A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with telstar the biggest selling record of its time before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his. All about the man named joe meek here are some links on joe meek you might find interesting. The joe meek story dvd 81530001052 movies set against the backdrop of early 60s london, telstar is the story of the worlds first independent record producer, joe meek. They offer some history on the man, his contributions to. Meeksville production, but no contribution of meek himself. Possibly a case of getting crap past the radar as well. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with telstar the biggest selling record of its time before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall. Along with john repschs 2001 biography the legendary joe meek. Joe meek 19291967 was an incredibly imaginative and progressive independent record producer and songwriter. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal early success with telstar the biggest selling record of all time before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and. Joe s life and lifestyle were different to undertate the case. The joe meek story 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A couple of months after telstar had become a smash hit, the french composer jean ledrut 19031982 supposed that meeks bestseller had four bars which were lifted from a film score he had written for the movie austerlitz, directed by abel gance 1960. Joes life and lifestyle were different to undertate the case.
Meek was balance engineer, but not producer of the recording. He was born april 5, 1929, newent, gloucestershire and died february 3, 1967 in london. Set in the homophobic 60s britain, where to be gay was still illegal, the film delivers a power marker to how far the gay movement has come. The joe meek story is a brilliant, ragged and jagged piece of cinema. Most tracks here qualify as interesting at least, and attentiongetting and haunting at the other end of the scale. The energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of londons early 60s, prebeatles pop biz are vividly brought to life in telstar. Meek who operated out of the top of of a leather good shop was a maverick like phil spector, and just like spector with a fondness of guns. No one will even count this among a movement, like the new british wave so heres me celebrating this hidden gem. Joe s mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover heinz burt. Ho letto linformativa privacy presente su a proposito delle modalita di raccolta dei miei dati tramite questo sito. Do il mio consenso al loro trattamento in conformita al nuovo gdpr general data protection regulation regolamento ue 2016679 guarda i dettagli.
The film is directed by nick moran and stars con oneill, who also played joe meek in the original play, while kevin spacey plays meeks business partner, major wilfred banks. Joes mercurial temper causes his artists to forsake him for other labels, in particular his young lover heinz burt. What you have here is the 19601962 era stuff again. The telstar man, meek s story inspired the 1994 bbc 4 radio play lonely joe and the 2005 stage play telstar, which was adapted into the 2008 film telstar. Robert george joe meek 5 april 1929 3 february 1967 was an english record producer, musician, sound engineer and songwriter who pioneered space age and experimental pop music. Telstar is the satellite that inspired british music producer and his in house band the tornadoes to launch the instrumental record which became the first us number 1 hit by a british group.
Nick moran does a lot with a small budget in this eccentric and watchable story about the early60s. The joe meek story is a 2008 film adaptation of james hicks and nick morans play telstar, about record producer joe meek, which opened at the new ambassadors theatre in londons west end in june 2005. He is most remembered by the number one hit telstar by the tornados but that was only the tip of the iceberg. His biggest success is the instrumental telstar but accusations of plagiarism delay royalties.
Joe was born robert george meek in newent, gloucestershire, england 5. Set against a backdrop of early 60s london, telstar is the story of the worlds first independent record producer, joe meek. Set against the backdrop of hedonistic, swinging, early 60s london, telstar shares the strangerthanfiction true story of joe meek tony awardwinner con oneill, who originated the role on. Nov 05, 2008 the energy, craziness and often downright shabbiness of londons early 60s, prebeatles pop biz are vividly brought to life in telstar. Some have pointed out that telstar spent too much time focusing on meek as a cloud cuckoolander on his best days and axcrazy on his worst, and not enough time stressing that he was not just a gifted producer, but also an allaround electronics whiz from a young age jerkass woobie. Telstar is a 1962 instrumental written and produced by joe meek for the english band the tornados. Like meek himself, telstar draws you in despite its its imperfections, which dont detract too much from a bold. The film was seen as an affront to heinzs family, and even his exwife, who insisted that heinz was always straight. Nick morans excellent portrait of an often forgotten pop legend is as eccentric and chaotic as its subject.
Increasingly paranoid, believing he is being bugged by rival record companies and that everybody is out to get him, the last straw comes when landlady violet tells him she is selling the building in which he lives. Joe meek and telstar s tragic tale joe meek was britains phil spector, and now his tormented life will be told on film. The joe meek story, released in 2008 and directed by nick moran with peter wignall as cinematographer and editing by alex marsh. I leave you with the best thing britain ever produced. Now it is dangerously close at hand and about to end the joe meek story. But i have to admit to a certain fascination with much of his musical invention.
Jun 20, 2009 now nick morans telstar unearths a gem of story that puts the gifted but volatile 1960s hitmaker joe meek in the spotlight. He also assisted the development of recording practices like overdubbing, sampling and reverb. Joe meeks story is that of a man who triumphed over obstacles. Ive been intrigued with the meek sounds since telstar was released in 1962. Joe meek was a gay producer and songwriter, who wrote the hit telstar. English record producer, recording engineer and songwriter. On the one hand, repschs book is the most thoroughly researched and complete biography of joe meek. Now nick morans telstar unearths a gem of story that puts the gifted but volatile 1960s hitmaker joe meek in the spotlight. Meek is considered one of the most influential sound engineers of. The turbulent life and times of tortured telstar producer joe meek make for a.
Telstar is the true story of the legendary record producer and maverick musical genius joe meek, creator of a string of number one hits including telstar the biggest selling record of its time and the first british single ever to top the us charts. The telstar man, meeks story inspired the 1994 bbc 4 radio play lonely joe and the 2005 stage play telstar, which was adapted into the 2008 film telstar. Meek created hits including johnny remember me with john leyton. He is considered the uks first independent pop record producer. The joe meek story is a 2008 british biopic about legendary record producer joe meek, based on james hicks and nick morans play telstar. He stiffs his musicians and is extremely demanding toward them, shows no respect to. Drama based on the life of joe meek, the songwriterproducer behind the 60s hits have i the right, just like eddie, johnny, remember me and the. The following year, the music producers guild introduced the joe meek award for innovation in production as. You can get much of this in better quality elsewhere. A fascinating biography of joe meek who was widely recognised as britains first real independent pop music producer and hailed as britains answer to phil spector. The life and death of influential 1960s record producer joe meek britains unsung answer to phil spector is brought efficiently to the screen in the directorial debut of actor nick moran lock.
Set in the homophobic 60s britain, where to be gay was still illegal. The joe meek story is a 2008 film adaptation of james hicks and nick morans play telstar, about record producer joe meek, which opened at the new ambassadors theatre in londons west. Joe meek s story is that of a man who triumphed over obstacles. The joe meek story 2008 fullhd movie dvd quality telstar. He turned out millioncopy selling records such as telstar from his home recording studio and made the first recordings for stars like rod stewart, tom jones and david bowie. Joe meek and telstars tragic tale joe meek was britains phil spector, and now his tormented life will be told on film. The cases telstar, heinz, madras place, howardblaikley the telstar case. It was the second instrumental single to hit number 1. The scene where joe tells clem how the drumbeat of telstar should sound like boomtittyboomtittyboomtittyboom. Jun 19, 2009 telstar is the satellite that inspired british music producer and his in house band the tornadoes to launch the instrumental record which became the first us number 1 hit by a british group. Telstar is the true story of the legendary record producer and maverick musical genius joe meek, creator of a string of number one hits including telstarthe biggest selling record of its time and the first british single ever to top the us charts.
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