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The Singles

1 Eve Boswell - Sur Le Pont
D'Avignon
2 Yolanda - With This Kiss
3 Carol Jones - Boy With The Eyes
Of Blue (Meek Version)
4 Pat Reader - Cha Cha On The
Moon
5 Glenda Collins - I Lost My Heart
At The Fairground
6 Jenny Moss - Hobbies
7 The Cameos - Powercut
(Alternate Vocal/Original Speed)
8 Pamela Blue - My Friend Bobby
9 Glenda Collins - If You’ve Got
To Pick A Baby
10 Gunilla Thorn - Merry Go
Round (Original Speed)
11 Jenny Moss - Please Let It
Happen To Me (Film Version)
12 The Sharades - Dumb Head
13 Kim Roberts - I'll Prove It
14 The Cameos - My Baby's Coming
Home
15 Glenda Collins - Baby It Hurts
16 Glenda Collins - Lollipop
17 Flip And The Dateliners - My
Johnny Doesn’t Come Around
Anymore
18 Valerie Masters - Christmas
Calling
19 Glenda Collins - Johnny Loves
Me
20 Judy Cannon - The Very First
Day I Met You
21 Glenda Collins - Thou Shalt Not
Steal
22 The Honeycombs - Something
I’ve Got To Tell You (Stereo Mix)
23 Diane And The Javelins - Heart
And Soul
24 Glenda Collins - Something I’ve
Got To Tell You (Original Speed)
25 Glenda Collins - It’s Hard To
Believe It

1960-1963

1 Eve Boswell - Around The Corner
2 Yolanda - Don't Tell Me Not To
Love You
3 Carol Jones - Cinderella Jones
4 Pat Reader - May Your Heart Stay
Young Forever
5 Pat Reader - My Kind Of Love
6 Unknown - Say Baby
7 Unknown - Johnny Oh
8 Geri Harlow - Do The Strum
9 Geri Harlow - Mr Right
10 Billie Davis - Merry Go Round
11 Billie Davis - Don't You Knock On
My Door
12 Billie Davis – It’s Goodbye Then
13 Billie Davis - Mr Right
14 Billie Davis – I Think I'm Falling
In Love
15 Glenda Collins - I Feel So Good
16 Glenda Collins - In The First
Place (Original Speed)
17 Glenda Collins - Nice Wasn't It
(Original Speed)
18 Glenda Collins - Everybody's
Gotta Fall In Love (Original Speed)
19 Jenny Moss - Big Boys
20 Jenny Moss - Please Let It
Happen To Me (Alternate Version)
21 Jenny Moss - Keep Away From
My Baby's Door
22 Jenny Moss - When My Boy
Comes Marching Home Again
23 Jenny Moss - Every Little Kiss
(Demo)
24 Kim Roberts - For Loving Me
This Way
25 Kim Roberts - A Girl In the
Crowd
26 Kim Roberts - Mr Right
27 Kim Roberts - Everytime
28 Kim Roberts - Love Can't Wait
29 The Cameos - High, Low And
Lonesomely (Alternate Version)
30 The Cameos - Where E're You
Walk
31 The Cameos - Only In Love
32 Pamela Blue - Hey There
Stranger (Alternate Version)

1964-1966

1 Gunilla Thorn - Go On Then
2 Gunilla Thorn - Blueberry Hill
3 Gunilla Thorn - Keep Away From
My Baby's Door
4 Gunilla Thorn - Alright I'm In Love
With You (Audition)
5 Gunilla Thorn - Come On
6 Gunilla Thorn - Who Started It
7 The Halos - When
8 The Halos - Don't Ever Change
9 Lea And Chess - Little Star (Shine
On us Tonight)
10 Lea And Chess - A Long Time Ago
11 Valerie Masters - He Didn't Fool
Me
12 The Sharades - Boy Trouble
(Alternate Version)
13 The Sharades - Aren't You Glad
You're You
14 The Sharades - Loneliness
15 Flip & The Dateliners - Please
Listen To Me
16 Flip & The Dateliners – Bye Bye
Baby Bunting
17 Flip & The Dateliners - Mama
Didn't Lie
18 Flip & The Dateliners - The Mod
19 Flip and The Dateliners - From
Tomorrow
20 Flip (with Riot Squad) - It's Hard
To Believe It
21 June Harris - Ma I Miss Your
Apple Pie
22 June Harris - Remember Your
Love Belongs To Me
23 Judy Cannon - Hello Heartache
(Alternate Version)
24 Glenda Collins - Been Invited To
A Party
25 Glenda Collins - Paradise For
Two (Mix Take 4)
26 Glenda Collins - My Heart Didn't
Lie (Original Speed/Pre Backing
Vocals)
27 Glenda Collins - Don't Let It Rain
On Sunday
28 Denise Scott and The Soundsmen
- Your Love Keeps Me Going
29 Denise Scott and The Soundsmen
- Love Me Tonight
30 Diane And The Javelins - Whose
The Girl
31 Diane And The Javelins - Cry
Baby

DO THE STRUM! JOE MEEK'S GIRL GROUPS AND POP CHANTEUSES (1960-1966)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Cherry Red Records

3cd in clamshell box

Released: 22nd Mar 2024

£25.99

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3CDs OF SUBLIME FEMALE POP, GIRL GROUPS AND BEAT MASTERPIECES FROM 304 HOLLOWAY ROAD WITH OVER 40 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS! A MUST FOR GIRL GROUP COLLECTORS.

From Glenda Collins to Diane And The Javelins, during the 1960s Joe Meek worked with countless female artists, many of whom issued just one single, or perhaps never even made it that far. But, until now, the extent of this work, and the volume of material recorded, has remained buried among the Tea Chest Tapes. This unprecedented 3CD set explores that archive in-depth for the first time. Featuring established names and previously unknown artists (and indeed, at least one artist whose identity is still unknown), ‘Do The Strum!’ shines another spotlight on Meek’s remarkable work with everything from the serene tones of Pat Reader to the gutsy soul of Glenda Collins and the proto girl-punk of The Sharades. Spanning almost seven years, and mirroring the changing pop scene of the era, from pre-Beatle to powerful, stripped-down hard rock, this set recontextualises both Meek himself and the artists within. Lost classics and shoulda-beens pervade, and the imagination and production quality never drops below Joe Meek’s perfectionist standards. And, most importantly, it’ll all make you want to shake a tail feather!

Includes every known A and B side, material from the abandoned Live It Up! film soundtrack, singles that never were, auditions, demos and alternate versions of familiar recordings. A musthave for fans and collectors of girl groups, Meek freaks young and old and students and historians of British pop. Don’t settle for the tried and tested story you’ll read in books and magazines – this is the real deal, restored, remastered and as fresh as the day it was recorded!