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Wikipedia article
'Silver Cloud' is the debut single by German band La Dsseldorf, released in advance of their eponymous debut album. The single peaked at number 2 on the German music charts and made La Dsseldorf famous. Unusually for a high-charting single, "Silver Cloud" is entirely instrumental (although the B-side "La Dsseldorf" is not). The single continues to be popular, and was re-released on CD in 2008.
Background & Success
Following the release of 'Neu! '75' in 1975, Neu! disbanded, and Klaus Dinger began writing music for a La Dsseldorf album. La Dsseldorf had been founded the previous year during Neu!'s 1973-4 hiatus, and both Thomas Dinger and Hans Lampe had featured on 'Neu! '75' playing drums. Nevertheless, Klaus initially had difficulty composing material for the new album, finally entering Conny Plank's studio in September 1975.
After sessions were completed in December of that year, "Silver Cloud" was selected as the album's lead single. It quickly rose through the charts, making Thomas, Klaus and Hans overnight celebrities, particularly in their home city of Dsseldorf, where the band logo was spray-painted on the streets by fans and Thomas became a fashion icon.
Releases & track listings
In Germany the single was released by Teldec on 7" vinyl. In 2008 Bureau B re-released the single on CD. The track listing on both releases was as follows
All tracks composed by Klaus Dinger.
# "Silver Cloud" - 3:38
# "La Dsseldorf" - 2:34
In Spain, Teldec's parent company Telefunken released a promotional single 'Dsseldorf', which did not feature "Silver Cloud" but "Dsseldorf", another song from La Dsseldorf's debut album
All tracks composed by Klaus Dinger.
# "Dsseldorf Part 1" - 4:00
# "Dsseldorf Part 2" - 3:27
Personnel
'La Dsseldorf'
* Klaus Dinger - guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
* Thomas Dinger - drums, percussion, vocals
* Hans Lampe - electronics, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer
'other musicians'
* Harald Konietzko - bass
Category:1976 songs
Category:Songs written by Klaus Dinger
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