The Puppets

Among the less-remembered Joe Meek-produced works, the Puppets did several singles for the famed Uk manufacturer in 1963 and 1964. Originally known as the Bob-Cats, they structured their act in the Liverpool proto-power trio the best Three, whom that they had been mightily impressed by at an early-’60s present. When they agreed upon with Meek, he transformed their name towards the Puppets. Their initial A-side, released in Sept 1963, was “Everybody’s Speaking,” a good Merseybeat-styled number supported with a cover of “Poison Ivy” that was even more regular of their repertoire. Their second and last single matched up the appropriate R&B/Merseybeat hybrids of “Baby Don’t Cry” and “Tremble BESIDE ME,” the last mentioned which Meek also documented using the Outlaws, with Ritchie Blackmore on electric guitar. Even though the Puppets do record 15 to 20 even more paths with Meek, no various other releases made an appearance. After doing work for some time as Gene Vincent’s support band, they split in 1967. All from the Puppets’ officially released paths show up on the compilation Joe Meek’s Groupings: Crawdaddy Simone.