GOLDY UND PETER DE VRIES, Mich zieht´s zurück nach Hawaii, 1949
Posted: February 25, 2011 Filed under: 40s, Hawaiian Records, Holland, World | Tags: Hawaiian Swing Music 11 Comments »
This week more shellac records: Danish rumba-swing, Danish western-swing and Dutch Hawaiian-swing sung in German.
I love this song! It´s schmaltzy and it is a little irritating when they sing about “das schöne Hula-Mädchen mit dem rabenschwarzen Haar” (the pretty hula girl with the pitch black hair), but compared to the majority of German Hawaiian music, this doesn´t sound so damn German. Because it isn´t. The Dutch duo Goldy and Peter de Vries, backed by the Horst Wende Trio, recorded in the ruins of Hamburg.
This is a 78rpm record that I bought two weeks ago in a local Berlin thrift store for 50 cents….
GOLDY UND PETER DE VRIES, Mich zieht´s zurück nach Hawaii, 1949
Peter de Vries is mentioned in this 1951 article about some Kids in cowboy gear posing in the ruins near the Cologne Cathedral. Apparently he was quite famous for his cowboy songs in the early 50s.
Indianer gingen – Cowboys blieben.
Geschäfte für Scherzartkel, die früher an kleine Kunden Indianer-Kopfschmuck verkauften, verdanken heute dem Cowboy-Darsteller William Boyd, der als “Hopalong Cassidy” in zahlreichen Filmen die Kinder in aller Welt begeistert, ungeahnten Umsatz. In Deutschland half der Schlagersänger Peter de Vries, die Cowboys und ihre Lieder populär zu machen. (Neue Illustrierte, Köln 1951)
MAX WOISKI UND SEINE BAND , Calypso Nescafe, 1959
Posted: July 2, 2009 Filed under: 50s, Advertisement Records, Flexible Records, Holland | Tags: Calypso, Max Woiski sr., Suriname 5 Comments »
A very thin flexible disc with a nice Calypso song advertising for Nescafé sung in German with a thick Dutch accent. Max Woiski sr. (1911-1981) was born in Suriname, in the Dutch Colonies north of Brasil and had a long career in Holland. He started playing Latin-American music in Amsterdam in the 30´s and even opened up his own club La Cubana. 
I bet Stefan has a sleeve for this one too…
(Update July 3, 2009: As I suspected Stefan indeed had the sleeve and sent it in. Thank you!)



MAX WOISKI UND SEINE BAND , Calypso Nescafe
Stefan also sent this sleeve for another Max Woiski record on a Dutch label. Haven´t heard it but it looks very promising.
Bongo, Bongo, Bongo I don´t wanna leave the Kongo…

BENNY LUX, Bong A Boing (Die kleinen grünen Männchen), 1971
Posted: February 19, 2009 Filed under: Cartoon Sleeves, Comedy Records, Holland | Tags: Little Green Men 5 Comments »

Somebody paid 3o Euros for this on eBay recently. Even more recently somebody paid 51 euros! Who are these people? I thought we were in a recession right now!
My own copy is not in a perfect shape and I only paid 50 cents in a thrift store a couple of weeks ago, but I think that`s a little closer to what this record should cost. I mean come on: a song about little green men singing: Bong-Bong-A-Beng-Beng-A-Bing-Bing-A-Bang-A-Bang-A-Bung-Bung-A-Boing…
Great silly music but still primarily SILLY!!! This is silly like crazy! This is music to destroy brain cells with! Music to terrorize your girlfriend/boyfriend with! Well you decide, if that`s worth 51 Euros…
THE KILIMA HAWAIIANS, Kilima Rag, 1963
Posted: December 4, 2008 Filed under: 60s, Hawaiian Records, Holland, Instrumental Records | Tags: Hawaiiana Leave a comment »

Rudi Wairata played steel guitar with the famous Kilima Hawaiians on this one. They had a hit with “Es hängt ein Pferdehalfter an der Wand” in Germany in 1953.
These two songs are the most rockin` ones of this batch. Not from Germany but published on the small German independent label 777 from Rheinhausen.
THE KILIMA HAWAIIANS, Kilima Rag, 1963
THE KILIMA HAWAIIANS, Steel Guitar Rag, 1963
RUDI WAIRATA AND HIS HAWAIIAN-BOYS, Die faszinierende Hawaiian-Gitarre, 1962
Posted: December 4, 2008 Filed under: 60s, Hawaiian Records, Holland, Instrumental Records | Tags: Hawaiiana Leave a comment »

This is Rudi Wairata with his own group. Slightly less rockin`than “Kilima Rag” but still in a league of it`s own compared to most of the other European Hawaiian groups.
RUDI WAIRATA AND HIS HAWAIIAN-BOYS, Die faszinierende Hawaiian-Gitarre, 1962
RUDI WAIRATA AND HIS HAWAIIAN-BOYS, Der blaue Hawaii-Express, 1962
OSCAR HARRIS AND THE TWINKLE STARS, Whole lot of dances, 1966
Posted: July 10, 2008 Filed under: 60s, Holland | Tags: Soul Music, Suriname 3 Comments »
Just a short post this week because I was occupied with a new blog I`ve been doing. It`s a little esoteric in nature but so is this blog, so if you are a bit open minded you might want to check out Berlin DIY HC Punk.
On to the music. When I bought this record I didn`t know what it was and when I listened to it at home the Twinkle Stars` kind of soul music sounded really cool but still made me curious. This was not the usual “Northern-Soul” sound.
After a little investigation it turns out Oscar Harris is from Suriname, South America. Oscar Harris was born in Suriname in 1943 and came to Holland when he was 20 years old. He had a long career in Holland and still performs today.
Either way, some nice soul music from Holland via Suriname from Oscar Harris and the Twinkle Stars!
OSCAR HARRIS AND THE TWINKLE STARS, Whole lot of dances, 1966
OSCAR HARRIS AND THE TWINKLE STARS, I`ve got witnesses, 1966




About me:
My name is Andreas Michalke. I´m a cartoonist from Berlin, Germany and I like collecting records. Most of the records I find in thrift stores or at flea markets here in Berlin. I like a lot of music but I thought I`d focus on odd German records. Preferably with cartoon covers.
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