Swing from Berlin (19) Kurt Widmann - Ich bin glücklich aber traurig ! ft. Rudi Schuricke

This is another great recording by Kurt Widmann and his orchestra. "Ich bin glücklich aber traurig" (I am happy but sad at the same time) was recorded with Rudi Schuricke as the featured singer. It is a very hot (but unfortunately very short) recording.

Kurt Widmann (1906-54) started his career in 1933 at the Imperator Hotel in Berlin... His band and its swing repertoire soon became very popular but also attracted the attention of nazi censors who warned him several times against playing "entartete Musik". He made his first recordings in 1938 and that same year played with his band at the Haus Vaterland, an enormous entertainment complex at the Potsdamer Platz. The would stay there until 1942 when he was drafted into the wehrmacht. He was released due to injuries in 1944 and returned to the partially destroyed Haus Vaterland which know housed soldiers on their way to the front. There - in front of an enthusiastic crowd - Widmann played pure swing music - even forbidden titels... This time the censors closed their eyes... After the war Widmann formed a band and entertained American troops. He started started recording again as soon as 1946... He died of a brain hemorrhage in 1954. He was the only German bandleader whose life was the subject of a biographical movie : "Musik im Blut", released in 1955.

The accompanying video features once again one of my favourite cities : Berlin with images from the early 1930s en early 1940s combined with images from the city of Hamburg.

About the record :

Imperial 17356 / mx. KC28466²

Flip side to "Warum, Weshalb und Wieso?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzQhlnOs0aE

This is a post-war pressing, unfortunately the record is in rather bad condition and produces quite some surface noise (It is not centered correctly).

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Sound equipment used :
Ortophon om78 Cartridge & Stylus
Turntable : Stanton T.90
TerraTec 78RPM Phono Pre-amp

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[78recorddude]

Wunderschoen. Auch die Klanqualitaet ist ausserordentlich. Vielen Dank!

[andifyouhadtwocoats]

georgeously hot super gay jazz by Germans!, the nation with the most homosexuels. i have been to Berlin, and the air was so warm with male perfume ...

your truley

Rab Hines

[max1941]

realmente maravilloso...ausgezeichnet darum mein vater liebte diese musik und tanzen...wunderbar...por eso mi padre gustaba tanto de ir a bailar si esto lo esc uchaba de joven en Alemania...regards,Max

[HeadHunter131]

Große Klasse! bester big-band-sound!

[lecomtedalport]

Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, es war so schön und wir brauchten kein Amerikaner um glücklich zu sein....

[Alparfan]

Halo Erwin, mich hats nicht gestört. Hast du noch mehr Hamburg? LG

[Leotaurus1975]

Hallo Alex ! Du hast recht! Ich habe mich bei der Zustammenstllung geirrt!

[Alparfan]

Schöner Film. Bei 1: 17 ist aber nicht Berlin sondern Hamburg zu sehen. Die St. Petri-Kirche mit der Mönckebergstraße. Die Kamera fährt in Richtung Rathaus (Im Rücken). Kurz ist das Schild Alsterpavillon (am Jungfernstieg) zu sehen.

At 1:17 you see Hamburg (City) with St- Petri Church and Mönkebergstraße.

[gfkd11]

TOO a great song and uploadm, thx for it!

[snookerbee]

Youtube ist mal wieder schecken-langsam und ich muß noch etwas warten, um das Video zu sehen, aber ich weiß schon, daß die Musik klasse ist. Danke