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Joe MEEK - The RGM Sound: Twangy Guitars, Reverb and Heavenly Choirs

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Long before he'd evolved into a fully-fledged cult figure, Joe Meek was the UK's first fully independent record producer.

This unique 2CD set traces his career from his earliest sessions, as a sound balance engineer in the mid-'50s, to his emergence as a major songwriter and hit maker in the early '60s.

It includes many of Meek's biggest records, including five UK # 1s by, Anne Shelton, Lonnie Donegan, Frankie Vaughan, Emile Ford and John Leyton, plus several other major million selling hits! Indeed, more than half of the sixty sides included herein were significant UK hits.

This set also includes several collectors' rarities, previously unavailable on CD, most notably Gary Miller's unfeasibly-rare 'Moby Dick'. John Fraser's 'Golden Cage' and Geoff Goddard's 'Girl Bride'.

If you are looking for what is by far the most interesting Joe Meek-related compilation for years then this is it!

See also JASCD 475/6

Track Listing

Disc 1

1. SHIRLEY BASSEY - BURN MY CANDLE
2. LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - LOST JOHN
3. GARY MILLER - MOBY DICK
4. HUMPHREY LYTTLETON - BAD PENNY BLUES
5. ANNE SHELTON - LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS
6. FRANKIE VAUGHAN - GREEN DOOR
7. GARY MILLER - GARDEN OF EDEN
8. LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - DON'T YOU ROCK ME DADDY-O
9. CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND - PETITE FLEUR
10. LONNIE DONEGAN & HIS SKIFFLE GROUP - PUTTIN' ON THE STYLE
11. JOHNNY DUNCAN & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS - LAST TRAIN TO SAN FERNANDO
12. COLIN HICKS & HIS CABIN BOYS - WILD EYES AND TENDER LIPS
13. JOHNNY DUNCAN & THE BLUE GRASS BOYS - FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
14. GARY MILLER - THE STORY OF MY LIFE
15. MIKE PRESTON - A HOUSE, A CAR, AND A WEDDING RING
16. DICKIE VALENTINE - VENUS
17. PETULA CLARK - WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?
18. MIKI & GRIFF - HOLD BACK TOMORROW
19. JOHN FRASER - GOLDEN CAGE
20. DICKIE VALENTINE - ONE MORE SUNRISE (Morgen)
21. MARTY WILDE & HIS WILDCATS - SEA OF LOVE
22. MIKE PRESTON - MR BLUE
23. EMILE FORD & THE CHECKMATES - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR?
24. ACKER BILK & HIS PARAMOUNT JAZZ BAND - SUMMER SET
25. MARTY WILDE & HIS WILDCATS - BAD BOY
26. LANCE FORTUNE - BE MINE
27. DIANA DORS - THE POINT OF NO RETURN
28. THE FABULOUS FLEE-RAKKERS - GREEN JEANS
29. RICKY WAYNE & THE FLEE-RAKKERS - HOT CHICK A'ROO
30. GEORGE CHAKIRIS - HEART OF A TEENAGE GIRL

Disc 2

1. MICHAEL COX - ANGELA JONES
2. JOHN LEYTON - TELL LAURA I LOVE HER
3. THE FLEE-REKKERS - SUNDAY DATE
4. RICKY WAYNE & THE OFF-BEATS - MAKE WAY BABY
5. MICHAEL COX - ALONG CAME CAROLINE
6. DANNY RIVERS - CAN'T YOU HEAR MY HEART
7. IAIN GREGORY - TIME WILL TELL
8. DANNY RIVERS - I'M WAITING FOR TOMORROW
9. GERRY TEMPLE - NO MORE TOMORROWS
10. MIKE BERRY & THE OUTLAWS - MY BABY DOLL
11. MICHAEL COX - TEENAGE LOVE
12. THE OUTLAWS - SWINGIN' LOW
13. DANNY RIVERS - MY BABY'S GONE AWAY
14. THE OUTLAWS - AMBUSH
15. CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS - YOU GOT WHAT I LIKE
16. THE FLEE-REKKERS - LONE RIDER
17. JOHN LEYTON - JOHNNY REMEMBER ME
18. MICHAEL COX - SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN
19. MIKE BERRY & THE OUTLAWS - TRIBUTE TO BUDDY HOLLY
20. THE MOONTREKKERS - NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE
21. JOHN LEYTON - WILD WIND
22. THE OUTLAWS - VALLEY OF THE SIOUX
23. GEOFF GODDARD - GIRL BRIDE
24. GERRY TEMPLE - SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY
25. CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS - WHEN I GET PAID
26. JOHN LEYTON - OH LOVER
27. IAIN GREGORY - CAN'T YOU HEAR THE BEAT OF A BROKEN HEART
28. THE OUTLAWS - HUSKY TEAM
29. SCREAMING LORD SUTCH & THE SAVAGES - 'TIL THE FOLLOWING NIGHT
30. JOHN LEYTON - SON THIS IS SHE

JASCD726

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Format
2CD
Price Code
B
Release Date
12/04/2013
UPC Bar Code No
604988072624
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