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The Tornados - Ridin The Wind - The Anthology (2002) FLAC EAC rip | 2CD | FLAC - Log - Cue | Release: 2002 | 548 MB Genre: Rock, Oldies | Label: Castle Music
The liner notes claim that his double CD contains the entire recorded output of the group - 64 tracks! More than you need really - I felt distinctly light-headed after listening to the whole lot in one session. I loved their sound back then - Telstar was electrifying, and I played the hit singles Globetrotter, The Ice Cream Man, Robot, Dragonfly to death, as well as the ones that failed, inexplicably, to make the charts, like Hot Pot and Monte Carlo. Then there were the gorgeous B-sides and album tracks like Blue, Blue, Blue Beat, Chasing Moonbeams and Red Roses and A Sky of Blue, the haunting Love and Fury and the wonderful Ridin' The Wind [the US and UK versions both here].
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But how does it all stand up today? The defining thing about all these numbers is that they have proper tunes - melodies that you can hum, and I think this is what makes them still listenable [though maybe not all in one go]. The Tornados' sound was original and unique. Anyone coming to these tracks for the first time will probably find them trite and corny, and it must be said that several sound like afterthoughts and that a few are just downright naff. The recordings [made in Joe Meek's bathroom by the sound of them] were not even state of the art in the early 60s, but the CDs make the best of them, faithfully recreating the raw sounds, minus the pops and scratches that blighted my 45s and LPs. Tornados' fans - forget all the other compilations and go for it!! An absolute bargain.
Tracklist:
CD 1 01. Love and Fury 02. Popeye Twist 03. Telstar 04. Jungle Fever 05. Globetrotter 06. Locomotion with Me 07. Ridin' the Wind [U.S. Version][Version] 08. Breeze and I 09. Robot 10. Life on Venus 11. Ice Cream Man 12. Theme from "The Scales of Justice" 13. Dragonfly 14. Hymn for Teenagers 15. Joystick 16. Hot Pot 17. Monte Carlo 18. Blue, Blue Beat 19. Exodus 20. Blackpool Rock 21. Granada 22. Ragunboneman 23. Early Bird 24. Stompin' Through the Rye 25. Stingray 26. Aqua Marina 27. Pop Art Goes Mozart 28. Too Much in Love to Hear 29. Is That a Ship I Hear? 30. Do You Come Here Often?
CD 2 1. Ridin' the Wind [U.K. Version][Version] 2. Dreaming on a Cloud 3. Red Roses and a Sky of Blue 4. Earthy 5. All the Stars in the Sky 6. Swinging Beefeater 7. Chasing Moonbeams 8. Theme from "A Summer Place" 9. Ready Teddy 10. My Babe 11. Blue Moon of Kentucky 12. Long Tall Sally 13. Indian Brave 14. Flycatcher Listen 15. Dreams Do Come True 16. Lullaby for Gulia 17. Costa Monger 18. Lonely Paradise 19. Chattanooga Choo Choo 20. Rip It Up Listen 21. Alan's Tune 22. Cootenanny 23. Night Rider 24. Lullaby of the Stars 25. Shakedown 26. Party Spirit 27. Sidewalk Serenade 28. Alright 29. Fortune Teller 30. Telstar [Live] 31. Exodus [Live] 32. Czardas [Live] 33. Lawrence of Arabia 34. No More You and Me