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A hit single from 1962
on: June 25, 2011, 06:57:37 am
Cutting edge then, still pretty cool.

Telestar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuA-fqKCiAE&feature=related
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #1 on: June 25, 2011, 08:53:38 am
Link is "blocked on copyright grounds" in UK   ::)

But yeah - Telstar by the Tornadoes - brilliant! First record I ever bought. Me and my pal used to try and play it on melodicas in the echo-chamber stairwell of the flats where we lived in London. What a racket! The neighbours hated us!   :D

Here's a link for UK fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE5_s_KCC3A
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #2 on: June 25, 2011, 02:03:08 pm
Sounds like what you get when Dick Dale plays the Holiday Inn lounge with a Hammond and a beat box.   :-\
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 02:22:30 pm
Sorry but some things should remain in the past. This song is one of them.
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 02:54:15 pm
You had to be there...... :D ;)
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 03:16:56 pm
a bit before my time..ButI remember hearing it on AM radio probably as far  back as the early 70's..The probably sold alot of 45's.
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 03:18:50 pm
Hated it then.Hate it now.Thanx,tho'.
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #7 on: June 26, 2011, 12:19:23 am
My father worked at Goonhilly Earth Satallite Station in Cornwall, UK and was involved with the launch of the Telstar satellite.  Brought back a lot of memories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goonhilly_Satellite_Earth_Station

I can remember when there was only one dish!

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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #8 on: June 26, 2011, 12:50:40 am
i bet that was fun....yeah i worked in england for a bit at a earth station looking for ex terrestrials..That was a blast....
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #9 on: June 26, 2011, 01:46:32 am
I was riding a 1961 250 Matchless G2CS Scrambler in those days.
Notice the helmet!
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #10 on: June 26, 2011, 01:46:54 am
Wonder what happened to them? Did they ever have another hit.     ERC
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #11 on: June 26, 2011, 02:38:21 am
Quote from: barenekd on June 26, 2011, 01:46:32 am
I was riding a 1961 250 Matchless G2CS Scrambler in those days.
Notice the helmet!
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Nice boots, too!   8)
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #12 on: June 27, 2011, 02:52:54 am
The Tornadoes were a studio group in England that did backups in recording sessions. They put Telstar together just jamming. It got released there, then in the US where it got to number 1. They had another release in '63 called Ridin' the Wind. Can't say I ever heard of that one.
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #13 on: June 27, 2011, 02:56:40 am
 ;D ;D Thanks for that Ice! Have heard it before but never knew the back story. Not even an itch in daddies pants when this was made, but your right, it's timeless.  ;)
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Re: A hit single from 1962
Reply #14 on: June 27, 2011, 03:02:29 am
My first reflex was not to listen... I should have stuck with that...   :P
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