Gary Burn

Long before he'd evolved into a fully-fledged cult figure, Joe Meek was the UK's first fully independent record producer. This unique 2CD set traces his career from his earliest sessions, as a sound balance engineer in the mid-'50s, to his emergence as a major songwriter and hit maker in the early '60s. It includes many of Meek's biggest records, including five UK # 1s by, Anne Shelton, Lonnie Donegan, Frankie Vaughan, Emile Ford and John Leyton, plus several other major million selling hits! Indeed, more than half of the sixty sides included herein were significant UK hits. This set also includes several collectors' rarities, previously unavailable on CD, most notably Gary Miller's unfeasibly-rare 'Moby Dick'. John Fraser's 'Golden Cage' and Geoff Goddard's 'Girl Bride'. If you are looking for what is by far the most interesting Joe Meek-related compilation for years then this is it!

The folks at Rockbeat Records have gone deep, culling together nearly 100 ultra-rare, delightfully campy Halloween nuggets from the '60s on this well-curated three-disc set. Don't murder your next party with another tired spin of "The Monster Mash." Even the weakest of these tracks provides a greater thrill than that tired old platter. Weird it up with bands like M.R. Baseman & the Symbols, the Twelfth Night, Kenny & the Fiends, the Grim Reapers, and dozens more from the '60s garage heyday. Strewn between tracks are trailers and excerpts from various B movies and horror shows. As a Halloween set, this is priceless, and fans of '60s rock rarities will also want to take note.