It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek is a compilation album of songs produced by English record producer Joe Meek and released in the 1960s. The album was released on 19 September 1995 on the Razor & Tie label, making it the first collection of Meek's music to be released in the United States.[6] It was compiled and annotated by Dennis Diken, the drummer for the Smithereens, who first became interested in Meek's work through the song "Telstar", a song released by the Tornados in 1962 that Meek had written and produced. Diken told the Phoenix New Times' Serene Dominic that he held a private party to celebrate the album's release, featuring a performance by a band whose members included Marshall Crenshaw and Richard Barone, as well as Diken himself.[7]
| It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Compilation album by various artists | |
| Released | 19 September 1995 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 53:22 |
| Label | Razor & Tie |
| Compiler | Dennis Diken |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| Spin | 8/10[5] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Telstar" | The Tornados | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Johnny Remember Me" | John Leyton | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Tribute to Buddy Holly" | Mike Berry and the Outlaws | 3:00 |
| 4. | "Chick A 'Roo" | Ricky Wayne and the Flee-Rakkers | 1:51 |
| 5. | "Night of the Vampire" | The Moontrekkers | 2:49 |
| 6. | "Paradise Garden" | Peter Jay | 2:42 |
| 7. | "My Friend Bobby" | Pamela Blue | 2:10 |
| 8. | "Swingin' Low" | The Outlaws | 2:03 |
| 9. | "Valley Of The Saroos" | The Blue Men | 2:50 |
| 10. | "The Bublight" | The Blue Men | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Til the Following Night" | Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages | 3:45 |
| 12. | "Just Like Eddie" | Heinz | 2:37 |
| 13. | "North Wind" | Houston Wells and the Marksmen | 2:34 |
| 14. | "Huskie Team" | The Saints | 1:59 |
| 15. | "Have I the Right?" | The Honeycombs | 2:57 |
| 16. | "My Baby Doll" | Mike Berry & the Outlaws | 1:55 |
| 17. | "Something I've Got to Tell You" | Glenda Collins | 2:40 |
| 18. | "I Take It That We're Through" | Riot Squad | 2:46 |
| 19. | "Lost Planet" | The Thunderbolts | 3:04 |
| 20. | "It's Hard to Believe It" | Glenda Collins | 3:01 |
References
edit- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Joe Meek - It's Hard to Believe: The Amazing World of Joe Meek Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Woodard, Josef (1995-09-22). "It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Walls, Richard C. (1995-11-16). "It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek". Rolling Stone. No. 721. pp. 110–111.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (November 1995). "Various Artists: It's Hard to Believe It: The Amazing World of Joe Meek". Spin. Vol. 11, no. 8. pp. 126, 128.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (1995-09-14). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
- ^ Dominic, Serene (1996-02-08). "The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
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