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« on: July 04, 2010, 04:26:50 PM »

Sorry if this has been dealt with before, but did a search and nothing... on the BB's periphery I know but I read that Esso Trinidad Steelband released a single of 'Superstar' as "Superstar/Singer man WB 7532 (1971)".

Sadly that song was not a part of the *awesome* recent Bananastan VDP presents The Esso Trinidad Steelband so I'm still none the wiser. Is that song the same as The Carpenters' 'Superstar' (was it written by Paul Wiliams?) ...  Of course American Spring covered that Carpenters song. I would love to know, and if a different song, who wrote it? Thanks in advance... Andrew G. Doe  I bet you might know Shocked)

Does anyone here have the very rare VDP 'Datsun Commercial'? I do not want to go to the grave without hearing this too !!!
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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 07:19:58 PM »

"Superstar" was written by Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett.
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 09:12:34 PM »

Does anyone here have the very rare VDP 'Datsun Commercial'? I do not want to go to the grave without hearing this too !!!

Still streaming:

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/LH

Go to the playlist of October 20, 2007, at 24:16 you´ll hear VDP´s "Datsun Commercial".
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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 03:17:08 AM »

Does anyone here have the very rare VDP 'Datsun Commercial'? I do not want to go to the grave without hearing this too !!!

Still streaming:

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/LH

Go to the playlist of October 20, 2007, at 24:16 you´ll hear VDP´s "Datsun Commercial".

I have a hard time imagining the executives at Datsun listening the music they've just paid for and thinking that it would sell a car...
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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 03:37:58 AM »

Wasn't there an Ice Capades commercial by VDP as well? I don't know what Ice Capades are, or were, incidentally.
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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 05:19:23 AM »

Ice Capades was a traveling ice show, ice skating with music.  Lots of skaters and usually each tour featured a "name" skater such as Dorothy Hamill, Gold-Medal winner...

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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 05:47:18 AM »

Ice Capades was a traveling ice show, ice skating with music.  Lots of skaters and usually each tour featured a "name" skater such as Dorothy Hamill, Gold-Medal winner...



Cheers. I suddenly hear 'Roller Skating Child' in my head. Don't know why. Weird song. Fascinating. Some band with middle-aged guys singing about skating with a very young girl. And her parents.
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2010, 06:06:13 AM »

Sorry if this has been dealt with before, but did a search and nothing... on the BB's periphery I know but I read that Esso Trinidad Steelband released a single of 'Superstar' as "Superstar/Singer man WB 7532 (1971)".

Sadly that song was not a part of the *awesome* recent Bananastan VDP presents The Esso Trinidad Steelband so I'm still none the wiser. Is that song the same as The Carpenters' 'Superstar' (was it written by Paul Wiliams?) ...  Of course American Spring covered that Carpenters song. I would love to know, and if a different song, who wrote it? Thanks in advance... Andrew G. Doe  I bet you might know Shocked)

Does anyone here have the very rare VDP 'Datsun Commercial'? I do not want to go to the grave without hearing this too !!!

Googling, I find a copy of the Superstar 45 available for sale:
http://recordfinders.musicstack.com/item.cgi?item=158979000
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2010, 02:33:29 PM »

Datsun Commercial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UvwaB6Bx60

Crikey! That's bonkers... I'd like to hear a good quality version.
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