Love your
site and keeping the memory alive! I've just updated my links to your
site on: www.davidstjohn.co.uk/links.html Plus on my 'blog'
page added onto the Telstar movie release etc. On
my live shows- apart from my comedy shows- I feature a Joe Meek section
and after the 'Telstar' intro record I then launch into
'Johnny/Eddie/Have I The Right' and always goes well with the 60s fans! David St John The annual NEWENT
JOE MEEK / RGM concert
will take place this year on Saturday October 16th at Newent Community
School. Appearing will be John Leyton, Craig Douglas and The Flames.
Dave
Cannon
with his fabulous Solent City Sound Disco will be spinning those
fifties and sixties and RGM 45s. Prior to the concert there will be a
sixties/Joe Meek exhibition.
If you have any memorabilia or items of interest which may form
part of the the exhibition then please contact us and we will pass
on any information to Sandra Meek so that she can then contact you
directly. PRESS
RELEASE
John Leyton and The Flames'. John
Leyton 'Look For A Star' 'Twangs
For The Melody' Peter
Williams 'Johnny Remember Me' All
above CDs are now available worldwide on MP3 download via Amazon and
other main download sites.
Featured
tracks from TWANGS FOR THE MELODY CD now appearing on JOE'S
JUKEBOX on this site
DAVE MILLEN RIP
Dave Millen the Puppets guitarist
passed away on Tuesday Jan 19 2010.
He
had advanced lung cancer and a brain tumour plus other complications
and according to his daughter Lee, who was with him at the
time, he
died peacefully, comfortably, quietly and painlessly in hospital in
Welwyn Garden City.
GEOFF
GODDARD'S SKY MEN VIDEO Mike
Belgrave, stand up comedian and another comedian called Mike Manera
have started a comedy night called Music Club. As massive
fans of Joe Meek they decided on their first night to create live on
stage the Geoff Goddard song Sky Men.
Sadly 'Neil Christian' (of The Crusaders fame) passed
away in early January.
He had
been suffering from cancer for the last few years. He fought
hard with it but
it beat him in the end. He lived in Perivale (North
London).
'Chris'
as he was known to his friends recorded for Joe
Meek in the
early sixties with tracks like The Big Beat Drum and Road
To Love.
His
rarest recording was with his mate Jimmy Page in 1960. This
was a 4 track
EP with Restless, Red Sails In The Sunset, Your Cheating
Heart and Danny. The
rare record price guide puts this at £2,500+. He
recorded for Columbia, Strike,
Youngblood and Pye Records.
HELP
REQUESTED!
Our
Thunderbolt magazine editor needs more ribbons for his typewriter - if
you know of a supplier here are the details:
The Word Processor is the Sharp Font Typewriter number FW560S and it
requires a Single Stripe Ribbon ZX/T2S1BK
Every
four weeks we will feature a Joe Meek artiste or artistes or Joe Meek
related recordings, including record company releases.
You can listen to Joe's
Jukebox free of charge and it’s available 24
hours a day.
However
if you want to promote a Joe Meek artiste or artistes or Joe Meek
related recordings* (and this includes record company releases) on
Joe's Jukebox then a small pre-paid charge of £10 per four weeks for
JMS members or £20 per four weeks for non JMS members is all that is
required. Terms and conditions apply.
Interested?
Want to feature your product for the world to
hear for 4 weeks on Joe's Jukebox? Please
click here
[prospective users who wish us to host their music on the
jukebox
must first click on the terms and conditions and accept them before
they can proceed].
* (there must always be
a definite connection with and/or link to Joe
Meek and his music)
THE TELSTAR
PROJECT
A website dedicated to Telstar has now been launched:
The
idea is to have as many versions as possibe to listen too and people
can also upload their own versions.
The
site has one or two little glitches but be patient and it
will be
worthwhile THE TRIUMPHS
A new 7-track cd by The
Triumphs is now available. This is a private
pressing available for Joe Meek Society members.
Tracks are as folllows:
1. Joe Meek Medley -
Telstar/Johnny Remember Me/Have I The Right/Just
Like Eddie
2. My Suzanne
3. Night Of The Vampire
4. The Coalmans Lament
5. Walk With Me My Angel
6. Please Stay
7. Jack The Ripper
Joe Meek Society member and ex
Joe Meek artiste, Ray Dexter, says:
"I
can highly recommend The Triumphs new CD. Every Joe Meek fan should get
their their hands on a copy. I think it's a real triumph!"
Members
may know Ray recorded a Decca single with Joe in the sixties called
"The Coalman's Lament/Lonely Weekends" and also made a number of other
recordings with Joe, such as "Atlantic Twist" and "Just Like You".
These and other recordings were finally released on RPM's CD
compilation, "Diamond Joe", which was released in February 2007.
DANNYS PASSION
The only Cornish
group to record at 304 Hollloway Road. Their recordings remain in the
tea-chest tapes. Their
manager David Peters has launched a website for the group who recently
had a reunion.
Robb’s
recording of
‘Lonely Joe’ is on current release, and he is busy promoting it on BBC
local and Independent Radio Stations throughout the U.K. ‘ Lonely Joe’
was originally produced by Clem Cattini, and engineered by Vic
Keary., who both latterly Re-mixed and Re
-mastered
the track.
Robb and his Team were surprised at the
demand for the C.D, orders are now being despatched within 14
days., however; it is a Limited Edition
C.D, and once
the current stock is exhausted, there are no plans to
re-press
any more copies of ‘Lonely Joe’.
Although
‘LONELY JOE’ is primarily for download, e.g play.com, iTunes, seeTunes,
mTunes, etc etc,
He does have some Cds for sale; They are £5.99 each, [including postage
and packing –
U.K]. but there is a special discount for Joe Meek Society members! -
see
details below.
The CD will be signed by him, and there is a booklet to accompany the
CD.
There is a second song on the disc, written and sung by him, ‘Doesn’t
Everybody’, which features a guitar hero solo by the great Phil
Rosenberg.
The total price of the CD [including postage] to Joe Meek Society
members is £4.99, but proof of membership must be provided, e.g,
membership number.
Non
members will have to pay
£5.99
Please send cheques made out to; Cotton Mill Music, and the address is :
P.O Box 9668,
Nottingham,
NG9 9EP
UK
You
can hear a free clip
here or purchase a download of one or both songs via the JMS
Link below.
