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Subject: Bruce Woolley - Video Killed the Radio Star
Written By: whistledog on 03/20/06 at 1:15 pm
Video Killed the Radio Star was a massive world-wide hit in 1979 for The Buggles, but does anyone remember (or have heard of) the original version by Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club?
Featuring a then unknown Thomas Dolby on keyboards, Woolley's version was first released and according to the info I found on the internet, it was a top 40 hit in Canada (which I already knew), but it doesn't tell me where else it was a success?
Here is a sound clip of the song ...
Video Killed the Radio Star - Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000259O9.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/gallery/br/brucebwatcc5757863382021570.jpg
Subject: Re: Bruce Woolley - Video Killed the Radio Star
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 03/20/06 at 1:18 pm
Interesting! Had never heard of the Woolley fellow before. The clip is pretty cool. Kinda different from the Buggles version, but still a fine one.
Subject: Re: Bruce Woolley - Video Killed the Radio Star
Written By: Schillingfan on 03/20/06 at 6:46 pm
Here's a page for the Camera Club album on Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000259O9/qid=1142898316/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_24_2/026-1946146-2708421