The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959–1966

~ Release by Joe Meek (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For
The Checkmates2:04
2Be Mine
Lance Fortune1:50
3Green Jeans
The Fabulous Flee-Rakkers2:26
4Chick a’Roo
Ricky Wayne & The Fleerakkers1:51
5Angela Jones
Michael Cox2:41
6Sunday Date
The Flee-Rekkers2:54
7Paradise Garden
Peter Jay2:42
8Can’t You Hear My Heart
Danny Rivers3:03
9Swingin’ Low
bass:
Chas Hodges
drums (drum set):
Bobby Graham (UK pop/rock session drummer and producer, 1940–2009)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Billy Kuy
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Reg Hawkins
recording of:
Swingin' Low
writer:
Ivor Raymonde
The Outlaws2:05
10Ambush
producer:
Joe Meek
bass:
Chas Hodges
drums (drum set):
Bobby Graham (UK pop/rock session drummer and producer, 1940–2009)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Billy Kuy
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Reg Hawkins
recording of:
Ambush
writer:
R. Duke
The Outlaws2:23
11You Got What I Like
Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers1:36
12Johnny Remember Me
recording of:
Johnny Remember Me
lyricist and composer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
John Leyton2:40
13Tribute to Buddy Holly
recording of:
Tribute to Buddy Holly
lyricist and composer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
dedicated to:
Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter)
Mike Berry with The Outlaws2:57
14Night of the Vampire
The Moontrekkers2:50
15Wild Wind
recording of:
Wild Wind
writer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
John Leyton32:14
16Can’t You Hear the Beat of a Broken Heart
Iain Gregory1:37
17’Til the Following Night
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages3:46
18Son This Is She
John Leyton2:24
19It’s Just a Matter of Time
The Admirals2:12
20Walk With Me My Angel
Don Charles3:09
21Lonely City
John Leyton2:12
22Telstar
producer:
Joe Meek
recording of:
Telstar (in 1962)
composer:
Joe Meek
publisher:
Ivy Music Ltd.
The Tornados3.353:21
23Stand Up
Michael Cox2:17
24Theme From ‘The Traitors’
The Packabeats2:33
25Can Can ’62
instruments arranger:
Peter Jay (Welsh pop singer, active in the 1960's)
recording of:
Orphée aux enfers : Can-can (Ouverture / Acte II. Galop infernal) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
is based on:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop Infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop, widely known as “Can-can”)
Peter Jay & the JayWalkers2:30
26North Wind
Houston Wells & the Marksmen2:35
27Don’t You Think It’s Time
recording of:
Don’t You Think It’s Time
writer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter) and Joe Meek
Mike Berry & The Outlaws1:41
28Globetrotter
recording of:
Globetrotter (The Tornados)
composer:
Joe Meek
The Tornados2:40
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ridin’ the Wind
recording of:
Ridin’ the Wind
composer:
George Bellamy (English guitarist, in The Tornados)
The Tornados2:46
2Jack the Ripper
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages2:46
3Robot
recording of:
Robot (The Tornados)
composer:
Joe Meek
The Tornados2:39
4I Lost My Heart at the Fairground
vocals:
Glenda Collins
recording of:
I Lost My Heart at the Fairground
writer:
Joe Meek
Glenda Collins2:35
5Only the Heartaches
Houston Wells & the Marksmen2:53
6Hobbies
Jenny Moss2:06
7Wipeout
cover recording of:
Wipe Out
composer:
Bob Berryhill, Patrick Connolly, Jim Fuller (surf rock guitarist) and Ron Wilson (drummer of The Surfaris)
publisher:
Miraleste Music and Robin Hood Music Co.
The Saints2:58
8Just Like Eddie
guitar:
Ritchie Blackmore
vocals:
Heinz (German/English singer and bassist)
recording of:
Just Like Eddie
lyricist and composer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
dedicated to:
Eddie Cochran (US rock and roll musician active in 1950s)
Heinz2:43
9Sky Men
recording of:
Sky Men
writer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
arranger:
Joe Meek
Geoff Goddard2:47
10My Friend Bobby
Pamela Blue2:10
11Country Boy
vocals:
Heinz (German/English singer and bassist)
recording of:
Country Boy
writer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
Heinz2:01
12All My Loving
The Dowlands2:20
13You Were There
vocals:
Heinz (German/English singer and bassist)
recording of:
You Were There
writer:
Geoff Goddard (1960s UK musician & songwriter)
Heinz1:55
14Have I the Right
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recording of:
Have I the Right (in 1964)
writer:
Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard (English songwriter, one half of the songwrting team Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley, author and television director)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Ivy Music Ltd.
The Honeycombs32:57
15Questions I Can’t Answer
bass:
John Andrew (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Ian Broad
electronic organ:
Dave Adams (US singer, keyboard player, songwriter)
guitar:
Barry Tomlinson
vocals:
Heinz (German/English singer and bassist)
recording of:
Questions I Can't Answer
composer:
Vic Blunt
Heinz2:22
16I Can’t Stop
The Honeycombs2:37
17Little Baby
The Blue Rondos2:35
18Something Better Beginning
The Honeycombs2:14
19Diggin’ For Gold
David John & the Mood2:38
20That’s the Way
The Honeycombs2:58
21Crawdaddy Simone
recording of:
Crawdaddy Simone
The Syndicats43:16
22What’cha Gonna Do Baby
Jason Eddy & the Centremen2:10
23Something I’ve Got to Tell You
vocals:
Glenda Collins
cover recording of:
Something I've Got to Tell You
writer:
Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard (English songwriter, one half of the songwrting team Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley, author and television director)
Glenda Collins2:44
24Please Stay
cover recording of:
Please Stay (Don’t Go)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
The Cryin' Shames3:15
25You’re Holding Me Down
The Buzz3:06
26I Take It That We’re Through
The Riot Squad2:47
27Singing the Blues
Jason Eddy & the Centremen2:29
28It’s Hard to Believe It
vocals:
Glenda Collins
recording of:
It's Hard to Believe It
writer:
Joe Meek
Glenda Collins2:59