere 1978
Sideral Space (LP) Telstar Barclay 1978
Space Concept (LP, Album) Telstar Durium, Start (4) 1978
Spatial Disco 2005 (LP) Telstar Atoll Music 1978
Spatial Disco 2005 (2xLP, Comp) Telstar Atoll Music 1978
Telstar (7") Telstar Cobra 1978
The Ventures Greatest Hits Volume 1 (LP, Comp) Telstar A&M Records, A&M Records Of Canada Limited 1980
Local &/Or General (7", Ltd) Telstar Mushroom Records, Festival Records 1981
Telstar (7") Telstar Polydor 1981
Telstar (7", Single) Telstar Polydor 1981
Local &/OR General (Album) (3 versions)   Mushroom Records 1982
Pop Music From 1962 (LP) Telstar Mercury 1982
Telstar (Maxi) (2 versions)   Factory ... 1984
The Return Of Telstar (12") The Return Of Telstar ... Pacific Records (3) 1988
Sounds Of The Sixties (LP, Comp) My Little Baby, You'll... Rollercoaster Records 1989
The Return Of Telstar (12") The Return Of Telstar ... WEA Musik GmbH 1989
Velvett Fogg...Plus (Album) (2 versions) Telstar 69 See For Miles Records Ltd. ... 1989
The 1955 London Sessions (CD, Comp, RE)   Sequel Records 1990
The Synthesizer Album (LP, Comp, Album) Telstar Telstar 1990
Telstar (Maxi) (2 versions)   Polydor 1992
The Ventures Play Telstar - The Lonely Bull And Others / (The) Ventures In Space (CD) Telstar EMI USA 1992
304 Holloway Road - Joe Meek: The Pye Years Volume 2 (CD, Comp) When Love Was Young, B... Sequel Records 1993
Double Gold (2xCD, Comp) Telstar BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA 1995
Freakbeat Freakout (CD, Comp) Baby I Go For You, She... Sequel Records 1997
From Outer Space (CD, Album)   SPV Recordings 1997
Telstar / Sputnik (7", Tra) Telstar Via Satellite 1997
Cloudy Cloud Calculator (CD, Album)   Emperor Norton 1998
El Gran Ritmo De Mike Young (Album) (2 versions) Telstar Donna Lee Records 1998
The Joe Meek Collection: Hidden Gems Volume One (CD, Comp) A Fool In Love, I Can'... Diamond Recordings 1998
Brain In A Box: The Science Fiction Collection (5xCD, Comp, RM) Telstar Rhino Entertainment Company 2000
Itchy Tingles (CD, Album) Telstar Invisible 2000
Popcorn (CD, Comp) Telstar Essential 2000
2001 - A Space Rock Odyssey (2xCD, Comp, RM, Dig) Telstar '69 Castle Music 2001
Fashion Conscious (CD, Comp) I Hear The New World Little Teddy Recordings, The Bus Stop Label 2002
Agents & Jorma Kääriäinen... Is All Right (CD, Album) Tellstar Parlophone, Oy EMI Finland Ab 2006
Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six & Tenorama Highlights (CD, RM)   Vocalion 2008
Hold On (7", Ltd, Pin)   Sub Pop Records 2008
Presenting Kenny Graham (CD, RM)   Vocalion 2008
Be-Bop-A-Lula (Inédit) (LP) Temptation Baby Sounds Superb  
Golden Greats (LP, Comp) Telstar Liberty  
Telstar (7", Single) Telstar BASF  
Telstar (12")   Rayhal  
Tracks Appear On:
Joe Meek Presents 304 Holloway Road (CD, Comp) I Hear A New World Sequel Records 1996
Ocean Of Sound 4: Guitars On Mars (2xCD) Magnetic Field Virgin 1997
The Joe Meek Collection: Hidden Gems Volume One (CD, Comp) He's Mine (Demo) Diamond Recordings 1998
Triumph Records - History Of A Label (CD, Comp) Introduces Excerpts Fr... Diamond Recordings 1999
Songs In The Key Of Z: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music (CD) Telstar (Rough Demo) Gammon Records 2002
Songs In The Key Of Z - Vols. 1 & 2: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music (2xCD, Comp) Telstar (Rough Demo) Cherry Red 2004
Rare Trax Vol. 47 - Another Time Another Planet - A Journey Into A Far-Out Sound (CD, Comp) I Hear A New World, En... Rolling Stone (Germany) 2006
Prins Thomas Presents Cosmo Galactic Prism (2xCD, Album, Comp, Mixed) I Hear A New World Eskimo Recordings 2007
Radio Simian (CD, Promo) March Of The Drobcots Source Records (FR)  
Unofficial Releases:
Can You Pass The Oof Acid Test? (CD, Mixed, Unofficial, Ltd) I Hear A New World Not On Label (DJ Oof) 2004
The Hacker Pack (7xDVDr + 2xCDr) Untitled, Untitled, Un... Not On Label (Goodiepal Self-released) 2006
Summers Are Better Than Others (CDr, Ltd) I Hear A New World I Hear A New World 2007
Meeky Meeky, Random Flakes Vol. 1 (CD, Boo)   Not On Label  
Meeky Meeky, Random Flakes Vol. 2 (CD, Boo)   Not On Label  
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