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Apparently, the golden era of commercial jingles extended all the way to Germany, where top jazzers and soundtrack maestros spent the late 60s and early 70s experimenting with nutty jams to help sell instant coffee, denim jeans, film, sports cars and kitchen appliances. Some of the more entertaining workouts are collected on Popshopping, where go-go groovers like Johnny Teupen’s psycho-sleazy sizzler Minikillers and Klaus Doldinger’s booty-bumpin’ Frei Mit Boots are only outdone by Gert Wilden’s ingeniously insidious Moulinex jam, which will have you singing M-o-o-o-o-o-ulinex before it’s over. Remarkably entertaining.TP