Meek Collection Sells For £170,000 Gbp…but No Db

You’re squawking like a pink mocking bird…

Much has been made in the UK press recently of the sale of the entire collection of legendary 60s producer Joe Meek‘s personal master tape recordings by liveauctioneers.com. Indeed, it is a valuable collection important to the history of recorded music.

The value of the vault of approximately 1850 tapes was reflected in the final auction price of £170,000 GBP yesterday.

However, David Bowie’s purported presence on one of the tracks, (a Konrads Meek-produced recording of the song Mocking Bird) is unlikely to be true.

I asked David about his involvement, and this is what he had to say: “Well, I never worked with Joe Meek, never even met him…would have loved to have though. But, I believe The Konrads did do a track or two with him.”

So, it’s most likely true that Mocking Bird is a Konrads recording, but it seems it was made long after David left the band in 1963.