SUPERSTARSHINE VOL. 3

On this compilation there a tracks which were released on previous albums, but there are also some tracks that were released as singles and didn't end up on an album. The first of these tracks is She was naked. In fact it was there first single released in 1970. And it is a great and typical Supersister track and it really defines their sound. Beautiful piano work, fuzz bass and strange lyrics (and this time also vocals, like the "choral" donna nobis pacem, give us peace). Missing link was released in 1971 as the b-side of the single A girl named you. It is an al instrumental track and sounds a lot like early Soft Machine. The next track, Fancy nancy, is the a-side of a single released in 1970 and is a strange Elvis Presley kind of a song. The long Wow (including a long introduction by Stips, who tells this is an intelligent song with intelligent lyrics) is a sort of a cabaretesque jam and was a live favorite. The groupies of the band is the b-side of a 1971 release (the a-side was No tree will grow). The funny thing about this track is that there is a clip of Frere Jacques, where Stips sings about "She has no head, she is my mother". This is a clear reference to the song Mother No-head by Groep 1850, which they released as a single in 1968 an can be found on the CD release of the album Agemo's Trip To Mother Earth (1968). The spiral staircase is the b-side of the 1970 release She was naked. In 1974 the album Spiral Staircase was released under the name Sweet Okay Supersister which include more of this strange music. The last of the "new" tunes is Gonna take easy. Released in 1970 as the b-side to Fancy nancy.