Had this one for a few years now and so I thought I'd put it up as I plan on sharing a few classic soundtrack/library/etc oldies such as this on a more regular basis like I used to years ago. Here we have Ingfried Hoffmann's superb soundtrack to the German cult classic kids' puppet show Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt. A pioneering and very imaginative show at the time, the series was originally produced by WDR in 1972 based on a 1967 book written by Boy Lornsen and illustrated by Franz Josef Tripp. The story was about a boy called Tobias Findteisen - Tobbi for short - who invents a machine/vehicle called the "Fliewatüüt" that can be driven like a car, fly and swim. Co-piloting the machine with Tobbi was a robot called "ROB 344-66/IIIa" or Robbi for short. As you can expect, Robbi and Tobbi had great adventures with the machine. Oh, by the way, to make things even more interesting - the machine ran on raspberry juice (Himbeersaft)! Anyway, back to the soundtrack!...
The theme tune is superb - having all the groovy, funky and easy qualities you would expect of a theme tune for a show of it's kind from the early 70s. Listen carefully to the track and see if you can spot the blatant steal of the theme music to my fave Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service! Scattered amongst the excellent music are dialogue clips from the series. The final track is Frank Popp's rather nice acid jazz remix of the excellent groovy theme music. Hard to pick a fave track on here as it's all excellent but "Himbeersaft" - a deep down and dirty retread of the theme tune - is rather splendid and there's a lovely easy flutey tune in the form of "Schlafvorbereitung im Leuchtturm" which sounds like it could have been a 70s sitcom theme. "Nordpol" and "Kartoffelschälmusik" will certainly please those who enjoy listening to groovy easy listening comps such as The Sound Gallery. "Nessie" has an excellent bit of breakbeat - perfect for sampling and "Prüfung bestanden" has testcard music written all over it. Probably, if I had to pick one - I would say that the best track on here for me is the roaring "Guten Flug! (Orgel)". Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt is an absolute must for collectors of groovy and funky cult tv classics and library music. You won't be disappointed.
Ingfried Hoffmann
Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt
Diggler Records
2005
80 mb (91 mb unpacked)
1. Ich Heiße
2. Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt
3. FWT 1
4. Teleskoparm
5. Sitzt Du Sicher?
6. Guten Flug!
7. Bossa Robbi
8. Himbeersaft
9. Nachts
10. Flie-Wa-Tüüt
11. Schlafvorbereitung Im Leuchtturm
12. Zwei Freunde
13. Fridolin
14. Nordpol
15. Nu-Nu Und Na-Na
16. Kartoffelschälmusik
17. Plumpudding Castle
18. Nessie
19. Prüfung Bestanden
20. Guten Flug! (Orgel)
21. Showdown
22. Ich Danke Dir
23. Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt (Remix - Edit) by The Frank Popp Ensemble
2. Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt
3. FWT 1
4. Teleskoparm
5. Sitzt Du Sicher?
6. Guten Flug!
7. Bossa Robbi
8. Himbeersaft
9. Nachts
10. Flie-Wa-Tüüt
11. Schlafvorbereitung Im Leuchtturm
12. Zwei Freunde
13. Fridolin
14. Nordpol
15. Nu-Nu Und Na-Na
16. Kartoffelschälmusik
17. Plumpudding Castle
18. Nessie
19. Prüfung Bestanden
20. Guten Flug! (Orgel)
21. Showdown
22. Ich Danke Dir
23. Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt (Remix - Edit) by The Frank Popp Ensemble
Ripped & encoded by X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut @ 320 kbps.
