Presenting archive show #39 for your listening and dancing enjoyment!  For some reason this playlist has a lot of sweetness, a lot of winds, and a lot of girls.

1.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Votch Mi Dzaghig - 6/8 Shuffle - 2:36
    from the album The Seventh Veil - Music of the Middle East, no date given

2.  TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
    High Vineyards - 3:15
    from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given

3.  RAMAL LAMARR
    Twilight Winds - 3:51
    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983
   
4.  HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET
    Sweet Spring (Anoush Karoun) - 3:36
    from the album Oriental Delight, no date given
   
5.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Nasam Alayna El-Hawa (Oh, Winds of Magic) - 4:01
    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973
   
6. ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA
    Eiechababa-Da-Magava - 3:49
    from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976
   
7.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    The Girls of Alexandria (Banat Iskandaria) - 2:36
    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given
       
8.  THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali)
    Al Jazayer - 2:53
    from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976
   
9.  KARIZMA
    Exercise Three: Hip Trot/Exercise Four: Step Sideways With Hip Trot - 4:02
    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

10.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
     Full Dance Routine #1 - 17:36
     from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 3rd Volume, 1977

11.  ROMEO LAHOUD
     Tcharrafna - 2:58
     from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973
    
12.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
     Raqs: salameya, rebab, tar and darabukka - 4:47
     from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973

13.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
     Sweet Girl (Seeroon Aghchig) - 2:51
     from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957

14.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS
     Turkish Nightmare - 3:57
     from the album Soul Of The East, 1960

Here comes archive program 38, with more of the stuff you can't get enough of!  Never use a preposition to end a sentence with!

1.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Kalaycilar (Tinners) - 3:03
    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975

2.  GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
    Misirlou - 2:31
    from the album All Points East, 1960

3.  ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
    Afrah El Chaab - 2:55
    from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973
   
4.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK
    Chutak Melody - 3:52
    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973
   
5.  JODETTE (KAMELIA)
    Musical Instruments Used in Belly Dancing - 1:49
    from the album How to Belly Dance (the Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972
   
6.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Al Beeba - 3:47
    from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958
       
7.  DAHLENA & MUSICIANS
    Dance Routine Number 1: Ya-Waheshni - 3:19
    from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978
   
8.  THE FEENJON GROUP
    Efiges (Greek) (Nightbirds) - 3:05
    from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given
   
9.  THE SHEIK'S MEN
    Caravan - 3:14
    from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961
   
10. IBRAHIM TURMEN
    Just Playin' - 2:08
    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985
   
11. FAHIM SADI ET. AL.
    Full Belly Dance Routine #1 - 19:29
    from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 1976

12. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Ko-Ko-Ko - 2:45
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given
   
13. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
    Jabal El Arz (The Cedars of Lebanon) - 3:11
    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given
   
14. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Karshilama Gazel - 3:43
    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 2, no date given
   
15. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR
    Yay Yay Ya Nassini - 3:10
    from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

At long last, here is archive show #37, complete with my new "all-purpose" intro and closing which will be heard on all subsequent programs until we get to the ones I didn't lose the files from... Does that make any sense??  Also due to popular request, I'm including the time length for each track.  Shimmy your summer away!

1.  YOUSSEF KASSAB
    Od Duka Al Myess - 5:12
    from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974

2.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Holiday in Greece - 2:19
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given

3.  JOHN BERBERIAN
    Sevan 5/4 (Armenian) - 2:44
    from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974
   
4.  ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
    To Parapono Ton Erotevmenon (A Lover's Lament) - 2:58
    from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given
   
5.  GUS VALI
    Mustafa - 2:33
    from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974
   
6.  THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
    Ilhak Halak (Beware of Love) - 3:49
    from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given<br><br>
   
7.  UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA
    Uskudara (Turkish) - 3:27
    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975
       
8.  THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Gayda - 2:30
    from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977
   
9.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
    The Wish of Alexandria - 7:46
    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977

10.  RAJA
     Belly Dance Routine #1: Hayati/Misty Cloud "Takseem"/Drum Solo/Finale - 8:43
     from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

11.  SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
     Silivry (karsilama) - 2:31
     from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given
    
12.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
     Nahz Bar - 2:21
     from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given

13.  IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)
     Ala Hesbe Wedad - 2:32
     from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic 'Balady' Dances and Rhythms, 1976

14.  SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
     Flame of Egypt - 2:23
     from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

15.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA
     Cleopatra Dance - 2:54
     from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou - Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965
    
16.  TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
     Ana Ou Anti Ou Anti Ou Ana - 2:26
     from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given

17.  NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
     Ala Delouna/Asmar Elloun (Dark and Handsome)/Ya Gazeil - 6:23
     from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974

And here we go with archive show #36!  Again, without my intros and closing.  The routine for this one is a most unusual 70's funk/jazz piece!

1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN
Samia
from the album Belly Dance by Ahmed Fouad Hassan, 1978

2. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Dance of the Scimitars
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Haun Meelee (Sway Here)
from the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 1, 1958

4. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION
Shimmies
from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973

5. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
Never on Sunday (Paidia Tou Pirea)
from the album Greece, no date given

6. SAMI RAGEB
Alfleila
from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978

7. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Kasabim
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

8. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Cosmopolitan
from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given

9. JEREMY STEIG
Belly Up/Temple of Birth/Shifte-Telle Mama
from the album Temple of Birth, 1975

10. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
Harem Dance
from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given

11. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Kasop (Arabic International Dance)
from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given

12. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Katou Stou Valtou
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

13. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
El Hala Te'Bana Ya Leyla
from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977

14. MAZIN HAMDAN
Ya Sare Ya
from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given

15. OZEL TURKBAS
Keep Dancing, Keep Turning (Ha Un Ele)
from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975

And here, finally, is archive show 35!  Unfortunately, when I lost my sound files I lost most of my introductions and closings and these were not recoverable, so the next 30 or so postings will be without my annoying voice!  This is a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view!  At any rate, thanks so much for bearing with me, and please enjoy!

1. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
Al Takieh
from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974

2. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Choban Kuz (kalamatiano)
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given

3. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
B'il Sahha (Meet Near the Orchard)/Jeeb I'l Mijwijz (Bring the Horn)
from the album Sahra, no date given

4. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Indian Taffeta (Tafta Hindi)
from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

5. JODETTE (KAMELIA)
Lesson #9 - Traditional Belly Dance Yell
from the album How to Belly Dance (the Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

6. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
Shish-Kebab
from the album Dance Bellyrina Dance, 1963

7. RAJA
Mediterranean East
from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

8. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
Maak Maak (Always With You)
from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given

9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Wayak (Together We Dance)
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

10. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Belly Dance Music: Kashmira's Fantasy
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. II - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984

11. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Amar Hayati
from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989 (CD reissue)

Hey everyone, I would like to extend my apologies for not posting any new shows for the past 3 months.  Not only have I been fairly busy "in real life," but recently I lost some sound files (it's a long and embarrassing story).  I need to go through what I have left and see what I need to reconvert to mp3.  Frustrating?  Oh, YEAH.  I plan on working on this in earnest over the next week, so please watch this space for new postings! 

Thanks for bearing with me!  Radio Bastet fans are the greatest people in the world!

Love,
 Marisa~

Welcome to Radio Bastet, Rachel Brice's "all-time favorite podcast"! *blush* THANK YOU, RACHEL! Wow. Ahem. Anyway, look out, it's archive show 34 comin' at ya!

1. ROMEO LAHOUD
Ya Khayal El Leil
from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

2. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
Haji Teoulli (Don't Tell Me)
from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

3. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
El Anillo (Jibulli) (The Ring)
from the album Encuentros, 1985/1987

4. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS
Drumselero
from the album Soul Of The East, 1960

5. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Arshalous Jan
from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given

6. KARIZMA
Exercise One: Knee Bends/Exercise Two: Shoulder Push
from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

7. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
Misirlou
from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given

8. OZEL TURKBAS
Ozel's Dance Routine
from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 1978

9. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Drum Improvisation
from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966

10. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Mavi Gozler (Blue Eyes)
from the album Exotic Dances For Wives and Lovers, no date given

11. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
Shenaz Longa
from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977

12. GUS VALI
Israeli Medley
from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given

More groovy tunes to be found right here on archive program #33! The first tune is a bit of a departure for us; it's a newer track featuring what I'm sure will be some very familiar samples...

1. URSULA 1000
That Hindu That You Do
from the CD Kinda' Kinky, 2002

2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Layali El Charrk (Dance of Oriental Nights)
from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

3. UNKNOWN ARTISTS
Ti to les
from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

4. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA & JOSEPH SUGAR
Debke Festival
from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, 1961

5. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA
El-Omr Lailah Ya-Nas
from the album Songs For Belly Dancing, no date given

6. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Cad of Bagdad
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

7. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE
Shoeshine Boy (Boyaji, Boyaji)
from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given

8. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
Al Maddi
from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976

9. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
Stick Dance: salameya, tar and darabukka
from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973

10. BASHIR ABD EL-AL ET. AL.
"Hawanim" A Belly Dance
from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given

11. RAMAL LAMARR
Ritual Fire Music
from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

12. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Magic of the Khanoon
from the album Shadows In the Casbah, 1959

13. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Ada Ciftetellisi
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975

14. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Laz Bar (Black Sea Fisherman's Dance)(Turkish)
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

15. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
Ya Ain Moulayeten
from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973

Get your holiday shimmies on with archive show 32! Featuring a different Omar Khorshid track than the one in the original program, which I had inadvertently repeated from a previous show! D'OH!!

1. RAFIC HOBEIKA
Joumana
from the album Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 - Danses de Nadia Gamal, 1973

2. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Godfather Theme
from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid Vol. 3, 1974

3. VILLAGE DANCES AS TAUGHT BY IBRAHIM FARRAH
Raks Hassan
from the album Music of the Qaria, 1976

4. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Misirlou
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

5. LUTFI GUNERI
Ilimon Ektim Tasa (Kurt Havasi)
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

6. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
Ciganski Cocek
from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976

7. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
International Dance
from the album The Music of Port Said,, no date given

8. LAURICE PETERS
Douwara
from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given

9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Mustapha (Mustapha's Dance)(Complete Belly Dance Routine)
from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975

10. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
The Flaming Ruby
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given

11. THE FEENJON GROUP
Azziza (Arabic)
from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)

12. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION)
Camel Walk
from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973

13. TAT' OUL AL' TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
Dance of Devils
from the album Exotic Belly Dancers Vol. 1, no date given

14. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN
Ya Kita Kosma Ena Korme
from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

15. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
Nar Houbi Techaal
from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given

Hi gang! Several folks have asked me lately how they can save the podcasts if they don't have an iPod or other portable mp3 player. It's very easy to save them and burn them to a CD.

At the top of each podcast post there's a little gray "POD" graphic on the left-hand side. If you right-click on that and choose "Save link as" or "Save target as," you can then download the file onto your hard drive. Beware - the files are HUGE, about 62 MB each! You can then use your favorite audio program to burn the file onto a CD.

At the bottom of each playlist there's a "Direct download" link for the podcast; you can use this link as well, and follow the same steps above.

And don't forget, you can also stream podcasts from the little player at the top right-hand side of the page, to enhance your web-surfing experience!

I hope that helps! Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. And, as always - happy listening and happy dancing! And happy holidays!