Joe Meek presents "Let's Go!" Joe Meek's Girls 1960-1966

Fantastic Document of Brit Girl Rock & Pop!Joe Meek did not record nearly as many female artists as male artists. However, this might just as well be because of the greater difficulty female artists experienced securing radio exposure in the 1960s. Nonetheless, this superb collection demonstrates Meek's efforts with a respectable number of girl singers and, at the same time, provides a great sampler of archetypal British girl records from the early 1960s.
Because Meek was an independent who merely leased his masters to the record labels, and he has long been dead, his master tapes have been scattered to the winds and sometimes destroyed. For this reason, many of the tracks on this collection could not be mastered from a proper source and therefore suffer sonically. Forgive the fuzzy sound and enjoy the great music.
There are so many great moments on this disc, including the consistently superb work of Meek's only longtime female singer, Glenda Collins, who is represented here by her first Meek opus "I Left My Heart at the Fairground" complete with galloping "Telstar" rhythm and fairground noises, her classic rockaballad "Baby It Hurts," with its vibrato guitar and saxophone fills and truly campy lyrics, and then a great unreleased track "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'." There are the two sides to Pamela Blue's iconoclastic depresso single "My Friend Bobby" and "Hey There Stranger." There are Flip's two great mid-60s soul numbers "Mama Didn't Lie" and "My Johnny Doesn't Come Around" and then her amazing rockabilly "Listen to Me." There are the two sides to Jenny Moss' terrific single "Hobbies" b/w "Big Boys" and a relatively clean version of "Please Let It Happen to Me" which would end up in the soundtrack for the film "Live It Up" with extensive additional arrangements. Then there are the two gnomish bubblegum numbers from Swedish model Gunilla Thorne "Merry Go-Round" and "Go On, Then," the latter with Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. Those Swedish models never can sing, can they?
For girl rock collectors, this set is a must. For Joe Meek initiates, this set is also a must. (The Guardian)trax:
1. Hobbies - Jenny Moss 2. My Friend Bobby - Pamela Blue 3. Dumb Head - Sharades 4. Heart and Soul - Diane & The Javelins 5. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' - Glenda Collins 6. Mama Didn't Lie - Flip 7. Please Don't Say Goodbye - Jenny Moss 8. He Didn't Fool Me - Valerie Masters 9. Merry-Go-Round - Gunilla Thorn 10. Big Boys - Jenny Moss 11. I Lost My Heart at the Fairground - Glenda Collins 12. My Johnny Doesn't Come Around Anymore - Flip & The Dateliners 13. Hey There Stranger - Pamela Blue 14. Love Can't Wait - Kim Roberts 15. With This Kiss - Yolanda 16. Little Star (Shine On Us Tonight) - Lea & Chess 17. Your Love Keeps Me Going - Denise Scott & The Soundsmen 18. Who's the Girl - Diane & The Javelins 19. Please Let It Happen to Me - Jenny Moss 20. Go On Then - Gunilla Thorn 21. Christmas Calling - Valerie Masters 22. Listen to Me - Flip & The Dateliners 23. Don't Tell Me Not to Love Him - Yolanda 24. Baby It Hurts - Glenda Collins 25. Boy Trouble - Sharades 26. My Boy Comes Marching Home - Jenny Moss 27. Mr. Right - Kim Roberts 28. Let's Go See Gran'ma - Joy & Dave 29. Cry My Heart - Diana Dee
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