HEINRICH RIETHMÜLLER TANZORCHESTER, Top-Light, 1959

Posted: March 11, 2011 | Author: mischalke04 | Filed under: 50s, Promotional Records, Swing Records | 5 Comments

Over the past month I´ve really gotten into 78rpm records and swing music. Suddenly the less than 50 shellac records I´ve recently accumulated are much more exciting to me than the thousands of 45s I have in my collection. Also more exciting than the boxes I´ve filled with odd and never re-released 45s for this blog.

So what do I post next? More scratchy 78s? Not until I find a better way of recording them. As much as I like to listen to the shellac records on my record player, so far the results of my digitizing are painful to listen to. While searching in my collection for something to get me at least a little bit inspired I found these records. They make a transition from the early to the late 50s. From swing on 78rpm to swing on 45.

Some nice up-tempo swing music on Top-Light by Heinrich Riethmüller and his orchestra from an advertisement record for the film “Elektroschiffe – Voll voraus” (full ahead) produced by the AEG company, proudly showing all of the electrical equipment on the electric-diesel ship “Wappen von Hamburg”. A quick look at Wikipedia revealed that it is currently being renovated in San Fransisco, California. The new owners even made a cool blog about the history of the vessel.

HEINRICH RIETHMÜLLER TANZORCHESTER, Top-Light, 1959

HEINRICH RIETHMÜLLER TANZORCHESTER, Voll voraus!, 1959

HEINRICH RIETMÜLLER & DAS CORNEL-QUINTETT, Winke Winke, 1950

Posted: March 11, 2011 | Author: mischalke04 | Filed under: 50s, Berlin Records, Swing Records | Leave a comment

Heinrich Rietmüller was born in 1921 in Berlin and after studying music, got his first professional job right after the war, playing piano in the Radio Berlin Tanzorchester. On this Amiga recording he can be heard backing the Cornel-Quartett playing the Wurlitzer electric piano.

The song was originally written by Michael Jary for the film “Die dritte von rechts” from 1950, a spectacle picture most notable for Laya Raki´s taped nipples.

HEINRICH RIETMÜLLER & DAS CORNEL-QUINTETT, Winke Winke, 1950

HEINRICH RIETHMÜLLER, Grüne Welle, 1959

Posted: March 10, 2011 | Author: mischalke04 | Filed under: 50s, Swing Records | 2 Comments

In the 1970s Heinrich Riethmüller (1921-2006) got to be known by millions of Germans when he appeared regularly on television in the Dalli Dalli quiz show. Without noticing German kids were also familiar with Riethmüller because he was responsible for directing many German soundtracks and voiceovers of Disney films.

As indicated on the back of the sleeve Heinrich Riethmüller recorded at least seven more 45s for the Austrian Amadeo label. He can be heard playing the electric piano on these two automobile related songs: Grüne Welle (A lucky streak of being given the green light at crossings) and Romanze für 12PS (PS = horsepower, so I guess it´s veeeery slow romance).