Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - Wonderland by Night (1960)
Hallo friends!
As the sun sets on a chilly, late April evening, we open a bottle of Blue Nun, drop the needle on this enchanting Long Player and reminisce about the good old days (before the War) in Das Motherland.
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| Being served at "key parties" since '68 |
Hailing from Hamburg, orchestra leader and arranger Bert Kaempfert served in the German Navy in WWII before turning full time to composing and playing easy listening music. In addition to writing the standards, "Strangers in the Night" & "Danke Schoen", Kaempfert is also famous for hiring the Beatles to record "My Bonnie" with Tony Sheridan in 1961.
The highlight of the record are the piercing trumpet solos by Charly Tabor. They're enough to make you shout "Willkommen!"
RATING: 3.5 Goosesteps out of a possible 5
Amy says she would like to read a review of Duesseldorf's most famous musical product, Kraftwerk. Can you please do something for her?
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JMK
Going to be in Duesseldorf in 29 days
I search and searched and we don't have any Kraftwerk on vinyl! I don't understand how this happened! We do have the Wagner opera, Das Rheingold, on a 4 LP box set... perhaps this will make a worthy substitute?
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