It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek

It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek is a compilation album of songs produced by English record producer Joe Meek and released in the 1960s. The album was released on 19 September 1995 on the Razor & Tie label, making it the first collection of Meek's music to be released in the United States.[6] It was compiled and annotated by Dennis Diken, the drummer for the Smithereens, who first became interested in Meek's work through the song "Telstar", a song released by the Tornados in 1962 that Meek had written and produced. Diken told the Phoenix New Times' Serene Dominic that he held a private party to celebrate the album's release, featuring a performance by a band whose members included Marshall Crenshaw and Richard Barone, as well as Diken himself.[7]

It's Hard to Believe It:
The Amazing World of Joe Meek
Compilation album by
various artists
Released19 September 1995 (1995-09-19)
GenrePop
Length53:22
LabelRazor & Tie
CompilerDennis Diken
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Spin8/10[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleartistLength
1."Telstar"The Tornados3:18
2."Johnny Remember Me"John Leyton2:40
3."Tribute to Buddy Holly"Mike Berry and the Outlaws3:00
4."Chick A 'Roo"Ricky Wayne and the Flee-Rakkers1:51
5."Night of the Vampire"The Moontrekkers2:49
6."Paradise Garden"Peter Jay2:42
7."My Friend Bobby"Pamela Blue2:10
8."Swingin' Low"The Outlaws2:03
9."Valley Of The Saroos"The Blue Men2:50
10."The Bublight"The Blue Men2:41
11."Til the Following Night"Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages3:45
12."Just Like Eddie"Heinz2:37
13."North Wind"Houston Wells and the Marksmen2:34
14."Huskie Team"The Saints1:59
15."Have I the Right?"The Honeycombs2:57
16."My Baby Doll"Mike Berry & the Outlaws1:55
17."Something I've Got to Tell You"Glenda Collins2:40
18."I Take It That We're Through"Riot Squad2:46
19."Lost Planet"The Thunderbolts3:04
20."It's Hard to Believe It"Glenda Collins3:01

References

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  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Joe Meek - It's Hard to Believe: The Amazing World of Joe Meek Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  3. ^ Woodard, Josef (1995-09-22). "It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  4. ^ Walls, Richard C. (1995-11-16). "It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek". Rolling Stone. No. 721. pp. 110–111.
  5. ^ Reynolds, Simon (November 1995). "Various Artists: It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8. pp. 126, 128.
  6. ^ Strauss, Neil (1995-09-14). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  7. ^ Dominic, Serene (1996-02-08). "The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2022-12-14.