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A few experiences and events of the past as James
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In the last three decades I frequented many concerts in the Netherlands, Scotland, England
("Royal Albert Hall", London, a few times) and of course
various in
Germany too. |
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1987 and 1989 in EAST-Berlin -the
"GDR" and the "Berlin-Wall" were present- I could enjoy his
unforgotten concerts in the "Palast der Republik". See: Video,
LD, DVD, CD,
LP and MC "The Berlin Concert '87". At that time it was impossible for me as a WEST-Berliner, to get tickets for these
concerts; but I achieved it!! |
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On 12th November 1983 -only my wife and
me- have been present at the recordings for the LP/ CD/ MC: "Superlast" in the
Polydor Recording-Studio in Hamburg. Followed by an easy going
evening only with Hansi and the band in a nice restaurant. |
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I was present at different TV-recordings with James Last in Germany and foreign
countries. |
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1989 my wife and me were invited, together with many other people, as guests of his party to
his 60th birthday in Bremen (Germany) (where he was born on 17th April 1929
as Hans Last). |
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I have met James Last and his wife Christine
personally here in Berlin on
29th November 1999. |
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In all these years different
newspapers as well as some radio- and TV-stations have reported now
and then about me and my hobby. |
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The radio-station
("Berliner Rundfunk") broadcasted interviews
about me and my hobby "James Last". |
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The bigest tabloid from Berlin ("BZ") visited us in our home and produced a
large two-page-report about me and my hobby "James Last". |
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The
record-company of James Last (Universal/ Polydor) published a James
Last-press-CD-Rom. On this item, they only men- tioned my own private James
Last-fanpage. |
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A TV-team of the
ARD ("national radio
and television network in Germany") visited us in our home and recorded
the story of my
hobby. This story was broadcasted on 14th May 2001 in the programme
"Polylux", followed by several repeats. |
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One
of the biggest Berlin newspapers ("Berliner Zeitung"), published on
27th November 2002 a story about me and my hobby. |
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My webpage about newspaper report - Please "click" here |
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In December 2002, the ARD ("national
radio and television network in Germany") produced a
report about me and my hobby, incl. a personal meeting with James Last,
his wife Christine, my wife Karin and me. After the TV-recordings have been finished and the
TV-team has gone, my wife and me had exclusively with James Last
and his wife a very private conversation for some hours. |
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This report was broadcasted on 7th
January 2003 at 7:15 pm in the
ARD-magazine "BRISANT", followed by some repeats of regional TV-stations. |
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My
webpage about
broadcasting - Please "click" here |
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On the occasion
of the forthcoming James Last-tours from April till May 2004 through
Scotland, Ireland and England and from October till December 2004 through
Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, I had the opportunity
to be present on 6th November 2003 the press conference with James Last here in
Berlin. Afterwards numerous TV-recordings have been taken with James Last. During this event, which
went on for nearly the whole day some more
very interesting contacts had been resulted... |
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My
webpage about press conference 2003 - Please "click" here |
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On James
Last's 75th birthday, the radio station RBB, frequency 88.8 and earlier well known as
"Sender
Freies Berlin" (SFB) broadcasted -as part of the
weekly show "Deutsches Gold"- a big JAMES LAST-SPECIAL. For this LIVE-broadcasting
on 14th April 2004, from 10:05 pm - 12:00 pm, I chosed a l l tracks, did
the order of broadcasting and put my corresponding storage mediums at disposal too. While
broadcasting I gave full explanations about my hobby to the presenter Michael Bolien. |
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This JAMES LAST-SPECIAL was broadcasted worldwide by
satellite (ASTRA 1B) and could be heard in the internet too. I would like to thank
a number of listeners in Germany and foreign countries for
their kindly resonance. |
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My
webpage about JAMES LAST-SPECIAL - Please "click" here
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On the occasion
of the European tour 2006 ("The LAST tour 2006") I had the possibility
on 2nd November 2005, to be present at the press conference with James Last here in
Berlin again.
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My
webpage about press conference 2005 - Please "click" here
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In
2005, a company asked me for help to produce a 3
or 4 CD-box
about James Last. They thought about producing another of these hundreds of
same compilations. But see yourself...
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My
webpage about 4 CD-project "The James Last Collection" - Please
"click" on the picture above or just here
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In the middle of March 2006, a
company asked me for help to make the DVD "Live in der
Waldbuehne Berlin". I gave my original programme-book, my
original concert-tickets from 1982 for the booklet at disposal. The DVD (incl.
16 pages booklet) is to get in the shops since 7th April 2006. Front- and
backover of the booklet, please see left.
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My
webpage about the DVD-box - Please "click" on the picture above or
just here
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On 17th
October 2006
James Last got the STAR-STERN award in the Fernweh-Park in Hof
(Oberfranken). On this event, my wife and me have been the exclusive guests
of ho- nour. For further
informations, please "click" on accompanying picture or use the
follow- ing link:
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My
webpage about the STAR-STERN awarding - Please "click" on the picture
above or just here
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The most readed newspaper in
Germany "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" published of the last concert of
"The LAST Tour 2006" on 25th November 2006 a nearly
one-page-report about James Last and me. Sorry, no english translation
available.
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My
webpage about the report in newspaper "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" - Please
"click" here
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On reason of the James Last
concert-tour 2011 a tv-team recorded in november 2010 in our home
too. Parts of it were broadcasted in the tv-programme "James Last at Last - Lena Ganschow trifft den
Meister des "Happy Sound" on 3rd april 2011 at 19.10 CET
on the tv-station 3sat. |
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from 3sat with announcement of broadcast - Please "click" on the
logo above or just here
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The austrian tv
(ORF) had the idea, to make a surprise for James Last with a
presentation of a large selec- tion of his published records, while his appearance in the
LIVE tv-show "Musikantenstadl" in the town of Riesa and
they asked me for help. My wife and I were present as
guests
of honour... |
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My
webpage about Musikantenstadl - Please
"click" on the logo above or just here
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On
9th March 2009 Michael Augustin and Walter
Weber from Radio Bremen visited me at home. While an over 4 hour-conversation
I gave informations about my hobby and my James Last-collection. Parts of this conversation
and a few examp- les of my collec tion were broadcasted on 12th April 2009
by the radiostation Nordwestradio as a feature "They call me Hansi" and
was repeated same
day in the programme "Freistil" of the ra diostation Deutschlandfunk. - Thanks for
positive resonance of the lots of
listeners at home and from abroad. |
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The webpages about the feature
- Please "click" on one of the logos above or just here
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On
23th April 2009 the James Last-tour ("Mit 80 Jahren um die
Welt") starts in Bayreuth (Germany). On this reason the
newspaper "Frankenpost" published in her edition from
24th/ 25th April 2009, a. o. a story about me and my hobby. (Sorry, it's written in German - No translation) |
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Webpage about report in "Frankenpost"
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"click" on the logo above or just here
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No comment - Please
see yourself (Sorry, it's written in German - No translation) |
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Webpage about report in "ZEIT ONLINE"
- Please "click" on the logo above or just here
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| It was a
great surprise
and pleasure for me, to receive a personal e-mail from the great canadian
singer George Walker. |
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Last presents George Walker" be- longs to the rarities of every
James Last-collection. |
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From different members of the
James Last-orchestra and -choire, from time to time I get e-mails etc..
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greatest rarity |
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My
webpage about MY greatest rarities - Please "click" on the picture above
or just here |
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For the
world-premiere of the feature film "Warum Maenner nicht zuhoeren
und Frauen schlecht einparken" (James Last composed and
played the soundtrack), I've got an officially written invitation. For
my wife and me it was a great pleasure to meet James -Hansi- Last
and his wife Christine in person again. |
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My
webpage about film world premiere - Please "click" on the picture
above or just here |
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The magazine
"mach mal Pause", issue 50 from 5th December 2007, published a
short report about me and my hobby. |
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Every
weekend and at every
weather conditions (since 1982 when I got the great "James Last-fever"), I'm walking over
many kinds of flea-markets over here in Berlin. I'm regulary visiting various record-fairs and asking from time to time in
2nd hand re- cord-shops in Berlin and other places
for James Last- items. At every time I have search-advertisings in several
newspapers and magazines
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In Scotland, England,
Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Italy, New Zealand,
Mexico, South Africa, Switzer- land,
Russia, Chile, Korea, Peru, China, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Canada, Australia, USA,
Brazil, Venezuela, Japan and of course Germany (to mention just only a few
countries!), I've got a lot of real good and sincerely James Last-friends,
we are joined together through the joy of listening to the music of James
Last. We
all together supply each of us to obtain the latest informations from or
about James Last & his orchestra. Naturally we help each of us to obtain LPs, Singles, CDs, MCs and so on
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Through my collecting-activities, I've got a lot
double items of James Last. This happens
because I often have to buy all items from a supplier (dealer) to get the only
one item I need for my collection (otherwise he doesn't sell me anything!). |
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I have very voluminous lists
of James Last-items for swap. The reason therefore is, I already have
to many of James Last items in my collection, and if to swap is not possible, I would
sell these items for cost prices. Of course all items are in very
good condition! If any James Last-fan and -collector is looking for used or
new items from James Last from Germany and/ or any country of the world, as I said
before, I have a lot to sell and can get nearly everything. If someone likes,
he can send me his search-list(s). |
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I'm sure, I have let you know something about me and my hobby. |
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Who feels now doing to write me for
contact, please send me a short e-mail or if you want a longer e-mail too.
Of course I would be pleased about every letter with proposals, opinions, questions,
wishes or new informations. Every criticism -no matter whether positive or negative- is wanted.
Always it must be objective and fair! Then, you can be sure, you get
an answer from me. |
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To send me a message (e-mail): |
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You'll find my e-mail-address in the lower area of each site of my homepage.
Just "click" on this address. |
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Or just here:
j.l.fan.guenter.krueger-berlin@t-online.de |
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See you soon ... |
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I'm very proud that I can express this, because for myself
particularly it's important.
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P.S.:
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NEVER
I was the person
who asked the newspapers, radio- and tv-stations, the recording company or
whomever to report
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about me and my hobby. - ALWAYS
the initiative came of the proper authority or the responsible persons.
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I'm very
proud that I can express this, because for myself particularly it's
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