Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen ... Hans Busch Tanzorchester (Berlin, 1939 / 4K / Colorized)

Описание: Today's video features "Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen" (Lit. Don't cry because of love) - one of Zarah Leander's most famous songs in an instrumental almost classical version by Hans Busch and his orchestra.

The song was featured in "Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht" starring Zarah Leander, Marika Rökk, Hans Stüwe and Leo Slezak. It is a highly romanticised / fictionalised biopic of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky. To its credit the movie does not claim to be an exact biography. In the opening credits it is mentioned that the story is fabricated. The movie owes its existence to Tchaikowsky's music and as such is a well crafted somber melodrama.

Hans Busch (1909-96) was a very successful violinist and bandleader who recorded more than 250 sides for Deutsche Grammophon between 1935 and 1943. He was often regarded as Grammophon’s answer to Barnabás von Geczy, one of Electrola’s most popular and prolific recording artists. After struggling to relaunch his career after the Second World War he became very well known in Sweden both as a musician and music publisher.

Other hans Busch videos in my channel can be found here :

"Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein ?" :    • "Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein?" ... Hans Bus...  
"Von der Puszta will ich träumen !" :    • "Von der Puszta will ich träumen !" ... Em...  
"Vous qui passez sans me voir" :    • "Vous qui passez sans me voir" ... Ray Ven...  

Unfortunately the record in today's video is in bad condtion.

This video combines the 78rpm release with sequences from "Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht". These sequences have been restored and upscaled to a 4K resolution using Topaz Video Enhance AI. They were then colorized (purely for entertainment purposes) in Adobe Photoshop. I do not claim the colorization to be historically correct but it does give an impression of what the sets and costumes may have looked like.

About the record :

"Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen"
Hans Busch Tanzorchester

Gramophon
47365 A / mx. 8612 1/2 GD 9
Berlin,
1939

The 78rpm recording was transferred using the Graham Slee Revelation M phono preamp in combination with the ReK-O-Kut Dehisser. The settings for the Preamp are : Mono with Bass Turnover set at 250 Hz - Flat.

On the Rek-O-Kut Dehisser a Lo-Cut filter was applied at 40hz and the remaining hiss reduced. The Dehisser comes with a groove wall selector. It this case the left groove wall was selected as it sounded slightly better.
The record is transferred using the Ortophon Om 78 cartridge and element. The cartridge is a stereo cartridge which makes it possible to select the left or right groove wall - this would not be possible using the Grado 78c cartridge which is a true mono cartridge.