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Roaring Twenties: Charmaine - Orkiestra taneczna (Syrena Rekord Dance Band?) 1928

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Charmaine (Pollock) – Orkiestra taneczna (Syrena-Rekord Dance Orch.?) Walc-Boston, Syrena-Electro 1928 (Polish)

NOTE: I am not a particular fan of the waltzes, especially Viennese – however, some of the English Waltzes can be really haunting. Such tunes as Rudy Wiedoeft’s Valse Vanité https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=507B4-WrE0A Lew Pollack’s Charmaine or Polish composer Henryk Wars’ hit “Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy” (Love Will Forgive You Everything) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48_QEOov7To are priceless gems and cannot be forgotten by generations of the fans. In Poland, English Waltz tempo was called the “Walc - Boston” and nobody knows why name of the East Coast American city had been used for stigmatizing the English Waltz’s tempo in Poland. It sounds nice, though. Also, the deep mystery entwines real name of the band, which on the label is mentioned dryly as “Orkiestra Taneczna” (a Dance Band). Quite possibly it is Syrena’s studio band, which however was usually named on the label as: Orkiestra Syrena-Rekord.  It’s one more question, which will probably remain forever unanswered. Let’s enjoy the tune as well as the series of photographs and posters of prewar Polish “Charmaines”, which create the slideshow in this movie.

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