CHARLIE AND HIS ORCH. F.D.R. Jones/ After You've Gone. Nazi jazz
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0132 F.D.R. Jones (rec. prob. Late 1941)
0133 After You’ve Gone
(rec. prob. Late 1941)
Charlie and His Orchestra
There are logos on the labels but no label names.
V. Two heavy scratches “After” side, a long one but not as deep on F.D.R. side. No blasting. Both play through fine. Nice trombone solo on “After.” F. D. R. plays pretty quietly. Label damage on both sides- see photos. Small labels, c. 1 1/2" diameter.
Charlie and his Orchestra was a Nazi big band that altered the lyrics of U.S. and British popular songs for propaganda purposes. Founded in 1940, their shortwave broadcasts were directed primarily at Great Britain and the U.S. Between March, 1941 and February, 1943, they made over 45 78 rpm records. They were distributed in the occupied countries, are well recorded and are crazy scarce. Lord’s Jazz Discography (2010) lists various conjectural personnel but usual band members included Karl, “Charlie” Schwedler, vocals; Willy Berking, trombone; Fritz Brocksieper, drums, and Lutz Templin, bandleader. Propaganda and unusual circumstances aside, I think the band plays more tightly and swings more freely and unselfconsciously than many similar European groups.
According to Popsike, only eight of the discs have been sold on eBay: 2007 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2011 (2), and 2013 (3, misidentified as featuring Charles Trenet,) all different titles.
This appears not to have been listed before in eBay.
Shipping: $ 4.00 to U.S., by location elsewhere.
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