Joe Meek: Work in Progress - The Triumph Sessions

joe meek: work in progress - the triumph sessions

Track Listings
1. Please Don't Touch - Joe Meek, West Five
2. 'Til I Kissed You - Joe Meek, West Five
3. Alabama Jubilee - Joe Meek, West Five
4. Blues Stay Away from Me - Joe Meek, West Five
5. Sea Cruise - Joe Meek, West Five
6. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Joe Meek, West Five
7. Don't You Know - Joe Meek, West Five
8. Shiftless Sam - Joe Meek
9. Some Kinda Earthquake - Joe Meek
10. Brer Robert - Joe Meek
11. Buckeye - Joe Meek
12. El Rancho Rock - Joe Meek
13. Sunday Date - Joe Meek
14. Taboo - Joe Meek
15. Summertime - Joe Meek
16. North Wind - Chick Lewis, Joe Meek
17. With Someone Like You - Chick Lewis, Joe Meek
18. Say Baby - Joe Meek
19. Three Cute Chicks - Joe Meek
20. Hot Chick a 'Rod - Joe Meek,
See all 27 tracks on this disc

Joe Meek: Work in Progress - The Triumph Sessions,Various Artists,Rpm Records UK,Early British Pop/Rock,Instrumental Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Joe Meek: Work in Progress - The Triumph Sessions
Joe Meek: Work in Progress - The Triumph Sessions
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • From the horses mouth
  • For completists only
 Joe Meek: Work in Progress - The Triumph Sessions
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rpm Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000007234
Release Date: 1996-04-01

Tracks:

  1. Please Don't Touch - Joe Meek, West Five
  2. 'Til I Kissed You - Joe Meek, West Five
  3. Alabama Jubilee - Joe Meek, West Five
  4. Blues Stay Away from Me - Joe Meek, West Five
  5. Sea Cruise - Joe Meek, West Five
  6. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Joe Meek, West Five
  7. Don't You Know - Joe Meek, West Five
  8. Shiftless Sam - Joe Meek
  9. Some Kinda Earthquake - Joe Meek
  10. Brer Robert - Joe Meek
  11. Buckeye - Joe Meek
  12. El Rancho Rock - Joe Meek
  13. Sunday Date - Joe Meek
  14. Taboo - Joe Meek
  15. Summertime - Joe Meek
  16. North Wind - Chick Lewis, Joe Meek
  17. With Someone Like You - Chick Lewis, Joe Meek
  18. Say Baby - Joe Meek
  19. Three Cute Chicks - Joe Meek
  20. Hot Chick a 'Rod - Joe Meek,
  21. Bridge of Avignon - Eve Boswell, Joe Meek
  22. Hey 'Round the Corner - Eve Boswell, Joe Meek
  23. With This Kiss - Joe Meek, Yolanda
  24. We Ain't Giving Nothing Away - Joe Meek,
  25. Keep Your Sunny Side Up - Joe Meek,
  26. Valley of the Saroos: The Beat of My Heart/I'm Waiting for Tomorrow - Joe Meek
  27. My Baby Doll - Joe Meek

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars From the horses mouth.......2006-01-06

Joe Meek was a cool customer he dressed in black (always), in what we term 'mod' style which is a suit, a white shirt with a white collar and a tie. Black Winkle Picker shoes which to the layman have a heavily pointed toe.
He never used bad language (never swore) and the recordings that were made were done in a Queensway studio that was used after hours, and all traces of use were wiped after the sessions had finished.
Recordings were also made at his private residence in the Holloway Road in North London. This is when he first introduced us (West Five) to Stereo, this took the part of the band standing and listening to the sound of a train coming from the left hand wall and going to the right hand wall.
As you may have gathered I was an original member of the West Five and various other groups that Joe Meek invented. I was the bass player, Doug Collins and am now in my dotage and still living near to London, other surviving members of the group include Dave Golding, and Roger Fiola who was an american serviceman (if he reads this it would be great to hear from him).
To anybody who buys and enjoys this recording understand this these recordings were done with primitive equipment and an very innovative producer. Enjoy!

2 out of 5 stars For completists only.......2002-01-29

The music on this CD consists of demos, a few unfinished masters and a very few finished but unreleased (or only released in limited markets) masters all from around the 1959-60 era. Unless you are a hard-core Meek fan, there is nothing on this disc that will interest you.

The best tracks are the seven audition/demo tracks by the West Five and the eight audition/demo tracks by the Flee Rekkers. In the case of the West Five, Meek recorded relatively few official releases by this quite good pre-Beatles British rock band. Their demo here is a great document of a largely forgotten scene. In the case of the Flee Rekkers, the official releases are much better sounding. The two Chick Lewis tracks are potentially great but they are unfinished and they sound like it. John Leyton's "Three Cute Chicks" is unbearably precious. Ricky Wayne's "Hot Chick a 'Roo" was bad in its official release version and the demo is no better. Yolanda's "With This Kiss" was terrible in its official version; the demo is even worse. Indeed it sounds like she cannot sing. Eve Boswell's "Bridge of Avignon" is corny but absolutely great--it was only released in Italy. Lee Sutton was an "adult" lounge singer. I think you had to see him in person to get any of the charm. Joe Meek's own "da-dee-da" vocal demos are incredible. The man was totally tone-deaf and it is excrutiating to hear him here. This is probably the most essential thing for any Meek freak. You have to hear his awful warbling to believe it.

I am saddened by the removal from circulation of some of the CDs of music by Meek's artists. I cannot understand why this disc is still available unless it's taking this long to sell off the original production.

Rock Music:

  1. Ladyfest East
  2. Language Is Technology
  3. Last Rides Of The Midway
  4. Let It Die [Import]
  5. Life Before This
  6. Live Hits [Live]
  7. Live in Seattle USA [Import]
  8. Long Nights Are Gone [Import]
  9. Lumber
  10. Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Reis)

Rock Music

rock music