Joe Meek
Acting
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A compilation of proto-music videos featuring leading British rock bands of the 60s, including The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and Herman's Hermits.
Pop Gear

A history and tribute to British Jim Marshall's amplifiers, which since then became the standard of rock'n'roll amplifiers ever since.
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.
Farewell Performance

This documentary chronicles the rise, fall and resurrection of Joe Meek. It shows, due in equal measures to his pioneering DIY recording techniques, hit-making philosophy and a life full of social, psychological and sexual obstacles.
A Life in the Death of Joe Meek

Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and a career, often controversial, which spanned the period from the mid-50s to the rise of the Beatles in the 60s. At the end of his life he was suffering from paranoid delusions that people were watching him through walls. Alan Lewens' film charts an Ortonesque tale of post-war Britain.
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek

The tram system of Glasgow and the last weekend of the service.
Nine, Dalmuir West

In March 1963 Decca released "Jack the Ripper" with Screaming Lord Sutch produced by Joe Meek. Around this garage-rock song, David Sutch built his Screaming Lord persona and provocative show.