[78-L] Lili Marleen

[David Lennick]

Sorry about missing that final "s" (Wachtpostens). By the way, it's also 
spelled "Lili Marlen" on the Canadian Victor issue of the Lale Andersen 
recording, dubbed from the Electrola (pictured here).

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wjH8uj9ArzE/SDKl8zkuTwI/AAAAAAAAA2w/UcIjOW6LmBg/s1600-h/lili+marlen.jpg

David Lennick wrote:
> It was also originally Lied Eines Jungen Wachtposten. Odd thing..google that 
> and you see several links that spell it "Lili Marleen".
> 
> dl
> 
> simmonssomer wrote:
>>  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
>>>>