And the intro to вЂњAFRIKAAN BEATвЂќ is today one of the most unmistakable symbols of Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra, with its typical вЂcracking bassвЂ™ again Ladi Geisler recalls: вЂњWe musicians were, as always, spread out in front of one microphone. Nearly everyone who hears the opening bars of вЂњA SWINGINвЂ™ SAFARIвЂќ realizes that they have heard them before. Knowledge of this recording is still immense.

But Bert Kaempfert was to be even happier to learn of the popularity of this production in South Africa. In addition to other prizes, Bert Kaempfert was to receive in 1968 a second golden LP for this production and with it equaled the world record of 9 golden LPs, which until then had been held only by The Beatles. Over and over again вЂњA SWINGINвЂ™ SAFARIвЂќ made new friends. The huge success of this album, which in the meantime had made its debut in Europe, was soon to be rewarded with a golden LP. Then, finally, it was all ready and Bert was really pleased, he had managed it, he had captured the sound of the penny whistle using the piccolo.вЂќ Ladi Geisler, long standing bass guitarist with the Kaempfert Orchestra, remembers: вЂњBert Kaempfert tried to swap the penny whistle for a piccolo. Combining strings, choir, and his famous trumpet solos, he still managed to reproduce the penny whistle sound which runs through his arrangements like a clear stream. And Bert Kaempfert went on to do just this, but at the same time remaining faithful to his own inimitable style he was never an imitator of other musicians. Dean Martin made the title вЂњTAKE MEвЂќ famous with his own vocal version, and вЂњTHAT HAPPY FEELING,вЂќ вЂњMARKET DAY,вЂќ and вЂњHAPPY TRUMPETERвЂќ became long running hits on American radio.Д«ert Kaempfert always had a special love for вЂblack music.вЂ™ When he first heard a South African recording of the so called вЂpenny whistlersвЂ™ he was so impressed that he wanted to procuce an LP in the same vein. Both Kaempfert compositions вЂњA SWINGINвЂ™ SAFARIвЂќ and вЂњAFRIKAAN BEATвЂќ were soon world hits. As with вЂњWONDERLAND BY NIGHT,вЂќ which marked the beginning of Bert KaempfertвЂ™s career in America, this production was also first released there. The album вЂњA SWINGINвЂ™ SAFARIвЂќ was one of the first productions undertaken by the Polydor studio in Hamburg-Rahlstedt. Its moods range from softly sentimental to almost boisterously swinging. Thus, this album is the outcome of much research and study. Kaempfert, like many other modern young men at this time, has long been fascinated by the music of Africa and in particular by the unique rhythms and вЂњpenny whistleвЂќ sound that is the result of the mergings of European and African negro elements in South Africa. Kaempfert or anyone else on the scene today. The first two titles are original Kaempfert compositions and they represent вЂ“ with their brilliant trumpet passages and beautiful intrusions of massed strings вЂ“ one of the most rhythmically exciting and melodically imaginative sounds ever conceived by Mr.

WONDERLAND has been followed by a bright succession of Kaempfert hits вЂ“ the most recent of which, and perhaps the most significant being AFRIKAAN BEAT together with the title song of this album, and THAT HAPPY FEELING.

With it, he almost single-handedly reestablished the popularity of the big band, and in so doing became one of its most popular and vital forces. The original cover text reads as follows:Д¬omposer-conductor-arranger Bert Kaempfert created a sensation with the million-selling hit recording of the hauntingly beautiful WONDERLAND BY NIGHT. The album вЂњA SWINGINвЂ™ SAFARIвЂќ was released in 1962. At the same time, the facilities of the modern CD-technique are of benefit to reproduce the original recordings. Polydor considers it a duty to re-release the more popular albums with the original track listing вЂ“ and in the approximate sequence вЂ“ on the 10 th anniversary of the death of this exceptional composer and bandleader. These albums contain more than 460 productions of his own beautiful compositions together with evergreens and world standards. From 1961 until shortly before his death in 1980, close to 40 LP productions with and by Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra were released in Germany alone under the Polydor label. During 25 years of cooperation with POLYDOR, Bert Kaempfert arranged, composed and produced a countless number of songs.

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