24-CD-Box
Release Date: 19.01.2024
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Due to high demand, the record label Polydor has released a small reprint of the 24-CD box set “The Bert Kaempfert Decca Collection.”

The Bert Kaempfert Decca Collection gathers 24 American LPs in an attractively designed CD box and contains, in addition to the complete original albums, more than 35 bonus tracks as well as the worldwide CD premiere of the album “Pete Fountain Plays Bert Kaempfert,” which the jazz clarinetist recorded in Hamburg in 1967 with the musicians of the Kaempfert Orchestra. A detailed booklet tells the extraordinary story of the Hamburg musician who conquered the world.

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24-CD-Box
Release Date: 19.01.2024
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The Bert Kaempfert Decca Collection gathers 24 American LPs in an attractively designed CD box and contains, in addition to the complete original albums, more than 35 bonus tracks as well as the worldwide CD premiere of the album “Pete Fountain Plays Bert Kaempfert,” which the jazz clarinetist recorded in Hamburg in 1967 with the musicians of the Kaempfert Orchestra. A detailed booklet tells the extraordinary story of the Hamburg musician who conquered the world.

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THE MUSIC OF BERT KAEMPFERT – TODAY & YESTERDAY

Laeiszhalle (Main Hall)
21 and 22 October 2023
Tickets: elbphilharmonie.de

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Bert Kaempfert a concert is to be held highlighting the music of this inspired composer and sound creator.

Prominent special guests as well as a hand-picked orchestra present his international hits and some hidden treasures from his songbook, sometimes in exciting and unusual new versions.

The popular entertainer and musician Götz Alsmann is to moderate this special evening and will be entertaining the audience with anecdotes from the extraordinary success story of Hamburg’s very own Bert Kaempfert.

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The Austrian music label Horch House specializes in original 1:1 analogue copies of master tapes. In the EASY LISTENING section, albums by Bert Kaempfert are currently available.

• A SWINGIN’ SAFARI
• BLUE MIDNIGHT
• BYE BYE BLUES
• A MAN COULD GET KILLED

Available as RTM SM468 Tape on STANDARD 10.5″ Metal Reel

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

Silver Spot Records
Katalog-Nr.: 1036008SSR
EAN: 426026036008 5
Available for download from June 4th, 2021

In the early 1960s Bert Kaempfert produced some well-known film melodies. One legendary example of this is his 1961 recording of “Wonderland By Night”. This was the first time a German musician made it to No.1 in the American charts.

In 1966 Bert Kaempfert was commissioned to compose the music for the American comedy thriller “A Man Could Get Killed” – in Germany shown as “Willkommen, Mister B…”.

This great musical film is now available for all Kaempfert fans and sound track aficionados in a digital version for downloading and streaming.

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