[Dixielandjazz] Two Female Qiestions

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

The Miller material the AVID set: "Glenn Miller: Missing chapters; v. 5
Abbey Road recordings". This was one of Avid's stereoizations and I've
been flabbgergasted by the sound of the band. I think the same material
was also issued by RCA.

Charlie's Big Band or whatever it was called is one of the 4 CDs in the
Proper Box set "Swing tanzen verboten: swing music and Nazi propaganda
music...". The other 3 CDs have oodles of great European jazz during the
Nazi years.

--Sheik
http://americanmusiccaravan.com

> In my dotage I forgot to point out that Ilse was, I think, a German
> native, or very fluent in the language--she even coached Herr Major Miller
> to "sprechen", and Johnny Desmond to "singen" as part of the script. On
> the other side of the Channel, Nazi propaganda substituted depressing
> words in English for well known songs-- "St Louis Blues" became the
> '"Blackout Blues" sung by "A Negro From The London Docks"--
> "I hate to see that evenin' sun go down;
>  I hate to see that evenin' sun go down,
>  'cause the German, he done bombed this town."
> This and more adulterated verse is in "Hitler's Airwaves" by Bergmeier and
> Lotz, (Yale University Press, 1997, with a CD). Cheers.
> Fred
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