Alan Ashton & Klaus Wunderlich

My first introduction to the music of Klaus Wunderlich was through the purchase of one of his first LPs released in the United Kingdom. It was around this time that I began to produce and present my weekly programmes of theatre and electronic organ music on the local radio station, BBC Radio Manchester .... now known as Greater Manchester Radio, or GMR for short.During the early days of the programme, I learnt that Klaus was to visit Manchester as part of his very first UK tour, designed to promote his LPs which were by that time becoming extremely popular.

Research uncovered that a lady in Blackpool had taken on the role of setting up a Fan Club. Thus the Klaus Wunderlich Appreciation Society (KWAS) was born, and until 1978 was run by Dorothy Timperley. I travelled to Blackpool to interview her for one of the programmes and some years later we got married!Whenever Klaus toured the UK we made a point of meeting and inevitably I always made a point of interviewing him either for the radio show or for organ magazines.

KLAUS AND MYSELF AT HIS FIRST RECORD SIGNING IN MANCHESTER.

In 1996 Klaus made a decision, based upon a number of factors, to close down the KWAS. By this time all his contractual obligations to various record companies had come to an end, and with ever changing musical tastes, the public were not buying his records in sufficient numbers to warrant their production.He decided to go it alone and began to produce and market his own recordings.At about this time I wrote to him with an idea to produce a Discography that would set out in some chronological sequence his output of recordings since day one. At first he was not keen on the idea, but eventually agreed and even offered to check and correct any mistakes. Letters and draft copies were exchanged over a 2 year period and finally he gave his blessing to the finished production.

KLAUS ON STAGE AT PRESTON, LANCASHIRE

	ORGANISED KEYBOARDS by ALAN ASHTON
	My first introduction to the music of Klaus Wunderlich was through the purchase of one of his first LPs released in the United Kingdom. It was around this time that I began to produce and present my weekly programmes of theatre and electronic organ music on the local radio station, BBC Radio Manchester .... now known as Greater Manchester Radio, or GMR for short.During the early days of the programme, I learnt that Klaus was to visit Manchester as part of his very first UK tour, designed to promote his LPs which were by that time becoming extremely popular. Research uncovered that a lady in Blackpool had taken on the role of setting up a Fan Club. Thus the Klaus Wunderlich Appreciation Society (KWAS) was born, and until 1978 was run by Dorothy Timperley. I travelled to Blackpool to interview her for one of the programmes and some years later we got married!Whenever Klaus toured the UK we made a point of meeting and inevitably I always made a point of interviewing him either for the radio show or for organ magazines. KLAUS AND MYSELF AT HIS FIRST RECORD SIGNING IN MANCHESTER. In 1996 Klaus made a decision, based upon a number of factors, to close down the KWAS. By this time all his contractual obligations to various record companies had come to an end, and with ever changing musical tastes, the public were not buying his records in sufficient numbers to warrant their production.He decided to go it alone and began to produce and market his own recordings.At about this time I wrote to him with an idea to produce a Discography that would set out in some chronological sequence his output of recordings since day one. At first he was not keen on the idea, but eventually agreed and even offered to check and correct any mistakes. Letters and draft copies were exchanged over a 2 year period and finally he gave his blessing to the finished production. KLAUS ON STAGE AT PRESTON, LANCASHIRE