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not presented,
but with heart selected:

Elaine Paige, Memory from CATS

Eric Woolfson of Alan Parson Project (the composer)
From his stage production "Gaudi": Money Talks"

Jerry Herman, Almost There, from the "Grand Tour"

Love Theme from the "Godfather"
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Welcome to the true story of the  world hit CATS, mirroring political IRA terror backgrounds and artistic ground breaking wonders by Gillian Lynne and designer John Napier !

Originally taken , but edited and now enhanced due to technical feed problems from the LIVE BROADCAST live at 7pm London on EasyRadio London for 
popmundial.co.uk on May 11th,  2021:

It´s the  longest ever running musical stage production in the world !

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on synthesizer and Gary Moore on guitar did the first ever (yes really) version of the future world hit "Memory, recorded as early as January 1981.

Elaine Paige recalls, just finished a "Evita" run jumped in for Dame Julie Dench, who was breaking an ankle as "Grizabella" not singing "Memory" !

It was risky – it was artistly and economically groundbreaking – and it nearly happened at all !

11th of May 1981 

New London Theatre, a former television studio with revolving stage 

The London production ran for 21 years and 8,949 performance

A Chorus Line

for decades the longest-running musical – in the world and on Broadway....

ran only for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history until surpassed by Cats in 1997: 

CATS/Broadway production ran for 18 years and 7,485 performances

including interviews with
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)
Cameron Mackintosh (producer)
Elaine Paige - replacing Dame Judy Dench as "Grizabella, singing "Memory"
Bonnie Langford
Gillian Lynne (choreography)
Peter Weck (Vienna)
John Napier (Designer)
Jeff Shankly (Old Deuteronomy)
amm actors of the London original cast

Music:
Original 1981 London Cast Recording,  Really Useful Company
Original 1983 Vienna Cast Recording, Theater at the Wien, Peter Weck
Original Paris Cast
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber & Gary Moore, January 1981, MCA

and footage from the opening night on MAy 11th,1981
copyright @OfficialALW (Andrew Lloyd Webber on Twitter) - unreleased


A celebration of
Yours Truly, Joe

PS: due to to tec problems in the life broadcast I went back to he original interviews and sound feeds to re-assemble this show to the present state.  The final post-production took place Friday, May 14th, 2021

Never broadcasted in this final version !

more information and links on:
http://popmundial.org/PopmundialService

additional material Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, BBC Radio

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Impulses by my new East/West friend, Anke Santuari (by the way great album by her ) , here's to us: looking back  to DDR / GDR music history. 
 Original version for @DeutschlandRadio Kultur, recorded by @Rias Berlin, produced/presented by myself.
 Original recording 1993.
 Introduction, 2011 in English 
 Orginal presented in German, various sub- presenters.
 Production Yours Truely, main presentation

With ORIGINAL EXCUSIVE FOOTAGE, incl. Eric Honnecker, Walter Ulbricht AND INTERVIEW with Harry Belafonte and Michael Rauhut.

The former GDR was an island of dreams, reflecting on the lyrics put into music. Each line of the lyrics, each word had a double meaning.

It was a reach out for freedom with music; The government and officials soon realised this and found strict reglementations, restricting the bands.

This show, presented by Yours Truly, is the enhanced version of a  December 1993 short feature made at RIAS BERLIN, but broadcasted on the first day of DeutschlandRadio Kultur, January 1st, 1994.  It produced ONE MILLION POSTCARDS in response ! I´ve never have seen them !
 It was never a "West" on the "East" view, but journalistic research,
an attempt to discover what drove GDR musicians and politicians.

The 35 minute original show  had been re-worked in London and France by myself and  W1news production for Popmundial Radio. First broadcasted Easter Sunday 2010 or 2011.

This show reflects on the mis-balance between recent music developments and the communist regime.

With interviews by four great bands of the former GDR: The Francke Ecko Quintett, Renft Combo, the Pudhies and Karat.

Including rare footage from the state archive of the GDR, interviews and so far unreleased music, made for this show recordings, and also  rare live recordings from "Palast Der Republik".

By public demand presented before an overhaul for the first time as podcast in 2021. There is also a 28 minute YouTube teaser for this show released under the title: "Music Across Borders"

The English version is also available, uploaded already September 16th, 2020:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1228631/5473729-globetrotting-gdr-ddr-a-musical-history-show-by-popmundial-radio-part-1.mp3?blob_id=22305478&download=true

Production: Rias Berlin Studio 13

Thanks to all !

Book, direction, , presented  Dietmar Joachim Bohne 

Popmundial Services, today 

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Improvised Music ... returned to Popmundial on  April 25th, 2021.

Sunday and Monday are dedicated to a blend of jazzy and relaxing tunes.
This first hours were presented.

resenting
Herbie Hancock feat. CeU, Tempo de amor
Diana Ross,  Let´s Do It
Lisa Ekdahl
Stevie Wonder
Jimmy Archy & Richard Atteno
Faithless
Leith Stevens & Shorty Rogers
Kathy Kirby
Matthew Halsall
Billy May
Pat Metheny
Nils Wülker
Oleta Adams
Sophialorenians
Carlos Yebra
Coleman Hawkins

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Once we had 8 radio channels including ROCKMUNDIAL.
But the interest was low.

Show us that you love what we have selected !
We love live recordings and the never played long versions, like with

Simple Minds
Johnny Rivers & John Lee Hooker
Rolling Stones
Sisters Of Mercy
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Stevie Wonder
Prince & The Revolution
Lenny Kravitz
INXS
Bruce Springsteen


Presented by  Yours Truly Joe, the producer
right after 8pm, after the Beach Party
Popmundial Special

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It´s absolutely recorded live and not edited !

This is a COMPLETE BEACH PARTY !

It spreads pure joy of living, live atmosphere and partying !

There are some tiny live event errors...: but it is a very energetic Beach Party, the first of its kind showing you the variety of dance and beach music  ! It´s close to my idea  of how a Beach Party should sound like: confronting different dance music styles in small sets !

Presented, produced and partial mixed by Yours Truly, Joe
for Popmundial Radio London
recorded live at the Atlantic in front of an invited audience at
Wimereux, France on October 1st, 2011

You gonna hear some audience swaying, in the background, the moments I present it live:  at one stage I can regnosise some very dear friends and stars laughing....:
Catherine Ferry, Gaetan, amm

3 DJs preparing the soundtrack of this afternoon, you almost don´t notice, who is mixing what; that was the idea behind:

Guest DJs:
David Guyot, France (Wimereux)
Beatboxen, France (Boulogne s/Mer)

and
Yours Truly, England (Chelsea)

It is very rare that I do a trance and house set, which I love, but others can do it better, I think; I did it years earlier at Piccadilly Circus No.1 (Regent Palace Hotel lounge) and the renown and world famous Chelsea Arts´ Club.
This time it´s was an icebreaker on this occasion: I did it - in the mix ! (Exactly two hours into the show ! )

Sound and production: Yours Truly
originally live on former Popmundial Radio 3
now Popmundial Special

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recorded live
not presented

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Simon Bell is former member of the James Last Choir and the last manager of Dusty Springfield, today he organises the "Dusty Day", if not presenting  shows for Popmundial; this series 1 was broadcasted once per month on Wednesdays

Series 1 / Episode 2/20
recorded in London
broadcasted May 12th ,2010

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Presented with some popular music rarities, including

Tanita Tikaram
Marilyn Monroe
Stan Getz
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