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The Bert Kaempfert Decca Collection – Reprint
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.
Strangers In The Night – The World Hits of Bert Kaempfert
MARC SECARA & ORCHESTRA
23. November 2025
Berlin, Bar jeder Vernunft / Tipi am Kanzleramt
06. März 2026
Iserlohn, Parktheater Iserlohn
23. März 2026
Berlin, Schlosspark Theater
04. Juni 2026
Wolfsburg, Scharountheater
18. Juli 2026
Senftenberg, Amphitheater Großkoschen
The popular singer Marc Secara toured Germany in 2006 and 2008, presenting the worldwide hits of Bert Kaempfert.
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The Bert Kaempfert Decca Collection
24-CD-Box
Release Date: 19.01.2024
Order now
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.
Anniversary concerts in Hamburg on the 100th birthday of Bert Kaempfert
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.
Live In London als Masterband Kopie
The Austrian music label Horch House specializes in original 1:1 analogue copies of master tapes. In the EASY LISTENING section, the fifth album by Bert Kaempfert is currently available.
On April 22, 1974, Bert Kaempfert went on stage with his great orchestra for the first time in the venerable Royal Albert Hall in London and gave two live concerts on the same day.
Shortly afterwards, Polydor released 1975 the LP Live In London, a selection of 12 songs from the concert.
- LIVE IN LONDON
Available as RTM SM468 Tape on STANDARD 10.5″ Metal Reel
Bert Kaempfert albums as a master tape copy
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
A Man Could Get Killed
(Willkommen, Mister B…)
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.