QUATSCHPARADE
Posted: February 19, 2023 Filed under: 30s, Cartoon Sleeves, Cowboy Records, Flexible Records, Promotional Records, Twist Records | Tags: Novelty Leave a commentI´m still buying way too many records. Here are just a bunch of (mostly) German Novelty 45s that I found this week. Some I had been looking for for a long time, some I didn´t know at all. You can listen to the Mix on Mixcloud: Quatschparade
ERICH FERSTL – Wilder Reiter (From soundtrack to the film Wilder Reiter GmbH, 1967)
ERICH FERSTL – Sumphonie (From soundtrack to the film Wilder Reiter GmbH, 1967)
THE GREEN DOGS – Macke-Macke-Meise (1966)
OLD SMUGGLERS – Haarig haarig (1970)
SPARTACO-SAX – Ne nous fachons pas (1965)
FERNAND RAYNAUD – Le twist de Fernand (1962)
PEPPO UND DIE PIPPIES – Oma Hipp (1973)
ANDY FISHER – Bunte Papageien und ein grünes Krokodil (1968)
DIE 2 PAPAGALLI – Lora
SYNCHRO ARCHIV – Demonstration 1
CHARLESTON HOT PEPPERS – Bald sind wir ein Paar (1961)
FRED GARTNER UND SEIN QUINTET – Der Eisenbahnschienen-Sägescheich von Kurdistan
ALICE BABS – Jodel-Boogie (1956)
ALICE BABS – Jodel-Jockel (1956)
ALICE BABS – Jodel Cha-Cha (1957)
DONN REYNOLDS AND THE TEXANS – Texas Jodle (1959)
SPIKE JONES AND HIS CITY SLICKERS WITH VOCAL REFRAIN BY HOMER AND JETHRO ASSISTED BY SIR FREDRICK GAS – Pal-Yat-Chee (1953)
EDDIE WILSON – Wahre Liebe fand ich erst am Neckarstrand (Original Starday Recording)
DAS SILBERSEE TRIO – Winnetous bester Freund (1963)
GUNNAR WIKLUND – Ich reite nach Hause (Detroit City)(1964)
BILL RAMSEY – Old Jonny war ein Wunderkind (1962)
HELMY`S HOT-CLUB – Rock´n “Roll-Mops”
DIE CONTINENTALS – Oh Mister Brown (was macht ihr Harem?)(1962)
DIE CONTINENTALS – Hüh-A-Hoh (Wheels)(1960)
DIE CLO-SCHAHS – Die Lage ist beschissen (1971)
ORCHESTER WOLF GABBE – Kleine Fische
HANNA LOREN – Melodie D´Amour
KLAUS SCHLAPPNER – Schlappi-Räp (1985)
RUMPELSTITZ – Kiosk (1977)
BING WITTCAMP UND DIE KAKADUS – Ja, der Johannes (1968)
HEIDI KABEL – Tratschen tu ich nich´ (1966)
FRED FERKEL UND DIE SCHWEINEBANDE – Wenn einer eine Reise macht (1980)
PAVEIER – Der weisseste Mann am Strand (1987)
DE DINGS UND DE DINGSBUMS – Hello, Old Germany (1990)
PAUL KUHN – Snoopy (1969)
COCO SCHUMANN UND SEINE SOLISTEN – Taverna Del Corsar
Musikalisches Souvenir aus Georgien
Posted: September 6, 2018 Filed under: 70´s, Georgia, Promotional Records, World 4 Comments
Found this flexi-disc last week, while on a trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, together with the staff of Jungle World. Our special Georgia issue hit the newsstands today. I turned out great! Thanks Jungle World for always taking me with you.
I bought about twenty Russian flexi-discs at Dry Bridge fleamarket, but only got to hear them when I came back home to Berlin. Imagine my surprise, when I suddenly heard a German voice on this record…
Musikalisches Souvenir aus Georgien
Apparently, this was a souvenir record geared at German visitors to Georgia in the 1970s. I think there is also a English version of it. The very thin blue russian Melodija Flexi has two songs. The first is by Georgian vocal instrumental ensemble Orera. Along with Dielo, Orera were the most famous pop groups of Georgia during the Soviet era. I guess the vocalist is Nani Brevadze. I have no clue yet, who performs the second song or what the name of the song is.
Kenn´ Se den?
Posted: March 25, 2018 Filed under: 50s, Berlin Records, Cartoon Sleeves, Comedy, Flexible Records, Promotional Records 1 Comment
Two weeks ago, I found this record at a Berlin record convention. This promotional flexi-disc for the Berlin tobacco company of Otto Boenicke fits the framework of Berlin Beatet Bestes perfectly. The front side of the record was illustrated by Helmut Nickel. Nickel, an outstanding stylist in the German post-war adventure comic genre, was known for his instantly recognizable black and white pen work. This gouache style illustration shows, he was very good with color, too.
Born March 24, 1924 in Dresden, Helmut Nickel fought in WW II, was a prisoner of war for three years and left East-Germany for West-Berlin in 1948. To finance University, Nickel started illustrating various comics series in 1952. From 1952 to 1964 he worked on a whole series of comics, such as Robinson, Hot Jerry, Titanus, Die 3 Musketiere, Der Graf von Monte Christo and Peter’s seltsame Reisen.
( Robinson No. 84, page 11, 1958. From the collection of Hansi Kiefersauer.)
Informed by his studies, Nickel´s comics were educational, at a time when comics were still regarded as trash that was subverting the children. After finishing University in 1959, Nickel worked in a Berlin museum and then applied for a job at the New York Metropolitan Museum as a curator of the historical weapons collection. He stayed there until his retirement in 1989. Today he lives in Florida.
In 2011 Helmut Nickel was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Munich Comic Festival. Yesterday, Helmut Nickel turned 94.
The Helmut Nickel-side of this flexi is a tongue-in-cheek narration admiring the beautiful brown body of a Boenicke cigar…
Boenicke-Rumba (The song doesn´t have a title. I just called it that.)
Like many flexi discs that I´ve posted over the years this was also published by the Phonocolor company of Berlin-Lichterfelde. Phonocolor also issued the Okay Exquisit, Rondo and Topas labels.
While the Rumba-side runs at 45 rpm, the side with the cigar smoking middle-aged gentlemen runs at 33 rpm. Compared to the comissioned front, this looks like a stock illustration. The male and female narrators sound like Berlin cabaret Die Stachelschweine. Five jokes interrupted by some boogie woogie piano. Kenn´ Se den? Have you heard this one? …
ROLLING WHEELS, Seine Heimat ist die Schiene, 1979
Posted: November 25, 2017 Filed under: 70´s, Germany, Promotional Records 1 Comment
“Die faszinierende, moderne Welt der Bahn im Country-Western-Style. Mit dieser neuen Single präsentiert sich die Deutsche Bundesbahn als das, was sie ist: das moderne Dienstleistungsunternehmen mit Full-Service für Menschen und Güter.”
This “fascinating, modern” promotional record for Deutsche Bundesbahn was written in part by Pedal Steel player Rainer Bach of Truck Stop.
Vocals imitate the gravel-voice of Gunter Gabriel…
ROLLING WHEELS, Seine Heimat ist die Schiene, 1979
ROLLING WHEELS, Roll On Big Engine, 1979
THE GRADUATES, L.O.V.E & Bachelor Party
Posted: October 29, 2017 Filed under: 70´s, Disco Records, Flexible Records, Promotional Records, South Africa, World Leave a comment
Found this one-sided promotional flexi disc for Triumph´s Blues – Disco Bras in Bruxelles last year. No information about the origin of the Graduates, but from the accent of DJ John Bright who introduces the group, I´d guess they´re from South Africa.
Two funky tunes advertizing for bras. Disco bras….
THE GRADUATES, L.O.V.E. & Bachelor Party
JINGLE JUMPERS, Jumpin´ The Jingle, 1965
Posted: October 28, 2017 Filed under: 60s, Beat Records, France, Promotional Records | Tags: Beat, Rock´n´Roll, Twist 1 Comment
This EP promoted the Jingle Jump toy in France. Dansez Le Jingle Jump is a cover version of Jingle Jump bei Danny Peil and the Tigers/Apollos.
When I first listened to this EP, I immediately thought: This does not sound like a budget-group doing a half-assed promo song, but an established rock´n´roll band. I listened to it again and again. Finally it hit me: I know this voice! It sounds like Eddy Mitchell!
I found reference to the record in the book La belle histoire des groupes de rock français des années 60 by Jean Chalvidant and Hervé Mouvet published in 2001: In 1962, Eddy Mitchell broke up with Chausettes Noires and went solo in 1963. In 1964 he briefly got together with Les Fantômes and recorded these four beat tunes…
JINGLE JUMPERS, La lecon de jingle jump, 1965
JINGLE JUMPERS, Jumpin´ the jingle, 1965
JINGLE JUMPERS, Dansez le jingle, 1965
JINGLE JUMPERS, Jingle jump champions, 1965
THE TIGERS, Flip Side,1964
Posted: October 28, 2017 Filed under: 60s, Promotional Records, Rock´n´Roll Records Leave a comment
This record has been postes by various blogs over the years and you can easily find it on youtube. Kinda boring to post it here, I know. But it ties-in with my next record, that also promoted the Jingle Jump toy.
Like the Hoola Hoop in 1958, the Jingle Jump was a rock´n´roll toy for children. It was manufactured in Milwaukee, Wiskonsin, also the home of the Raynard label that put out this promotional record by local rock´n´roll group Danny Peil & the Tigers (also known as Danny Peil & The Apollos).
The flip is a nice, overamplified instrumental rocker. Kinda undeservingly simply called Flip Side…
DANNY PEIL AND THE TIGERS, Jingle Jump, 1964
Television commercial for the Jingle Jump toy:
PAUL DORIS AND PAULA SMITH WITH JACK SAY´S ORCHESTRA, Hey! Paula, 1963
Posted: October 5, 2016 Filed under: 60s, Belgium, Promotional Records Leave a comment
One last item that involved the king of the Belgian Budgets, Jack Say. While visiting Brussels and posting from here, I would have preferred to post a record that involved the Atomium, but that´s rather hard to come by. And probably quite expensive. This one was only 1 Euro and at least has the word EXPO in it. Expo, as in Expo 58 when the Atomium was built.
The Expo label was used to promote bread. Funny, how they re-interpreted the title to Paul & Paula´s hit song and gave them last names.
The anonymous duo tried to be faithful to the original, though. As the label notes: “with Jack SAY´s orchestra”….
PAUL DORIS AND PAULA SMITH WITH JACK SAY´S ORCHESTRA, Hey! Paula, 1963
CONRAD MEYER MIT ORCHESTER UND CHOR, Blume von Tahiti, 1963
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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