1962-05-08 — 07-08, CASA LEON, BERLIN
Det var på våren, sannolikt i april 1962, som en twistgala i Eriksdalshallen var tänkt att bli The Spotnicks sista spelning. Den var den enda Stikkan Andersson, som då var deras manager (senare manager för ABBA), hade lyckats ordna.
I lokalen befann sig dock Roland Ferneborg som gillade det han hörde och från denna stund blev han The Spotnicks nya manager med allt vad det innebar för deras karriär under många framgångsrika kommande år.
På hans sommarställe ”Dunderbo” (Thundernest) fick medlemmarna träna på sitt uppträdande och efter en tid ordnar Roland ett långtidsengagemang på nattklubben Casa Leon i Berlin där man i stort sett spelade nonstop i flera timmar, sex dagar i veckan i maj – juli 1962.
Här visas en kopia av originalet med uppgörelsen mellan The Spotnicks och nattklubben samt dels en avskrift på tyska, dels en översatt text till svenska.
It was in the spring, probably in April 1962, that a twistgala in Eriksdalshallen in Stockholm was supposed to be The Spotnick’s last gig. It was the only one Stikkan Andersson, who was then their manager at the time (later manager of ABBA), had managed to arrange.
In the room, however, was Roland Ferneborg who liked what he heard and from that moment he became The Spotnick’s new manager with all that meant for their career for many successful years to come.
At his summer place ”Dunderbo” (Thundernest) the members got to practice their performance and after some time Roland arranges a long-term engagement at the nightclub Casa Leon in Berlin where they basically played nonstop for several hours, six days a week in May – July 1962. This is where they laid the foundation for being so tight musically.
Below is a copy of the original of the settlement between The Spotnicks and the nightclub, as well as a transcript in German and a translated text into Swedish.
