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It's time for archive show #51, featuring the likes of Sonny Lester, Jodette, Gus Vali, and Karizma putting us through our paces once again.  Practice those hip vibrations!

1.  MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR
    Nassam Alaynal Hawa - 3:49
    from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

2.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Maharajah (O Maharayias) - 2:44
    from the album Greece, no date given

3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Ya Habibi (My Love) - 3:20
    from the album Sultan of Bagdad: Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957
   
4.  THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
    Ne, Ne Ljubi Drugu - 2:38
    from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976
   
5.  SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
    Calcutta Rag - 2:17
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
   
6.  GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
    Kashlarin Inge Inge - 1:57
    from the album All Points East, 1960
       
7.  MAZIN HAMDAN
    Abaad - 6:53
    from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given
       
8.  KARIZMA
    Exercise Ten: Hip Vibrations * Exercise Eleven: Shoulder Vibrations - 2:38
    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976
   
9.  ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
    Cham El Nassim - 5:12
    from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973

10. JODETTE (KAMELIA) & FAHIM SADI
    Complete Routine: Your Magic Eyes/Takaseem and Layaly/Sleepy Eyes/Oud Solo and Takaseem/Hizi Ya Nawaem - 14:35
    from the album Nights of Jodette, no date given

11. LAURICE PETERS
    A'l-lala w'lala - 4:25
    from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given

12. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Marinella/Miserlou/Oglan Oglan - 4:44
    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973

13. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)
    Mouhaya - 3:48
    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976

14. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
    Ya Karim Allaly (Under the Grapevine) - 3:48
    from the album Belly Dance Music, 1968

Radio Bastet hits the big 5-0 with Toni Frangieh and Setrak Sarkissian, Naif Agby, John Bilezikjian, and so many more!  This program and #51 were saved by me before the big sound file loss of earlier this year, so my original intros and closings remain intact.  This is good or bad news depending on your point of view...

1.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
    Desert Dance - 5:47
    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979

2.  ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Ask - 2:54
    from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, 1966

3.  TONI FRANGIEH & SETRAK SARKISSIAN
    Faouk El Kheyl Kaddak El Mayass - 4:53
    from the album Belly Dance NIghts Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977
   
4.  MOHAMMED EL-BERJAWAY ET. AL.
    Tabla - 6:18
    from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given
   
5.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Tamara - 3:05
    from the album Shadows in the Casbah, 1959
   
6.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
    Sultani Yegah Sirto - 7:47
    from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977
   
7.  YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA
    Bedouin Dance - 19:31
    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977
   
8.  JOHN BERBERIAN
    Sophig - 4:08
    from the album Echoes of Armenia, 1972
   
9.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA
    Dance Zarefah - 4/4 Ghawazee - 1:56
    from the album Special Silver Anniversary Album - The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

10. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Sheker Oglan - 2:55
    from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977

11. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
    Tony Ya Tony - 2:56
    from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974 

Yes, prepare yourself for archive show #49, featuring John Berberian, the Sultans, Ramal Lamaar, and lots more besides! (and yes, I am studiously avoiding making any comment about our album cover...)

1.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    The Welcome Salute (Dabket Al Mahatta) - 2:42
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

2.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN, RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN ET. AL.
    Husenigin Sazera Medley - 4:10
    from the album Kef Time Fresno, no date given

3.  CLAUDE CIARI
    Raksat Al Badou - 2:34
    from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974
   
4.  RAMAL LAMARR
    Wand Dance of the Scarlet Sorceress - 2:01
    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983
   
5.  TOPKAPI ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUND TRACK
    Belly Dance - 2:40
    from the album Topkapi - Original Motion Picture Sound Track (music by Manos Hadjidakis), 1964
   
6.  JOHN BERBERIAN
    Karnan Mekhag - 4:38
    from the album The Dance Album, 1978
       
7.  HESSEIN FADEL ET. AL.
    Takseem in G (Bayat - Nye) - 1:41
    from the album Takseem (Improvisation) - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967
       
8.  THE SEVEN PLAYERS
    Asia Minor - 3:01
    from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966
   
9.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks El Malek (Dance for the King) - 5:17
    from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

10. THE SULTANS
    Complete Routine: Zennube/Taksim (Ney)/Egyptian Beledy (Zurna)/Drum Solo/Helvaci - 12:14
    from the album The Ethno-Cabaret Album Volume 3, 1985

11. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Ya Hwaydali - 3:03
    from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958

12. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly PANOS GAVALAS)
    Kathe stagona dakri - 2:50
    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

13. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
    Ya Ballady (My Country) - 4:58
    from the album Sahra, no date given

14. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
    Farfilou (Dance-song) - 4:26
    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

15. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Laylat Hob - 6:52
    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East, 1974

Here's archive show #48 coming your way, with Artie Barsamian, Djamal Aslan, Esin Engin, and do the "Rib Cage Rock" with Karizma!  This program is very rhythmic for some reason.  Shimmy on!

1.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS
    Carribean Holiday - 3:44
    from the album Soul Of The East, 1960

2.  OZEL TURKBAS
    My Sugar Boy (Seker Oglan) - 1:55
    from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 1978

3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Rahks Port Said (Dance of Port Said) - 3:28
    from the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 1, 1958
   
4.  TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
    The Art - 4:21
    from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given
   
5.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
    Echoes from the Orient (Chifte Telli) - 3:26
    from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957
   
6.  KARIZMA
    Exercise Eight: Rib Cage Rock/Exercise Nine: Pelvic Slope - 3:13
    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976
   
7.  KAHRAMAN IN ORIENTAL SONGS WITH HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP
    Ra'sit Isikrany (The Wine Dance) - 2:51
    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given
   
8.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks El Gezlan (Dance of the Gazelles) - 4:12
    from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975
   
9.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Edirnenin Boyacilari (Shoeshiners of Edirne) - 2:27
    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975

10. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Fil Sahra (In the Sahara) - 1:28
    from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given

11. HANI MEHANNA & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Banat Eskendria - 20:07
    from the album Princess of Cairo - Music for Belly Dance with Nagwa Fouad, 1985
   
12. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
    Yala Nooros (Hurry to the Dance) - 2:10
    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

13. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Soodeh Soodeh (Armenian) - 2:24
    from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given

14. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
    Hanna Drumzilzia - 1:51
    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 5th Volume, 1977

15. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Bouzoukee Rhapsody - 4:11
    from the album Greece, no date given

Here comes archive program #47! Prepare yourself for Hakki Obadia, Yacoubian & Company, Horst Wende, and a 25-minute routine from Jalaleddin Takesh!

1.  RAFIC HOBEIKA & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Amal - 8:37
    from the album Music for an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 (Danses De Nadia Gamal), 1973

2.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks Al-Dounya (Dance, Oh World!) - 2:56
    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

3.  EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Jingen Araba - 3:27
    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given
   
4.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Nina Nai - 2:47
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given
   
5.  ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA
    Tarishi Mera (Persian Evening) - 3:34
    from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976

6.  MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
    Wedding Gift - 2:24
    from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given
   
7.  YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
    Siroun Aghchik (Beautiful Maiden)(sung in Armenian) - 4:55
    from the album Bagdad, no date given
               
8.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Laura's Love (Ya Laure Houbbouki) - 2:35
    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given
   
9.  JALALEDDIN TAKESH
    Belly Dance Music - 24:59
    from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976

10. RAJA
    Badawia - 2:17
    from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

11. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR
    Ya Samara - 3:29
    from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

It's time for archive show #46, featuring the Feenjon Group, Sonny Lester, some authentic "Music of the Ghawazee," and Karizma putting us through our paces once again!  Enjoy!

1.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Saffi El-Nia (Fulfill Your Vow) - 3:31
    from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

2.  THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali)
    Ouzo - 3:06
    from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976

3.  THE FEENJON GROUP
    Donna, Donna (Yiddish - sung in English) - 3:01
    from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given
   
4.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
    Music for the Benat Maazin: Abu Kherage folk orchestra - 6:04
    from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973
   
5.  ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Asimenio Fengari (The Silver Moon) - 2:28
    from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given
   
6.  KARIZMA
    Exercise Seven: Prancing Steps - 1:32
    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976
   
7.  JALALEDDIN TAKESH
    Rama Gastorena - 3:40
    from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. II - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984
   
8.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly ABBU ABDEL AAL & HIS SILVER STRINGS?)
    Zareefa - 3:48
    from the album Sweet Nights, 1967
   
9.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS
    Aman Katinaki mou - 2:48
    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

10. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
    Chataaraban - 6:45
    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given

11. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL.
    Show #1: Alamam Ben (2/4)/Kucuk Yasta Aldim Sazi Elime (4/4)/Durriyemin Gugumleri (9/8) - 9:30
    from the album Special Music for Your Belly Dancing, 1974-75
   
12. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Belly Dancer's Haven - 2:15
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

13. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
    Aziza - 3:16
    from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976

14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Oorakhootian Bar - 2:50
    from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given

15. DAHLENA & MUSICIANS
    African Rhythms for Belly Dancing - 2:09
    from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978

16. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA
    Oglan Oglan - 4:19
    from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou - Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965

17. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly NICOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?)
    Bouyout El Farah - 6:26
    from the album Belly Dance! Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 2, 1973

Here comes archive show #45, bringing to your ears an ensemble cast featuring the Derbecki Ensemble, George Mgrdichian & His Ensemble, Alexis & His Ensemble, Dimitri & His Ensemble, Mohammed El-Bakkar & His Oriental Ensemble, and (not to be outdone) Spero Spyros & His Modern Anatolian Ensemble!  Why?  Don't ask - just dance!

1.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Farhat El Alb (Happiness of the Heart) - 3:31
    from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966

2.  ROMEO LAHOUD
    Ya Boul Sawaed - 4:43
    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

3.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Hot and Sweet (Karabiberim) - 2:36
    from the album Greece, no date given
   
4.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
    Zeyna - 3:04
    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 6th Volume, 1979
   
5.  ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
    City of Izmir - 2:47
    from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given
   
6.  OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Alf Layla - 6:34
    from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989
       
7.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Turkish Medley: The Procession of the Sardar/The Wheat Song/Sirun Archik/Timuraga/Kara Biberim/Dontor/Hos Bilezik/
    Tin Tin/ Birini/Yavrum - 4:33
    from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given
       
8.  LAURICE PETERS
    Bayee Rah Maa El-A'skar - 2:34
    from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given (1970?)
   
9.  RAJA
    Belly Dance Music - 9:49
    from the album Lebanon, 1980

10. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Gulf Nights - 1:45
    from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974

11. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE
    Sirdis Vra Karmaga - 3:17
    from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

12. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (The Thousand and One Nights) - 4:21
    from the album Encuentros, 1985

13. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
    Arabic Fantasy (Dance) - 2:26
    from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

14. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
    Al Nada-Nada (Disgusted Suitor)/Ummeer Ya Mmaleem (Build You Builder) - 5:13
    from the album Sahra, no date given

15. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Caderemen Ustune (Rampi)(Top of the Tent)(Turkish) - 4:08
    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

Presenting archive show #44, featuring Sonny Lester, Gus Vali, Ozel Turkbas and the unbeatable team of Toni Frangieh and Setrak Sarkissian!

1.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Konyali - 2:52
    from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, no date given

2.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    My Little Gazelle (Ya Ghozayel) - 3:03
    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given

3.  GUS VALI
    Green Silk - 3:17
    from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977
   
4.  ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
    Aatini El Naya El Kalb Yachak Kol Jamil - 6:43
    from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973
   
5.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks Al Hayet (Dance of Life) - 3:31
    from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976
   
6.  SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
    Daughter of the Nile - 2:37
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
   
7.  CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI
    Ti Lozani Ti Kozani - 3:12
    from the album Belly Dance!, 1979
   
8.  JOHN BERBERIAN
    Savgulum - 7:03
    from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974
   
9.  OZEL TURKBAS
    Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 14:26
    from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975

10. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
    Ya Shadil Alhan - 2:15
    from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977

11. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Shiskebob/Zechra/Aman Kassap - 5:11
    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973
   
12. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA
    Askimla Oynama (Turkish) - 3:02
    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975

13. RAMAL LAMARR
    Raks Chandrani - 6:26
    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

It's here!  Archive show 43, that is, featuring Youssef Kassab, Mohammed El-Sulieman and George Abdo!

1.  AHMED FOUAD HASSAN
    Fares Men Al Chark - 11:07
    from the album Belly Dance By Ahmed Fouad Hassan, 1978

2.  THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Romen - 2:59
    from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977

3.  KARIZMA
    Exercise Five: Hip Rotation/Exercise Six: Cross Wrist Movement - 6:19
    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976
   
4.  MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Hora - 4:13
    from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given
   
5.  HARRY SAROYAN
    Varter (Roses) - 3:26
    from the album Saroyan Sings "An Oriental Bouquet" - Music for Le Danse Orientale, 1979
   
6.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Mnishebak (From My Window) - 3:55
    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960
       
7.  YOUSSEF KASSAB, HAMOUDA ALI
    Full length dance routine: Nay Solo/Farha/Rumba/Inta Omri/Violin Takasim/Kanoon Takasim/Warda/Accordion (balady)/Drum Solo/Finale - 20:46
    from the album Belly Dance - A Gift From Cairo!, 1980
       
8.  IBRAHIM TURMEN
    Omron Fantasy - 1:49
    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985
   
9.  LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Tin Tin Tinimini Hanim - 2:56
    from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

10.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
     Ruh Tum Bi Salama (Go In Peace) - 4:57
     from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979