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"Sahara" is an "oriental foxtrot" recorded by Bimbo der Tricktrommler (Bimbo, the magic drummer) and his orchestra in 1941. The period 1939/41 saw quite a lot of these exotic themed dance tunes : "Golfstrom" "Amazonas", "Marokko", "Wenn ich ein Schlangenbeschwörer wär" etc...

Bimbo der Tricktrommler or Ernst Weiland performed at Berlin's famed Scala variety theatre and made a number of recordings for Odeon....

In do not have much information on him, except that he was drafted in 1943 and died on the Eastern Front - most likely in 1944....

Another one of his records - "Komm und tanz" from the movie "Menschen vom Variety" can be found in my channel :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta1S-JiE5aI

The flip side of "Sahara" is "FD79" and canbe found in the Dairyman716 channel

The video is an "oriental fantasy".... The pyramids are nowhere near the Sahara.... I know!

About the record :

Odeon
O-31 675b / mx. Be 12886
Berlin,
1941

Record in fair condition

This record was trasferred using the Ortofon Om78 cartridge and stylus as well as a 78rpm phono preamp in order to get an acceptable 78rpm equalization!