I have been asked to circulate this - it's on an expenses only basis but you get free meals, if you have sixties gear all well and good but they will make you...
"Joe Meek's pioneering genius will not be forgotten, but overexposure to his work is like living in a hall of mirrors, on four hours sleep, tequila, and cotton...
I don't remember if this has been mentioned here: Nick Moran's stage play is also available as book. http://joemeekpage.googlepages.com/misc.htm Jan -- JOE...
Anyone know a release date for the movie? I know they started filming in London Today? Judging by the directors past films (Layer Cake and many more) this...
Kevin Spacey has joined the cast of Telstar and will play Major Banks, Joe's financier - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968333.html?categoryId=13&cs=1 ...
Here's good news from that Variety mention: Con O'Neill reprises his stage role as Meek... Con was, IMHO, absolutely outstanding on stage as Joe. Greg O....
Anyone ever consider that Nick Moron is a total bumwipe with no real interest in Joe Meek? The play was an absolute disgrace-badly scripted,inaccurate and ...
THE MOONTREKKERS LAST GIG Ray Liffen attended what was possibly the last Moontrekkers gig earlier this month. He has given permission to show a video clip on...
Hi Sefton I had to reply to your email. I happen to think the play was brilliant, as did the half-dozen or so that went with me. A large part of the interest...
I should add (just in case Sefton might not be aware) that John Barber was a member of the Scorpions / Ferridays who recorded at 304 Holloway Road. John knew &...
Di and Rob Bradford
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Jul 13, 2007 6:00 pm
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Sefton, I wouldn’t be as harsh on the play and Nick Moran as yourself. It wouldn’t be the version of Joe’s life that I’d tell either, but it is a...
hamish wright
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Jul 13, 2007 6:11 pm
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Good to see some real discussion at last-thanks to everyone who has contacted me.Naturally,I am aware of John and his fine body of work! (The Scorpions version...
Thanks for your insight Sefton. The background puts some of your thoughts / views into perspective. Just a personal view - I know that there were some comic...
Di and Rob Bradford
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Jul 13, 2007 9:48 pm
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As a big Joe meek fan who saw the play, read the book, saw the documentary and knew many of Joes artists and someone who has lived the live off a maverick...
I've definitely found Russell and Sefton's messages worth reading films can be incredibly creative and are often distinguished from one another by their own...
I thought the play was magnificent. I was in near tears at the end, and walked into the West End night almost shaking. I know the Joe Meek Story by heart, what...
Great post Russ.......thank you for posting it ! ... lived ... more ... also ... have ... Moran ... comon ... it ... what ... I ... muscians ... and ... could ...
Barry Cleveland, in his book 'Creative Music Production - Joe Meek's Bold Techniques' lists all of the recorders that Joe is known to have used - and there are...
Picking up on the Studer reference, Studer and Revox were of course made by the same firm (Willi Studer of Regensdorf, Switzerland) with the Studer branded...
Hi all I remember an EMI machine, not sure of the model (it was green and the take-up spool wound in the reverse direction, helping to keep the tape straight)...
Barry Cleveland's listing of the recorders at Joe's studio, including the auction items from 304 is as comprehensive as we'll ever see. The EMI with the...
John Cavanagh
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Jul 22, 2007 1:06 pm
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Thank you John C ..for your brilliant informative letter. ! The Vortexion (Pete Townsend had one, he also had a G35..still has) The price of the Vortexion was...
Oh - one more thought.... B-62 Studers would've been around after Joe. The 37 series was the professional machine of those days, with the 4 track J37 in use at...
John Cavanagh
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Jul 22, 2007 3:03 pm
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Hi John, Regarding "Studer" the A62 was available in 1964, the B62 1965... these were professional recorders priced around 2000 pounds ( John Lennon had a...
Hi Alex, Thanks for this. I was thinking the B62 was around from the end of the '60s. I guess I was confusing it with the '67. I didn't know Lennon had one....
John Cavanagh
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Jul 22, 2007 3:36 pm
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Hi John, Yes your correct with JL Beatle peroid home recording studio set up, in the early seventies 70/71 while still in the UK Lennon had a Studer B62. If...
John, I've sent you a couple of images that I took in the flat. One shows Joe standing next to an Akai recorder - not sure if its the one you mentioned - and...
