Joe Meek : the legendary Joe Meek, the Telstar man

The classic biography of one of the greatest record producers of all time - a man who famously rejected The Beatles. Joe Meek broke the boundaries of pop production in the 1950s and 60s, and dominated the music industry for a period, despite his outsider, renegade approach. Famously, his life ended tragically when he shot both himself and his landlady in 1967, but his legacy remains, and is explored wonderfully in "The Telstar Man". This is the fascinating biography of Joe Meek--widely recognized as Britain's first real independent pop music producer and hailed as Britain's answer to Phil Spector. His public life was one of laughter, tears, and above all, music. His private life was a tortured tangle of violence, sex, drugs, gangsters, the occult, and eventually, murder