Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1929–1967
Joe Meek
Independent producer, Holloway Road
From a flat above a shop in London, Meek pushed compression, echo and distortion further than any big studio would. "Telstar" by the Tornados (1962) was the first record by a British group to top the US charts.
Still heard: The bedroom producer with a strange signal chain started with him.
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