TRIUMPH SUPER-FI

RGM 1000

RELEASED - FEB 1960

- Peter Jay & The Blue Men -

JUST TOO LATE / FRIENDSHIP

RGM 1001

RGM 1000

RELEASED - FEB 1960

- Rodd, Ken and the Cavaliers -

MAGIC WHEEL / HAPPY VALLEY

RGM 1002

RGM 1000

RGM 1002

RELEASED - MARCH 1960

- Joy & Dave Adams -

LETS GO SEE GRANDMA / BELIEVE ME

RGM 1003

RGM 1002

UNRELEASED

- Chris Williams & His Monsters -

Kicking Around / Midnight Rocker

RGM 1004

RGM 1003

RGM 1004

UNKNOWN

Possible LP - Smiley ( Joy Adams son )

RGM 1005

RGM 1003

RGM 1004

UNKNOWN

Possible - Eve Boswell

AROUND THE CORNER / SUR LE PONT D'AVIGNON

RELEASED - DURIUM MARCHE ESTERE DE 2299

RGM 1006

UNKNOWN

Possible LP -" Yolanda in Paris "

" The album will be dedicated to Billie Holiday and includes numbers made famous by Lady Day.

Yolande Bavan flew to Paris on 21st February 1960 to record with an 8 piece group drawn from the Quincy Jones Band. "

RGM 1007

RGM 1006

RELEASED - MARCH 1960

- Yolanda -

WITH THIS KISS / DON'T TELL ME NOT TO LOVE

RGM 1008

RGM 1006

RGM 1008

RELEASED - APRIL 1960

- The Fabulous Flee Rakkers -

GREEN JEANS / YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

RGM 1009

RGM 1008

RELEASED - APRIL 1960

- Ricky Wayne & The Fabulous Flee Rakkers -

CHICKAROO / DON'T PICK ON ME

RGM 1010

RGM 1009

RGM 1010

RELEASED - APRIL 1960

- George Chakiris -

HEART OF A TEENAGE GIRL / IM ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS

RGM 1011

RGM 1009

RGM 1010

RELEASED - MAY 1960

- Michael Cox -

ANGELA JONES / DON'T WANT TO KNOW

RGM 1012

RELEASED - JULY 1960

- Carol Jones -

THE BOY WITH THE EYES OF BLUE / I GAVE HIM BACK HIS RING

NON MEEK - Re recording made by Keating as Meek had left Triumph a week before release

RGM 1013

RGM 1012

UNRELEASED - PLANNED SEPTEMBER 1960

- Charles Blackwell Orchestra -

A LOVER AND HIS LASS / LONESOME TRAVELLER

UNRELEASED - Meek had left Triumph July 1960

RGM 1014

RGM 1012

RGM 1014

UNKNOWN

Possible LP - Michael Cox

UNRELEASED - Meek had left Triumph July 1960

RGM 1015

RGM 1014

UNKNOWN

RGM 1016

RGM 1015

RGM 1016

UNKNOWN

RGM 1017

RGM 1015

RGM 1016

UNKNOWN

I HEAR A NEW WORLD

STEREO LP

STEREO TAPE

TRX ST 9000

MARCH 1960

It is thought only 20 copies in demo acetate form of the LP were pressed.

STEREO TAPE

TRT 1000

MARCH 1960

Dave Adams recalled seeing printed I Hear A New World tape boxes for public distribution at Arundel Gardens but to this day none have appeared or any photographs surfaced to support this statement. The dealer order slip does however provide an option to order the tape.

STEREO EP PT - 1

RGX ST 5000

FEBRUARY 1960

Only 99 copies ever pressed

STEREO EP PT - 2

STEREO EP PT - 1

RGX ST 5001

MAY 1960

Only 1 sleeve ever printed with no vinyl pressed

TAX STAMPS & SLEEVES

Tax Stamps

Blue / Red TRIUMPH Sleeves

The stamp on the label is a revenue stamp of the British "Mechanical Copyright Protection Society". The would be present on all copies of the record if the production run was to exceed 99 copies. A good way of identifying a real copy of " I HEAR A NEW WORLD "is that there should not be a stamp due to only 99 pressed EP copies. The record company had to buy these revenue stamps and paste them to the label. In case of small print runs from unknown record companies the MCPS insisted in collecting this way the royalties which became due by pressing the record.

Blue / Red TRIUMPH Sleeves

The unmissable sleeve design of triumph was commonly available in blue from the first release in February till June 1960. After Joe Meek had left the label, John Keating had taken over as producer and a new A & R man had to be called in to promote the records. It is thought the last 2 TRIUMPH record releases had these bold new red sleeves with all previous pressings sold with blue sleeves under the eye of Meek.

WHERE THE HITS WERE MADE

20 Arundel Gardens

The Original Olympic Studios

When Joe Meek exited Lansdowne Studios in November ’59, his first solo ventures could begin. After the 2 years prior studio work for larger companies, Meek had built up a small quantity of notable session musician friends and vocalists. He had steadily aquired recoding equipment for clean and efficient productions and was already able to make records at his flat in Arundel.

Due to a recent hit written under Joe's pen name " Robert Duke ", he recieved a substantial royalty cheque, for Tommy Steele’s recording of his ‘Put A Ring On Her Finger’. This allowed him the opportunity of considering setting up his own new label.

The Original Olympic Studios

Alongside recordings made at Arundel, Joe booked sessions at Olympic Studios to fulfil his greater sound and expensive productions.

It is thought stereo equipment was present at Olympic to aid the creation of I Hear a New World.

The above photo is of Olympic Studios as it was in 1965

TRIUMPH MYSTERIES

Unreleased TRIUMPH - Eve Boswell

There were some projects which may have been planned for release under the unissued TRIUMPH numbers, but were abandoned due to SAGA's financial position after Meek's productions had become too expensive. One of those was Bridge Of Avignon/Hey Round The Corner with singer Eve Boswell. For years it's been thought the unissued track was released in Italy on the Durium label, neither a real copy nor a photo of this record had been seen to provide proof. In April of 2022 a copy appeared!

Joe most certainly recorded the Eve Boswell single around late June or early July 1960. DISC weekly notes Eve to be starting a season of performances starting June 26th 1960 in Glasgow at the Alhambra Theatre.

Unreleased TRIUMPH - Charles Blackwell

Another fabulous 1960 production intended for TRIUMPH that did not see release until 2006 in CD format was " Those Plucking Strings". The album was noted to have been recorded at Olympic studios and produced by Joe with arrangements by Charles Blackwell.

in 2006 Alan Wilson " Mr Tea Chest" acquired the rights from Blackwell and began mastering the acetate as no tape survived.

A TRIUMPH single for Blackwell was also planned bearing the RGM 1013 numbers titled "Lover And His Lass/Lonesome Traveller". This was planned for September 1960 but did not happen.

Unreleased TRIUMPH - Carol Jones

After Joe's massive #7 chart hit Angela Jones, Meek's productions had bankrupted SAGA. To put all efforts in to promote the successful Michael Cox release, publicity for this release was very minimal. After Joe had parted with TRIUMPH, the A side was re-recorded and eventually released a month after. The record hit shops with a different B-side to the one Joe had worked on - "I Gave Him Back His Ring" whereas Meek's was titled " Cinderella Jones". The Joe Meek tapes with his production of this song are in the Tea Cheat Tapes and not`lost. Another Carol Jones song thought to be a meek number appeared on YouTube in 2019 titled "Adonis". Considered to be the second most valuable TRIUMPH record under the first " I Hear a New World", this single demands upwards of £80 in good condition online.

Photo of this extremely rare sheet music is kindly provided by Mr David Nevols of the JMS

TRIUMPH LIQUIDATES

1961 - The end of TRIUMPH

Triumph Records went into liquidation in spring 1961 without much ado, the remaining stocks were sold off and turned up some years later at some London second-hand record shops.

In 1966, Meek's partner in Triumph Records, William H. Barrington-Coupe, went into prison for tax fraud for one year. After that he returned to the record industry: He bought up several commercially failed classical recordings and re-released them under fantasy orchestra-, conductor- and interpret names on his budget label "Concert Artists". (Still today this is no unknown practice in the classical recording business.) In 2007 his name went through the press when a large-scale fraud was discovered: His wife, the pianist Joyce Hatto who suffered from cancer, allegedly had recorded around 100 CDs within 10 years, but in fact it was only one CD she actually had played herself. For the other ones Barrington-Coupe had combined recordings by 96 pianists and manipulated them by computer in a way that the original pianists couldn't be recognised anymore.

TRIUMPH SUPER-FI

RGM 1000

RGM 1000

RGM 1000

RGM 1001

RGM 1000

RGM 1000

RGM 1002

RGM 1000

RGM 1002

RGM 1003

RGM 1003

RGM 1002

RGM 1004

RGM 1003

RGM 1004

RGM 1005

RGM 1003

RGM 1004

RGM 1006

RGM 1006

RGM 1006

RGM 1007

RGM 1006

RGM 1006

RGM 1008

RGM 1006

RGM 1008

RGM 1009

RGM 1009

RGM 1008

RGM 1010

RGM 1009

RGM 1010

RGM 1011

RGM 1009

RGM 1010

RGM 1012

RGM 1012

RGM 1012

RGM 1013

RGM 1012

RGM 1012

RGM 1014

RGM 1012

RGM 1014

RGM 1015

RGM 1015

RGM 1014

RGM 1016

RGM 1015

RGM 1016

RGM 1017

RGM 1015

RGM 1016

RGM 1018

RGM 1018

RGM 1018

RGM 1019

RGM 1018

RGM 1018

RGM 1020

RGM 1018

RGM 1020

RGM 1021

RGM 1021

RGM 1020

RGM 1022

RGM 1021

RGM 1022

RGM 1023

RGM 1021

RGM 1022

RGM 1024

RGM 1024

RGM 1024

RGM 1025

RGM 1024

RGM 1024

RGM 1026