Comment on BELL SOUNDS, Marching Guitars, 1959 by Henne
From Billboard, Nov. 9, 1959 “Bell Sounds, a local New York group used to back up Frankie Avalon and Fabian on their recording dates, are in the Billboard spotlight on their own with two smartly...
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Ian Todd
Just wanted to add that Mac Todd (drummer with Solid Six and Gary Edwrads Combo) is my father. If you want to hear a good track, try the instrumental ‘Africa’. It is a classic, but then I would say that!
View ArticleComment on FANNY AUDRET, Chanson d´Orphee, 1959 by ostberlin36
Icke mal. Danke für Danke zur Sendung.
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Phil Morgan
Hi Ian Great that you posted here and I’m wondering where we will get to with this now long and interesting blog ! I met your father Mac Todd at the recent Rockin’ 50′s Show at the Earl Haig Club on...
View ArticleComment on FIRMA 33, Berlin, 1979 by Matthias Hanselmann
Hallo, ich bin Matthias von (ex) Firma33, später ZeitGeist und freue mich über diese Rezension meines (Berlin-) Songs. Habe gerade auf facebook ne kleine Firma33-Seite eingerichtet. Beste Grüße aus der...
View ArticleComment on FIRMA 33, Berlin, 1979 by mischalke04
Lieber Matthias, vielen Dank für den netten Kommentar. Ich liebe diese Single! Habe beide Seiten auch schon im Radio gespielt. Gruß Andreas
View ArticleComment on GOLDY UND PETER DE VRIES, Mich zieht´s zurück nach Hawaii, 1949 by...
Mein Gott, durch extreme Zufälle bin ich hier auf diese Seite gelangt. Eigentlich habe ich gerade Halsschmerzen und mein Freund brachte mir Tonsiotren aus der Apotheke mit. Die Gestaltung der Packung...
View ArticleComment on LITTLE TONY AND HIS BROTHERS, Lotta Lovin´, 1959 by Susanna
I think Yougoslavia wasn’t a country behind the “Iron Curtain”. It was non-aligned since 1948. So Tito opened it to the Western Countries and like that also to the Twist! LOL
View ArticleComment on GOLDY UND PETER DE VRIES, Mich zieht´s zurück nach Hawaii, 1949 by...
Danke. Es freut mich. Gruß aus Berlin Andreas
View ArticleComment on EMIL DIMITROV, Signal, 1964 by folkcatalogue
hey, that’s so nice to find this and the other bulgarian 1964 pop. thanks. i’m going to repost them in a blog post i’m doing about some 1965 folk field recordings in Bulgaria – to give a bit of...
View ArticleComment on EMIL DIMITROV, Signal, 1964 by folkcatalogue
this is where they’ve rested http://folkcatalogue.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/1968-various-artists-songs-and-dances-from-bulgaria/ thanks again.
View ArticleComment on EMIL DIMITROV, Signal, 1964 by mischalke04
You´re welcome. You have a very cool blog, I feel honored to have contributed to it. These Bulgarian records were quite easy to come by here in Berlin, when East-Berliners got rid of their musical past...
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Phil Morgan
GARY EDWARDS COMBO ON ORIOLE RECORDS Oriole CB1700 Twist or bust / Franz Liszt twist Oriole CB1717 Twistful thinking / Method Oriole CB1733 Africa / One fifteen A.M. Oriole CB1759 Hopscotch / Theme...
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by michael todd
Hi I will have to agree with Ian todd comments,that if you want to listern to good track,” Africa Track” is very good,But i would say this because Mac Todd is my father.So if anybody has a copy we...
View ArticleComment on HEINRICH RIETHMÜLLER, Grüne Welle, 1959 by Boursin
“12 PS! refers to the so-called “Steuer-PS”: http://tinyurl.com/6cawdns A 12-horsepower car would in fact have been a quite large one, by European standards at least!
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Boursin
Melodisc WAS NOT a subsidiary of Oriole. Melodisc (whose subsidiary was Blue Beat) was an entirely separate, competing company, owned by Emil Shallit. It continued at least well into the ’70s, long...
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Phil Morgan
Hi Boursin Thanks for the correction about Melodisc which was another indie and not a subsiduary. I misread Charlie Gillet’s Sound of the City. Thanks also for the information regarding John Schroeder...
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Ian Todd
Hi Phil Would love to have seen them live, but mum and dad hadn’t got around to creating me at that time! I have see dad play on many an occasion and I know how good he is!! Wish I played myself (maybe...
View ArticleComment on GARY EDWARDS COMBO, Franz Liszt Twist, 1962 by Phil Morgan
Hi Ian We need a strategy to go forward … I was wondering if you were aware that there are a lot of old Cardiff musicians on Facebook as indeed I am and a lot of the talk lately is about the old clubs...
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