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JOE MEEK

The Triumph Records Story

Part 3: EPs and LPs / I Hear A New World

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Of all Triumph productions under the aegis of Joe Meek, the projectI Hear A New Worldfrom

March 1960 is the most remarkable: a twelve-part suite around the subject area "life on the moon",

thought up by Meek, produced with Rod Freeman (guitar, vocals) and The Blue Men: Ken Harvey(tenor sax, vocals), Roger Fiola (pedal steel guitar), Chris White (guitar), Douglas Collins (bass) und

Dave Golding (drums). Meek recorded the tracks mainly at his bedroom studio at Arundel Gardens

on a borrowed stereo tape recorder (and probably secretly at night at Lansdowne Studio). As Meek

wrote in the liner notes: "This is a strange record, I meant it to be." His short comments to each part

reveals not only evidence of a strong imagination, above all they show that he, who strongly believed

in life on other planets, was even able to send up this subject (and a little bit himself, too). SurelyI

Hear A New Worldis not what one would call a masterstroke in the arts of composition, but it's a

playground for Meek's still fascinating imagination of sounds. A lot of the sound effects he used here

for the first time can be heard again in several later recordings, e.g. in his bestselling record Telstar.

The twelve tracks were never released completely on one record during Meek's lifetime. The EPPart1 contained four tracks and had a print run of 99 copies. The Saga distribution department

recommended the record as a stereo demonstration to the retailers: "It is suggested that you use this

record in the first place as demonstration disc for selling your stereo equipment as the weird

gimmicky 'outer space' sounds give an unusually interesting stereo effect."

Another four tracks were planned to be released asPart 2 on a second EP; a sleeve and further track

comments exists. But the EP was never released. A tape and an LP with all twelve tracks had been

announced, Saga already had fixed release date, order number and track listing.

Order form for dealers
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But the tape remained unreleased, and the LP survived only in circa 20 acetate copies. Probably the

LP would have been the first concept album in pop history.

Garth Banks, son of Meek's later business partner Wilfred Alonzo "Major" Banks, according to his

own statement owns an acetat copy which has "New World Of Music" written on it - hard to say

whether Meek actually thought about this tit le or it's just a flaw caused by some absent-mindedness.

I Hear A New World, Part 1

I Hear A New World Part 1 (EP, front cover)

RGX ST 5000 A1 60-03 Blue Men Entry Of The Globbots

RGX ST 5000 A2 60-03 Blue Men Valley Of The Saroos

RGX ST 5000 B1 60-03 Blue Men Magnetic Field

RGX ST 5000 B2 60-03 Blue Men Orbit Around The Moon


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Back cover with Meek's own track descriptions

I Hear A New World, Part 2


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RGX ST 5001 A1 60-05 nv Blue Men Globb Waterfall

RGX ST 5001 A2 60-05 nv Blue Men Dribcot's Space Boat

RGX ST 5001 B1 60-05 nv Blue Men Love Dance Of The Saroos

RGX ST 5001 B2 60-05 nv Blue Men The Bublight

A sleeve has been printed. However, the release has been cancelled.


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Again, the back cover shows track comments by Joe Meek himself.

The two above EPs, completed with the tracks I Hear A New World, March Of The Dribcots, Disc

Dance Of The Globbots and Valley Of No Return, were planned to be released on one LP. In all

probability Meek wrote descriptions for these four tracks too, but as they never appeared in a printed

form, they have to be considered to be lost. The track sequence for the LP was fixed by Meek himself

(the track sequence stated on the dealer's order form shown above is wrong).

I Hear A New World (LP)

TRX ST 9000 60-05 nv Blue Men Tracks :

I Hear A New WorldGlobb WaterfallEntry Of The GlobbotsValley Of The SaroosMagnetic FieldsOrbit Around The MoonThe BublightMarch Of The DribcotsLove Dance Of The SaroosDribcot's Space BoatDisc Dance Of The GlobbotsValley Of No Return

One of the acetate pressings of the unissued LP, labeled by Joe Meek himself. Probably circa 20 copies are existing. There

are several fakes circulating on the internet; they can be recognized by a differing label or a wrong handwriting.

Listed just for the sake of completeness:

Saga/Triumph RGJ 7002/TSTP 1041 60-?? Stravinsky, IgorConcerto In E Flat Major ("DumbartonOaks")


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Actually this is a Saga production; no contribution of Joe Meek on this EP.

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1. 1960 - the start2. The 45s3. EPs and LPs / I Hear A New World4. Triumph productions on other labels / RGM Sound Ltd.5. After Joe Meek opted out of the company

Quellen/Sources: Garth Banks; Sammlungen/Collections Harald Bluschke, Jrg Richard; R. W. Dopson/A. D. Blackburn: IHear A New World CD Liner Notes; Record Collector 186, Feb. 1995, Thunderbolt Magazine (unknown edition).

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