Still as Much Fun as 1966!

This here is one of my personal old-time favorites, bought by Mom for her youngest because she knew I loved ole Supes, and because she knew the musical from having read the text as published in an annual “best of” volume from the library.

According to Discogs, this “cover” record is a 1966 release.

01. It's Superman (1:56)
02. You've Got Possibilities (1:51)
03. Man of Steel (2:08)
04. Kryptonite (2:44)
05. Fortress of Solitude (2:21)
06. Mr. Mxyzptlk (2:04)
07. Bizarro Boogie (2:39)
08. Curse of the Double L (2:24)
09. Clark Kent's Secret Identity (3:04)
10. Metropolis by Night (2:37)

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Only the first two tracks are from the musical. The rest are fillers, in a style well known to fans of 1960s “cover” records. I was able to recognize most of them:

03 - Man of Steel -- “Streets of Laredo”
04 - Kryptonite - “Sweet Betsy from Pike”
06 - Mr. Mxyzptlk -- unidentified, but I like the guitar “booinnng!” sound in a track named for a trickster.
07 - Bizarro Boogie -- similar to “Blue-Tailed Fly” and even Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song”!
08 - Curse of the Double L -- This one riffs on the song of the Volga Boatmen.
09 - Clark Kent’s Secret Identity -- This one’s a version of “the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out.”
10 - Metropolis by Night -- It’s a hep version of the folk song “Cindy.”

You have to admit that the titles of these fillers are pretty exemplary of Super topics!

Have fun, my friends!  I know I did when re-listening a few minutes ago.  See you on Monday!