[78-L] Lili Marleen

[simmonssomer]

 As far as I know, it was  "Lili Marlene"
Where did this "Marleen" come from?
Probably the same place as "nucular"

Al S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Milan P Milovanovic" <milanpmilovanovic4 at gmail.com>
To: <78-l at 78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Lili Marleen


> Not exactly, but it was Decelith recording probably recorded back in the
> studio those days.
>
> I traced three or four versions of that Sender Belgrade story as well.
>
> Also, saw in daily periodical news (issued back during 1940s) that framed
> record of the very same song they put on the main entrance to the radio
> station (!)
>
> M.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kristjan Saag" <saag at telia.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Lili Marleen
>
>
>> Milan P Milovanovic wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> just about two years ago or so, person from Belgium contacted me, saying
>>> that he is in possession of original Decelith record inscribed "Lili
>>> Marleen" with interpretation of a song that was distributed freely via
>>> Sender Belgrad radio station - it was the main source that made this 
>>> song
>>> so
>>> popular during those war years.
>>> Unfortunately, this man contacted me only once - he was interested in
>>> process of record cleaning.
>>> He also said, he bought this foil on some kind of a flea-market.
>>
>> ---
>> You mean that the station made its own copies and distributed them to
>> listeners?
>> That would be interesting, because the story of the Beograd station (the
>> German Armed Forces Network in occupied Serbia) has many versions. One is
>> that the station was given orders, from Berlin, not to play the song -
>> which
>> could account for it's efforts to distribute acetates of it to its
>> listeners.
>> But the copy offered to you could as well have been a private recording
>> from
>> one of the broadcasts.
>> Kristjan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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