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Today's video features the slowfox "Ein paar Tränen werd' ich weinen um dich" (Lit. I shall shed a few tears over you" which was featured in the 1939 movie "Das Lied der Wüste" (Desert Song) starring Zarah Leander. The version in this video was recorded by Theo Reuter and his orchestra for Clangor / Schallplatten Volksverband - a subscription style record label which made its recordings at the Tonographie studios in Berlin (hence their typical sound). Reuter (1905-1975) is an often overlooked bandleader yet he did make some interesting recordings. His version of "Ein paar Tränen.." features a fine saxophone solo - possibly by Erwin Steinbacher (Source : Lange). Unfortunately my copy is very battered... The sudden increase in volume when Heinz Grossmann starts singing is part of the recording.
"Das Lied der Wüste" is generally considered Leander's weakest and least successful (but still profitable) for UFA. In "Das Lied der Wüste" Leander plays Grace Collins - as singer, who visits her powerful stepfather Sir Collins in a British mandate territory in Northern Africa. She ends up falling in love with Nic Brenten (Gustav Knuth) an idealistic Swedish engineer who wants to protect the interests of the local Bedouin population. This puts him on a collision course with Sir Collins... While the story is contrived and there is zero chemistry between Zarah Leander and Gustav Knuth, the movie does offer some amusing scenes such as Zarah Leander flying a plane or riding a camel on UFA's backlot in Babelsberg.
The music for "Das Lied der Wüste" was composed by Nico Dostal (1895-1981) and featured the songs "Ein paar Tränen werd' ich weinen um dich", "Heut' Abend lad' ich mir die Liebe ein", "Sagt Dir eine schöne Frau 'Vielleicht' " and "Fatme, erzähl mir ein Märchen".
This video combines the 78rpm release with sequences from "Das Lied der Wüste". These sequences have been restored and upscaled to a 4K resolution using Topaz Video Enhance AI. They were then colorized (purely for entertainment purposes) in Adobe Photoshop. I do not claim the colorization to be historically correct but it does give an impression of what the sets and costumes may have looked like.
The record was transferred with a Graham Slee Revelation phono preamp combined with an Ortophon Om78 element and stylus. Further editing was done in Adobe Audition.
About the record :
"Ein paar Tränen werd' ich weinen um dich"
Theo Reuter und sein Orchester
Gesang : Heinz Grossmann
Clangor - Schallplatten Volksverband
T4695
Tono(graphie) Studios
Potsdamer Strasse 122,
Berlin, May 1939