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Tony Meehan Combo - Kings Go Fifth(1964, DES Stereo Remix)

Writer - Tony Meehan. Released - 3rd January 1964. © Decca. Catalogue - F 11801. FROM OUT OF THE SHADOWS - Drummer Tony Meehan and bassist Jet Harris were both 'out of the Shadows' by 1962. Harris went to Decca, where Meehan was already a producer, and had two fair-sized hits, "Besame Mucho" and "Theme From 'The Man With The Golden Arm'", making 25 and 12 respectively. Harris was voted Britain's Top Instrumentalist of 1962, having retained a large proportion of popularity from his time with The Shadows. Decca sought to capitalise on this and paired him with Meehan, the pair enjoying three massive smash hits in 1963 with "Diamonds", "Scarlet O'Hara" and "Applejack", the first topping the charts. (And where was the LP after all that, Decca?) It then went awry when Harris was smashed up in a car crash late in the year. His recovery would be a long one, meaning the partnership with Meehan (which was already under strain) came to an abrupt end. THE FOURTH GOES FIFTH - Their backing group The Diamonds became Meehan's backing group and together they contractually fulfilled pre-booked live dates as The Tony Meehan Combo. Decca was after another record and in November 1963, they entered the studios. Using the act's tried and tested arrangement formula, John Paul Jones (later of Led Zeppelin) played the lead bass part like Harris might have done. "Song Of Mexico was another excellent Jerry Lordan melody which would be backed by Meehan's own "Kings go Fifth", which title punned a Frank Sinatra war film called "Kings Go Forth". This is an overlooked minor gem with an unusual chord sequence, galloping along at a fair pace, then wraps after a mere minute-and-a-three-quarters. It's better than many flipsides of the period and to my mind, ends too soon, leaving you thinking where the rest of it was. I suppose you could get more radio plays that way. ANYWAY - After putting it through the Musical Mincing Machine it allowed me to put together a nicely-packed stereo image with things happening on both sides - lush. I was especially pleased with how good the separated instruments sounded in the final mix - a testament to his arrangement and producing abilities. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT - Released in January 1964, "Song Of Mexico" would climb to the dizzy heights of number 39 on the UK charts and once it bowed out that signalled the end to Tony Meehan's chart career. With contractual obligations fulfilled, he returned to being a staff producer at Decca, though he would appear on some recordings over the coming years. Cliff called Meehan to be musical director for his cabaret season at the Talk of the Town in 1966. He also became part of the Shadows again in 1968 as a temporary replacement for Brian Bennett, who was taken in ill with appendicitis during the Shadows' Talk of the Town season in 1968. Tony Meehan would quit the music industry in the 1990s for a major career change as a psychologist, the result of a lifelong hobby and interest. He worked in London at a local college lecturing in psychology until his death and a regular churchgoer at his local Roman Catholic church in Maida Vale. On 29th November 2005, BBC News quoted Bruce Welch as saying that Meehan had died the previous day as a result of head injuries, having fallen down the main staircase at his London flat in Maida Vale. Meehan died at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. If you like this one, hit "Like" and please consider subscribing to hear more hits and rare items of the 1960's given my remixed-to-stereo treatment! Acknowledgements to SongFacts and Wikipedia, plus my sieve-like bonce for actually behaving itself.