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 Claus Ogerman - Polydor Records (continued):

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[Original German LP]



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[1972 Canadian issued LP]

Kurt Edelhagen, "Kurt Edelhagen Plays Jim Webb", Polydor [Germany] #237 1076 (1970).[LP]
Kurt Edelhagen, "Kurt Edelhagen Plays Jim Webb", Polydor [Canada] #241 4067 (1972).[LP]

Klaus Ogermann's participation in this album is mentioned in the album liner notes as this:  "Via Klaus Ogermann, who at the time worked as pianist for Kurt Edelhagen while in Baden-Baden and who also is a top arranger in the United States, the contact between producer Bobby Schmidt, Kurt Edelhagen and Qunicy Jones was established."  (Translated from the original German by Suitbert Kempkes.)

LINER NOTES (in German):

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All tracks arranged by Quincy Jones.

Produced by Bobby Schmidt.



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Various Artists, "Hamburg", Stern Musik/Polydor [Germany] #2638013 (19__).[2 LP Set]
This compilation contains the following performance/composition/arrangement by Claus Ogermann as part of a long medley:  "Ich steh' am Ufer (The Shore of Love)".

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Kurt Edelhagen and His Orchestra, "Portrait", Polydor [Germany] #266 4286 [stereo] (1960).[2 Compilation LP set]
Reissued in the early 1980s.

Note:  This set contains 6 tracks arranged by Klaus Ogermann from the original Edelhagen LP Ballroom in London, but in stereo: "Lambeth Walk", "Sleepy Lagoon", "Isle of Capri", "The Hokey Cokey", "Meet Mr. Callaghan", and "Show Me The Way To Go Home".  The set also contains a track arranged by Claus Ogerman, "Down By The Riverside" which is from the Edelhagen LP Dancing Percussion.

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LINER NOTES:

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[Original LP]


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[Original LP labels]


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[Alternate "Polydor Special" edition of the LP]

Kurt Edelhagen & His Concert Orchestra, "Concerto!", Polydor [Germany] #46 430 (1964).[LP]
Kurt Edelhagen & His Concert Orchestra, "Concerto!", Polydor (Special) [Germany] #2418 125 (year unknown).[LP]

Contains arrangements (see tracklist) and an original work by Claus Ogerman ("Canadian Concerto").
This album is also the world premiere of "Canadian Concerto".


Tracklist:

Side A

Rhapsody in Blue

Warsaw Concerto

Side B

Canadian Concerto (Ogerman)

Exodus (Arr. Ogerman)

Brownstone Concerto (Arr. Ogerman)

 

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[Alternate cover for "Concerto" as pictured on the back cover of another Edelhagen album]

Personnel:  Kurt Edelhagen and his Concert Orchestra; Willi Stech aned Bora Rokovic at Two Pianos.

LINER NOTES:

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Concerto-liners-2.JPG - Page 2 of uncredited liner notes from original German LP.
 

   Ogerman-Edelhageninfo.pdf - Text [IN GERMAN] from an internet forum describing some of Claus Ogerman's work for Kurt Edelhagen and this "Concerto" album in particular.

   Ogerman-edelhagen-Eng.pdf - Text [IN ENGLISH] from an internet forum describing some of Claus Ogerman's work for Kurt Edelhagen and this "Concerto" album in particular (translated by Wolfgang Weissbrodt).



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