MARLENE DIETRICH SINGS 1933 Paris Mein Blondes Baby Jonny PETER KREUDER Vox 304

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In Germany, 1933

Marlene Dietrich in her famous 1933 Paris recording session with Peter Kreuder and his Orch

French Polydor Recordings issued in the US on VOX


Marlene Dietrich Sings 
Eight songs licensed by Vox Records from Polydor, recorded by Marlene Dietrich 20 years before, in Germany, accompanied by Peter Kreuder and his orchestra. The material is surprisingly blues- and jazz-influenced, much more so than the recordings for which Dietrich subsequently became known -- here she's a German trying very hard to sound American. It's all delightfully decadent and seductive.

Marlene Dietrich, Peter Kreuder And His Orchestra – Sings

Label:
VOX (6) – VSP 304
Series:
Spotlight Series
Format:
3 x Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Album

Genre:
Pop, Stage & Screen
Style:
Vocal, Chanson
A1  Jonny
A2  Peter - Peter (R.Nelson /F.Hollaender)
This curious song composed by Friedrich Hollaender is part tango, part jazz, part love song, part nightclub, in other words: impossible to pin down.  It was featured in her 1931 film "Song of Songs" and the German lyrics translate approximately to :
 
Johnny, when it's your birthday I am your guest all night
Johnny, I dream so much about you, Oh, come to me in the afternoon
Johnny, when it's your birthday and your arms embrace me all night
Johnny, then I think at last it's your birthday forever
Both tracks recorded Berlin, March 11, 1931.

B1  Allein . . . In Einer Grossen Stadt
B2  Mein Blondes Baby
"Mein Blondes Baby" w Kreuder at the Piano is a joyful song dedicated to her daughter Maria Elisabeth

Allein in einer Grossen Stadt is a dark song about loneliness and sexual desire in the anonymous city


C1  Ja, So Bin Ich
C2  Wo Ist Der Mann?
Paris, Februar 1933
Marlene Dietrich mit dem Orchestra Peter Kreuder 
 Peter Kreuder (p,ldr,arr) Arthur Briggs (tp) Peter du Conge (cl) Freddie Johnson (p,bldr) Juan Fernandez (b) Billy Taylor (d) Marlene Dietrich (vcl) 


Recorded By – Polydor
Cover – Dan Shapiro (5)
Orchestra, Accompanied By – Peter Kreuder And His Orchestra
Vocals – Marlene Dietrich

Complete 3x10" 78 rpm Vox Records w orig album, glamour shot and notes on inner cover
French Polydor Recordings issued in the US on VOX

CONDITION: EXCELLENT PRISTINE, plays very quiet rare ticks
Album has sound binding and sleeves. Orig spine missing, has been nicely rebound. Covers have rubs and some chipping of cover paper at corners
A  SUPERB COPY
 

Kreuder was an assistant to Friedrich
Hollaender at the end of the twenties; he may
be the piano player in the screen test for ”The
Blue Angel” as it is surely not Friedrich
Hollaender.
Kreuder did compose a lot of filmmusic in the
thirties for german film comedies. As he was
not in danger he felt no need to emigrate;
however he went to Hollywood for some time in
the early thirties but came back disappointed.
Peter Kreuder stayed in contact with Marlene at
least till 1937 when he was in Paris to record
songs with her. Herbert Grenzebach of
Telefunken records, who previously
supervised the recordings of “Jonny” and
“Peter” at Ultraphon 1931, tried to re-establish
the contact to Marlene in 1936. In a letter dated
May 4th 1936 he proposed to record songs for
Telefunken with Peter Kreuder. It is interesting
to note that he writes: “If you should not come
Allein in einer großen Stadt (1933: 01) and
Mein blondes Baby (1933:07) were published
on Polydor 530 001; but what was the flip side
of Ja so bin ich (1933: 02)? Was it Wo ist der
Mann (1933: 03)?
Assez (1933 : 04) and Moi je m‘ennui
(1933 :06) came out again on Polydor.