The Outlaws were an British instrumental band that recorded in the early 1960s. Their name was conceived by Joe Meek, who needed a backing group for Mike Berry in 1960 after Meek had fired Berry's original backing group, The Statesmen. After that recording, they continued as one of the house bands of his recording studio at 304 Holloway Road, London. Many of their songs were written by Meek and credited to one or other of his pseudonyms, either Robert Duke or Peter Jacobs. In addition to featuring as a backing band on recordings by Mike Berry, including three hit singles, or backing Houston Wells, Gene Vincent, John Leyton, Geoff Goddard or Heinz, they also made many recordings in their own right. This double disc set presents the finest of their own recordings, and as Mike Berry's band.
