"High Friends In Low Places."
TRACK LISTING
Rocket Fuel & Toxic Toast
Entrappment(sic)
Noon Tune
D.Tune
Alana
Last Straw
Let It Ring
A Peace 4
Out To Lunch
Jee
email me with enquiries:
Nine Dalmuir West (new Film)
I have discovered a new Film featuring the Tornados playing the Music. The title above is about The Last Tram to ever run in Glasgow.Music composed by Joe Meek and Played By The Tornados. I am going to view iit next week and hope that the Music is original. I will report back as soon as I know. If anyone has ever seen this Film please let me know
The film was produced by a guy called "Kevin Brownlow" made in 1962 by Rath Films 16mm and runs for 12 minutes.
May 14th 2001
Telstar used a backing Music for new Persil Ad.Features Flying Saucers etc.
MAY 24TH 2001
JUNE 8th 2001--NEW HEINZ PHOTO:
Many thanks to Pete Miller for the use of this rare photo cheers Pete.
This Photograph was taken in 1962 outside IBC studio Portland Place.September 10th 1962. Where Peter Miller(Lead Guitar),Tony Webster and Heinz had just recorded with Marty Wilde a 45 called. Ever Since You Said Goodbye/Send Me The Pillow You Dream On-Philips 326546BF 1962.Rather odd considering Heinz was Big with The Tornados. Clem Cattini played Drums on The Track. But he must of sneaked off
SEPTEMBER 23RD 2001
NEW COMPACT DISK OUT CALLED" GO GO BEAT"
INCLUDES 3 JOE MEEK TRACKS ONE OF THEM "TELSTAR"
catalogue Number is: Crimson crimcd262 limited edition of 6000 £5:99p
i got mine from Woolworths
BIG JIM SULLIVAN GUESTS WITH TORNADOS:
MAY 1ST 2002
NEW TORNADOS COMPACT DISK RELEASE:
Another Compact Disc release from Sanctuary records.I won't bother putting an image up, as it is the ubiquitous photo used on both Tornados EP's. Why could they not use a new photo. This CD has been pre-mpted by the Repetoire Release the Complete, though the sound is better on this one. Title "Ridin' The Wind" An Anthology...Copious Notes and a couple of rare photos. At least this release answered the mystery of "Shakedown/George Dick " a released muted in the 1960's Fan Club newsletter.for Years people have been referring to Shakedown as Cyclone....This CD is only buyable from the point of view of the unreleased some of which have been released on an earlier CD "Galactic Instrumentals Vol1" namely Blackpool Live medley this version has better sound though same people released these CD's and "Theme From Lawrence Of Arabia" We then have "Sidewalk Serenade" also referred to as Dancing Piano and Party Spirit sometimes called Joe's Theme..Two Vocals are included "Fortune Teller" and Its Alright" both very poor Vocals .I was hoping this Cd would say who sang the Vocals no such Luck..Well recorded and far better than the versions knocking about. They could of included a excellent version o "Costamonger Demo"Also included is "Lullaby Of The Stars" truly one of the greatest ever Tornados Tracks sadly I have yet to here a version that does not skid all over the place.I have a better version of this myself.The Vocal "No More Me & You" a brilliant Psyche Song that to me proved more than ever Joe was ahead 0f The Game this record is 30 Years ahead of its time pre-mpting Oasis everyone.Shame no pure master has ever been found. Incidentally the Blackpool Medley includes Telstar which sounds more akin to Reginald Dixon and Exodus which is a very good version, and a version of Czardas "Stuart Taylor" on lead Guitar.CD also includes the USA version of Ridin' The Wind, different mix and an SFX start put in by USA Engineers..So the CD includes the complete Tornados repetoire plus 10 unreleased tracks excellent value for money and the cornerstone of any Tornados CD collection.
CD is on Castle CMDDD 428 2002.Sanctuary Records
other CD with some of the unreleased on is-
The Joe Meek Collection Intergalatic Instro's Diamond Records GEM CD 002 1996
FEBRUARY 27TH 2003;
February saw Q Magazine publish the all time Top 100 Tunes."Telstar " By The Tornados was No.18 an amazing achievement .also with a very rare studio shot in colour of The Tornados inside Joe Meeks's Studio.
APRIL 2006 Stuart Taylor Dies after a short illness
Never got to know Stuart but spoke to him on the phone once he was involved with Ray Randalls Tornados in Tribute CD 304
September 05 2006
The New CD Tornados In Space which was private pressing by Clem and His Tornados 5 Years ago and has been on sale on my site for ages-I am now told By Clem That the CD is being released by "Secret Records " and going on general issue so look out for that I will add more when I Can.The Tornados are not doing many gigs now -Clem goes out gigging on his own with a new version of the Pirates and various other Bands look under Gig Guide for any up coming gigs---Heinz has been gone 6 Years now does not seem like 5 minutes when I attended the Funeral-also Alan Caddy there is a new Joe Meek Compilation out called Telstar the Hits Of Joe Meek with guess what Telstar on I have discovered an unreleased version Of Is That A Ship I hear with Vocals on in stereo -brilliant version should of released that version had it in my tapes all the while jogging along in the Car the other Day playing the Tornados unreleased Tape and I suddenly realised that this was a totally different version brill I will put it on the site soon
anyone has any photos newspaper cuttings of the Tornados from any period please let me have copies cheers I now run the Tornado Cyber Newsletter to subscribe just send me your email and you will be sent a Monthly newsletter stating what is going on if anything cheers Tom Hammond
FEBRUARY 15TH 2007:
well a new instrumental CD out called Vampires ,Cowboys Spacemen & Spooks- 60 tracks of Joe Meek sounds but that is just it I have most of these tracks in their original form the remastering has destroyed Joes Sound which is a pity thank God I have the originals- The Track TomCats Tom Tom Cats is certainly No Joe Meek sound not to me anyway... Chico Arnez is spelt wrong its Arnez not Arnaz--- and I am dubious about the Tornados Stereo there is version of Telstar stereo on the web done or fiddled by some Joe Meek fanatic like myself and I think this is it unless provenance is proved I remain a Doubting Thomas. Overall the CD package is great but a new fan of Joe Meeks will not realise the sound has been cleaned up too much.... these are all from vinyl anyway no master tapes except maybe for the unreleased ..Listened to the Program On Radio two about Joe with Clem Roger talking and Dave Stewart trying to break down the Recording of Telstar as if Dave. way out I think, just leave it alone.... the program last night was better than the first which had the usual trivial stuff Joe was Dressed as girl etc John Repsch desscribed Joe as using Matchsticks and Rubber Bands rather off the mark I think though I see the point he was making Clem reckoned he splashed in the Bath all the time when recording .. probably was who knows---Also A New Heinz CD nothing not been released before except a tormented version of Questions I Can't Answer which is really punky before punk and a version of Hound Dog recorded in The Beat Room program from T.V. also a unreleased RGM recording of Ritchie Valens Come On Lets Go" nothing the Joe Meek Fan has not in his or her collection..
The Spooks CD contains Exodus undubbed false start- and supposedly Jungle Fever In Stereo--I know Alan Blackburn told me many Years ago he had heard a Stereo version of Telstar in the Cliff Cooper tapes .. maybe that is the one on the CD--CD also includes Ridin' The Wind UK version well they are the same really this is stated UK version as Opposed to USA Version all they the States did was add sfx to the start of the release there in the USA.. nothing else different
FEBRUARY 17TH 2007
Found this record yesterday a version of Ice Cream Man by t Kai Winding on verve records usa pressing trys to get the Joe Meek Tornado sound but fails a bit tinny not bad though makes a change from all the covers of Telstar
FEBRUARY 21ST 2007
New Heinz Cd Out Just Like Eddie 2 CD as above see details in Heinz Tribute Section of Home Page what happened to Duncan Eaton
AUGUST 21ST 2007
Film Of Joe Meek Now Being Shot Lets Hope it is better than the Play-Unfortunately Films tend to sensationlise and this will be NO different.Whether it will enhance Joe Meeks's Reputation or the People who star in it and make it-The writers etc. Lets Face it Joe made Peoples names in the 1960's and he is still doing it Now-However I really hope it is a Film I can go and enjoy but I have a horrible feeling it will be all about Madras Place Joe dressing up as A Girl when he was Young etc etc I also Hope that they do Not Portray Heinz as they did in the Play.Had Heinz Been alive they would never of got away with it. So fingers crossed
FEBRUARY 15TH 2009
Still no word of the release of the "Telstar" film been premiered in late 2008 but nothing i have been given a interview recorded by Joe Meek of the original Tornados talking to an American DJ its very interesting.....hope to put it on the sute soon for all to listen too
APRIL 09 2009
RECENTLY DISCOVERED 78 YES 78 OF TELSTAR SOLD ON EBAY FOR 202 DOLLARS BRAZILIAN ISSUE ON DECCA VERY INTERESTING MUST BE MORE IN INDIA.ASIA ANYONE KNOW OF ANY LET ME KNOW...
NEWENT APRIL 25TH 2009--JOE MEEK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT THE GEORGE HOTEL
7PM SATURDAY NIGHT LAST ABOVE DATE-JOE MEEK GIG WAS HELD AT THE GEORGE HOTEL NEWENT.ARTISTS WERE "THE TRIUMPHS" JOE MEEK TRIBUTE BAND..ROBB SHENTON WHO RECORDED LONELY JOE AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH JOE MEEK AS A SESSION SINGER.DAVY KAYE THE GREAT VOCALIST AND PERFORMER ..I SPENT THE DAY WITH CRAIG NEWTON AND JOINED UP WITH OTHER MEMBERS AROUND LUNCH TIME IN THE GEORGE HOTEL..RAY LIFFEN KEN LEDRAN ,ROBB BRADFORD AND SANDRA MEEK ALL STARTED THE 2009 AGM MANY HIGH PROFILE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MISSING-KEN WAS CHAIRMAN ROBB TAKING MINUTES.ONE OR TWO INTERESTING POINTS WERE RAISED..THE ANNUAL FEE WAS RAISED £1 QUITE JUSTIFIABLY IN MY OPINION I VOTED FOR THE INCREASE.THE TEA CHEST TAPES WERE DISCUSSED UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE HAD A SPARE MILLION..
7PM THE GIG STARTED WITH THE TRIUMPHS ..I WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR VERSION OF GREEN JEANS.TREVOR FAULL CREATED SOME AWESOME SOUNDS.ROBB BRADFORD IS A GOOD VOCALIST AND SHOULD SING ALOT MORE THAN HE DOES.I NOTICED THE BAND USED SYNTH DRUMS I HATE THEM ITS TOTALLY UNNATURAL CANNOT GET THE SAME FEELING PARTICULAR ON TRACKS LIKE "WIPE OUT" OVERALL I THOUGHT THE TRIUMPHS A WORK IN PROGRESS THERE IS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL BUT THEY NEED TO SCREW IT IN P.A WAS NOT CLEAR AT LEAST NOT SATURDAY THEY NEED TO GET THE VOCALS UP FRONT MORE NEED A SOUNDMAN..GUITAR TONES FROM RAY WERE GOOD AND TREVOR FAULL IS A CLASS KEY MAN..THE BASS PLAYER WAS GOOD AND ALSO A VERY GOOD VOCALIST..IN TIME THE TRIUMPHS WILL BE VERY GOOD .I HAVE NO DOUBT ITS DIFFICULT TO PRACTICE.BEING SO FAR APART FROM EACH OTHER.. BUT YEAH A GREAT BAND IN THE MAKING.
ROBB SHENTON WAS SUPERB GREAT VOCALIST ..WHAT CAN YOU SAY LOVED "LONELY JOE". ROBB WAS ALSO A LOVELY BLOKE TO TALK TO.TOLD US MANY INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT JOE'S STUDIO AND WHAT TRACKS HE SANG ON HE HAS A CD OUT "LONELY JOE" BEAUTIFULLY PACKAGED WELL WORTH A BUY GREAT CD PRODUCED BY CLEM CATTINI NAD CLEM PLAYS DRUMS DAVY KAYE AWESOME EVEN THOUGH THE TRIUMPHS WHO BACKED HIM HAD LITTLE TIME TO REHEARSE DAVES MUSIC.DAVE HAS GOT IT ALL MOVEMENT AND GREAT TIMING WITH A FANTASTIC VOICE.ALSO HE IS GREAT TO KNOW..GRAHAM SHARP FROM FLIP AND THE DATELINERS WAS TIDY NICE BLOKE BUT NOT SURE ABOUT GUITAR TONE HE USED BUT A GOOD MUSICIAN OVERALL A GREAT NIGHT
pet
18/09/2009
JOHN HARRIS UPLOADS TORNADOS VIDEOS TO YOUTUBE (LOTS ON TAKE A LOOK)
THIS IS THE INFORMATION JOHN SENT ME ON VIEWING STATISTICS..CHEERS JOHN
28th january 2010 Clem Cattini plays Drums On New Paul Weller single released in March also on New LP called "Tears To Cry"
see Paul Weller website for full facts
CLEM CATTINI PRODUCES -1 track- "FIRST LOVE" BY "ROBB SHENTON" ON A NEW BRILLIANT ALBUM..RETRO REFLECTIONS
BY ELWELL KAYE & SHENTON....
In November 1982 Clem Played On And Produced the Music and and Robbs Vocals for the Track "FIRST LOVE".. Which Robb wrote.In February 2010 Vic Keary Produced the other 5 Vocal Tracks Of Robbs To Complete Robbs six Tracks on the Great New Album "RETRO REFLECTIONS"
STOP PRESS |
"RETRO REFLECTIONS"
Elwell, Kaye & Shenton.
*** Featuring ***
*BYRON ELWELL * DAVE KAYE * ROBB SHENTON *
LATEST NEWS UPDATE.
FEB 20TH 2010.
Final vocal tracks recorded and all 18 tracks mixed and mastered at Major London Recording Studio from Friday morning Feb 12th to Monday evening Feb 15th.
Five UK based local radio stations want to book, Elwell, Kaye & Shenton to come in for an "On Air" chat and play a selection of tracks from the album. There will be a "Special" guest appearance for Byron, Dave and Robb on Dell Richardson's "Good Rockin' Tonight Show" on Radio Caroline on Tuesday, March 9th at 6 - 9pm. More dates to follow.
Our promotion Team are following up enquiries from Radio stations in Germany, Holland, Belgium and Norway. We will give details and dates as they confirm. Clearly the Joe Meek connection has certain sections of the media very very interested in this project.
Byron Elwell played keyboards on four of Robb Shenton's tracks with the exception of "First Love" which was produced by Clem Cattini and "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" when Paul Ricard played keyboards for Robb.
Dave Kaye's great vocals on "Now Your The Girl Of My Best Friend" was a song specially written for Dave for the album by Robb Shenton. Byron Elwell provided the backing.
Robb and Flip {of the Joe Meek band "Flip and the Dateliners" ] did the vocal backing in 1965 for Dave's recording of "In My Way", produced by Joe Meek. Robb was delighted to meet up with Dave at a Joe Meek event in Newent in April 2009, at which event Robb and Byron also met up.
Dave Kaye is still doing great gigs with his band "The Dykons" and can be seen at selected venues in and around Derbyshire area. A great night of real Rock n' Roll. Don't take our word for it, look out for some dates.
Psst.......... wanna know a secret, how Byron gets his authentic "Tornado's" sound...........
After an exhaustive search Byron purchased a Selmer Clavioline which was in need of some TLC and has now lovingly restored to pristine condition. You can hear this on a few of Byron's Instrumental tracks on the album, "Retro Reflections".
The title song of the album, "Reflections" was originally an instrumental written by Byron for his first album. Byron asked Robb to write lyrics to the song, Robb duly did and it ended up as the title track of the album, "Retro Reflections" with Robb on vocals and Byron on piano/keyboards.
One track proving a real favoutite with early reviewers of the album is "Business Man" with the powerful and emotive vocals of Dave Kaye. The song was written by Belgian song writer Etienne Steen and Ernie Twells from Groby, Leicester. Etienne also plays guitar on a number of tracks on the album [track notes on the album will give details].
There will be a 12 page booklet to accompany the album including a personal profile of Elwell, Kaye & Shenton.
AS WE GET NEARER TO THE RELEASE DATE OF "RETRO REFLECTIONS" THERE WILL BE MORE NEWS AND INFO' ON THIS SITE. SO STAY TUNED.
Check out this site and also the Joe Meek sites to be sure of being in touch with the album - thats special.
TRACK LISTING.
Track 1. "REFLECTIONS" Robb Shenton/Byron Elwell.
Track 2. "NOW YOUR THE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND" Dave Kaye.
Track 3. "TORNADO" Byron Elwell/Space Babes.
Track 4. "PLEASE STAY" Robb Shenton.
Track 5. "BUSINESS MAN" Dave Kaye.
Track 6. "TELSTAR 2010" Byron Elwell/Space Babes. [updated version].
Track 7. "LET IT BE ME" Robb Shenton.
Track 8. "LONG NIGHT BLUES" Dave Kaye.
Track 9. "HOLLOWAY GHOSTS" Byron Elwell/Space Babes.
Track 10. "WALK WITH ME MY ANGEL" Robb Shenton.
Tracl 11. "YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG" Dave Kaye.
Track 12. "ODYSSEY" Byron Elwell/Space Babes.
Track 13. "THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL" Robb Shenton.
Track 14. "SAY YOU LOVE ME" Dave Kaye.
Track 15. "LIFE ON VENUS" Byron Elwell/Space Babes.
Track 16. "FIRST LOVE" Robb Shenton.
Track 17. "WONDERFUL WORLD" Dave Kaye.
Track 18. "GALACTIC" Byron Elwell/Space Babes.
MORE UPDATES SHORTLY.
DECEMBER 21ST 2011..
QUEER NOISES COMPACT DISC ON TRIKONT LABEL FEATURES "DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN " TORNADOS
A CD OF GAY SONGS FROM 1961-1974 AVAILABLE ON EBAY
ALSO:
PANDA BEAR (AKA NOAH LENNOX" LP "PERSON PITCH" SAMPLES 3 TORNADOS TRACKS NOT SURE WHAT TRACKS IM AFTER THE CD TO CONFIRM ON PAWTRACKS RECORDS PAW 014 ON VINYL AND CD ISSUED 26/03/2007 IN USA
