The Alchemist of Pop: Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959–1966

Compilation by Joe Meek

Released 19 November 2002

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For
    The Checkmates
    2:04
  • 2
    Be Mine
    Lance Fortune
    1:50
  • 3
    Green Jeans
    The Fabulous Flee-Rakkers
    2:26
  • 4
    Chick a’Roo
    Ricky Wayne & The Fleerakkers
    1:51
  • 5
    Angela Jones
    Michael Cox
    2:41
  • 6
    Sunday Date
    The Flee-Rekkers
    2:54
  • 7
    Paradise Garden
    Peter Jay
    2:42
  • 8
    Can’t You Hear My Heart
    Danny Rivers
    3:03
  • 9
    Swingin’ Low
    The Outlaws
    2:05
  • 10
    Ambush
    The Outlaws
    2:23
  • 11
    You Got What I Like
    Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers
    1:36
  • 12
    Johnny Remember Me
    John Leyton
    2:40
  • 13
    Tribute to Buddy Holly
    Mike Berry with The Outlaws
    2:57
  • 14
    Night of the Vampire
    The Moontrekkers
    2:50
  • 15
    Wild Wind
    John Leyton
    2:14
    3.0 ★
  • 16
    Can’t You Hear the Beat of a Broken Heart
    Iain Gregory
    1:37
  • 17
    ’Til the Following Night
    Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages
    3:46
  • 18
    Son This Is She
    John Leyton
    2:24
  • 19
    It’s Just a Matter of Time
    The Admirals
    2:12
  • 20
    Walk With Me My Angel
    Don Charles
    3:09
  • 21
    Lonely City
    John Leyton
    2:12
  • 22
    Telstar
    The Tornados
    3:21
    3.4 ★
  • 23
    Stand Up
    Michael Cox
    2:17
  • 24
    Theme From ‘The Traitors’
    The Packabeats
    2:33
  • 25
    Can Can ’62
    Peter Jay & the JayWalkers
    2:30
  • 26
    North Wind
    Houston Wells & the Marksmen
    2:35
  • 27
    Don’t You Think It’s Time
    Mike Berry & The Outlaws
    1:41
  • 28
    Globetrotter
    The Tornados
    2:40
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Ridin’ the Wind
    The Tornados
    2:46
  • 2
    Jack the Ripper
    Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages
    2:46
  • 3
    Robot
    The Tornados
    2:39
  • 4
    I Lost My Heart at the Fairground
    Glenda Collins
    2:35
  • 5
    Only the Heartaches
    Houston Wells & the Marksmen
    2:53
  • 6
    Hobbies
    Jenny Moss
    2:06
  • 7
    Wipeout
    The Saints
    2:58
  • 8
    Just Like Eddie
    Heinz
    2:43
  • 9
    Sky Men
    Geoff Goddard
    2:47
  • 10
    My Friend Bobby
    Pamela Blue
    2:10
  • 11
    Country Boy
    Heinz
    2:01
  • 12
    All My Loving
    The Dowlands
    2:20
  • 13
    You Were There
    Heinz
    1:55
  • 14
    Have I the Right
    The Honeycombs
    2:57
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Questions I Can’t Answer
    Heinz
    2:22
  • 16
    I Can’t Stop
    The Honeycombs
    2:37
  • 17
    Little Baby
    The Blue Rondos
    2:35
  • 18
    Something Better Beginning
    The Honeycombs
    2:14
  • 19
    Diggin’ For Gold
    David John & the Mood
    2:38
  • 20
    That’s the Way
    The Honeycombs
    2:58
  • 21
    Crawdaddy Simone
    The Syndicats
    3:16
    4.0 ★
  • 22
    What’cha Gonna Do Baby
    Jason Eddy & the Centremen
    2:10
  • 23
    Something I’ve Got to Tell You
    Glenda Collins
    2:44
  • 24
    Please Stay
    The Cryin' Shames
    3:15
  • 25
    You’re Holding Me Down
    The Buzz
    3:06
  • 26
    I Take It That We’re Through
    The Riot Squad
    2:47
  • 27
    Singing the Blues
    Jason Eddy & the Centremen
    2:29
  • 28
    It’s Hard to Believe It
    Glenda Collins
    2:59

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