New JIMMY PAGE Tape Up For Auction
September 2, 2008, 16 years ago
According to Thisissouthwales.co.uk, legendary music producer Joe Meek's private recording collection is to be auctioned off. The thousands of tapes include unheard recordings of TOM JONES, JIMMY PAGE and DAVID BOWIE as singer and saxophone player with the KONRADS. The collection of over 5,000 recordings has been added to the It's More Than Rock And Roll sale to be held at London's Idea Generation Gallery on Thursday, September 4. Their estimated value is $600,000.
Ted Owen, Managing Director of the Fame Bureau, said: "To describe Joe Meek as a rock and roll icon is an understatement - he was one of the most important figures in the industry for nearly two decades and these tapes provide a vicarious passage of the 1950s and 60s. "Furthermore, custodian of the Joe Meek archive, Cliff Cooper has honoured the collection by keeping it intact all these years and cherished for British musical posterity."
Joe Meek became an icon of the recording industry with his experimental techniques in the 50s and 60s and was most famous for THE TORNADOS' 1962 hit 'Telstar 'which won him an Ivor Novello Award. Nick Moran is currently directing a film of Meek's life, called Telstar, starring himself and Kevin Spacey.
Click here for auction details - the bidding starts at GBP 125,000 (approximately $227,375.00 US)!
