The Original Telstar: The Sounds of the Tornadoes

by The Tornados

The Original Telstar: The Sounds of the Tornadoes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1962
  • Label: London
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:01
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Robert Duke, Al Stillman, Ernesto Lecuona, Roger LaVern, George Bellamy, Mack Discant, Max Steiner, Tutti Camarata, Heinz, Clem Cattini, Alan Caddy, Geoffrey Goddard, Joe Meek

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Joe Meek wrote and produced the album's twelve tracks for the North American market, built around 'Telstar', recorded at his RGM Sound studio in London and a No. 1 single in both Britain and the United States. Clem Cattini, Alan Caddy, George Bellamy, Heinz Burt and Roger LaVern play the programme, which reached No. 45 on the US album chart.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, guitars, retro, melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Telstar (3:17)
  2. Jungle Fever (2:16)
  3. Globetrotter (2:41)
  4. Love and Fury (2:40)
  5. Chasing Moonbeams (1:40)
  6. Dreamin' on a Cloud (1:54)
  7. Locomotion with Me (2:06)
  8. My Babe (2:20)
  9. Swinging Beefeater (2:11)
  10. Blue Moon of Kentucky (2:08)
  11. Long Tall Sally (1:56)
  12. Robot (2:41)
  13. Earthy (1:59)
  14. Ridin' the Wind (2:58)
  15. Popeye Twist (2:29)
  16. A Summer Place (2:10)
  17. Red Roses and a Sky of Blue (2:23)
  18. Ready Teddy (2:07)
  19. The Breeze and I (2:17)
  20. Life on Venus (2:26)
  21. Telstar (3:15)

Credits

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