10/11/2009

Synopsis

Desmond rummages through his collection of 250,000 titles to share some good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week Desmond takes Berlin as his theme, marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Tracklist

1. Lew Stone / Sam Browne — My Kind Of Music

   Lew Stone - You Danced To These Bands, PULSE: PLSCD 477

2. Jonathan Pryce — Wilkommen

   Cabaret (London), THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, CDTER2 1210

3. Marlene Dietrich — Falling In Love Again (Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss.)

   Archive - not available

   Magic Of Marlene Dietrich, EMI, NTS 107

4. Elvis Presley — Wooden Heart

   Subscription issue - not available

   Legend Lives On, READERS DIGEST, V86002 VK3/1

5. Ute Lemper — Streets Of Berlin

   Punishing Kiss, DECCA, 466 473

6. Max Raabe & Palast Orchester — Dance With Me (Hernando's Hideaway)

   Super Hits Nr 2, RCA, 74321 90179

7. Comedian Harmonists — Heute Nacht Oder Nie

   Comedy Harmonists, AVID, AVC 810

8. Maria Friedman — Mein Herr

   Cabaret (London), THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, CDTER2 1210

9. Detroit Symphony Orchestra — Fanfare For The Common Man

   Copeland El Salon Mexico..., DECCA, 414 273

10. Edward Woodward — Comrades

    Archive - not available

    Edwardian Woodward, DJM, DJLPS 459

11. Gracie Fields — Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye

    Sing As We Go (Nimbus), NIMBUS, NI 2005

12. Freddy Gardner — Roses Of Picardy

    Sweet And Hot, AVID, AMSC 711

13. Ivor Emmanuel — Keep The Home Fires Burning

    Best Of Ivor Emmanuel, PULSE, PLSCD 242

14. Soldiers — Coming Home

    , RHINO, PROMO -

15. Dinah Shore & André Previn — I'll Be Seeing You

    Dinah Sings Previn Plays, CAPITOL, 0946 3 69802

16. Cantabile — Auf Wiederseh'n

    On The Tracks Of The Comedian Harmonists, SPARE PARTS, CD-TAB 6306

Broadcast

1. Tue 10 Nov 2009
   19:00
   BBC Radio 2