10 Original Albums - Milestones of a Legend

- ten original LPs that brought Bert Kaempfert world fame as a bandleader
- 23 successful singles as bonus tracks
- sought-after rarities such as the LP published under the pseudonym “Raimondo and the Memory Strings”

There must surely be very few Germans who could not instantly hum at least one of the songs in this box. The bandleader Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert had numerous world-wide hits that softly flatter the ear and tend to stick in the head. “Strangers in the night” is no doubt the most obvious example, but Bert Kaempfert (as he appears on his records) composed and arranged not only for Frank Sinatra. He discovered in Hamburg the then unknown Beatles, was Freddy Quinn’s producer and helped stars such as Al Martino, Nat King Cole and Dean Martin achieve great hits. This box consists of the instrumental albums with well-known melodies such as “A swingin’ safari” and “Wonderland by Night”, but also much sought-after rarities that Kaempfert brought out in the early 1960s under the pseudonym “Raimondo and the Memory Strings”. In addition there are about two dozen bonus tracks that to hear again will brighten up the dullest day. Several hundred of his own compositions has left behind this recipient of many awards who died on the island of Mallorca in 1980 at the early age of 56. In 1993 he was afforded the greatest honour a composer can receive, namely the posthumous inclusion in the American “Songwriters’ Hall of Fame”. Kaempfert’s melodies with their dominant bass figures and hovering mixture of choir and strings are timeless. This box with its softly swinging songs lets us journey into a musical wonderland in which we can dream for a while and ignore the hectic pace of daily life.