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Release Date: 5 Oct 2009
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Label: Highnote
Format: CD (two)
Volumes: 1

Description

2CD Jewel Case - Back in the 50s, before he successfully struck out on his own to establish himself as the UK’s first wholly independent record producer, JOE MEEK had served a remarkable ‘apprenticeship’ during the course of which he engineered, co-produced and/or produced countless sessions for many of the UK’s established record companies. Joe carved out a highly impressive reputation during this period, working on dozens of hit records - including five UK No.1s - and in addition to his many and various Pop, Skiffle and R&R sessions, he also worked on copious Jazz, Folk, Blues, Calypso and even light orchestral recordings. Many RGM aficionados regard this as the most interesting phase of his oft-controversial career - certainly, it was his most commercially-successful - and this unique compilation offers a comprehensive overview of those early years. Most areas of Meek’s musical spectrum are covered and this is the first time that many of these artists have been compiled in a Joe Meek context. Astonishingly, perhaps, around a third of these sides are unavailable elsewhere on CD - making this set an absolute ‘must-have’ for any half-serious Joe Meek fan/collector.
CD1
KENNY BAKER - Mean Dog Blues: GARY MILLER - The Yellow Rose Of Texas: BETTY MILLER - Georgia’s Got A Moon: BIG BILL BROONZY When Do I Get To Be Called A Man?: GARY MILLER - Robin Hood: FRANKIE VAUGHAN - My Boy Flat Top: MARION RYAN - Cry Me A River: EDMUND HOCKRIDGE - Young And Foolish: SHIRLEY BASSEY - Burn My Candle: Stormy Weather: ERIC WINSTONE & HIS ORCHESTRA - rhythm’n’Blues: DENNIS LOTIS - Sugaree: PAULINE SHEPHERD - Willie Can: EDMUND HOCKRIDGE - No Other Love: ANNE SHELTON - Too Young To Go Steady: DENNIS LOTIS - No Other One: HUMPHREY LYTTELTON & HIS BAND - Bad Penny Blues: PAULINE SHEPHERD - Treasure Of Love: KENNY GRAHAM & HIS SATELLITES - Lullabye: ANNE SHELTON - Lay Down Your Arms: EDMUND HOCKRIDGE - A Woman In Love: FRANKIE VAUGHAN - The Green Door: GARY MILLER - Garden Of Eden: LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O: CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND Feat. MONTY SUNSHINE - Petite Fleur: KENNY GRAHAM’S AFRO-CUBISTS - Rockin’ In Rhythm: LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - Ella Speed (live): DICKIE BISHOP with LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - Precious Memories (live): ERIC DELANEY BAND - Rock’n’Roll King Cole: LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - Cumberland Gap
CD2:
JOHNNY DUNCAN & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS - Last Train To San Fernando: JOHN FRASER - Bye Bye Love: Why Don’t They Understand?: JIMMY MILLER & HIS BARBECUES - Sizzling Hot: JOHNNY DUNCAN & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS - Blue, Blue Heartache: PEGGY SEEGER with GUY CARAWAN & ISLA CAMERON - Bring A Little Water, Sylvie: TEDDY JOHNSON & PEARL CARR - Tomorrow, Tomorrow: COLIN HICKS & HIS CABIN BOYS - Wild Eyes And Tender Lips: JACKIE DAVIES & HIS QUARTET - Land Of Make Believe: CLEO LAINE with DAVE LEE - Indian Summer: GARY MILLER - The Story Of My Life: JOHNNY DUNCAN & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS - If You Love Me Baby: JIMMY MILLER & HIS BARBECUES - Jelly Baby: TEDDY JOHNSON & PEARL CARR - Sweet Elizabeth: MARION RYAN - Oh Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again: BEN BOWERS with BERTIE KING’S ROYAL JAMAICANS - Not Me: LITA ROZA - You’re The Greatest: BILL SHEPHERD ORCH - Tequila: SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE with CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND - Key To The Highway: OTTILIE PATTERSON with CHRIS BARBER’S JAZZ BAND - Georgia Grind (live): MR ACKER BILK’S PARAMOUNT JAZZ BAND - Travelling Blues: THE MIGHTY TERROR & HIS CALYPSONIANS - T.V. Calypso: ROCKIN’ RED PRICE - Weekend: MIKE PRESTON - Why, Why, Why: Whispering Grass: CHERRYWAINER - Valencia: LITA ROZA - I’ve Got My Eyes On You: LORD INVADER & HIS CALYPSO RHYTHM BOYS - Teddy Boy Calypso.
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