Get Ready to ROCK! » Joe Meek https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:12:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Feature: All Boxed Up for Christmas (December 2025) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/feature-all-boxed-up-for-christmas-december-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/feature-all-boxed-up-for-christmas-december-2025/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:28:43 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105988 Wishbone Ash Live at The BBC 1970-88The boxed sets and multi-disc reissues keep coming!  First it was CDs that gave recorded rock a new lease of life, then came the revival of vinyl.  But, as labels realised, they could expand individual albums with bonus material, and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/12/feature-all-boxed-up-for-christmas-december-2025/feed/ 0 Album review : JOE MEEK – A Curious Mind (3 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-joe-meek-a-curious-mind-3-cd-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-joe-meek-a-curious-mind-3-cd-boxset/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:59:35 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104011 JOE 150 MEEK A Curious Mind boxsetCherry Red [Release date: 29.08.25] Anyone in anyway familiar with the story of legendary British Music producer, Joe Meek, will know that he cut his electronics’ teeth in the 1950s, operating and maintaining the complexities of the RAF’s radar equipment. … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/08/album-review-joe-meek-a-curious-mind-3-cd-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: JOE MEEK’S TEA CHEST TAPES – From Taboo To Telstar (3CD Anthology) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/new-review-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes-from-taboo-to-telstar-3cd-anthology/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/new-review-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes-from-taboo-to-telstar-3cd-anthology/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:24:40 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=97008 JOE MEEK Taboo Telstar 150Cherry Red [Release date 16.08.24] Legendary British Music producer, Joe Meek, cut his electronics’ teeth in the 1950s, operating and maintaining the complexities of the RAF’s radar equipment. His transition to recording studio maestro led to a groundbreaking series of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/08/new-review-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes-from-taboo-to-telstar-3cd-anthology/feed/ 0 Album review : THE CRYIN’ SHAMES – Please Stay, Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-the-cryin-shames-please-stay-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-the-cryin-shames-please-stay-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:37:20 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=94821 CRYIN SHAMES Teachest 150Cherry Red [Release date: 12.04.24] The Cryin’ Shames were late to the Merseybeat party, and departed almost as soon as they arrived. This a 2 CD reissue of every recording made by the band in its various guises. 48 tracks … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/04/album-review-the-cryin-shames-please-stay-joe-meeks-tea-chest-tapes/feed/ 0 Album review : V/A Let’s Stomp (Merseybeat 1962-1969) 3 CD set https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/album-review-va-lets-stomp-merseybeat-1962-1969-3-cd-set/#comments Sun, 14 May 2023 16:45:51 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=88400 LetsStomp-final-stroke-min-1Cherry Red [Release date: 26.05.23] Heavily influenced by US Blues and Rock, Merseybeat was a sixties pop music phenomenon, originating in Liverpool, that swept all before it. First the UK, then Europe, ultimately invading the USA and the ROTW. Across … Continue reading →

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