The Blue Men has been played on NTS over 70 times, featured on 66 episodes and was first played on 2 September 2013.

In 1959, along with a group of musicians collectively known as The Blue Men, studio pioneer Joe Meek recorded the innovative, strange album “I Hear A New World” at his Holland Park flat and at Lansdowne Studios.

The Blue Men were originally the West Five, a skiffle group from Ealing in London. In addition to recording as The Blue Men, they also recorded under the name of Rodd, Ken and the Cavaliers for Meek. The line up was:

Rod Freeman (group leader) –…