leyton's next two singles "lonely city" (april 1962, #14) and "down the river nile" (july 1962, #42) were the last to have any significant input from joe meek. stigwood was evidently becoming dissatisfied with meek's eccentric recording style and insisted that "lonely city" be recorded at a commercial studio. according to tony kent (meek's personal assistant at the time), the session took place at london's ibc studios; largely at meek's suggestion, and at which meek was present but with stigwood assuming the rôle of dominant co-producer. by the time leyton's seventh single was released meek was out of the picture entirely and all subsequent john leyton recordings credit stigwood as sole producer. from this point stigwood recorded leyton at emi's abbey road studios, but while the audio quality improved, the crucial ingredient — the excitement of the 'joe meek sound' – was lost. leyton's pop career petered out in late 1964, but by then his movie career had taken off.