Horst Jankowski "A Walk In The Black Forest" (1965)

[DEbeachbum1]

One of the great instrumentals of the 60s! And playing it on a vinyl through a vintage compact stereo is genius! I had an RCA much like that one, but bought it in 1966 or '67.

[isarabhakdi]

fantastic

[centralparocker]

Nice record player is right....

[mmjj69]

stupid video. great song

[drh4683]

@mmjj69 Ah yes, another person I can ban who feels they need to be insulting. Goodbye.

[hejafish]

21 seconds it took you to put that record on!!!!!! Lovely speakers btw!!!

[CenaTv2]

and now for the up to the minute sounds of....... A walk in the black forest, part 2.

[SaintForeverBlue]

What memories this brings!

When I was 13 (13!) I used to play this over and over. My sister thot I was so odd that I loved this tune. I didn't know it was considered jazzy. I just knew I loved it. And NOLA was the flip side, that I remember.

Thanks for the memories.

[67rml]

The jazzy side of the 60s. There was quite a bit of it. Where can I buy a one way ticket on the time machine?? 

[bunkosquad2000]

Yikes!  Make sure you remove the record and lock the tone arm down prior to folding the turntable into the unit. I know.... I had one of those.... LOL!

[johnbrown53160]

love this little tune.reminds me of when i took my dogs for walks out in the field.they are no longer with me but the song reminds me of how happy they were out in the open.

[junysaerus]

this song reminds me of being five going down the stairs at xmas to open the presents at four in the morning i put the wireless on and this came on i loved it and started to do some silly dance to it i kept on about the record all day it was my dad who new it he said i must have good taste in music all day i kept listening for the wireless to play it again only found it on u tube thanks junysawrus

[seamus1322]

This song reminds me of my Dad. Thanks!

[CrashingCrockery]

Ah, somewhere I have this and other albums by this fellow, many containing those far-out ladies cheerily accompanying, singing things like "ting ting ting" and so on...

[MrLauster123]

Nuclear powered RCA Victor!

[SacredFrickinBob]

HAHAHAHA THE GOODIES <3

[ParallelPenguinsP]

on of my granddads favorite  songs, and mine XD

[ParallelPenguinsP]

on of my granddads favorite songs

[SerialKiller19036]

Holy Cow! A Hi-Fi!

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

Please upload in 480p (true stereo) or above! Thank you! Ever since they fixed that URL shortcut, I've been stuck up a creek!

Love this song, your equipment, and the video! Great job!

[PokeyGreen]

Nice "old" song. Thanks for posting.

[poolfarm2]

what an incredible record player!

[Myrtle791]

Dave here. Amazing! Your stereo still performed so well, less bass it seems, after 45 years, in 2008! My '62 Garrard changer became useless after about 20 years. I'm surprised that those big speakers put out what I call a "boxey" sound, characteristic of many of the cheap phonographs produced for kids, or the typical tone-deaf American. (My first reel-to-reel tape recorder was a Voice of Music machine. A fitting name.)

[MrFredo007]

For me,this melody is full of memories,when 40 years ago,my parents and I were travelling by car around in the black forest and the radio plays this song!I guess,it was an sunny sunday&everthing fits!!_So much thanks for posting!!!Thank You!

[ColonelHogan9162]

Schön,wenn solche alten Teile noch laufen. Wir hatten damals nen ähnlichen Plattenspieler, auch mit Drehschalter, hinten kam noch ne Taststange raus, für den Wechsler. Das Teil war nur in einer Truhe eingebaut und man musste erst ein Dampfradio als Verstärker draufstellen und über TA anschließen.Leider flog das ganze damals schon auf den Sperrmüll, als das Radio den Geist aufgab und meine Mutter sich nen Dual P53 Koffer kaufte.

[grafonolafavorite]

Wow. To what measures taken to post something on YouTube. Sincerely meant with the knobs and such. I love this piece. And a sincere Thank you. Nice unit.

[JOYOUSONEX]

Forgot all about this tune!! Loved it...still do!! Thanks for posting!!

[wolfeshadow1313]

Such a beat, lively and quick, makes you want to get up and jive to it.

[junkeee130]

Radio Goodies - bom!

[wooferfreak]

Is that a REDIFFUSION LP?

this song was on the "REDIFFUSION STEREO SAMPLER"

[shaboubla]

lol such a cheerful song; listening to it puts a big grin on my face. Thanks for sharing it.

...and that's a very nice record player! =D

[Foxrrob]

This is a beautiful song and I have been trying to find it for years.

[cubantoro]

Hard to believe that by 1974, RCA had left the audio consumer electronics division and concentrated on Video. Bad idea... they came back for a short while until GE bought them out in 1986 and dismantled what was once America's leading communications and consumer electronics leader.

[metalbucket2]

My mum had this record, she loved it. Thanks for the nostalgia, brings back happy memories of my mum.

[cubantoro]

What year and model RCA Victor "Victrola" is this one? 1965?

[drh4683]

@cubantoro This one is 1963 model. Thanks

[stlbrian]

I can't get over how cool that is to be able to hear the song and watch it spin on that vintage record player. It really sounds good.

[clevelandhibore1]

radio goodies, boom!, and now for a walk in the black forrest...

[Coyne53]

God, I hated then and I still do. Bleugh!

[MrCombat1965]

Wunderbar! Danke Schoen!

[srknight2]

This used to play all the time on the radio when I was a kid> Brings back some great memories! It was one of my mom's favorites/

[cousiwa09]

beautiful.... b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l.... thank you very much for uploading this divine song! gretz from Australia!

[maryspinker]

tomithy- no, it's MY crazy mom. dang. wish i COULD time travel.

[Tomithy100]

and this is my mom. 1965 or so. dang. music is the medium of time travel.

[madmatthew2]

Love the organic sounds of the record -- a few little scratches and pops

[eagle45147]

I was a senior in HS when this came out. A lot of memories. The drive in Theater and the beach movies and etc.

[partick1923]

This was the "theme music" of Roger Gale when he was a pirate radio DJ in the 1960s. He's now a Member of Parliament. Times change!

[terry1919]

looks like you're playing it on a 1965 version of a "boom box"..... :-)

[ozphil]

A high quality stereo hi-fi (high fidelity sound). Not the top of the line though, the best one was automatic.....the arm knew what size record was there by the speed selected and would operate by itself when play was selected.

[massenga]

I've always loved this song but had forgotten the name until recently. Thanks for posting it and I particularly appreciate the period stereo!

[2georgeorwell]

yeah....there was more community...everybody on the same page...the variegation of media sources has damaged that

[metalbucket2]

Love those echo-y pizzicato strings and rubber band guitar and the whole "recorded in a swimming pool" acoustic.

[mrapostropho]

First heard this on 'The Goodies'.

You know, the one where they had that pirate radio station. Great!!

[josephtierney12]

Brilliant

[Aqene1000]

Wow !

[kervette56]

I was sitting at home thinking about my child hood and remembered this tune. looked up and man this brings back memories. The summer of 65 listening to the local am station riding in my Dad's 61 Chevy. Awesome!!!

[MortyRichards]

First heard this from the Goodies tv show... :P I love it :D I'm too young to actually remember the 60s though

[rickyrec1]

Love this song and the memories of 1965 that it brings. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[arahubay]

最高！名曲！Thank You!

[NiteBlogger]

Still as beautiful as the first time I heard it in '65!

Timeless. ;)

[larrydh2]

I recall this on the radio as I was home on leave heading for Vietnam in 1965. Different than most of the other stuff on the radio at the time (way , way too much Beatle shit) but a good song.

[capnvideo2006]

great old tune

[tedhusby]

Outstanding!

[JubalCalif]

THANKS a million for posting this delightful song...one of my best 1960's memories. Hearing it never fails to brighten my day & my mood....I can well understand why it was a 1965 million seller. Mr Jankowski was truly a rare & brilliant talent! :)

[Mrtriumphchopper]

What an enormous hit in 1965! Even the R&R radio stations played it every hour or so, comparable to the eternal "A Summer Place". This music trancends time and taste. Thank you!!

[abps1976]

I used to play this song a lot when I did a hospital radio show - what great music they had in the "good old days" !.

[SeanJonENT]

Thank you very much for uploading this wonderful track. Jankowski's work is terrific.

[RicardosRealm]

What a beautiful vintage record player.

[redted59]

excellent i remeber this from the 70s at banger racing ( wimbledon )

[tomkes100]

Superb A WALK IN THE BLACK FORREST  one of the most universally acclaimed instrumentals EVER to last into ETERNITY. A Place In The Sun & Our Winter Love come in right behind. Horst this is your gift to the music world. ah they dont make en like this folks, this doo wop/rocknroll historian has heard many a song & i love em but this is in a class all by itself. A return to Normalcy. Thanks Horst. TOMK a man who knows great music

[theBaron0530]

I had a record player like that when I was a kid, it was "portable" :D

[maggiesexgodess]

This tune reminds me of department stores, (1970's), nd Wimpy bar- also 1970s

[dDWIGgyWAM]

I Do Liked This

Music A Walk In The Black Forest

It Is Good Music To Listen Too

[1953vet]

I was stationed in Kunsan, Korea in 1953 where this exact same tune was played on an Air Force radio station. It certainly brings back memeories. Also, it must be an older tune than 1965.

[musicman257]

very cool record player nice sound i missed those kind used to have zenith suitcase record player was really nice wish i hadent gotten rid of it. i remeber taking it to my friendsw house for partys back when 45s were popular.nice very cool

[loosedeeee]

Highest chart position was # 11 on the Chum Chart and stayed for seven weeks! Not bad for what it was and the times. Memories are as close as closing your eyes.

[AL10Hermann]

Sehr schönes Video...und dann dieser herrliche Plattenspieler

mit einem sehr guten Sound!Tja-zu Jankowski und "Black Forest" ist nicht mehr viel zu sagen,außer: very good!!!

[drh4683]

Danke für die freundlichen Komplimente

[scottblanch]

wow I love that system is that an RCA? the sound is really good, and it looks awesome.

[queeneileen73]

You can find the Horst Jankowski version on a CD called "Vintage Instrumentals" Volume 2.

I got it from the library. I agree it is a happy memory song from my child hood!

[roemertopf]

ne kleine,feine melodie!!

made in germany!

[Reubenhubert]

I worked in a grocery store in the late 70s and early 80s. This was one of the songs I remember from the Musak.

[pm0501]

You hit the nail on the head! This was probably the number one "elevator music" song of all times. I would hear it 10 times a day when it first came out. Even the AM rock stations played it! This was summer of 1965.

[Reubenhubert]

What's funny is I liked the Muzak when I was working. Of course I'd never admit it. I was into Pink Floyd, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath and other hard rock music. It's not the same anymore since every store just puts a radio station over the speakers.

[Lindy0068]

I can't say it enough times - I love this song, and it brings back such happy memories as a kid in the 60's! Thanks so much for posting!

[hamsternan7]

@Lindy0068

Doesn't it, though? I feel like I'm back in my mom's kitchen, looking for a popsicle in the refrigerator after a hard day of riding bikes and playing in the back yard. Thanks for the memories...

[itsashavedone]

@Lindy0068 Mmmmmm....where did those 50 years go?

[soulgriot]

@Lindy0068 I wouldn't trade my 60s childhood for the world! Even with all that was going on in the world, it was a wonderful time . . . .

[kupecap]

My family and I did "eine Schwarzwaldfahrt" last year. This tune would have been great for whistling down the trails. The record player was cool, too. I'm not sure if my nine-year-old son has ever seen one in the flesh, so to speak.

[lanceflatul]

Fun tune. We played this in high school jazz band. Cool.

[LoveMusic720]

Wow, this made me weep a bit. I miss those happy years and my family so much. Really brings back great memories of sweeter, simpler days. Thank you for posting this. <3

[Babbs1956]

The Summer of 1965...Family picnic, roasted corn on the cob, grilled brats, and coasting down in the wagon in Estabrook park....This song brings back happy memories!!!

[brownies4you]

I haven't heard this in years....decades!!!.....one of those songs heard on the car's AM radios while rolling down the road during a family's weekend drive to view New England's autumnal foliage. Thanks for posting this lovely little tune.

[wlvincent]

Very nice. Thanks for posting this. I was a kid when this came out, and had been taking piano lessons for 4 years. I still want to try to play it. Just wish it were on CD. Can't find it on CD. A true classic!

[hwidding]

It can be downloaded on iTunes with Herb Alpert..

[wlvincent]

Unfortunately, it's a Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass rendition. I love the Tijuana Brass, but I was looking for Jankowski's version. Lots of his songs are digitized, but not this one yet.

[denbobembo]

i found it after all these years. i'm so pleased!! reminds me of my childhood/nostalgia, sadness and yearning. thought i was the only one who might appreciate this type still. going to get out Mantavani in the am. Learnt some new dancing steps at class tonight. Maybe i can use them . waltz etc

[franklindavid]

Lovely rendition that is a Classic, takes you down memory lane. Your 78 still sounds great.

[pm0501]

Gawd I remember when this was the equivilent to a boom box! There were models that had an AM/FM tuner and later on a 6" TV. Actually, I don't miss the vinyl one bit. CD'sand MP3's are 100% better!

[rogelio451]

Too bad kids today missed out on some great instrumental hits but most have also missed out on good ole home cooking too! Glad I was in the right generation!

[chelanslim]

This song was always a favorite of mine...considering I grew up in the goden age of Rock and Roll....this will always be one of the best instrumentals ever!!!!

[stuckinnebraska]

I, too, was a kid when this came out. Whatever happened to the instrumental song becoming a popular hit? I'm definitely a rock n' roll generation person, but I miss the instrumental. This is a great song.

[Lindy0068]

You can't imagine the memories - and nostalgia - tthis song has for me. Thanks so much for posting!

[chkjns]

Fantastic arrangement -WoW ! ! ! ! I hear the Ladi Geisler bass guitar technique used in Bert Kaempferts orchestra. It's those plucked strings that make tis beat so special. Did Ladi play on this -anybody know? I'Ve been doing searches on all these bandleaders to learn how they created their unique sounds and appreciate the music even MORE than before ! ! ! ! !

[Woozhu90]

Yes, thanks for the memories! I thought I was the only one who loved this cheery music. A great time capsule!

[niceguy400]

thanks for the memories. When i was kid in NZ NZBC played this before and after the news with Alma Johnson, I am 57 now

[stormyhawn]

I was 8 years old in 1965 and one of my very favorite things to do then was to watch records spin as they played. I still love to do that....thanks for the fun! Great song too!!!

[chatham43]

....I used to spend hours playing my uncles records on his dansette and watch them spin....

[JZTCZZO]

I was 3 in 1965 and I always liked to watch records spin on my sisters Hi Fi. My therapist once told me that that is a symptom of autism in some children just sitting and watching things spin. But I was never diagnosed with autism in fact I did very well in school. Go figure

[Johngtr13]

I've always loved this song. I'm 56. Lot's of memories

[Shazzoir]

HaHa! Visions of Graeme Garden of The Goodies playing this on his pirate radio station! Love this, thanks for playing it for us!

[uffizififi]

Thank you! When I was a teen ager, the local radio station played this every morning as I prepared for school. Listening to this music raised my spirits every morning. I love it! Thank you!

[choirboyfromhell1]

A Better Time...thanks for the memories!

[Purrturbed]

This was a popular song in the summer of 1965. Even HS kids like I was at the time enjoyed it. It's still a bouncy song.

[junior731657]

reminds me of waiting for a breakdown truck at SPEDEWORTH TRACKS happy days

[avdoyle]

i love this piece

[HarrisonKefir]

Was my answer OK? Do you like it, or....

[drh4683]

Yes, very nice. Sounds good, sounds best if the viewer clicks on "watch in high quality".

Thanks

[libearian]

The turntable reminds me a bit of the portable Westinghouse "hi-fi" I got for Christmas one year around 1967 or '68 ... yours is a lot nicer than mine was, though.

[prepian]

That's a well kept turn table!

[evinka75]

you're right Mikee! cool piano work! thank you.

[brython2]

Brill

[xNcGxKAPOW]

what tv show is the song from?

[drh4683]

Unknown. I know it was not on a TV show in the USA. I remember someone telling me it was a theme tune to some cooking show in england back in the 70's and 80's.

[EmpressDR]

Reach for the stars was the game show, they used the Herb Alpert version...

From Wikipedia:

"In a move similar to The Match Game, Reach for the Stars looked to the popular music charts of the day for its theme, which was the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass version of Horst Jankowski's A Walk in The Black Forest. The song had been released two years before on the Going Places album."

[Glostershire]

This was played as interlude music on the BBC in the 1960s

[CenaTv2]

@xNcGxKAPOW it was used on an episode of the british comedy "The Goodies". The Particular episode is Series 1, Episode 7 "Radio Goodies"

[asd36f]

@CenaTv2.

The only record that the Goodies could play!

[lespauldj]

YEA YEA YEA . GROOOVY

[Pantherandpolitics]

I can't believe I just searched A Walk In The Black Forest and got my wish as I remember it.

LOL, now for more oldies to fill my oldie file up.

Good on you btw.

[jackstrickland15]

Excellent - have just returned from the Black Forest and have been singing this all week!

[jeep4weelin]

This song is as old as my mom my dad played it the other day & I really liked it & I'm 19

[fjbutch]

vinal still sounds great ...long live 33 1/3

[Neville20006]

reminds me of my childhood. lovely

[classicallyanne]

I've always loved this song and heard it on the radio recently; I was hoping someone had posted a version on YT. I agree with your vote that it is the best pop instrumental ever recorded. Thanks for posting it!

[dmcar02]

Superb, thanks man. Loving this. Put this on in the car, brilliant.

[drh4683]

Thank you.

[lumpyleg1]

awesomely bad but good hha

[jefferyb304]

I like this song. Doug, I was wandering what happened to the CRT bonding repair videos?

[drh4683]

I will have the videos up within the next few days. I have completed repair to a 1967 RCA CTC-25 in which the CRT needed the repair. ive made a much better video of the process.

[HD41117]

Fantastic. And I thought the Mercury release sounded good...!

I am curious to know what you think about the stylus contribution to the top end of the frequency spectrum. Is it desirable to let the stylus leak into (and contribute to) the overall sound or should this be covered while playing, so that the sound is as close to the recorded signal as possible? It seems that there may be less leakage from the RCA Victor stylus than usual, is this correct?

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