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VA - From Taboo To Telstar: 1962 A Year In The Life Of 304 Holloway Road (Joe Meek's Tea Chest Tapes) (2024)

VA - From Taboo To Telstar: 1962 A Year In The Life Of 304 Holloway Road (Joe Meek's Tea Chest Tapes) (2024)

BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists

  • Title: From Taboo To Telstar: 1962 A Year In The Life Of 304 Holloway Road (Joe Meek's Tea Chest Tapes)
  • Year Of Release: 2024
  • Label: Cherry Red Records
  • Genre: Pop
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 3:42:38
  • Total Size: 907 MB
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Tracklist:

Disc 1
1. The Charles Blackwell Orchestra – Taboo (2024 Remaster) (02:27)
2. The Charles Blackwell Orchestra – Midnight In Luxembourg (Alternate Version) (02:20)
3. Michael Cox – Young Only Once (2024 Remaster) (02:57)
4. Michael Cox – Stand Up (Alternate Version) (02:05)
5. Don Charles – Walk With Me My Angel (Stereo) (03:12)
6. Don Charles – Crazy, Man, Crazy (2024 Remaster) (02:54)
7. Don Charles – Moonlight Rendezvous (Alternate Version) (02:17)
8. Don Charles – It's My Way Of Loving You (Stereo) (02:50)
9. Mike Berry & The Outlaws – It's Just a Matter of Time (02:12)
10. Mike Berry & The Outlaws – Every Little Kiss (02:41)
11. Mike Berry & The Outlaws – Don't You Think it's Time (01:41)
12. Mike Berry & The Outlaws – Loneliness (02:23)
13. John Leyton – Lone Rider (Stereo Master) (02:10)
14. John Leyton – Lonely City (Vocal Take 9) (02:30)
15. John Leyton – It Would Be Easy (2024 Remaster) (02:13)
16. John Leyton – Down The River Nile (Alternate Version) (03:05)
17. The Outlaws – Last Stage West (02:24)
18. The Outlaws – Ku-Pow! (02:02)
19. The Outlaws – Sioux Serenade (02:33)
20. The Stonehenge Men – Big Feet (2024 Remaster) (02:27)
21. The Stonehenge Men – Pinto (Stereo) (02:32)
22. The Tornados – Love And Fury (Guitar Overdub Take 4) (02:42)
23. The Tornados – Telstar (Alternate Edit) (02:44)
24. The Tornados – Globetrotter (Mix #2) (02:41)
25. The Peppermints & Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – Poor Joe (Alternate Vocal) (02:09)
26. The Peppermints & Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – Hurtin' Inside (Alternate Version) (03:10)
27. Danny Rivers & The River Men – We're Gonna Dance (Longer Mix) (03:19)
28. Danny Rivers & The River Men – Movin' In (2024 Remaster) (02:08)
29. The Moontrekkers – There's Something At The Bottom Of The Well (Extended) (02:18)
30. The Moontrekkers – Hatashiai (Japanese Sword Fight) [2024 Remaster] (02:29)

Disc 2
1. Iain Gregory – Mr Lovebug (Stereo) (02:52)
2. Iain Gregory – Pocketful Of Dreams (And Eyes Full Of Tears) [Stereo] (02:05)
3. Tony Victor – Dear One (Alternate Version) (02:43)
4. Tony Victor – There Was A Time (2024 Remaster) (01:48)
5. Alan Klein – Striped Purple Shirt (02:47)
6. Alan Klein – Three Coins In The Sewer (Alternate Version) (02:31)
7. Alan Klein – Danger Ahead (02:13)
8. Andy Cavell – Hey There Cruel Heart (2024 Remaster) (01:45)
9. Andy Cavell – Lonely Soldier Boy (2024 Remaster) (02:05)
10. Andy Cavell – Always On Saturday (Stereo) (01:45)
11. Andy Cavell – Hey There Senorita (Stereo) (02:47)
12. The Dowlands & The Soundtracks – Little Sue (Alternate Vocal Stereo Mix) (02:24)
13. The Dowlands – Big Big Fella (2024 Remaster) (02:35)
14. The Dowlands – Don't Ever Change (2024 Remaster) (03:04)
15. Geoff Goddard – My Little Girl's Come Home (Stereo) (01:56)
16. Geoff Goddard – Try Once More (2024 Remaster) (02:51)
17. Houston Wells & The Marksmen – This Song Is Just For You (2024 Remaster) (02:37)
18. Houston Wells & The Marksmen – Shutters And Boards (2024 Remaster) (02:27)
19. Houston Wells & The Marksmen – North Wind (2024 Remaster) (02:36)
20. Mark Douglas – It Matters Not (Extended Version) (02:55)
21. Mark Douglas – Upside Down (Stereo) (02:03)
22. Neil Christian – The Big Beat Drum (2024 Remaster) (02:57)
23. Neil Christian – The Road To Love (Early Version) (02:35)
24. Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers – Redskins (304 Version) (01:55)
25. Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers – Can-Can '62 (Early Edit) (02:33)
26. The Packabeats – Evening In Paris (02:37)
27. The Packabeats – Theme From "The Traitors" (02:34)
28. Ray Dexter & The Layabouts – The Coalman's Lament (2024 Remaster) (02:25)
29. Ray Dexter & The Layabouts – Lonely Week-end (2024 Remaster) (02:51)

Disc 3
1. Joe Meek – Telstar (Meek Demo 1) (02:18)
2. Dave Adams & Joe Meek – Fort Knox (Demo) (01:54)
3. Geoff Goddard – Lover, Lover (01:44)
4. Geoff Goddard – Thunder Mountain (Demo) (02:22)
5. Geoff Goddard – Guess That's The Way It Goes (Demo) (02:06)
6. Alan Klein – Striped Purple Shirt (Demo) (01:51)
7. Alan Klein – The Cat (02:34)
8. Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – I Get Up In The Morning (03:02)
9. Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers – Avenue Of Loneliness (02:23)
10. Geoff Goddard & Kenny Hollywood – Magic Star (Demo) (02:18)
11. Geoff Goddard & Kenny Hollywood – The Wonderful Story Of Love (Demo) (01:58)
12. Kenny Hollywood – I'll Cry Tomorrow (02:36)
13. Kenny Hollywood – I Wanna Dance With No One Else But You (01:59)
14. Kenny Hollywood – You Could Have Fooled Me (01:53)
15. The Stonehenge Men – Outcast (02:26)
16. Neil Christian – I Feel In A Mood (Demo) (02:06)
17. Neil Christian – Just A Dream (Demo) (03:03)
18. Geri Harlow – Mr Right (02:28)
19. Billie Davis – Merry Go Round (02:27)
20. The Flee-Rekkers – Oh What A Charlie (Stereo) (01:51)
21. Ray Dexter – Lonely Weekend (Demo) (03:38)
22. Ray Dexter & The Layabouts – The Coalman's Lament (Early Version) (02:30)
23. Iain Gregory – Too Shy (Alternate Version) (02:17)
24. Mark Douglas – Riding The Rails (Stereo) (02:16)
25. Ricky Wayne – I'm Waiting For Tomorrow (03:25)
26. Ricky Wayne – Pretend (02:17)
27. The Ferridays – Two Brothers (03:08)
28. The Forresters – It's Almost Tomorrow (02:54)
29. Unknown Artist – Say Baby (02:24)
30. Jackie – Time To Go (02:50)
31. Jenny Moss – When My Boy Comes Marching Home Again (Alternate Mix) (02:03)

• AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF JOE MEEK’S 1962 WORK, CULMINATING IN THE GLOBAL HIT ‘TELSTAR’.

• FEATURING JOHN LEYTON, THE TORNADOS, MIKE BERRY, THE OUTLAWS, MICHAEL COX, GEOFF GODDARD, RAY DEXTER AND MORE.

• INCLUDES 52 PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD RECORDINGS – STEREO VERSIONS, ALTERNATE TAKES AND MIXES, DEMOS AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS. WITH A DETAILED CHRONOLOGY, SLEEVENOTES AND TEA CHEST TAPE NOTES.

• ALL MATERIAL TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES AND RESTORED AND MASTERED BY ALAN WILSON AT WESTERN STAR.

In the pre-Beatle era, when British pop was a veritable smorgasbord of genres and musical ideas without a dominant narrative, Joe Meek sampled almost everything on offer. From novelty hits to sound effect laden masterpieces, straight forward pre-beat pop and light instrumentals to cinematic ballads, his work with excellent singers such as JOHN LEYTON and MIKE BERRY, alongside talented writers like GEOFF GODDARD and RAY DEXTER, always carried his signature studio techniques, still years ahead of many major commercial studios.

‘FROM TABOO TO TELSTAR’ is the first in a series of chronological sets charting work at Meek’s studio year-by-year. Featuring singles and B-sides (many heard in stereo for the first time), alongside alternate versions, demos and tracks recorded but unreleased, this is not only a document of a world about to be hit by a mop-topped tsunami but a window into the incredible creativity enabled by one man and his vision of independence and experimentation. Hear the gestation of ‘TELSTAR’, marvel at the majesty of ‘LONE RIDER’ and wonder at the kitchen sink humour of ALAN KLEIN’S ‘THE CAT’. Meanwhile, a light is shone on the genius of GEOFF GODDARD through several unreleased tracks, while JENNY MOSS, BILLIE DAVIS, GERRY HARLOW et al stand up and shout for the girls. THE MOONTREKKERS, CLIFF BENNETT, ANDY CAVELL, TONY VICTOR, HOUSTON WELLS, PETER JAY, RICKY WAYNE, KENNY HOLLYWOOD… they’re all heard here as they’ve never been heard before, straight off the tapes.

A must for fans of Meek and his artists, as well as historians of British pop, students of the 1960s and anybody who harks back to that simpler, pre-Fab black and white world.


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