Berlin Beatet Bestes

I´m still buying way too many records. Here are just a bunch of (mostly) German Novelty 45s that I found this week. Some I had been looking for for a long time, some I didn´t know at all. You c...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/quatschparade/

Knut Kiesewetter was a unusually versatile artist who recorded jazz, gospel, schlager, singer-songwriter stuff, even comedy and promotional songs. He also wrote a few political songs that were le...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2022/02/10/knut-kiesewetter-ich-danke-euch-reaktionaren-1974/

My baby and I, had a fight last night/ She said I´m wrong, but I know I´m right/ Now, I love that gal – heart and soul/ But I dig Jazz! … and she loves Rock´n´Roll! Found this crazy 45 in...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2018/09/12/jazz-vs-rock-and-roll/

Found this flexi-disc last week, while on a trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, together with the staff of Jungle World. Our special Georgia issue hit the newsstands today. I turned out great! Thanks Jungl...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2018/09/06/musikalisches-souvenir-aus-georgien/

I´ve loved the drawing style of Hans Jürgen Press since I was a child, so I recognized it immediately when I saw the album cover of this 10″. The clear, slightly broken lines, the big noses a...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2018/04/05/bei-uns-in-der-kleinen-bar/

Two weeks ago, I found this record at a Berlin record convention. This promotional flexi-disc for the Berlin tobacco company of Otto Boenicke fits the framework of Berlin Beatet Bestes perfectly....

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2018/03/25/kenn-se-den/

A mystery Christmas record for Christmas. This one-sided 45 has riddle written all over it. Who made them? Why two Christmas Records? Why Harold M. Kirchstein? Help me solve the riddle. I bought ...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2017/12/24/frohe-weihnachtsgrusse/

One last Berlin country & western record in this series. No information available online about the County Pickers. I´d put their privately pressed “Take One – Stereo EP” – a  DIY produc...

https://mischalke04.wordpress.com/2017/12/06/the-country-pickers-springtime-in-september/