Wayne Beauchamp

Design & artwork for print in Norfolk

Remembering Joe Meek CD cover

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WSRC 150 - Remembering Joe Meek CD compilation album

This will be the third Joe Meek themed compilation album I have produced artwork for on the Western Star label. Includes new recordings by a mix of original stars who recorded with the genius that was Joe Meek, along with modern bands on the rock ‘n’ roll scene today covering songs which Joe Meek added his magic to back in the day. Western Star recording studio, just outside Bath in the UK, has a long history of affiliation with Joe Meek artists and sound equipment. Another great project to be involved in if you’re a rock ‘n’ roll freak like me. The design remit was to make the packaging look like a design from the early sixties in the UK. Hopefully the shapes and colours do just that. I love the fact that in the sixties most of the print was produced using spot colours of solid ink rather than the CMYK process used nowadays so designs were limited to 2 or 3 (sometimes 4) solid colours. The inks were nowhere near as bright in those days so rock ‘n’ roll albums would try and be as vivid and wild as possible but by today’s standard definitely have a look of their time.
The dots within the name “Joe Meek” are there to represent the sound suppressing tiles found on the walls of many recording studios

WSRC128 – John Leyton and The Western All Stars CD album

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WSRC128 - John Leyton and The Western All Stars CD album

New design just approved for a 24 track CD album by 1960s British rock ‘n’ roll legend and film star; John Leyton of “Johnny Remember Me” fame (later a psychobilly classic covered by The Meteors).

From Alan Wilson’s sleeve notes…
“For me, a lifelong fan of British Rock n Roll & pre-Beatles Brit-pop, getting a phone call sometime in 2005 to record John Leyton was a dream come true. I remember at the time thinking it must be a friend playing a practical joke, but thankfully, this opportunity turned out to be genuine.”