The Telstar Man. The legendary 'Joe Meek' studio London 304 Holloway Road.avi

[pde2010]

Just been watching the movie of Telstar - I believe that they used this very street to film scenes on....imagine renting those same flats out & immersing yourself in the joys & pains of everything that ever happened there? The movie had me in tears at the end though....thanks for posting this up although I may just drop down for a touch of the building to say i've been there.... ;-) bless you Joe, your music will always inspire me. xxx

[perth42]

Joe Meek bought a Sobell portable TV from Jones Bros [part of John Lewis] just up the road from his studio and I installed it sometime in the sixtys. Heinz was sitting on the settee signing a contract and my memory of the place was seeing a carpet of recording tape covering the floor and the kitchen sink piled high with dirty cockery.

[davefk]

How amazing that all those wonderful sounds came from that building. What a maverick Joe Meek was. Who's likes, we will never see again! RIP Joe.

[Blogerts]

Very cool... I used to live very, very close to that flat for many years. Now I own a "Joe Meek Floor-Q optical compressor" (guitar FX pedal) I new Joe Meek lived in that block but never new which number... Thanks for posting this bit of audio history.