Buzz

The Buzz made just one single in 1966. However, it excites collectors both because of its wild guitar sounds -- the epitome of the mod/R&B/proto-psychedelic collision collectors have retroactively dubbed "freakbeat" -- and because it was produced by Joe Meek. "You're Holding Me Down" was a beehive orgy of frenzied guitars and typically compressed Meek production, and one of the relatively few examples of Meek managing to adapt to the changing trends of the British Invasion (the Syndicats' "Crawdaddy Simone" being another one). Singer Tam White recalled that Meek flooded the so...