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Charles Aznavour
22nd May 1924 – 1st October 2018
was an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of France's most popular and long lasting singers, and also one of the most well-known French singers in other countries.

Just few hours after his death Popmundial selected some of his greatest hits. 
It was originally planned to integrate the clips to be heard on Vol. 2 now, but we decided to let the music speak. 

Well, so too speak ? Producer´s/presenter´s note: "It was already very late when the news of his deth broke. I was too tired already to build a feature production. So I kept it with what Mr. "Cellophan Man" (musical "Chicago") once told me in an interview in London: "I want to be remembered for my music!"

So I selected this 3 hour show LIVE, edited just in 2021 for this media centre:"

Live broadcast evening of Ocober 1st, 2018

It was planned to integrate the clips heard on Vol. 2 now, but we decided to let the music speak, just hours after he singer-songwriter had passed away.

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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 1/20
recorded Lodon
Broadcasted April 28th, 2010
Popmundial

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This  LIVE RECORDING by ourselves is EXCLUSIVLY showcasing the traditional Folk Music of Boulogne sur Mer, (North of France) with their group PLAN  A4, founded around 2011/12 by Marlene Ghier (bandoneum).

This unendited live in my living room  recording at "old town" Boulogne sur Mer was made on December 2nd, 2012 and was broadcasted LIVE on Popmundial in front of a selected audience.

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In October 2010 I picked up a nice guy and bag pipe player litterally on the street ! He was on vaccations from the marine and made some money on the streets and pubs. I invited him to play in my living room...
Well what I learned: the bag pipe player was a household name in the Celtic music industry; whoever arrived in his hometown, Brest, at the airport was already handed out a CD by him and his group, called Kataje.

Kataje is a fusion between rock and tons of bag pippers; listen to episode 1, please.

Listen here to a warm up with hits from Brittany and then the concert recorded live in Wimereux October 18th, 2010

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"I want to be remembered for the music", 
Charles Aznavour said in an interview with us - and certainly he will be immortal for the music: 
a live appearance with Judy Garland´s daughter, Liza Minelli, in whihch is tries to teach Liza to sing in French 
or one memorable last ever TV show appearances of him with French new-comer singer-songwriter ZAZ.

But he will be remembered also for some funny interviews.

Here is a collage of rarities, made by some collegues and myself, which didn´t make it into the show in 2018, moaning his death. A Showtime Extra for podcats only, Feb 22nd, 2021 

A full length interview of mine in English will follow at a later stage.

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This show is based on a live show Sunday 9pm; the enhanced version has been re-recorded right after the original broadcast that night.

You gonna listen to some rare recordings and many others are unheard  for a long time:
Including Fletcher Hendeson Big Re-Union!


"BIGBAND SWING TO BIGBAND FUNK":

Playlist:
- Max Greger cond. the RIAS Berlin Bigband
- Thilo Wolf Bigband, Fürth, and Bill Ramsey (voc)
- The (almost unkown Bigband of the ) BR Munich, principal cond. Ed Sperber (Nurenberg)
   (got famous as "Dave Daffodil, cond. by Josef NIESSEN, married to Ilse Werner)       "Tanzorchester Studio Nünrberg" (unreleased)
- Bert Kaempfert
- N.C.Y. Opera Singer Cleo Laine and London Jazz Saxophonist John Dankworth & Bigband     ("Chattanooga Choo Choo"), live from their "Stables" (unreleased)
-Ray Mc Kinley & The Offical Glenn Miller Orchestra, (first official stereo recording of Glenn      Miller´s music)
-  (Original) Glenn Miller playing Count Basie ("One O´Clock Jump"),  rec. Carnegie Hall 1938
- Max Greger -: "Up to Date" (later to become  the ZDF Sportsudio theme)
- a rare Max Greger (sax solo) with the Bert Kaempfert Bigband from the ealy 50s ("El Rancho     Rock"), rarity transfer from 45s
- Bert Kaempfert: "Love Me Happy", with Jiggs Whigham (tb), Ack van Rooyen (t), Herb Geller    (sax, which I forget to mention in the show), unreleased rarity, later on CD re-released
- Les Brown Bigband of Renown, with band singer: Doris Day, signiture "Sentimental Journey"
- Doris Day & Hollywood Film Bigband (unkown): "Lullaby of Broadway" (Soundtrack)
- Thilo Wolf (piano) & Bigband, recorded live in Fürth (unreleased)
- Peter Nero
- Rias Orchestra, piano: Heinrich Riethmüller doing  Horst Jankovski´s Stuttgart world hit         "Walk In The Black Forrest", rarity
- Rias Berlin Bigband
- Fletcher Henderson Big Reunion Bigband
- Sylvia Vrethammer jazz Duo, (Rune Gustavson) unreleased, exclusive to Popmundial ("Love")
- Bert Kaempfert "Honey Moon" (composition Kaempfert), released in the US only
- Ed Sperber & The Bigband of the BR: "Gentle On My Mind", unreleased, private LP pressing
- Wooyy Herman & His Thundering Herd: "Blues In the Night Funk"
- Count Basie Bigband & Frank Sintra (voc), live at the Sands, Las Vegas , Sinatra´s home, 
- Quincy Jones & Bigband "Midnight Soul Parade"
- M.F.S.B. "Poinciniana" (salsoul classic), 1971
- The Neff (Hildegard Knef & Bet Kaempfert), rare Philipps recording
- Erwin Lehn & the Stuttgart Radio Bigband, late 50s mono recording (Bernd Raabe solo)
- Robbie Williams & Studio Bigband "Going Gentle"
- Caterina Valente (voc) & Kurt Edelhagen & WDR Bigband Cologne "I get a Kick" (early 50s)
- RIAS Bigband, Werner Müller "Love Me Tonight", rare viny


In general:
this is a showcase for Bigband music from Swing (Glenn Miller) to funk:
including rare tracks by the Quincy Jones Big Band and MFSB (Philly)

Swing To Philly !
recorded Feb 7th, 2021 Berlin
released Feb 12th, Lille


BIGBAND BASH is scheduled every Sunday 9pm Paris
and a different second show Sunday into Monday morning at 1am Paris
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Herb Alpert in Berlin !

This is a rare opportunity ! No concert, but yes a private one on occassion of an exhibition opening of Herb Alpert paintings in Prenzlauer Berg Berlin.

The Life of Herb Alpert !

Recorded as "Musikportrait", unknown for which radio station, but the quality of sound engeneering for the show suggests  that it has been recorded in the DDR bunker in Oberschöeneweide of former ORB (now RBB), Antenne Brandenburg

(I think now: Sony Europe studios).

Unknown Year

In German

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re-Produced and edited by Yours Truely for PopmundialRadio,com / 62digital.fr with contribution of wonderful sound engeneers at RIAS BERLIN, at Hans Rosenthal Platz ! ULTIMO MANY Thanks to You All !

BECAUSE: I had a CNN TV / Capitol Radio London training and transfered the fast cuts (as a first ever producer) to radio !

THIS IS A COLLAGE OF SOME OF MY FEATURE PRODUCTIONS FOR RIAS BERLIN
all in German  - for promotional purpose, only.

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I hope, even with NO PRESENTATION
the selection produces a live atmoshere...
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I´d joinded RIAS 2 in early 1990 and stayed to the very last day, December 31, 1993 !
In the last hour 6 features produced by myself were presented by th indendant produced by myself ! I am still looking for the masters; One ("Waldbühne") is included already in the collage, it has been posted to my by a later ARD collegue.

Presented in parts in original on air takes by Horst Wendt and Nero Brandenburg.
As far as I remember, all the productions were recorded for HORST WENDT´s "RADIOMARKT"

Including my - now - rare  interviews / staements with:

Helmut Baumann
Friedrich Kurz
Henry Mancini
Jerry Herman
Paul Kuhn
Peter Kreuder ("Good-bye Johnny" becomes the GDR National Anthem!)
Eric Clapton
Gerd Fröbe
Florance Lacey (unmentioned in the Jerry Herman feature)
John F. Kennedy
Walter Ulbricht
Edward, former owner of Dress Circle Shop London

and many others !



Episodes in collage:

Festive Trailer of PopmundialRadio.com, 2009 with
THE FREEDOM BELLS OF SCHÖNEBERG RATHAUS

The Last Night of The Proms, 1992
Jerry Herman
"Waldbühne" and more Rock and Roll, Berlin in the 50s !
42nd Street at Metropol Theatre (presented by Horst Wendt - on air)
Paul Kuhn
Henry Mancini
Grammy 1993 / Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Rias Orechester
Gerd Fröbe 80 (presented by Nero Brandenburg - on air)
Abbey Road Studios, St. John´s Wood
Charles Dickens´ Bleak House (digital disturbances on the master, sorry)
Dress Circle, London
Friedrich Kurz, Shakespeare and Rock and Roll, Berlin

also:
Werner Müler: Rias Aktuell trailer
Werner Müller: Signiture


This is a non-stop mix, no new presentation !

MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT
DBshowbizz.de

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12 years of James Last Radio on  Popmundial !

a Live show, recorded Jan 31st, 2021, 10pm to midnight Paris

including a play-out with the bothers: Robert Last (Les Humphries - piano solo) including the later world hit "Mexico" as an instrumental) - and Kai Warner,

Some  tracks are rarieties, some  from the ZDF show "Starparade" and the "Starparade Theme" in the original version (without claps).

This is the un-editeed - recorded live -version

presented by Yours, Truely Joe, the producer

James Last Radio on Popmundial started Feb 1st, 2010

We´d called out just one hour before the show to send in requests...., listen  to the results

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Showtime Number 2:

After #1 now an episode, from 1996:

recorded LIVE on Berlin Radio on the 28th July, 1996
recorded LIVE (un-edit; just the live news ARE EDITED)

our production:
for the fomer ORB- now RBB / Antenne Brandenburg
presented in German

Antennen Gala
was:
Sundays 19 - 21h Belin
production of Popmundial Radio
presenteation by Yours Truely  Joe,:

ANTENNEN GALA 38 =

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30 YEARS OF MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
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Interviews by myself with Phil Collins, Quiny Jones and Tony Bennett

copyright: Popmundial Radio / 62digita.fr
Live recordings - made at the Montreux 1996
with the WDR Bigband conducted by Quiny Jones, Phll Collins, drums,
Tony Bennett vocals
Simply Red amm

original Sound t Monteux by DIetmar Bohne (joe)
co-sound  engeneering  / production by by  DDR  Studio, Potsdam

including LIVE reports of Atlanata 1996, Olympic Games

SOME RECORDINGS ARE MADE IN MONO, due to the live situation

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