Long Play Album

Not to be confused with LP record.

Long Play Album
Standard artwork
Studio album by Stars on 45
Released	March 1981 (1981-03)
Recorded	1980–1981
Genre	Pop
Length	33:17
Label	CNR Records (NL) Radio/Atlantic Records (US) CBS Records (UK) Carrere (France) Melodiya (USSR) Opus (Czechoslovakia) Mercury Records (Argentina, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines, NZ, AU and Israel)
Producer	Jaap Eggermont
Stars on 45 chronology
Long Play Album (1981) Longplay Album – Volume II (1981)

Long Play Album is the first album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45, released on the CNR Records label in the Netherlands in March 1981. In the US, the album was retitled Stars on Long Play, released on Atlantic Records' sublabel Radio Records and credited to 'Stars On'. In the UK and Ireland, the group was renamed 'Starsound' (on certain releases spelt StarSound or Star Sound) and the album itself was listed as Stars on 45 or Stars on 45 – The Album and released by CBS Records. In the Spanish-speaking countries, both the group and the album were launched under a fourth name: Estrellas en 45. Stars on 45 was released in the Soviet Union and large parts of the Eastern Bloc on the state-owned Melodiya label, credited to Stars on 45, the Russian title of the album translates as Discothèque Stars and in Czechoslovakia, on the state-owned Opus label as Stars on 45. In the Philippines, it was released under the title Stars on 45 Long Play Album (manufactured and printed in the Philippines by Dyna Products, Inc. under license from PhonoGram International B.V., using the Mercury label.)[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Beatles Medley", performed by Stars on 45/Stars On/Starsound – 15:58 (US: 15:41)

All tracks written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney unless otherwise noted

• "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)
• "No Reply"
• "I'll Be Back"
• "Drive My Car"
• "Do You Want to Know a Secret"
• "We Can Work It Out"
• "I Should Have Known Better"
• "Nowhere Man"
• "You're Going to Lose That Girl"
• "Ticket to Ride"
• "The Word"
• "Eleanor Rigby"
• "Every Little Thing"
• "And Your Bird Can Sing"
• "Get Back"
• "Eight Days a Week"
• "It Won't Be Long"
• "Day Tripper"
• "Wait"
• "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)
• "Good Day Sunshine"
• "My Sweet Lord" (Harrison)
• "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison)
• "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison)
• "Taxman" (Harrison)
• "A Hard Days Night"
• "Things We Said Today"
• "If I Fell"
• "You Can't Do That"
• "Please Please Me"
• "From Me to You" (omitted on the US version)
• "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
• "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)

Side two

1. "Medley" (a.k.a. "Boogie Nights and Other Hits"), performed by Stars on 45/Stars On/Starsound – 8:08 (US: 7:25)

• "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)
• "Boogie Nights" (Temperton)
• "Funkytown" (Greenberg)
• "Video Killed the Radio Star" (Downes, Horne, Wooley)
• "Venus" (van Leeuwen)
• "Sugar Sugar" (Kim, Barry)
• "Cathy's Clown" (Everly, Everly)
• "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Sedaka, Greenfield - omitted on the US version)
• "Only the Lonely" (Orbison, Melson)
• "Lady Bump" (Levay, Prager)
• "Jimmy Mack" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)
• "Rainy Day" (Cook and Greenaway, Macaulay)
• "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" (Pockridge, Vance - omitted on the US version)
• "Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser)

2. "Do You Remember" (a.k.a. "Rock 'n Roll Medley"), performed by Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers – 4:31

• "Do You Remember" (Britnell, Treffers)
• "Lucille" (Penniman, Collins)
• "Bird Dog" (Bryant)
• "Runaway" (Shannon, Crook)
• "Do You Remember" (Britnell, Treffers)
• "Bread and Butter" (Turnbow, Parks)
• "That's Alright" (Crudup)
• "Rip It Up" (Marascalco, Blackwell)
• "Jenny Jenny" (Johnson, Penniman)

3. "Golden Years of Rock & Roll", performed by Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers – 4:26 (US: 4:10)

• "Golden Years of Rock & Roll" (Britnell, Treffers)
• "Sherry" (Gaudio - omitted on the US version)
• "Wooly Bully" (Samudio)
• "Golden Years of Rock & Roll" (Britnell, Treffers)
• "Buona Sera" (Sigman, DeRose)
• "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman, Bocage, Collins, Smith)
• "Nut Rocker" (Tchaikowsky, Fowley)
• "Golden Years of Rock & Roll" (Britnell, Treffers)
• "At the Hop" (Singer, White, Medora)

Credits

Personnel

• Jody Pijper – vocals
• Bas Muys – vocals (John Lennon)
• Okkie Huysdens – vocals (Paul McCartney)
• Hans Vermeulen – vocals (George Harrison)
• Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers – performers

Production

• Jaap Eggermont – record producer
• Martin Duiser – musical arranger

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1981) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 15 UK Albums (OCC)[8] 1 US Billboard 200[9] 9

Year-end charts Chart (1981) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 45

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Long Play Album

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI)[11]	Gold	50,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Stars on 45 Long Play Album", eBay Philippines, 1981, retrieved 2025-02-04
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 291. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Stars on 45 – Long Play Album" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Stars on 45 – Long Play Album" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Stars on 45 – Long Play Album" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
6. "Charts.nz – Stars on 45 – Long Play Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Stars on 45 – Long Play Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
8. "Number 1 Albums – 1980s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
9. "Stars On Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
10. "Top Selling Albums of 1981 – The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
11. "Dutch album certifications – Stars on 45 – Long Play Album" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved July 16, 2022. Enter Long Play Album in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1982 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".

Sources and external links

• Mawer, Sharon. Biography of Stars on 45/Starsound at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-04025.
• Stars on 45 discography at Discogs
• Rateyourmusic.com biography and discography
• Dutch biography and discography
• Billboard.com biography and chart history
• Official Charts, UK chart history
• Dutch chart history
• Long Play Album at Discogs (list of releases)