RECOMMENDED. A fine album, with a very, very nice track selection and a couple of rarities too. The notes are short and rather bad (too many speculations and free interpretations) and I suggest ignoring them; also, nothing was written on the authors and performers. Two tracks are incomplete unfortunately (track 3 and 9b), which is really a shame. But other than that - every fan of history and march music will certainly enjoy all of the featured sound documents. The tracks from this LP were later often copied by the CD pirates, such as the RMK Records, PzG, etc, and the Tomahawk Films also stole a couple of tracks for their own "Kriegsmarine" pirate CD (this edition is pulled from sale now). And, after nearly 40 years, it is still a rare real "Kriegsmarine" album (note: tracks 1, 4, 7 and 13 were composed and recorded before WWII, and thus also before the term Kriegsmarine was used, but they are navy-related and thus not off-topic). Detailed info below.Communications Archives, Inc. wrote:
Kriegsmarine
War Songs and Marches of the German Navy, 1935-45
LP Number: CAM-876
© Communications Archives, Inc. 1976
01. Kameraden auf See
02. Warte mein Mädel
03. Wir fahren gegen Engelland
04. Heut' geht es an Bord
05. Michel horch der Seewind pfeift
06. Unsere Minensucher
07. Heut' stechen wir ins blaue Meer
08a. Report on board of a German U-Boot
08b. Torpedo los!
09a. Report of the return of Leutnant Gunther Prien
09b. U-Boot Marsch (Hüte dich, Engelland)
10. Das muss den Ersten Seelord doch erschüttern
11. Wir ziehen nach Engelland
12. Ritter der Nordsee
13. Admiral Stosch-Marsch
Correct Info:
01. Kameraden auf See [Marsch und Lied aus dem gleichnamigen Tonfilm]
Composer: Robert Küssel
Lyricist: Götz Otto Stoffregen
Vocal Group: Heyn-Quartett, Berlin
Instrumental Group: Kapelle Otto Kermbach, Berlin
Recording Date: 04.1938
Recording Location: Berlin, Lützowstraße 111-112
Record Company: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
02. Warte, mein Mädel, dort in der Heimat [Marsch und Lied aus dem Tonfilm „U-Boote westwärts!“]
Composer: Harald Böhmelt
Lyricist: Bruno Balz
Arranger: Erich Schneider-Kamin
Vocal Group: Flak-Soldatenchor
Instrumental Group: Musikkorps der Flak-Artillerie
Conductor: Musikmeister Viktor Heidersberger
Recording Date: 02.09.1941
Recording Location: Berlin, Carl Lindström AG (Schlesische Straße 26-27), Raum II
Record Company: Carl Lindström AG, Berlin
03. Matrosenlied (Wir fahren gegen Engelland)
Composer: Herms Niel
Lyricist: Hermann Löns
Arranger: Gustav Skibbe
Vocal Group: Männerchor
Instrumental Group: I. Musikkorps des Infanterie-Regiments „Großdeutschland“, Berlin-Moabit
Conductor: Stabsmusikmeister Friedrich Ahlers
Recording Date: 21.10.1939
Recording Location: Berlin, Sing-Akademie (Am Festungsgraben 2)
Record Company: Telefunken-Platte GmbH, Berlin
Note: feat. the melody of „Matrosenchor“ from „Der fliegende Holländer“ [Wagner] before each strophe, and of „Deutsches Flaggenlied“ [Thiele] at the end of the composition
* incomplete (the last strophe is missing)
04. Matrosen auf See [Marsch]
Composer: Theodor Robert Leuschner
Trio: Heut’ geht es an Bord (Hell die Gläser klingen)/ Melody: ?/ Composer: Anonym/ Lyricist: Kapitän Paul Vollrath
Vocal Group: Männerchor der Städtischen Oper, Berlin
Instrumental Group: Musikzug der SS-Standarte 15
Conductor: SS-Obertruppführer Paul Hellmann
Recording Date: 1934
Recording Location: Berlin
Record Company: Electrola GmbH, Berlin
05. Michel, horch, der Seewind pfeift! [Marsch und Lied]
Composer: Herms Niel
Lyricist: Gottfried Schwab
Arranger: Erich Walden
Vocal Group: Die Metropol-Vokalisten, Berlin
Instrumental Group: Musikkorps der Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Berlin-Gatow
Conductor: Stabsmusikmeister Arno Kühn
Recording Date: 19.01.1940
Recording Location: Berlin, Carl Lindström AG (Schlesische Straße 26-27), Raum II
Record Company: Carl Lindström AG, Berlin
Note: feat. the opening melody from „Der fliegende Holländer“ [Wagner] before the vocal part
06. Unsere Minensucher [Marsch und Lied aus dem Tonfilm „Minen in Sperrlücke X“]
Composer: Robert Küssel
Lyricist: Ingo Holvard
Vocal Group: Die Metropol-Vokalisten, Berlin
Instrumental Group: Musikkorps der Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur Berlin-Gatow
Conductor: Stabsmusikmeister Arno Kühn
Recording Date: 28.11.1939
Recording Location: Berlin, Carl Lindström AG (Schlesische Straße 26-27), Raum II
Record Company: Carl Lindström AG, Berlin
07. Heut’ stechen wir ins blaue Meer [Marsch und Lied]
Composer/Lyricist: Herms Niel
Vocal Group: Männerchor
Instrumental Group: Blasorchester
Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recording Date: 07.1939
Recording Location: Berlin
Record Company: Electrola GmbH, Berlin
Note: the composition begins with the opening melody from „Der fliegende Holländer“ [Wagner]
08a. Bericht
Speaker: ?
Recording Date: ?
Recording Location: ?
Record Company: Großdeutscher Rundfunk
08b. Torpedo los! [Marsch unserer U-Boote]
Composer/Lyricist: Walter Emmerich
Arranger: Hans Teichmann
Instrumental/Vocal Group: Stabsmusikkorps und Soldatenchor des Wachbataillons der Luftwaffe, Berlin
Conductor: Stabsmusikmeister Hans Teichmann
Recording Date: 06.01.1941
Recording Location: Berlin, Sing-Akademie (Am Festungsgraben 2)
Record Company: Telefunken-Platte GmbH, Berlin
09a. Bericht
Speaker: ?
Recording Date: 15.10.1939
Recording Location: ?
Record Company: Großdeutscher Rundfunk
Note: feat. „Deutschlandlied“ [Haydn/v.Fallersleben]
09b. U-Boot-Marsch [aus dem Kulturfilm „U-Boote am Feind“]
Composer: Robert Küssel
Lyricist: Ingo Holvard
Vocal Group: Soldatenchor
Instrumental Group: Musikkorps des Wachbataillons Berlin
Conductor: Musikmeister Guido Grosch
Recording Date: 03.07.1941
Recording Location: Berlin, Central-Theater (Alte Jakobstraße 30-32)
Record Company: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
* incomplete (the 2nd strophe is missing)
10. Das muß den Ersten Seelord doch erschüttern [Foxtrot]
Melody: Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern [Foxtrot]/ Composer: Michael Jary
Lyricist: Gerhard Fließ
Vocal Group: Schuricke-Terzett, Berlin
Instrumental Group: Fred Dömpke mit seinen Solisten, Berlin
Recording Date: 29.11.1939
Recording Location: Berlin
Record Company: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
11. Wir ziehen nach Engeland [Marschlied]
Composer: Hans Teichmann
Lyricist: Kurt Keil
Arranger: Ludwig Kletsch
Vocal Group: Soldatenchor des Wachbataillons der Luftwaffe, Berlin
Conductor: Stabsmusikmeister Hans Teichmann
Recording Date: 06.01.1941
Recording Location: Berlin, Sing-Akademie (Am Festungsgraben 2)
Record Company: Telefunken-Platte GmbH, Berlin
12. Ritter der Nordsee [Marsch und Lied]
Composer: Herms Niel
Lyricist: Heinrich Anacker
Arranger: Erich Gutzeit
Vocal Group: Soldatenchor
Instrumental Group: Reichsmusikzug des Reichsarbeitsdienstes, Potsdam-Golm
Conductor: Obermusikzugführer Herms Niel
Recording Date: 02.08.1940
Recording Location: Berlin, Central-Theater (Alte Jakobstraße 30-32)
Record Company: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
13. Admiral-Stosch-Marsch [Op. 140]
Composer: Carl Latann
Instrumental Group: Blasorchester Carl Woitschach, Berlin
Recording Date: 08.09.1938
Recording Location: Berlin, Sing-Akademie (Am Festungsgraben 2)
Record Company: Telefunken-Platte GmbH, Berlin
Note: the title refers to Admiral Albrecht von Stosch
Index of Names:
Ahlers, Friedrich (1882-1945) 3
Anacker, Heinrich (1901-1971) 12
Balz, Bruno (1902-1988) 2
Böhmelt, Harald (1900-1982) 2
Dömpke, Fred (1907-1985) 10
Emmerich, Walter (____-____) 8b
Fallersleben, Hoffmann von (1798-1874) 9a
Fließ, Gerhard (____-____) 10
Grosch, Guido (1910-1942) 9b
Gutzeit, Erich (1898-1973) 12
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) 9a
Heidersberger, Viktor (____-____) 2
Hellmann, Paul (1896-1944) 4
Heyn, Erich (____-____) 1
Holvard, Ingo (____-____) 6, 9b
Jary, Michael (1906-1988) 10
Keil, Kurt (____-____) 11
Kermbach, Otto (1882-1960) 1
Kletsch, Ludwig (1908-1961) 11
Kühn, Arno (1882-1949) 5, 6
Kümmel, Erich (1906-1960) 5
Küssel, Robert (1895-1970) 1, 6, 9b
Latann, Carl (1840-1888) 13
Leuschner, Theodor Robert (1878-1959) 4
Löns, Hermann (1866-1914) 3
Niel, Herms (1888-1954) 3, 5, 7, 12
Prien, Günther (1908-1941) 9a
Schneider-Kamin, Erich (____-____) 2
Schuricke, Rudi (1913-1973) 10
Schwab, Gottfried (1851-1903) 5
Seidler-Winkler, Bruno (1880-1960) 7
Skibbe, Gustav (1867-1954) 3
Stoffregen, Götz Otto (1896-1953) 1
Stosch, Albrecht von (1818-1896) 13
Teichmann, Hans (1888-1961) 8b, 11
Thiele, Richard (1847-1903) 3
Vollrath, Paul (____-____) 4
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) 3, 5, 7
Walden, Erich [pseud.] = Kümmel, Erich
Woitschach, Carl (1864-1939) 13
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