Superheroes (Part 1): This Looks Like Two Programs For...Superman! #1 Anything you can do, he can do better...just with the removal of his specs. While wooing Lois Lane or shifting the orbits of planets (and taking on the baddies, of course), our comic book hero exerted a mighty pull on songs from the Lost and Found era.
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Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
REQ:Request
BED:Bed
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
Comment:
Background music, in order: (1) Big Jim Sullivan - "Sunshine Superman" ("Sitar Beat," Mercury 1967) (2) Moe Koffman - "Sunshine Superman" ("Sorcerer's Dance," Hopi 1972) (3) The Vic Lewis Orchestra - "Sunshine Superman" ("The Boy In The Saffron Robe (The Vic Lewis Orchestra Plays The Music Of Donovan)," Epic (US) / NEMS (UK) 1968) (4) The John Arthey Orchestra - "Sunshine Superman" ("The Golden Song of Donovan," RCA Victor 1969) (5) Brian Bennett - "Sunshine Superman" ("Change of Direction," Columbia 1967) (6) Gabor Szabo - "Sunshine Superman") ("Bacchanal," Skye 1968) (7) Señor Soul - "Sunshine Superman" ("Plays Funky Favorites," Double Shot 1968) (8) Enoch Light - "Sunshine Superman" ("Enoch Light's Action," Project 3 Total Sound 1967)
Hah! After reviewing the songs in the show after the fact, I realized I had THREE (!) versions of this song by Any Vitalis/Michaël Haubrich included. I jettisoned the one by Doc & Prohibition (seemed like an exact duplicate of the one by Excelsior played earlier today), but left this version in. Heck, I like the song, it's a little differently arranged...and I know you pined for it after an hour without hearing it. Plus Les Variations does indeed vary the title: from "Superman" to "Superman Superman." How magical!
