{"product_id":"ella-fitzgerald-live-in-east-berlin-1967-the-lost-recordings-lp","title":"Ella Fitzgerald - Live In East Berlin 1967 - The Lost Recordings LP { Vinyl LP }","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"description\" class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElla Fitzgerald —\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLive In East Berlin 1967\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180-gram hand-numbered edition\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited to 3,000 copies worldwide!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemastered from the original analog tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGold foil and debossing on soft-touch cover\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrinted inner sleeve; pressed at Optimal in Germany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt all began with a coincidence and complicity between Ronald Trisch, the head of the East German music agency, and Horst Lippmann, the West Berlin representative of major American artists. In January 1967, Ella Fitzgerald toured Europe with Duke Ellington and his orchestra. After a concert in West Berlin, January 25 was a day off. They jumped at the chance to organize a somewhat adventurous \"detour\" for Ella to East Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt 11 p.m. on Wednesday evening, 3,000 people flocked to the Friedrichstadt Palace. This appearance in East Berlin would be the only one of her career. No big orchestra behind her, but the three exceptional musicians of the Jimmy Jones Trio to accompany her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis was a perilous affair. Karlheinz Drechsel, one of the organizers, and father of Ulf Drechsel, our correspondent in Germany, describes in his Memoirs, an excessively nervous Ella when, after crossing Check Point Charlie, she finds herself backstage. Unusual anxieties haunt her thoughts: this concert is not like the others, she hasn't had enough time to rehearse, what will the audience think, what do they expect of her, will she be able to seduce them? No one can calm her down, and she fidgets with her eternal white handkerchief. These thoughts run through her mind as her manager, Norman Granz, enters the stage and introduces the musicians: Sam Woodyard on drums, Bob Cranshow on double bass, Jimmy Jones on piano, then settles for a simple \"I think you all know Ella\". She enters, murmurs a timid \"danke schön\" and, miraculously, the audience greets her with a thunderous cheer. In less than a breath, the strained smile that marked her lips is transformed into happy laughter. The \"First Lady of Jazz\" emerges from her torpor. She was about to deliver one of her most memorable concerts to the East Berlin public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lost Recordings managed to obtain the original analog tapes of this unique performance, one in stereo and one in mono. Neither version was complete. The concert had to be reconstructed, and the version of each track that most perfectly revealed the magic of the moment had to be chosen prior to the restoration work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor almost an hour and a half, she treated the audience to some 20 tracks from the other side of the wall, alternating timeless standards with the hits of the moment, from the Beatles to Nancy Sinatra...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt's now one o'clock in the morning. The concert should be over. But the ovation is immense. The audience doesn't want to let Ella go. She returns to give an encore of her childhood song \"A-Tisket, A-Tasket\" and a climax in the form of \"Hello, Dolly! Late into the night, before climbing back into her car, heading for West Berlin, exhausted but drunk with happiness, she confessed to Karlheinz Drechsel: \"It was like the good old days at the Savoy!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tracklist_title_single_product\"\u003eRECORD 1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Sunny Side of the Street*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Be That Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou've Changed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese Boots Are Made for Walking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHere's That Rainy Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummertime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSó Danço Samba (Jazz Samba)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tracklist_title_single_product\"\u003eRECORD 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMack the Knife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMidnight Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoin' Out of My Head*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOh, Lady Be Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMisty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS Wonderful*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaint-Louis Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow High the Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA-Tisket, A-Tasket*\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist-line with-audio\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHello, Dolly!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"specifications\" class=\"tab-pane fade active in\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666232586572,"sku":"3770020964091","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2913\/4412\/files\/234.webp?v=1770369792","url":"https:\/\/vinylpulses.com\/products\/ella-fitzgerald-live-in-east-berlin-1967-the-lost-recordings-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}