VA - Joe Meek, A Curious Mind - Outer Space! Horror! Death Discs! The Wild West! Demos! [2025] (3 x CDs)

JOE MEEK

VA - Joe Meek, A Curious Mind - Outer Space! Horror! Death Discs! The Wild West! Demos! [2025] (3 x CDs)

So, Joe Meek, A Curious Mind - Outer Space! Horror! Death Discs! The Wild West! Demos! via Cherry Red, is a proper treasure chest, three CDs, 82 tracks, and a whopping 57 of them previously unreleased. That’s not just rare, that’s “never-heard-this-before” territory. All pulled from the legendary Tea Chest Tapes, which have been locked away for decades.

Disc One is where Meek’s space obsession takes flight. You get alternate edits of “Telstar,” stereo versions of Tornados deep cuts, and FX experiments that sound like they were beamed in from the future. There’s even a track called “Have You Ever Tried Living on the Moon?”, and yes, it’s as weird and wonderful as it sounds.

Disc Two shifts' gears into horror and Wild West themes. Screaming Lord Sutch is here with “Jack the Ripper” and “Monster in Black Tights,” plus eerie demos like “Johnny Must Be Hung” and “Darkness Fills the Sky.” Then suddenly you’re in cowboy land with stereo rarities like “Chahawki” and “Jesse James.” It’s like Meek was scoring a haunted Western in his head.

Disc Three is the emotional heart—demos, outtakes, and alternate mixes from the I Hear a New World sessions. You’ll hear Meek’s vulnerability, his obsession with sound texture, and tributes like “Johnny Remember Me (‘Died’ Version)” that hit surprisingly hard.

The whole thing’s mastered by Alan Wilson and annotated by Craig Newton from the Joe Meek Society, so it’s not just a wild ride, it’s archivally solid. If you’re into sonic oddities, emotional depth, and studio wizardry, this box set is Meek at his most unfiltered. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Ricky Wayne - Introduction 0:17

02 Blue Men - I Hear A New World (Stereo) 2:23

03 Tornados - Telstar (Alternate Edit) 2:44

04 Geoff Goddard - Sky Men (2025 Remaster) 2:43

05 Glenda Collins - It's Hard to Believe it (Alternate Version) 2:55

06 Tornados - Life on Venus (Alternate Mix) 2:24

07 Joe Meek - Spacescape #2 2:15

08 Thunderbolts - March of The Spacemen (2025 Remaster) 2:25

09 Tornados - Globetrotter (Mix #2) 2:41

10 Joe Meek - Spacescape #3 2:47

11 Thunderbolts - Saturn and Back (Take 10) 3:30

12 Tornados - Robot (Mix #4) 2:40

13 Dave Adams - Space Theme 1:41

14 Glenda Collins - Magic Star 2:16

15 Joe Meek - Dribcots Space Boat (Take 5) 2:13

16 Joe Meek - FX Experiment #2 2:00

17 Thunderbolts - Lost Planet (2025 Remaster) 3:00

18 Tornados - All The Stars in The Sky (Original Speed) 2:38

19 Thunderbolts - Stepping on The Stars (Take 2) 2:52

20 Joe Meek - Have You Ever Tried Living on The Moon? 0:31

21 Thunderbolts - Call of Outer Space (Take 7) 2:53

22 Rhythmics - Telstar (Take 3) 1:58

23 Tornados - Lullaby of The Stars 2:44

24 Geoff Goddard - Sky Men (Original Speed) [Pre-Overdubs] 2:58

25 Rhythmics - Life on Venus (Take 2) 2:26

26 Blue Men - Glob Waterfall (Take 9) 2:41

27 Joe Meek - Spacescape #5 2:23

CD2

01 Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper 2:45

02 Moontrekkers - Night of The Vampire 2:49

03 Screaming Lord Sutch - She's Fallen in Love With A Monster Man (Overdubs) [Take 6] 3:04

04 Joe Meek - You Make Me Feel Evil 1:23

05 Doctor Dark - Put Me Back to Rot 2:39

06 Geoff Goddard - Somebody's Knocking on My Coffin 0:37

07 Screaming Lord Sutch - Monster in Black Tights (Organ Version) 2:14

08 Joe Meek - Screaming Session 0:33

09 Moontrekkers - Nightfall 2:29

10 Joe Meek - Dark Stranger (Take 6) 1:24

11 Outlaws - A TV Theme (The Spook Walks) [Take 1] 2:26

12 Screaming Lord Sutch - Till The Following Night 3:43

13 Geoff Goddard - Monster in White Tights (Demo) 2:14

14 Moontrekkers - Return of The Vampire (Pre-Overdubs) 2:19

15 John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me (Original Lyrics Version) 2:53

16 Mike Berry - Tribute to Buddy Holly (2025 Remaster) 3:03

17 Heinz - Tribute to Eddie 2:09

18 Houston Wells - North Wind (Take 2) [Pre-Overdubs] 2:35

19 Gerry Temple - No More Tomorrows (Stereo) 2:46

20 Ferridays - Two Brothers (Stereo) 3:04

21 Pamela Blue - My Friend Bobby 2:24

22 John Murray - Johnny 3:23

23 Joe Meek - Johnny Must Be Hung 1:33

24 Joe Meek - Darkness Fills The Sky 1:15

25 Harold Smart - Manhunt (Stereo) 1:57

26 Burr Bailey - Chahawki (Stereo) 2:32

27 Chad Carson - Jesse James (Alternate Version) 2:43

28 Chick - Cool Water (2025 Remaster) 3:24

29 Houston Wells - Blowing Wild (The Ballad of Black Gold) [Vocal Take 3] 2:30

30 Houston Wells - Only The Heartaches (Stereo) 2:58

31 Mark Douglas - Riding The Rails (Stereo) 2:23

32 Outlaws - That Set The Wild West Free (Vocal Take 5) 2:28

CD3

01 Joe Meek - I Hear A New World (Album Construction Take 1) 23:41

02 Joe Meek - Orbit Around The Moon (Take 1) 3:24

03 Joe Meek - Orbit Around The Moon (Take 2) 3:01

04 Joe Meek - Entry of The Globbots (Take 2) 2:29

05 Joe Meek - Entry of The Globbots (Take 3) 2:09

06 Joe Meek - March of The Dribcots (No FX) 2:23

07 Joe Meek - Love Dance of The Saroos (Take 1) 3:43

08 Joe Meek - Love Dance of The Saroos (Take 4) 2:11

09 Joe Meek - Glob Waterfall (Take 1) 1:23

10 Joe Meek - Glob Waterfall (Take 2) 0:53

11 Joe Meek - Glob Waterfall (Take 5) 2:58

12 Joe Meek - Magnetic Field (Rehearsal) 2:05

13 Joe Meek - Magnetic Field (Rehearsal #2) 1:25

14 Joe Meek - The Bublight (No FX) 2:28

15 Joe Meek - Valley of The Saroos (Take 1) 3:09

16 Joe Meek - Valley of The Saroos (Take 3) 3:04

17 Joe Meek - Dribcots Space Boat (Reverse Intro Segment) 1:01

18 Joe Meek - Dribcots Space Boat (Session Tape Fragments) 1:47

19 Joe Meek - Dribcots Space Boat (Reverse Mix Pass 1) 1:50

20 Joe Meek - Dribcots Space Boat (Take 2) 1:06

21 Jaybirds - Husky Team (Take 6) [Stereo] 1:47

22 Outlaws - Tune for Short Cowboys (Alternative Version) 1:42

23 Outlaws - Spring is Near (Take 9) [Stereo] 2:00

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