Category: Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch

Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch – Superman (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1977

Side A
TK Disco Sleeve

DISCO FRIDAY!

Celi Bee (born Celida Ines Camacho, New York) is an American disco musician.

Bee is a New York born singer of Puerto Rican Parents. After being born in New York, initially relocated back to Puerto Rico with her parents. There she met Pepe Luis Soto in Puerto Rico in the 1960s and they began making music together.

In 1977 Celi Bee signed a recording contract with TK Records, whilst Soto wrote a song called “Superman”, which coincided with the release of the film of the of the same name. The song became a hit, reaching #3 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Singles chart, #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #86 on the R&B chart.

SIDE A:
Superman (Vocal) 5:09

SIDE B:
One Love (Vocal) 8:08

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1977 Superman U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #41
1977 Superman U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles #86
1977 Superman U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Disco #3

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: T.K. Disco ‎– 37
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Disco
Credits: Arranged By – H. Garrido*
Co-producer – T. Rossi*
Producer, Written-By – P. L. Soto*

NOTES:
From the LP “Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch”

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Side B

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Pro-Ject Speed Box S
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi