Telstar

by The Tornados

Telstar cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 46:46
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection of the Tornados, the British instrumental group produced by Joe Meek, whose 'Telstar' of 1962 was the first British record to top the American charts. Meek's compressed, echo-laden production gave the group its space-age sound.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, instrumental, retro, melodic, space

Tracklist

  1. Telstar (3:17)
  2. Robot (2:41)
  3. Locomotion with Me (2:06)
  4. Jungle Fever (2:16)
  5. Popeye Twist (2:29)
  6. Ridin' the Wind (2:58)
  7. The breeze and I (2:17)
  8. Blue Moon of Kentucky (2:08)
  9. Earthy (1:59)
  10. Love and Fury (2:40)
  11. Ready Teddy (2:07)
  12. Swinging Beefeater (2:11)
  13. A Summer Place (2:10)
  14. Globetrotter (2:41)
  15. My Babe (2:20)
  16. Life on Venus (2:26)
  17. Red Roses and a Sky of Blue (2:23)
  18. Chasing Moonbeams (1:40)
  19. Dreamin' on a Cloud (2:01)
  20. Long Tall Sally (1:56)

Credits

  • The Tornados - primary artist, written-by
  • Joe Meek - written-by, arranged by

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