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Various Artists
Just Like Geoff (7")
This record was released as a tribute to Joe Meek's songwriting partner Geoff Goddard, and consists of cover versions of two of his songs. Electroscope team up with Mount Vernon Arts Lab to cover Skymen, whilst the Castaway Stones cover My Friend Bobby on the other side. The cover of Skymen is appropriately otherworldly, and even if the samples and bleeps and whispered vocals bear little relation to Geoff Goddard's original, it perfectly captures the essence of Meek's home studio experimentalism. Closer to the original is the Castaway Stones cover of My Friend Bobby, featuring the multitracked vocals of Pam Berry in a dreamy slice of guitar pop which outshines Pamela Blue's original.