Early Bird was written by Joe Meek on the occasion of the launch this momentous satellite in May 1965, it was the world's first commercial, geosynchronous telecommunications satellite, later renamed Intelsat.
Early Bird reached no.49 in the Melody Maker charts and no.28 in Radio London's Fab 40. Joe Meek was expecting it to become another Telstar and put the Tornados back on top of the charts. Reviews by the music critics were very favourable. But the Merseysound had completely taken over the music scene by then.
Tornados line-up for Early Bird (left to right)
Ray Randall (Bass Guitar), Roger Warwick (Saxophone),
Bryan Irwin (Rhythm Guitar), Tex Cameron (Lead Guitar), Peter Adams (Drums). [Dave Watts on Keyboard is not included in photos of that time.]
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Tornados CDs can be obtained from Amazon.
Recommended are "The Complete Tornados" double CD containing all 55 of their released tracks, and
"Ridin' the Wind, the anthology" double CD, which excludes 2 released tracks (Telstar 75 and Red Rocket) but includes 11 previously unissued tracks.
