·         Laurie Johnson is responsible for some of the best-loved TV themes ever: The Avengers, The Professionals, The New Avengers, Whicker’s World, Animal Magic and This Is Your Life, to name but a few. But he started his career writing Big Band arrangements for the likes of Ted Heath and Geraldo before recording his first three albums, presented here for the first time ever on digital.

·         All three albums were recorded and engineered by the legendary Joe Meek from 1957 to 1960 at IBC and Lansdowne Studios, before he set up his own studio and label above a shop in Holloway Road.

·         The booklet includes all the annotation and credits from the original (extremely rare) albums as well as extensive brand new annotation and recollections from Laurie himself about Joe Meek and the innovative recording processes, and plans of the studio layouts and photos. The musicians were the cream of the era’s UK players, many of whom went on to play on The Beatles’ recordings including “Penny Lane”, Sergeant Pepper” and “Magical Mystery Tour”.

• Edsel’s previous Laurie Johnson releases have been great successes and with the recent bio-pic “Telstar” (DVD release date 28.9.09), interest in Joe Meek’s work has never been greater.