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Katja Ebstein – No More Love For Me 7" Single Eurovision Sung In English

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Format: 7'' Vinyl
Style: Pop
Cover: FLC
Media: VG+
Item no.: s5161

Katja Ebstein - No more love for me 7'' Single Eurovision SUNG IN ENGLISH Overall rating 7'' Vinyl Cover: FLC Media: VG+ Nr. s5161 €102.99 ✓ SELECTED

Katja Ebstein - No more love for me 7'' Single Eurovision SUNG IN ENGLISH

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What does a German Eurovision song sound like once it has been dressed up for American radio? This Liberty single out of Los Angeles has the answer: Katja Ebstein sings her “Wunder gibt es immer wieder” in English. On this small disc two schools of pop craft meet – Christian Bruhn’s German one and the British one of “Delilah” lyricist Barry Mason.

The English words came from Barry Mason, who had written “Delilah” with Les Reed for Tom Jones, and from Sylvan Whittingham, daughter of “Thunderball” screenwriter Jack Whittingham. She later went to court claiming half of the “Delilah” lyric; the case was settled in 1986. The music stayed in Bruhn’s hands: he composed, arranged, conducted and co-produced – just as he led the orchestra himself in Amsterdam in 1970, when the song finished third. In 1972 he married his singer.

Ebstein returned in 1971 and 1980, placing third and second – three top-three finishes without ever winning, something no one had managed before her. We like how this promo brings both crafts together on one label; we suspect Eurovision collectors and followers of Bruhn or Mason will be looking for it.

The label carries the legend “Promotion Copy – Not For Sale”. Record and original Liberty company sleeve are each graded vg+; the sleeve still has a “Record Center” price sticker for 98 cents.

Label: Liberty (Los Angeles, California)
Catalogue number: 56168
Label code: LB-2829
Pressing note: No ℗ notice on the photographed label; printed “Promotion Copy – Not For Sale”
Publisher: Unart Music Corp., BMI
Side A: “No More Love For Me (Wunder G’ibt Es Immer Wieder)” 3:30, intro 0:18 (Christian Bruhn, Gunter Loose, Barry Mason, Sylvan Whittingham) – arranged and conducted by Christian Bruhn; produced by Christian Bruhn & Noel Walker
Side B: not photographed
Sleeve: Liberty company sleeve “The Personality Sound of the Sixties!”

Also of interest in this context:

Wunder gibt es immer wieder — The German original with which Katja Ebstein came third at the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest.
Delilah — The hit Barry Mason wrote with Les Reed for Tom Jones – the same Mason wrote the English lyrics of this single.

Further reading: die Hälfte der „Delilah“-Zeilen (Wikipedia) ↗ opens in a new tab

All references (7 sources)

Own examination of the object — Eurovision entry in English; record condition VG+, sleeve VG+; one copy
Own photos of the label and sleeve — Liberty 56168, ID LB-2829, "Promotion Copy – Not For Sale", running time 3:30 with 0:18 intro, credits Bruhn/Loose/Mason/Whittingham, arranged and conducted by Christian Bruhn, produced by Bruhn & Noel Walker, Unart Music Corp.; Liberty company sleeve with a Record Center price sticker of 98 cents
Wikipedia (English): Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 — "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" by Christian Bruhn (music) and Günter Loose (lyrics), sung by Katja Ebstein, placed third with 12 points
Wikipedia (English): Katja Ebstein — Entered in 1970, 1971 and 1980, placing third, third and second; the only singer with three top-three placings without a win
Wikipedia (German): Christian Bruhn — Bruhn conducted in person in Amsterdam in 1970; Katja Ebstein became his wife in 1972
Wikipedia (English): Delilah (Tom Jones song) — Barry Mason wrote "Delilah" with Les Reed; his ex-wife Sylvan Whittingham, daughter of Thunderball screenwriter Jack Whittingham, claimed half of the lyrics, settled in 1986
Sylvan Mason: Songs & Lyrics — Sylvan Mason lists "No More Love For Me" for Katja Ebstein among her own lyrics