Wednesday Night Quiz

Hey. It’s my birthday. To you this is utterly immaterial. You just want to hear about tonight’s quiz:

7pm – The Joker & The Thief. Jackpot: £90. Cheat news: The music round contains John Leyton. – see video below to see the genius.

This was number one in 1961. I love the sound of it, so dramatic. That’s the Joe Meek sound. Joe Meek was the producer and you can see him in the video, winding bits of tape and what not. No apps in them days.

Joe Meek recorded hundreds of artists and produced loads of pop bangers, arguably becoming the first producer-as-a-star. He didn’t play an instrument himself but he was the pioneer of the field where you don’t have to ‘know’ music to make music.

Meek was clearly a genius but was a bit unhinged. A wee read of his Wikipedia page will take you through the madness, repressed sexuality, paranoia, court cases and anger issues which led him to the 3rd February 1967 when took a shotgun, killed his landlady and then himself.

Murder, suicide, The End.


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