Longplay Album - Volume II
Encyclopedia
Longplay Album – Volume II was the second album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45
, released on the CNR Records label in The Netherlands in August 1981. In the US the album was retitled Stars On Long Play II, released on Radio Records and credited to 'Stars On'. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the album was listed as Stars on 45 Volume 2 or Stars on 45 - The Album - Volume 2, credited to Starsound and issued on CBS Records
. Just like the first Stars on 45 album Longplay Album – Volume II was also officially released in the Soviet Union
and the Eastern Bloc
by state-owned label Melodiya
, credited to Stars On 45 but under the title Discotheque Stars 2.
" and was a five-minute medley of eight hits by ABBA
("Voulez-Vous"/"SOS"/"Bang-A-Boomerang"/"Money Money Money"/"Knowing Me, Knowing You"/"Fernando"/"The Winner Takes It All"/"Super Trouper") coupled with a reworked version of the "Stars On 45 Theme" which became another UK #2 hit and indeed a Top 10 hit single in most parts of Europe. The eleven-minute 12" mix of "More Stars" however opened with another medley which combined excerpts from 60's and 70s hits mainly from the soul
, R&B
and folk rock
genres; The Temptations
' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone", Sly & the Family Stone
's "Dance to the Music", The Rubettes
' "Sugar Baby Love", The Flower Pot Men's "Let's Go to San Francisco", America
's "A Horse with No Name", The Mamas & the Papas
' "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreaming", Scott McKenzie
's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)", Barry McGuire
's "Eve of Destruction", Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
' "Tears of a Clown", The Supremes
' "Stop! In The Name of Love", Neil Diamond
's "Cracklin Rosie", Manfred Mann
's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", The Toys
' "A Lover's Concerto", Four Tops
' "Reach Out I'll Be There" and finally Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence". In the US where ABBA's popularity wasn't on the same scale as in Europe or most other parts of the world at the time, Radio Records instead chose the first part of the medley, starting with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone", and released it as the follow-up to the second Beatles medley, but under the same title; "More Stars". The 12" mix of "More Stars", or "Stars On 45 Volume 2" as it was renamed in the U.K., was the same on both sides of the Atlantic.
For the creation of the second Stars On 45 full-length release producer Jaap Eggermont repeated the process from the previous album by dividing the 12" mix of "More Stars" into two parts. The ABBA medley was extended with another six titles and placed on Side B followed by a seven minute extended version of the "More Stars" single's B-side "'45 Stars Get Ready", written by Eggermont himself and musical arranger Martin Duiser and featured an entirely new instrumental part which later on would be released as the B-side of "Volume III
" ("Star Wars and Other Hits") and would be renamed "Stars On Theme".
The soul/R&B/folk rock part of the 12" "More Stars" medley was placed as track two on Side A, with two of the titles, the Motown hits "Tears of A Clown" and "Stop! In The Name of Love" reshuffled and moved to the end and thus musically connecting with the newly recorded "Supremes Medley". The European editions of Longplay Album – Volume II listed these as two separate medleys on the album covers but they had in fact been re-edited into one non-stop track with a total running time of 12:35 and was listed as such on the US edition. Despite the fact that the "Supremes Medley" appears on a number of best of compilations with Stars On 45 it was never issued as a single in either Europe or the US or anywhere else because Motown Records
in 1981 seized the opportunity and re-issued the 1977 medley "The Diana Ross and The Supremes Medley of Hits" which featured six original Supremes recordings overdubbed with a similar disco arrangement. The Stars on 45 "Supremes Medley" consequently remained an album track.
The opening title "Star Wars and Other Hits" (on the US edition renamed "Introductions" and placed as the closing track on Side A) strung together an assortment of instrumental intros to songs from a wide variety of genres, from well-known movie themes like "Star Wars" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", TV sitcom themes like "M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)", the main theme from Jeff Wayne
's musical version of "The War of the Worlds", the overture from The Who
's musical "Tommy", 60's and 70's hits like The Everly Brothers
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", The Stylistics
' "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)", Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla"(*), Free
's "All Right Now", The Pointer Sisters' "Fire" and Gerry Rafferty
's "Baker Street", disco hits like Carl Douglas
' "Kung Fu Fighting", Rod Stewart
's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy", Boney M.'s "Ma Baker"(*) (featuring an uncredited spoken cameo by Dutch-American DJ Adam Curry
), Village People
's "Y.M.C.A.", Michael Jackson
's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"(*) and Foxy
's "Get Off" right up to Kim Carnes
' "Bette Davis Eyes"(*) which had been a #1 hit in the US and most other parts of the world only a few months earlier. The intros medley was released as the third Stars On 45 single in Europe in late 1981 under the title "Volume III
" (in the U.K. as "Stars on 45 Volume 3" by Starsound) and became their third UK Top 20 hit, peaking at #17. Unlike the two previous 12" releases with Stars On 45 it did not feature additional tracks, but had an extended break combining the Stars On 45 theme song with Foxy
's "Get Off". The 12" version lists 5:57, 47 seconds longer than the album version. The B-side was entitled "Stars On Theme", an alternate mix of an instrumental part from the album version of "'45 Stars Get Ready", and expanded with the same extended break that featured on the A-side of Volume III, including the reference to Foxy's "Get Off".
(*) = not included on the US release "Introductions".
The Longplay Album – Volume II/Stars On Long Play II/Stars On 45 Volume 2 album in its entirety and in its original form remains unreleased on CD.
2. "More Stars" (UK title: "The 60's Medley") - 6:10
3. "The Supremes
Medley" - 6:25
All tracks written by Holland-Dozier-Holland
unless otherwise noted
Medley" - 8:30
All tracks written by Benny Andersson
and Björn Ulvaeus
unless otherwise noted
2. "'45 Stars Get Ready" (Eggermont, Duiser) - 7:08
2. "Introductions" ("Star Wars And Other Hits", edited version) - 4:25
2. "'45 Stars Get Ready" (as above) - 7:08
Stars on 45
Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, the United States and Australia in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K. and Ireland it was known as Starsound...
, released on the CNR Records label in The Netherlands in August 1981. In the US the album was retitled Stars On Long Play II, released on Radio Records and credited to 'Stars On'. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the album was listed as Stars on 45 Volume 2 or Stars on 45 - The Album - Volume 2, credited to Starsound and issued on CBS Records
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
. Just like the first Stars on 45 album Longplay Album – Volume II was also officially released in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and the Eastern Bloc
Eastern bloc
The term Eastern Bloc or Communist Bloc refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact...
by state-owned label Melodiya
Melodiya
Melodiya is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company/label of the Soviet Union.-History:It was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya"...
, credited to Stars On 45 but under the title Discotheque Stars 2.
Information
The second Stars On 45 single in Europe was entitled "More StarsMore Stars
"More Stars" a.k.a. "Stars on 45 Vol. 2" was a song issued in 1981 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45, in the UK credited to 'Starsound'. It was the follow-up to the US and Dutch #1 and UK #2 single "Stars on 45"...
" and was a five-minute medley of eight hits by ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
("Voulez-Vous"/"SOS"/"Bang-A-Boomerang"/"Money Money Money"/"Knowing Me, Knowing You"/"Fernando"/"The Winner Takes It All"/"Super Trouper") coupled with a reworked version of the "Stars On 45 Theme" which became another UK #2 hit and indeed a Top 10 hit single in most parts of Europe. The eleven-minute 12" mix of "More Stars" however opened with another medley which combined excerpts from 60's and 70s hits mainly from the soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
and folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
genres; The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone", Sly & the Family Stone
Sly & the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
's "Dance to the Music", The Rubettes
The Rubettes
The Rubettes were an English pop band assembled in 1973 by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton, then the head of A&R at Polydor Records, and his co-songwriter, Tony Waddington, after their doo-wop and 1950s American pop-influenced songs had been rejected by a number of existing acts...
' "Sugar Baby Love", The Flower Pot Men's "Let's Go to San Francisco", America
America (band)
America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...
's "A Horse with No Name", The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...
' "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreaming", Scott McKenzie
Scott McKenzie
Scott McKenzie is an American singer. He is best known for his 1967 hit single and generational anthem, "San Francisco ".-Life and career:...
's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)", Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter best known for the hit song "Eve of Destruction", and later as a pioneering singer and songwriter of Contemporary Christian Music.-Early life:...
's "Eve of Destruction", Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Miracles
The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...
' "Tears of a Clown", The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
' "Stop! In The Name of Love", Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
's "Cracklin Rosie", Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann was a British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band of the 1960s, named after their South African keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band...
's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", The Toys
The Toys
The Toys were an American pop girl group from Jamaica, New York, which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968.-Members:The trio consisted of:* Barbara Harris sang lead most of the time....
' "A Lover's Concerto", Four Tops
Four Tops
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes...
' "Reach Out I'll Be There" and finally Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence". In the US where ABBA's popularity wasn't on the same scale as in Europe or most other parts of the world at the time, Radio Records instead chose the first part of the medley, starting with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone", and released it as the follow-up to the second Beatles medley, but under the same title; "More Stars". The 12" mix of "More Stars", or "Stars On 45 Volume 2" as it was renamed in the U.K., was the same on both sides of the Atlantic.
For the creation of the second Stars On 45 full-length release producer Jaap Eggermont repeated the process from the previous album by dividing the 12" mix of "More Stars" into two parts. The ABBA medley was extended with another six titles and placed on Side B followed by a seven minute extended version of the "More Stars" single's B-side "'45 Stars Get Ready", written by Eggermont himself and musical arranger Martin Duiser and featured an entirely new instrumental part which later on would be released as the B-side of "Volume III
Volume III (Stars on 45)
"Volume III" a.k.a. "Stars on 45 Volume 3" was a song issued in 1981 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45, in the UK credited to 'Starsound'...
" ("Star Wars and Other Hits") and would be renamed "Stars On Theme".
The soul/R&B/folk rock part of the 12" "More Stars" medley was placed as track two on Side A, with two of the titles, the Motown hits "Tears of A Clown" and "Stop! In The Name of Love" reshuffled and moved to the end and thus musically connecting with the newly recorded "Supremes Medley". The European editions of Longplay Album – Volume II listed these as two separate medleys on the album covers but they had in fact been re-edited into one non-stop track with a total running time of 12:35 and was listed as such on the US edition. Despite the fact that the "Supremes Medley" appears on a number of best of compilations with Stars On 45 it was never issued as a single in either Europe or the US or anywhere else because Motown Records
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
in 1981 seized the opportunity and re-issued the 1977 medley "The Diana Ross and The Supremes Medley of Hits" which featured six original Supremes recordings overdubbed with a similar disco arrangement. The Stars on 45 "Supremes Medley" consequently remained an album track.
The opening title "Star Wars and Other Hits" (on the US edition renamed "Introductions" and placed as the closing track on Side A) strung together an assortment of instrumental intros to songs from a wide variety of genres, from well-known movie themes like "Star Wars" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", TV sitcom themes like "M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)", the main theme from Jeff Wayne
Jeff Wayne
Jeffry "Jeff" Wayne, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, is a musician best known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds...
's musical version of "The War of the Worlds", the overture from The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
's musical "Tommy", 60's and 70's hits like The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing...
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", The Stylistics
The Stylistics
The Stylistics are a soul music vocal group, and were one of the best-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. They formed in 1968, and were composed of lead Russell Thompkins, Jr., Herbie Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, and James Dunn. All of their US hits were ballads, graced by the...
' "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)", Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla"(*), Free
Free (band)
Free were an English rock band, formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums; lead guitarist Paul Kossoff died from a...
's "All Right Now", The Pointer Sisters' "Fire" and Gerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty
Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...
's "Baker Street", disco hits like Carl Douglas
Carl Douglas
Carl Douglas is a former Jamaican-born, UK-based, singer, best known for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one in both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The R.I.A.A. awarded gold disc status on 27 November, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Selling Single...
' "Kung Fu Fighting", Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy", Boney M.'s "Ma Baker"(*) (featuring an uncredited spoken cameo by Dutch-American DJ Adam Curry
Adam Curry
Adam Clark Curry is a broadcasting and Internet personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video channel MTV. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site...
), Village People
Village People
Village People is a concept disco group that formed in the United States in 1977, well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American cultural stereotypes, as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics....
's "Y.M.C.A.", Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"(*) and Foxy
Foxy (band)
Foxy is a Latin Dance/disco group formed in 1976 in Miami, Florida.The group consisted of vocalist-guitarist Ish "Angel" Ledesma , percussionist Richard "Richie" Puente, keyboardist Charlie Murciano, bass guitarist Arnold Paseiro and drummer Joe Galdo...
's "Get Off" right up to Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner noted for her distinctive raspy vocal style. Some people have called her "The Female Rod Stewart" due to her raspy voice....
' "Bette Davis Eyes"(*) which had been a #1 hit in the US and most other parts of the world only a few months earlier. The intros medley was released as the third Stars On 45 single in Europe in late 1981 under the title "Volume III
Volume III (Stars on 45)
"Volume III" a.k.a. "Stars on 45 Volume 3" was a song issued in 1981 by the Dutch studio group Stars on 45, in the UK credited to 'Starsound'...
" (in the U.K. as "Stars on 45 Volume 3" by Starsound) and became their third UK Top 20 hit, peaking at #17. Unlike the two previous 12" releases with Stars On 45 it did not feature additional tracks, but had an extended break combining the Stars On 45 theme song with Foxy
Foxy (band)
Foxy is a Latin Dance/disco group formed in 1976 in Miami, Florida.The group consisted of vocalist-guitarist Ish "Angel" Ledesma , percussionist Richard "Richie" Puente, keyboardist Charlie Murciano, bass guitarist Arnold Paseiro and drummer Joe Galdo...
's "Get Off". The 12" version lists 5:57, 47 seconds longer than the album version. The B-side was entitled "Stars On Theme", an alternate mix of an instrumental part from the album version of "'45 Stars Get Ready", and expanded with the same extended break that featured on the A-side of Volume III, including the reference to Foxy's "Get Off".
(*) = not included on the US release "Introductions".
The Longplay Album – Volume II/Stars On Long Play II/Stars On 45 Volume 2 album in its entirety and in its original form remains unreleased on CD.
Track listing
Side A
1. "Star Wars and Other Hits" (UK title: "The Instrumental Medley") - 5:10- "Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
Main Title" (Williams) - "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" (Creatore, Perreti, Weiss)
- "Kung Fu FightingKung Fu Fighting"Kung Fu Fighting" is a disco song written by Jim Brusatto and Vivian Hawke performed by Carl Douglas, and composed and produced by Biddu. It was released as a single in 1974, at the cusp of a chopsocky film craze, and eventually rose to the top of the British and American charts, in addition to...
" (Douglas, Hawke) - "Layla" (Clapton, Gordon) (song not included on the US release)
- "All Right NowAll Right Now"All Right Now" is a rock single by the English rock band Free. The song, released in mid-1970, hit #2 on the UK singles chart and #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "All Right Now" originally appeared on the album Fire And Water, which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed...
" (Fraser, Rodgers) - "Fire" (Springsteen)
- "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" is a 1978 hit song for Rod Stewart. It was written by Stewart and Carmine Appice, and produced by Tom Dowd."Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" spent one week at the top of the British charts in December 1978 and four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, starting 10 February 1979...
" (Stewart, Appice) - "Ma BakerMa Baker"Ma Baker" is a 1977 disco hit single by German disco band Boney M. It was the first single of their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in Germany and their best yet placing in the UK, peaking at #2 although only a minor single in the US .-The song:Frank Farian's...
" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) (song not included on the US release) - "Y.M.C.AVillage PeopleVillage People is a concept disco group that formed in the United States in 1977, well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American cultural stereotypes, as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics....
" (Belolo, Morali, Willis) - "The Good, the Bad, and the UglyThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly (theme)"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is the theme to the 1966 film of the same name, which was directed by Sergio Leone. Included on the film soundtrack as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ", the instrumental piece was composed by Ennio Morricone, with Bruno Nicolai conducting the orchestra. A cover...
" (Morricone) - "Don't Stop 'til You Get EnoughDon't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is a single by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released under Epic Records on July 28, 1979, the song is the first single from Jackson's fifth studio album, entitled Off the Wall. Written by Jackson, it is in the key of B major and in common time...
" (Jackson) (song not included on the US release) - "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)Suicide Is Painless"Suicide Is Painless" is a song written by Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman , which is best known for being featured as the theme song for both the movie and TV series M*A*S*H. The actual title is "Song from M*A*S*H" ". Mike Altman is the son of the original film's director, Robert Altman, and was 14...
" (Mandel, Altman) - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (Crewe, Gaudio)
- "Overture from Tommy" (Townshend)
- "Get OffGet Off"Get Off" was a hit song by Miami based Latin/disco band Foxy in 1978. Released from their LP of the same name, the song became a crossover hit. It spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart during the fall of that year and also peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot...
" (Driggs, Ledesma) - "Stars On 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)
- "Baker StreetBaker Street (song)"Baker Street" is a ballad written and first recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Released as a single in 1978, it reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the US, #3 in the UK, #1 in Australia and #9 in the Netherlands...
" (Rafferty) - "Bette Davis EyesBette Davis Eyes"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and made popular by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes.-History:...
" (DeShannon, Weiss) (song not included on the US release) - "Eve of the WarJeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the WorldsJeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...
" (Wayne)
2. "More Stars" (UK title: "The 60's Medley") - 6:10
- "Stars On 45 (2)" (Eggermont, Duiser)
- "Papa Was a Rollin' StonePapa Was a Rollin' Stone"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971...
" (Whitfield) - "Dance to the MusicDance to the Music (song)"Dance to the Music" is a 1968 hit single by the influential soul/funk/rock band Sly & the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label. It was the first single by the band to reach the Billboard Pop Singles Top 10, peaking at #8 and the first to popularize the band's sound, which would be emulated...
" (Stone) - "Sugar Baby LoveSugar Baby Love"Sugar Baby Love", recorded in autumn 1973 and released in January 1974, is a bubblegum pop song, and the debut single of the Rubettes. Written by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and produced by Wayne Bickerton, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios, "Sugar Baby Love" was...
" (Bickerton, Waddington) - "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (Whitfield)
- "Let's Go to San Francisco" (Carter, Lewis)
- "A Horse with No NameA Horse with No Name“A Horse with No Name” is a song written by Dewey Bunnell and originally recorded by the band America. It was the band's first and most successful single, released in early 1972, topping the charts in several countries...
" (Bunnell) - "Monday, MondayMonday, Monday"Monday, Monday" is a 1966 song written by John Phillips and recorded by The Mamas & the Papas for their 1966 album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. It was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100....
" (Philips) - "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"San Francisco " is a song, written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and sung by Scott McKenzie. It was written and released in 1967 to promote the Monterey Pop Festival....
" (Philips) - "California Dreamin'California Dreamin'"California Dreamin is a popular song by The Mamas & the Papas, first released in 1965. The song is #89 in Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time...
" (Philips, Philips) - "Eve of Destruction" (Sloan)
- "Cracklin' RosieCracklin' Rosie"Cracklin' Rosie" is a 1970 song written and performed by Neil Diamond in 1970, from his album Tap Root Manuscript. This was Neil Diamond's first American #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1970, and his third to sell a million copies. It become Diamond's breakthrough single on the UK...
" (Diamond) - "Do Wah Diddy DiddyDo Wah Diddy Diddy"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963 by the American vocal group The Exciters.It was soon covered by British R&B, Beat and pop band Manfred Mann...
" (Barry, Greenwich) - "A Lover's ConcertoA Lover's Concerto"A Lover's Concerto" is a pop song written by American songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. Their version of the song was a major hit in both the United States and the UK during 1965. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #2.Critic Dave Thompson wrote,...
" (Linzer, Randell) - "Reach Out I'll Be ThereReach Out I'll Be There"Reach Out I'll Be There" is a 1966 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s and is today considered The Tops' signature song...
" (Holland, Dozier, Holland) - "The Sounds of Silence" (Simon)
- "The Tears of a ClownThe Tears of a Clown"The Tears of a Clown" is a song by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for the Tamla label, originally released on the 1967 album Make It Happen. It was re-released in the United Kingdom as a single in September 1970, where it became a #1 hit on the UK singles chart...
" (Cosby, Robinson)
3. "The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
Medley" - 6:25
All tracks written by Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Holland–Dozier–Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music...
unless otherwise noted
- "Stop! In the Name of LoveStop! In the Name of Love"Stop! In the Name of Love" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Stop! In the Name of Love" held the number-one position on the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from March 21, 1965...
" - "Love ChildLove Child (song)"Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes, becoming the Supremes' 11th number-one single in the United States....
" (Taylor, Wilson, Sawyer, Richards) - "Reflections"
- "Someday We'll Be TogetherSomeday We'll Be Together"Someday We'll Be Together" is a song made popular as the last of twelve number-one singles for Diana Ross & the Supremes on the Motown label. It is the final Supremes song featuring Diana Ross, who left the group for a solo career in January 1970...
" (Bristol, Beavers, Fuqua) - "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)
- "Baby LoveBaby Love"Baby Love" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland ,...
" - "Love Is Here and Now You're GoneLove is Here and Now You're Gone"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and composed by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became the second consecutive number-one pop single from the Supremes' album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland and...
" - "Where Did Our Love GoWhere Did Our Love Go"Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart...
" - "I Hear a SymphonyI Hear a Symphony"I Hear a Symphony" is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song became the sixth number-one pop hit on Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States for two weeks from November 14,...
" - "You Keep Me Hangin' OnYou Keep Me Hangin' OnVanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic/hard rock remake of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" reached #6 on the Hot 100 chart two years after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the version released on 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was extended to six minutes and...
" - "Ain't No Mountain High EnoughAin't No Mountain High Enough"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes...
" (Ashford, Simpson) - "Stars On 45 (2)" (Eggermont, Duiser)
Side B
1. "ABBAABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
Medley" - 8:30
All tracks written by Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson
Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
and Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
unless otherwise noted
- "Stars On 45 (2)" (Eggermont, Duiser)
- "Voulez-VousVoulez-Vous (song)"Voulez-Vous" is a eurodisco track by Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus . Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals....
" - "SOSSOS (ABBA song)Agnetha Fältskog's version was the second single from her fifth Swedish solo-album Elva kvinnor i ett hus . It was the only song from this album not to have been composed by Fältskog herself....
" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - "Bang-A-Boomerang" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
- "Money, Money, MoneyMoney, Money, Money"Money, Money, Money", originally "Gypsy Girl", is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. The song, like most ABBA songs, was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It was released as a single on November 1, 1976, as the follow-up single to "Dancing Queen, both from the album Arrival...
" - "Knowing Me, Knowing YouKnowing Me, Knowing You"Knowing Me, Knowing You" is a hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. The song was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson, with the lead vocal sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad. During recording sessions, it had the working titles of "Ring It In" and "Number 1, Number 1"...
" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - "FernandoFernando (song)"Fernando" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the group's first non-album single and was released in November 1975 through Polar Music. Lead vocals were sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad...
" (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus) - "The Winner Takes It AllThe Winner Takes It All"The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980, it is a ballad in the key of F-sharp major, reflecting the end of a romance...
" - "Super TrouperSuper Trouper (song)-A-Teens version:"Super Trouper" was A-Teens' second single from their 1st album The ABBA Generation, a cover of ABBA's song. When the single came out in the fall of 1999, it became a hit around the globe, just as its predecessor "Mamma Mia", also an ABBA cover...
" - "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)
- "Dum Dum Diddle"
- "Lay All Your Love on MeLay All Your Love on Me"Lay All Your Love on Me", is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1980 for their Super Trouper album. It was released only as a 12-inch single in 1981 in limited territories, rather than as a standard 7-inch record. At the time, it was the highest selling 12-inch record in UK chart...
" - "On and On and OnOn and On and On"On and On and On" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1980 for their Super Trouper album.The track, which had working titles "Esses vad det svänger när man spelar jazz" and "'Til the Night is Gone", was released as a single in a few countries, namely the United States, Japan,...
" - "Super Trouper"
- "Summer Night CitySummer Night City"Summer Night City", written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, is ABBA's 2nd non-album single, released on September 6, 1978. It was originally intended as the lead single from the group's upcoming Voulez-Vous album, but was eventually not included...
" - "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Swedish pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the B-side. It appears on ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol...
" - "Stars on 45 (2)" (Eggermont, Duiser)
2. "'45 Stars Get Ready" (Eggermont, Duiser) - 7:08
Side A
1. "More Stars" ("More Stars" + "The Supremes Medley", edited version) - 12:102. "Introductions" ("Star Wars And Other Hits", edited version) - 4:25
Side B
1. "Stars Again" ("ABBA Medley", as above) - 8:302. "'45 Stars Get Ready" (as above) - 7:08
Personnel
- Claudia Hoogendoorn - vocals (Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogAgnetha Åse Fältskog is a Swedish recording artist. She achieved success in Sweden after the release of her début album Agnetha Fältskog in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA, which to date has sold over 375 million records worldwide, making it the fourth...
& Anni-Frid LyngstadAnni-Frid LyngstadAnni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...
) - Jody Pijper - vocals
- Adam CurryAdam CurryAdam Clark Curry is a broadcasting and Internet personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video channel MTV. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site...
- vocals, news announcer "Ma Baker"