JUNE 2018
On behalf of myself & The Joe Meek Society, we want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who attended our AGM, Tour of Newent & the evening entertainment. Big thank you to Rob Bradford & AnnTeek for stepping in at the 11th hour to give us all a great evening of music, dancing and fun. Special thanks go to The George Hotel & its wonderful staff, all the committee members for their support given to me at my first AGM as Chairman, (we had many good results) and also thank you to Sandra & Shy too. Next years AGM will return to Newent on 6th April for Joe’s 90th birthday and plans are being made to make this a two day event, if so, it’ll be named JOE90-THE MEEKENDER. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our raffle and congratulations to John Cavanagh for picking the winning raffle ticket and winning the Joe Meek poster. All-in-all, it was a lovely day meeting up with you all, sorry we missed those who were unable to attend but hoping to see you all very soon or next April..” Pete Rochford – Chairman
LONG TO SHARE IT SUMMER 2018 / THE HONEYCOMBS OVERSEAS DISCOGRAPHY
Dear Honeycombs / Joe Meek fan.
Herewith an extra Summer 2018 issue of Long To Share It featuring a 7-page post-Honeycombs Denny D’ell discography, and new edition of The Honeycombs Overseas Discography listing the group’s releases from 24 countries.
Coming next: Michael Cox Discography 2018 Edition. Coincides with the release of a brand new 37-track 2-CD set including tracks never before released in the UK in addition to many appearing on CD for the first time. Of particular interest are the four Decca sides, Italian-language and live Swedish recordings.
Regards
PAUL
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LONG TO SHARE IT – JUNE 2018Dear Honeycombs / Joe Meek fan.
June’s Long To Share It is out early as coming up next month is an extra Summer issue plus The Honeycombs Overseas Discography. In August there will be a special for Honey’s 75th birthday and The Honeycombs UK Discography.
Since 2012 my Facebook page has almost entirely been dedicated to The Honeycombs, and is well worth checking out: facebook.com/paul.moy.16
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ROBB’S NEW RELEASE – 10 INCH VINYL
Official release from Western Star.
This is a wonderful project, featuring original 60s Joe Meek recording artist Robb Shenton backed here by our all star Western Star house band featuring the likes of Rusti Steel, Alan Wilson, Steve Whitehouse and many more.
MALCOLM LENNY BOOK
Malcolm Lenny (ex Packabeats) has a book out. While not a 100 percent Meek book he does recall his recording with Joe.
It’s available in paperback and e-format at Amazon worldwide
Here’s the Amazon UK links:
E-book
Book Description: After being told that I should make a note of all the stories and people I’ve met during my life in music, as well as working in the television industry for 34 years, I felt compelled to put my own reminisces down on paper. It’s just that it occurred to me that I’ve met an awful lot of quite well-known people during my life, albeit some in only a small way. I played in ‘60s pop groups The Packabeats and recorded 3 singles with Joe Meek (The TELSTAR Man) and The Hi-Fi’s and recorded two singles with Glyn Johns (The Beatles record producer after George Martin). I also had a No.1 & No.4 in the German charts in ’65 and ’66 and a hit album with The Hi-Fi’s. Later on I worked in the TV industry, mostly with London Weekend Television (ITV) and later SKY TV (Satellite TV).
ADRIAN KERRIDGE’S BOOK
Now available on Amazon – in paperback or kindle:
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ADRIAN KERRIDGE’S BOOK
We have been contacted by Adrian’s daughter to advise:
From: Suzanna Kerridge
Subject: Adrian Kerridge’s book
Just to let you know we are in the final stages of editing. There was a delay due to the sudden death of my father. However, having worked closely with him in producing this book I have taken over its publication and we are working hard towards a date. As soon as that is available I will let you know.
NEW TRIUMPHS ALBUM AVAILABLE
THE TRIUMPHS – MEEK AND WILD
CD 24 Tracks with 12-page booklet
1. Meeksville 2. Telstar 3. Runaway 4. Husky Team 5. North Wind
6. Eye Of The Storm 7. Wild Wind 8. M25 9. Green Jeans 10. All Shook Up
11. Wipeout 12. Here Come The Good Times 13. He’ll Only Hurt You
14. Loneliness 15. Sunday Date 16. Dreaming Of You 17. Heart Of A Teenage Girl
18. Teardrops Fall Like Rain 19. Big Jim 20. The Coalman’s Lament
21. Night Of The Vampire 22. Jack The Ripper 23. Little Sister (Live) 24. Have I The Right (Live)
This is The Triumphs’ tribute to the work of famed record producer Joe Meek. Joe recorded many styles of music and ‘Meek and Wild’ offers a ‘jukebox’ full of great sounds, both vocal (15 tracks) and instrumental.(9 tracks).
In addition to popular chart toppers like Telstar and Have I The Right, the spotlight also falls on rarities such as Ray Dexter’s The Coalman’s Lament and, from the Tea Chest tapes, Geoff Goddard’s Here Come The Good Times. There are five original tracks, all inspired by the work of Joe Meek.
The Triumphs (Rob Bradford, Trev Faull, Ken Ledran and Ray Liffen) have as their special guest Dave Kaye, who recorded with Joe Meek. One of Dave’s tracks is He’ll Only Hurt You, a powerful ballad which he recorded with Joe, but which was never released at that time. Now you can hear it in a brand new arrangement with Dave backed by The Triumphs.
The album’s 12-page booklet includes descriptions of all the tracks and pictures of the band with many of the original Joe Meek artists that they have had the privilege of working with, including Clem Cattini, Dave Kaye, Malcolm Lenny (The Packabeats), Ray Dexter, Bobby Rio and Danny Rivers.
UK £9.99 including postage and packing
Europe £12.50 including postage and packing
Americas, Africa, Asia £13.50 including postage and packing
Australia, New Zealand £13.80 including postage and packing
Go to The Triumphs web site to purchase securely through 
Now also available on-line at Bim Bam Records and Leo’s Den
Other methods of payment:
Pay by cheque (drawn on UK bank) made payable to ‘R. Liffen’
and sent to 24 Dalmeny Road, Carshalton, SM5 4PP U.K
Pay manually Paypal to rayliffen@compuserve.com
The album is also available as a digital download at many outlets including
I Tunes UK I Tunes US Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Google Play and also Spotify
ROBB HUXLEY’S BOOK
320 pages and many photos
Buy now from Amazon UK £10.99 – in stock and with free delivery
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Come-Here-Often-Meeksville-Connection/dp/1512369241/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
or buy from Amazon.com (USA) for $14.99 plus delivery
http://tinyurl.com/oybj8jv
Or order in your local Waterstones (extra charges and delivery delay)
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The highs and lows of a Joe Meek recording and touring band are vividly detailed. R0bb was in Robb Gayle & The Whirlwinds/The Saxons/The Tornados
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All our Newsletters are still available as back issues and they have now been reduced to 10p (plus postage) – the same price as digital copies. Special rates available if you buy in bulk. There is a lot of information in these – specially the early ones edited by John Repsch and he used to answer letters in these too. Contact us if you are interested in back issues.