(No 467) Spielplatz

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	(No 467) Spielplatz
	; The cover of the Galaxie Dream Band's 1981 album A Place To Be With Us, which features the song.
Artist(s)	Gunter Hampel & His Galaxie Dream Band
Genre	Free Jazz
Year	1981
Original poster	NY80sTapes
Search duration	2023 - 2025

(No 467) Spielplatz (formerly known as "Brief Scatting Jazz") is an identified free-jazz song by the German free-jazz band Galaxie Dream Band, which was sourced from WatZatSong user NY80sTapes' collection of short radio snippets recorded in the early 1980s.

Background[edit | edit source]

On June 10, 2023, user Kenny Cathead (NY80sTapes) first uploaded the song to YouTube as part of a compilation of short snippets of various songs recorded from the radio.^[1]

On June 26, 2023, WatZatSong user NY80sTapes posted the song as a 14-second snippet with no additional information.^[2] This song was most likely recorded from a New York or New Jersey radio station between 1980 and 1986,^[3] and based on the OP's other found songs, it may have originally released between 1977 and 1985.^[4]

Discovery[edit | edit source]

On March 22, 2025, Discord user numerophobe identified the song as "(No 467) Spielplatz" by Gunter Hampel & His Galaxie Dream Band.^[5]

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Jeanne Lee – vocals

Gunter Hampel – vibraphone

Thomas Keyserling – alto saxophone

Martin Bues – drums

References[edit | edit source]

[1] ttps://youtu.be/NgbmVNyjtdw?t=5212

[2] ttps://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/775851.html

[3] ttps://www.watzatsong.com/en/profile/ny80stapes

[4] ttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JpLQGpi4zts5y1yBp5N4tdVkML1OIVHwn13YVqwj5Bg/edit?gid=1371961864#gid=1371961864

[5] ttps://www.discogs.com/release/2047185-Gunter-Hampel-His-Galaxie-Dream-Band-A-Place-To-Be-With-Us

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