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The Beatles are almost universally cited as the band that launched the British Invasion on the American pop charts, but the truth is, another U.K. band managed to top the Billboard Hot 100 a little more than a year before the Fab Four broke through in the United States. The Tornados were a combo put together by Joe Meek, a British independent record producer with an eccentric streak and an ear for unusual sounds. While the Tornados were the backing group for some of Meek's studio sessions and became the road band for British rock icon Billy Fury, in 1962 Meek had them record an instrumental tune he'd written, with keyboard man Roger LaVern playing the melody on a cheap battery-powered organ called a Clavioline. Run through Meek's banks of homemade electronics, the recording had an unusual sound that stood out from other tunes on the radio, and "Telstar" became a massive international hit, and the first single from a U.K. rock band to go to number one in America. The Tornados never had another hit, but they made plenty more memorable recordings with Meek, and Telstar brings together 19 songs that show off the band's breezy style and Meek's strange but wonderful ways in the recording studio.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Joe Meek, Composer, Producer, Writer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ - Karl Ulrich Blecher, Composer, Writer
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1962 Decca Music Group Limited, licensed to Sanctuary Music Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ - Norman Hale, Synthesizer
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1962 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Geoff Goddard, Composer - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1962 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1963 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1963 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1964 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - Ernest Gold, Composer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1964 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1965 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Peter Adams, Composer - Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Bryan Irwin, Composer - Roger LaVern, Organ - Dave Cameron, Composer - Geoffrey Everitt, Composer - Roy Berry, Composer - Roger Warwick, Composer
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1965 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1965 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - The Tornados, MainArtist
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Peter Holder, Composer - Robert Gayle, Composer
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1966 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1962 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1962 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1963 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Producer - WILLIE DIXON, Composer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1963 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Enotris Johnson, Composer - Robert Blackwell, Composer - Joe Meek, Producer - Richard Penniman, Composer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1963 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Joe Meek, Composer, Producer - The Tornados, MainArtist - Clem Cattini, Drums - Alan Caddy, Lead Guitar - George Bellamy, Rhythm Guitar - Heinz Burt, Bass Guitar - Roger LaVern, Organ
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1963 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Albumbeschreibung
The Beatles are almost universally cited as the band that launched the British Invasion on the American pop charts, but the truth is, another U.K. band managed to top the Billboard Hot 100 a little more than a year before the Fab Four broke through in the United States. The Tornados were a combo put together by Joe Meek, a British independent record producer with an eccentric streak and an ear for unusual sounds. While the Tornados were the backing group for some of Meek's studio sessions and became the road band for British rock icon Billy Fury, in 1962 Meek had them record an instrumental tune he'd written, with keyboard man Roger LaVern playing the melody on a cheap battery-powered organ called a Clavioline. Run through Meek's banks of homemade electronics, the recording had an unusual sound that stood out from other tunes on the radio, and "Telstar" became a massive international hit, and the first single from a U.K. rock band to go to number one in America. The Tornados never had another hit, but they made plenty more memorable recordings with Meek, and Telstar brings together 19 songs that show off the band's breezy style and Meek's strange but wonderful ways in the recording studio.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:41
- Main artists: The Tornados
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Castle Communications
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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