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Heinz & Screaming Lord Sutch, live at Wembley stadium 1972

The Outlaws with Ritchie Blackmore: Law And Disorder (aus dem Film Live It Up, 1963, siehe unten - links im Bild Ritchie Blackmore; die Choreographie ist zu schön, um übersehen zu werden / from the movie Live It Up, 1963, see below - at the left Ritchie Blackmore; the choreography is too nice to be ignored)

Screaming Lord Sutch: Jack The Ripper

The Tornados: Telstar

The Tornados: Globetrotter

The Tornados: Robot

The Tornados: All The Stars In The Sky

AUSSTELLUNGEN / EXHIBITIONS / FESTIVALS

Joe Meek Festival 2007

Newent, Gloucestershire, October 26 - 28

In Joe Meeks Geburtsstadt Newent findet vom 26. - 28. Oktober das erste jährliche Joe-Meek-Festival statt. Vorgesehen sind Gespräche, Filme und eine Ausstellung. Auf der Bühne sind The Tornados zu erleben.

The city of Newent is staging its first annual Joe Meek Festival to honour its native son, 26-28 October, featuring talks, film, exhibits and The Tornados on stage.

Info here

"Joe Meek - The Telstar Man"

Gloucester, Gloucester Folk Museum, July 1 - December 2, 2006

The exhibition has been developed in association with members of the Joe Meek Appreciation Society. There is a wide range of material, including a clavioline used in recording 'Telstar', tape recorders adapted by Joe, a representative selection of the EPs, LPs and singles produced by Joe Meek, photographs of Meek and contemporary bands and singers, personal items belonging to Joe Meek, sheet music, acetates, scrapbooks, musical instruments and much more. You can find out about Joe, his music and go on a virtual tour of his studio in 304 Holloway Road. There is also a display featuring all sorts of household items from the 1950s and 1960s to set the scene.

"The Hamburg Sound - Beatles, Beat und Große Freiheit"

Hamburg, Hamburg-Museum, 3. Juni 2006 - 7. Januar 2007

Davon abgesehen, dass der Terminus "Hamburg-Sound" eine Marketing-Erfindung der Ausstellungsmacher sein dürfte, ist dies eine liebevoll zusammengetragene Ausstellung über den "Star-Club" und die Musikszene Hamburgs in den 60er und frühen 70er Jahren. Darunter findet sich auch allerlei Material über und von Acts aus Joe Meeks Schmiede. Dazu eine Fülle anderer zeitbezogener Materialien. Katalog und CD sind im Handel und im Museum erhältlich.

Aside from the fact that the term "Hamburg Sound" seems to be a marketing invention of the curators, this is an affectionately compiled exhibition on the "Star-Club" and the music scene of Hamburg in the sixties and early seventies. Among it there are some memorabilia about and from acts of Joe's. A lot of other time-related material is added. Catalogue and CD are available at any book shop, as well as at the museum.

Kostproben aus der Ausstellung bzw. dem Katalog: / Samples from the exhibit and catalogue:

(Foto: Günter Zint)

Hamburg-St. Pauli, Große Freiheit 39, in den Räumen des ehemaligen Stern-Kinos: Hier residierte der Star-Club. Auf der Tafel sind - neben unbedeutenderen Kollegen wie Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles oder den Beatles - auch drei Namen mit Bezug zu Joe Meek verewigt: Screaming Lord Sutch (links oben), Emile Ford (links unten) und die Tornados (rechts unten), denen leider das T abhanden gekommen ist.

Hamburg Sankt Pauli, 39 Grosse Freiheit, in the rooms of the former Stern cinema: that's where the Star-Club resided. Among some less important colleagues like Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles or the Beatles, the billboard shows three names related to Joe Meek: Screaming Lord Sutch (top left), Emile Ford (bottom left) and the Tornados (bottom right), who unfortunately lost their T.

(Abbildungen: hamburgmuseum)

Vorder- und Rückseite einer Star-Club-Programmvorschau, Mai bis September 1963. Cliff Bennett: obere Reihe, 4. v. l.; Screaming Lord Sutch: zweite Reihe, 2. v. l.; Emile Ford: zweite Reihe, 3. v. l.

Front and back side of a Star-Club program roundup, May to September 1963. Cliff Bennett: top row, 4th from left; Screaming Lord Sutch: second row, 2nd from left; Emile Ford: second row, 3rd from left.

(Foto: Günter Zint)

Star-Club-Chef Manfred Weißleder und Screaming Lord Sutch in der Garderobe des Star-Clubs, 1963

Star-Club boss Manfred Weissleder and Screaming Lord Sutch in the Star-Club dressing room, 1963.

BÜHNE / STAGE

"Telstar - The Joe Meek Story"

von/by Nick Moran with James Hicks.

With Con O'Neill, Linda Robson, Adam Rickitt and others. Directed by Paul Jepson.

Premiered February 2, 2005. Original home page screenshot here.

Besprechungen/Reviews: Daily Telegraph, Feb. 23, 2005 / Cambridge News, Feb. 4, 2005 / The Guardian, June 15, 2005 / Yorkshire Post, Feb. 7, 2005 / musicOMH.com, Juni 2005

Das Stück ist als Buch erhältlich (in englischer Sprache) / The play is available as book:

Oberon Books, London 2005; ISBN 1-84002-588-3. 110 Seiten/110 pages.

SPIELFILM / MOVIE

"Telstar"

Ein Spielfilm auf der Basis des obengenannten Bühnenstücks ist in Arbeit, die Dreharbeiten haben im Juli 2007 in London begonnen. Voraussictlich wird der Film im Sommer 2008 in die Kinos kommen.

A movie based on the stage play mentioned above is on the way; the shooting started in London in July 2007. The movie is expected to be premièred in summer 2008.

Info hier/here

The following info has been forwarded by Robbie Duke:

Joe Meek movie
August 22nd, 2007
“Telstar”, a movie about the famous 60-s music producer Joe Meek (with many Purple connections), began filming in London this month. Both Meek’s studio and Mrs. Shenton shop were recreated further along Holloway Road, complete with the neighbouring bank. The movie is directed by Nick Moran with Con O’Neill (who reportedly was very impressive in the stage version) playing Joe Meek.

The cast also includes:

Kevin Spacey plays Major Banks
Jon Stewart plays Dennis
Pam Ferris plays Mrs. Violet Shenton
JJ Feild plays Heinz Burt
Sid Mitchell plays Patrick Pink
Rita Tushingham appears as “Essex Medium”
Martine McCutcheon appears as “Lady Victim”
Nigel Harman plays Jess Conrad
Tom Burke plays Geoff Goddard
Ralf Little plays Chas Hodges (The Outlaws’ bassist)
Joan Hodges (wife of Chas) plays Biddy Meek (Joe’s mother)
Callum Dixon (who played Leyton and Lord Sutch in the play) plays John Leyton
James Corden plays Clem Cattini (The Tornados’ drummer)
Tom Harper plays Alan Caddy (The Tornados’ guitarist)
Craig Vye plays Mitch Mitchell (the drummer)
Des Hamilton plays Lionel Bart
Shaun Evans plays Billy Kuy (The Outlaws’ original lead guitarist)
David Hayler plays John Peel

Other members of the cast:
Chas Hodges has a cameo role in the film as Mr. Brolin
Jess Conrad plays Larry Parnes
Carl Barat (The Libertines) plays Gene Vincent
Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) plays Screaming Lord Sutch
Jon Lee (S Club 7) plays Billy Fury (The Tornados were his backing band)
Robbie Duke (aka Patrick Pink), who was at 304 Holloway Road when the fatal shootings happened (over 40 years ago now), is amongst the cast, playing a stagehand.

"Live It Up"

GB 1963, Regie: Lance Comfort, Drehbuch: Lyn Fairhurst, Harold Shampan; Music Direction: Joe Meek; US-Titel "Sing And Swing"; 75 Minuten.

mit David Hemmings, Jenny Moss, Heinz Burt, Kim Roberts, Andy Cavell, The Saints, The Outlaws u. a.

Info zum Film hier.

Typische Sixties-Musikkomödie. Die Rahmenhandlung hat nur einen einzigen Sinn: möglichst viele Musikstücke unterbringen zu können. Zu hören und zu sehen sind:

Typical sixties music comedy. The frame story has only one intention: to present as much musical acts as possible. To be shown:

Heinz (Live It Up, Don't You Understand), Andy Cavell & The Saints (Don't Take You From Me), The Outlaws (Law And Disorder), Kim Roberts (Loving Me This Way), Sounds Incorporated (Keep Moving), Gene Vincent (Temptation Baby), Jenny Moss (Please Let It Happen To Me, Sometimes I Wish), Patsy Ann Noble (Don't You Understand) and others.

Als Region-1-DVD problemlos im US-Handel zu finden, eine Region-2-DVD findet man nach einiger Suche im Internet, doch handelt es sich um eine (wohl kaum offizielle) Überspielung von einer Videocassette. Entsprechend mäßig sind Bild- und Tonqualität, zudem fehlt der Abspann.

A Region 1 DVD can be found without problems in US shops, a Region 2 DVD is available after searching a while at some web shops, but the source seems to be a video cassette. The quality is accordingly mediocre, above this the end credits are missing.

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