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Various Artists: It's Hard to Believe It - the Amazing World of Joe Meek (Razor & Tie)

Simon Reynolds, Spin, 1995

WHO WAS Joe Meek? A cut-price Spector crafting pocket symphonies in his North London studio for a stable of dodgy pre-Beatles combos? Yes, but the parallel I prefer is between Meek and the Aphex Twin.

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