The Tornados
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Biography
[Edit]One of the saddest stories in rock & roll history surrounds the Tornados, an instrumental group from Britain. Although there were other groups with the same name (see listing for their American surf-band counterparts), this batch of Tornados were the creation of British producer Joe Meek. Meek was England's first independent producer, being equal parts Thomas Edison, Phil Spector, and Ed Wood. An inveterate tinkerer, he designed his own compression units and microphone pre-amps, giving his productions their own distinct sound. Setting up a homemade studio in a three-story flat on Holloway Road in London, Meek pioneered such recording techniques as close miking of instruments, distortion, his aforementioned trademark compression, loud drums fortified by percussion from pocket combs, milk bottles, and stomping the floorboards himself. He put together the original Tornados in late 1961 as a studio session group, its original lineup consisting of Alan Caddy and George Bellamy on guitars, Roger LaVern on organ, Heinz Burt on bass, and Clem Cattini on drums. After one single flopped, Meek had the group do one of his compositions, an instrumental called "Telstar." Utilizing willful distortion, cheap tape echo, beeping satellite sound effects, a cheesy-sounding Clavioline (a two-octave keyboard powered by a battery), and massive amounts of tube compression, the resulting production sounded like nothing else at the time, or since. It became the first number one record on the American charts by a British rock group and ended up selling five million copies worldwide. It should have made Meek a millionaire and the Tornados a household name. But a French copyright infringement suit kept all royalties tied up for six years, and the Tornados were kept from touring the United States behind their international hit due to a contract employing them as a backup group to U.K. pretty boy Billy Fury. By the time the dust settled, the Tornados had gone hitless for several years, and so had Joe Meek. After numerous personnel changes, the original members scattered to various groups, Heinz Burt starting his own solo career and Cattini becoming a British session mainstay of producer Shel Talmy. The copyright infringement suit was ruled in Meek's favor six years later, a year after he had blown his face off with a hunting rifle after murdering his landlady, ending his life in his beloved but debt-ridden studio.
Title: Science Fiction
Artist: The Tornados
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Radio Luxembourg Sessions - The Sound of Fury Demos (Live)
Artist: Billy Fury, The Tornados
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: The Telstar Story: Joe Meek's Tea Chest Tapes
Artist: The Tornados, Joe Meek
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock
Title: Telstar And Other Big Adventures Of... The Tornados (Remastered)
Artist: The Tornados
Genre: Pop
Title: Gas-s-s-s! (Music From the Soundtrack) [Remastered]
Artist: Johnny, The Tornados, Robert Corff, The Gourmet's Delight
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 196: The Tornados (CD1)
Artist: The Tornados
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 196: The Tornados (CD2)
Artist: The Tornados
Collections
Title: 100 '50s & '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Version) [Remastered]
Genre: Rock
Title: Pulp Fiction (Music from the Motion Picture)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 '60s Acid Flashbacks
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic
Title: Guitar Legends, Vol.1
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Hits from Outer Space
Genre: Rock
Title: Instrumental Jukebox Hits of the 50's & 60's
Genre: Instrumental
Title: 60 Instrumental Golden Oldies
Genre: Pop
Title: Music We Grew up With, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Wonderful Memories of Rock & Roll, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: '50s & '60s Lost & Found Records, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Tick Tock Rock (US Time Songs 1940s - 1950s)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: British Rock & Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Pure Instrumental Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Mega Hits, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Highway of Hits, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Best of Doo Wop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Golden Oldies Very Best One Hit Wonders of the '60s
Genre: Pop
Title: 1960's British Hit Parade, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 1960's British Hit Parade, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Let's Go to the Beach
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1962
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 '60s Acid Flashbacks
Genre: Rock
Title: The All British Top 10 1961-1965 Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Instrumental Hits, Vol.2
Genre: Pop
Title: No. 1 Hits from the UK (1953-1962)
Genre: Pop
Title: Dizzy 60's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: This Is the 60's
Title: Explosión Rock / Explosion Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: 150 Rock 'N' Roll Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Bye Bye Love + More Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: All Time American Hits and More, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 21
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Saturday Night Doo Wop Vol 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jukebox Saturday Night Doo Wop, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Alchemist of Pop Joe Meek, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Alchemist of Pop Joe Meek, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 60s Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Sounds Of The '60s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best in Instrumentals, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Black Shack Recordings - Rocket Launch, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Rock & Du Dua Vol.2
Genre: Rock
Title: Twangs for the Melody
Title: Rock & Roll Instrumentals
Genre: Pop
Title: Twang Out: Garage Psych, Vol. 1
Genre: Garage, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Premier Instrumental Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Rockabilly Frenzy
Genre: Rock
Title: Walking on Sunshine and More Evergreen Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: The Wanderer and More Evergreen Hits
Genre:
Title: Out of Limits: 60's Instrumentals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: 50s Doo Wop For Kids
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Hits of 1962, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Classics and Collectibles: Billy Fury
Artist: Billy Fury
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Pop
Title: Greatest Hits from Outer Space
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive
Title: Jersey Days - Boys & Girls That Rocked (Re-Recorded Versions)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Love, Love Me Do (CD2)
Artist: Lemon Popsicles And Strawberry Milkshakes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Zodiac Heritage Series, Vol. 1: Then Rock 'n Roll Hit New Zealand
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
