Joe Meek feature

[Harry]

What a brilliant selection, Daniel.

I'm also a fan of Joe Meek's work - there are some real gems to discover.

The nice thing is that Joe's touch gives an edge to what could be some pretty trivial music.

I think I would probably have to include a Charles Kingsley Creation number in my selection.

I wonder what our friend, ex-Puppet Des O'Reilly, would pick.

[suzie q]

Johnny Remember Me was one of those songs that when you heard it, you knew straight away it would go to number 1.

Another (not Joe Meek) was Joe Brown's A Picture Of You.

Nice list Daniel. Wasn't Jeannie and the Big Guys a Joe Meek act? I rated them. Also Charles Kingsley and who would forget Can Can 62?

[jenno1947]

Those songs brought back a few memories, the first six songs being classics in their own right , but the real knockouts were in my opinion the screaming lord sutch song and john leyton with the vampire ditty coming in a close third. Great stuff Daniel , many thanks.

[misterblueskye]

what a fantastic selection ,many i have heared before ,havent heard crying shames before, i will have to research this band and maybe buy their album.
only rediscovered billy fury recently cds always playing in car

[Harry]

I'd forgotten about the Cryin' Shames until Daniel picked it. It's really haunting, isn't it?

This has been an incredibly popular feature - congratulations to Daniel. Quite a few people have been referred from other sites and it's such a pity that we haven't had a few comments from them.

[Daniel]

re - cryin shames

check out

www.wikipedia.org

on the info off cryin shames also check out the story by --George Robinson , founder member plus lots of insight , good read .........also when dirrected to George Robinson its on a web site called Mersey-Beat , i typed in Billy Fury and there are 33 articles to read some i have never seen before,,,,,,happy reading.