77 - the year I graduated from high school, and the number of the last archive podcast! You know what that means - brand spankin' new shows are on their way! In the meantime, please shake and dance smoothly to Jalaleddin Takesh, Light Rain (with the Kronos Quartet! I'm serious!), Hillel and Aviva, and so many more! Radio Bastet loves you!

1.  AHMED ABDUL-MALIK
    Isma'a (Listen) - 4:15
    from the album East Meets West, 1960

2.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Medley No. 1 Turkish & Greek: Kashlarin Inge Inge/Erzurum/Delilo/Beyruit/Adanaly/Verisario/Itya/Golfo - 5:53
    from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given

3.  DAMASCUS MUSICAL GROUP CONDUCTED BY SELIM SARWAT
    Kaddoukal Mayass - 3:18
    from the album Rhythms & Dances from Syria - Belly Dance!, 1977
   
4.  HILLEL & AVIVA
    Ma-Dodech-Midod (How is Your Beloved One?) - 2:28
    from the album Night On the Desert, 1959
   
5.  UNCREDITED MUSICIANS - SOUAD HOSNI, VOCALS
    Raks El Mandeel - 2:30
    from the album Khalli Balek Min Zouzou (Soundtrack), 1972
   
6.  JALALEDDIN TAKESH
    Ahsah Yak Jan - 3:13
    from the album Habibi Dances Beladi Ya Beladi - Vol. III, 1979
       
7.  UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA
    Hijaz Taksim - 4:24
    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975
           
8.  THE JOHN BERBERIAN ENSEMBLE WITH ROSKO
    A Glance at the Future (Music: Bijou) - 4:25
    from the album Music and Gibran, 1968
   
9.  LIGHT RAIN (FEATURING THE KRONOS QUARTET)
    Suite II: Desert Dwellers * La Baranca * (When I'm) 6/4 * Sundown Silhouette * Mandolin Dance - 19:19
    from the album Dream Suite, 1979

10. ELIAS RAHBANI
    I Think of You - 2:28
    from the album Mosaic of the Orient Vol. 1, 1972

11. IRAQI NATIONAL TROUPE FOR FOLK ARTS
    Al-Atbaq (The Trays) - 4:52
    from the album Iraqi National Troupe for Folk Arts, 1979

12. ALI SROUR
    Rakset Dounia - 5:22
    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances - Cairo By Night Volume 2, 1977

INCOMING! It's archive program #76 coming in for a direct hit! Featuring the likes of Eddie Mekjian, Ibrahim Turmen, John Berberian, and even more besides! SAVE YOURSELVES!

1.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Don't Blame Me (La Teateb Alayi) - 2:23
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

2.  AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
    Dimashq - 3:06
    from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

3.  JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE
    3/8 + 5/8 = 8/8 - 5:12
    from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 1969
   
4.  SAMI JOURDAK
    Rakis Sharky (Oriental Dance) - 4:09
    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965
   
5.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Hye Vahn (halleh) - 3:19
    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given
   
6.  TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
    Never On Sunday - 3:04
    from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given
       
7.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
    Raqs Baladi (Cairo) - 3:53
    from the album Music For the Oriental Dance, 1982
           
8.  IBRAHIM TURMEN
    Dahlal - 1:46
    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985
   
9.  SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Koroglu (oyun havasi) - 2:35
    from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

10. BUDDY SARKISSIAN PRESENTS RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN
    Drumsalero - 3:21
    from the album Kef Time Las Vegas, no date given

11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS
    Artistic Moods - 20:46
    from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given

12. AHMED SHIBA & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Zuruni (Visit Me) - 4:29
    from the album Music For Belly-Dancing, 1973

13. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    Qualir At Night - 1:46
    from the album Caravans Original Motion Picture Score, 1978

14. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    El Mouled - 2:17
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

Give it up for archive show #75, whomping you upside the head with the Aramite Band, Gus Vali, Ozel Turkbas, and some 80's belly dance club music! You know you want it!

1.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Salaam Aleikum (Greetings!) - 4:05
    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960

2.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
    Bichlibidia (Playthings) - 4:24
    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

3.  THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA
    Abdul's Dance - 3:16
    from the album Arabian Affair, 1978
   
4.  THE ARAMITE BAND
    Bongo Rhythms - 2:52
    from the album Hot Sands, 1958
   
5.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE
    Tempest - 1:54
    from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given
   
6.  NAJIB AL-SARRAJ
    Shu Fiha - 5:52
    from the album An Evening in Damascus, no date given
       
7.  THE SUKRU TUNAR ORCHESTRA
    Cargah Oyun Havasi (Chargah Dance Music) - 3:00
    from the album Music of the Harems, no date given
           
8.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
    Anal Li Alayki Meshtak - 3:36
    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977
   
9.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Topkapi - 2:35
    from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973

10. OZEL TURKBAS
    Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 16:58
    from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

11. FAREED (FARID) EL ATRASH
    Anniversary - 4:57
    from the album Songs From the Film "Immortal Tune" (Lahn Kheloud), 1952

12. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Rambe-Rambe - 3:19
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given

13. AMINA
    Belly Dance (Club Mix)
    from the EP Belly Dance, 1989

Prepare yourselves for archive show #74, where you will shimmy with Naif Agby, Michael Hartophilis, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and so many more! Raq on with your bad selves!

1.  OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Popcorn - 4:08
    from the album Belly Dance With Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 3, 1974

2.  SABAH
    Allouli el hob beynbea* - 5:57
    from the album Sabah Greatest Hits, 1973
      *Marisa's note: I don't have the jacket to this record, so I'm not sure of the track titles...

3.  YOUSEF & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
    Jara El Helwa (The Sweet One Nearby) - 4:46
    from the album Bagdad, no date given
   
4.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Ya Em-El-Kal (Beautiful Mole) - 4:03
    from the album Bedouin Sahda, 1964
   
5.  THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
    Sastalinse Cigani - 2:41
    from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976
   
6.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks El Sehr (Dance of Magic) - 3:07
    from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979
       
7.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Melaxreno - 2:30
    from the album Greek Fire, 1966
           
8.  IRAQI NATIONAL TROUPE FOR FOLK ARTS
    Al-Hajl (The Anklet) - 5:08
    from the album Iraqi National Troupe For Folk Arts, 1979
   
9.  MUNIR BECHIR & HIS QUARTET
    Meshwar Ma'Al Oud (A Promenade with the Aoud) - A Middle Eastern Raga (inspired by the Indian Raga) - 14:05
    from the album Babylon Mood, 1974

10. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
    Khatwet Habibi - 2:59
    from the album Belly Dance Volume 1, 1976

11. RAY MIRIJANIAN
    Halay - 2:41
    from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Volume 1, No. 1, no date given

12. TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Dance With Me - 2:27
    from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given

13. THE SULTANS MIDDLE EASTERN BAND
    Zuhtu (2/4 Ayub) - 3:23
    from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982

14. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
    Opa Opa - 3:52
    from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958

15. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
    Dance: Bou Saada #2 - 2:50
    from the album Music of the Ouled Nail, 1973

We are back!  And keeping it real with archive show #73, featuring the likes of Esin Engin, The Seven Players, Omar Khorshid and so many more! Enjoy, won't we?

1.  ROMEO LAHOUD
    Jabaliya - 4:19
    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

2.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
    Dance Ankara - 2:15
    from the album Ameraba - Music With the New Amer-Abic Sound, no date given

3.  THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali)
    Zexra - 3:28
    from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976
   
4.  YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA
    Semai al Aryan - 3:56
    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977
   
5.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Misket - 2:39
    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973
   
6.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Oglan Oglan - 3:13
    from the album Greece, no date given
       
7.  DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
    Mahla Safak Ya Lebnan (Summer in Lebanon) - 3:03
    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, 1959
           
8.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS
    Raksett El Badoo (The Sahara Dance) - 2:47
    from the album Nights of the Orient, no date given
   
9.  THE KAYA ORCHESTRA
    Salon Chiftetelli - 4:54
    from the album Juliana Presents Belly Dance Music for the Connoisseur, 1977

10. IBRAHIM FARRAH (archivist)
    Drum Solos (by Tempo): Balady * Maksoun * Masmoudi Sagheer * Masmoudi Kabeer * Darag * Sima'ee * Tawasheeh - 11:10
    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976

11. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
    Sahara Sunrise - 2:37
    from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

12. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Raksat El Kheyl - 3:21
    from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974

13. GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Canarini (Syrto) - 3:39
    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, no date given

14. OMAR BEN JILALI
    A Layla Sari Ainik (A Girl Looks Around) - 5:38
    from the album Night in the Casbah, no date given

15. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Zeina's Dance (Raksat Zeina) - 3:29
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

16. OZEL TURKBAS
    Ali Baba (Karshilema) (vocal by Ozel) - 2:44
    from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

Come with me as we explore archive show #72, featuring Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak, Tasso Mavris, The BIG Eddie Adamis Orchestra, and so much more! Lots of classics in this one!

1.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Sourtak (Your Portrait)
    from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

2.  FAREED (FARID) AL-ATRASH
    Marra Yehanini (Once He Makes Me Happy And Once He Makes Me Cry)
    from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World - Egypt (U.A.R.), no date given

3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Elf Leila (A Thousand Nights)
    from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966
   
4.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Duldula
    from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, 1967
   
5.  THE CHRIS KALOGERSON NEAR EAST ENSEMBLE
    Glenzitiko
    from the album Dance of All Ages, 1975
   
6.  LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Gazel Taksim #2
    from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given
       
7.  SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE
    Dinya Hek (Such Is the World)
    from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 1965
           
8.  GUS VALI
    Hadji Baba
    from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974
   
9.  JODETTE (KAMELIA) & FAHIM SADI
    Complete Routine #2: Ana Bamassi/Takaseem Oud and Accordion/Wabory Rayeh/Takaseem Oud and Flute/Etdala Ya Arees
    from the album Nights of Jodette, no date given

10. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    Laya Hamed
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

11. TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
    Karagouna
    from the album Greek Dance Party, 1969

12. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Kurdish Bar
    from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 1, 1969

13. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
    Najwa
    from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

14. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
    Shisheler
    from the album Hard Rock from the Middle East, 1967

 

Time for archive program #71, featuring the "now sounds" of George Mgrdichian, the "cinematic sounds" of Gus Vali, and the "easy listening" sounds of Claude Ciari! Plus, get ready to party like it's 1959 with Mohammed El-Bakkar!  Ain't no party like a Radio Bastet party cuz a Radio Bastet party don't stop...

1.  GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Israeli Medley: Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of the Roses)/Cholot Mid Bar (Sands of the Desert)
    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, 1969

2.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
    Tsiftetelli (Dance instrumental)
    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

3.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
    Saideh Layletna Saideh
    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977
   
4.  HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Kayda El Azal
    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East, 1974
   
5.  THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE
    Hali Men
    from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 1959
   
6.  YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Sude Sude
    from the album Songs from the Garden of Allah, 1963
       
7.  CLAUDE CIARI
    Kaan Azzaman
    from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974
           
8.  CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI
    Velisaris
    from the album Belly Dance!, 1979
   
9.  JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
    Amigo Mio, No (No, my friend)
    from the album Encuentros, 1985

10. TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)
    Halay
    from the album In an Egyptian Garden, 1958

11. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR
    Party #1: Baroudati Habboubati/Addoum Haaly Addoum/Yalla Yalla Hey/Hebbayna Baadena
    from the album An Arabic Party, 1979

12. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Manna De Carnival (from Black Orpheus)
    from the album Motion Picture Music for Belly Dancers, 1965

13. EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA
    Darbek Darbek (Play the Derbecki, I Want to Dance Araby)
    from the album Invitation to Belly Dance, 1985
   

 

Radio Bastet celebrates the big 7-0 with the likes of Naif Agby, Sami Jourdak, Jalalledin Takesh, and so many more!  Enjoy, won't we?

1.  THE ARAMITE BAND
    Zungalo
    from the album Hot Sands, 1958

2.  "INSTRUMENTAL" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS)
    Ya Warda
    from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984

3.  GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Nai-Nai
    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, 1964
   
4.  NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
    Haty Edeck Ya Jadah (Give Me Your Hand Neighbor)
    from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974
   
5.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Arap Ciftetellisi
    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975
   
6.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Ya Noor El Ein (Light of My Eyes)
    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960
       
7.  MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
    Sultan's Dream
    from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960
           
8.  IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)
    Malee Bee
    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976
   
9.  SAMI JOURDAK
    Tikram-I-Nak (Those Eyes of Yours)
    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music for Belly Dancers, 1965

10. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Mashala/Awake Love/Rampee
    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973

11. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
    Dance for Habibi (Full Belly Dance Routine)
    from the album Habibi Dances Beladi Ya Beladi - Vol. III, 1979

12. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Mystic Dreams
    from the album Destination Baghdad, 1962

13. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Lure of Passion
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1963
   
14. BUDDY SARKISSIAN ET. AL.
    Halay
    from the album Kef Time Fresno, 1968

It's archive show #69 gainin' on ya, featuring the splendiferous sounds of John Berberian, Bert Balladine, Raja, Georges Yazbek, and more besides! Don't say I didn't warn ya...

1.  GEORGES YAZBEK
    Folklore Baladi Rakess
    from the album Oud & Rhythms, 1980

2.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS
    Aneva sto trapezi mou
    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

3.  OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Enta Oumri
    from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989
   
4.  JOHN BERBERIAN
    Hale
    from the album The Dance Album, 1978
   
5.  SAFET GIOUNDEGIER
    Niavende Tsifteteli
    from the album O Ilios Tis Anatolis (Turkish Belly Dance), 1973
   
6.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Imm El Manadili (The Lady of the Veils)
    from the album George Abdo Live at the Averof, no date given
       
7.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Bright Lights (Ya Mahla Nourha)
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979
           
8.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Bird
    from the album The Greek Way, 1961
   
9.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
    Treasures
    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979

10. YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA
    Dakhlak Ya Tair Ali
    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977

11. EDDIE MEKJIAN & THE HYE ECHOES ORCHESTRA
    Ekhdiartza
    from the album Tamzara from Mekjian, 1966

12. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA
    Ode to Yonina
    from the album Arabian Affair, 1978

13. ERKIN KORAY
    Saskin
    from the CD Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966 to 1975, 2001
    (originally released as a 45 rpm single, 1974)
   
14. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Music for Zeinat
    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East Volume 2, 1975

15. RAJA
    A Drummer and a Dancer
    from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

Say hello to archive show #68, featuring Eddie Adamis, Eddie Kochack, Eddie Mekjian, and so many more whose names are not Eddie! Shimmy on!

1.  EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Kurdili Karshilama
    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given

2.  IBRAHIM TURMEN
    Holowa Dee
    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

3.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
    Ya Medakdak
    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 2, 1977
   
4.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Raksat Africa
    from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958
   
5.  EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    Lour Lebnane
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963
   
6.  THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE
    Whirling Sands
    from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 1959
       
7.  ARAM ARAKELIAN ENSEMBLE
    Izmir
    from the album The Oud, 1958
           
8.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Shish Kebab
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, 1963

9.  CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI
    Shat Eskindria (The Beach of Alexandria)
    from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

10. ALI SROUR & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Rakset Alhowanen
    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances: Cairo By Night Vol. 1, 1976

11. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK
    Belly Dance Routine: Ma Elee (He Didn't Tell Me) * Cleopatra (Dance, Rhumba Tempo Medley) *
    Yett May Ess (My Life, My Love) * Chifti Telle (Chifti-Tempos-Takseems) * Balady (Drums-Zils-Derbekee Solos) *  Ah Yah Zein (Ja Zayer, Medley Fast Tempos)
    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973

12. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Yiati Ylikia Mou Kles (Greek-Turkish)
    from the album And All Ports East, 1965

13. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
    Aatini El Naya El Kalb Yachak Kol Jamil
    from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973
   

 

Welcome to archive show #67, featuring the likes of Kahraman, Lutfi Guneri, Omar Ben Jilali, and the "easy listening" king of vintage belly dance, Claude Ciari!  The Sabah tune I refer to in this show is a different one than the one that appears here; the original was lost in the Great Sound File Disaster of 2009. Sorry about that! And now, back to the show.  My, it's hotter than the Devil's Anvil in here!

1.  THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
    Treea Pethya
    from the album Hard Rock from the Middle East, 1967

2.  MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
    Ebn El Balad
    from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976

3.  OMAR BEN JILALI
    Ana Mzaouig (I Beg You)
    from the album Night in the Casbah, no date given
   
4.  TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
    Welcome My Friends
    from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given
   
5.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Laziko
    from the album Greek Fire, 1966
   
6.  KAHRAMAN
    Layya W Layya (Bedouine Lila)
    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, 1958
       
7.  THE FEENJON GROUP
    Shishelai (Turkish)
    from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, 1968
           
8.  SABAH
    Zakfi Ya Shabab
    from the album Best of Sabah -2- (CD reissue), no date given
   
9.  JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA
    Al-Asfoureyeh/Wain Aramallah
    from the album Songs for Belly Dancing, no date given

10. CLAUDE CIARI
    Ya Tayr El Wourwar
    from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974

11. UNCREDITED ARTISTS
    Dark Eyes (El Asmarani)
    from the album Nights of the Orient, no date given

12. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Aman Avci
    from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

13. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Ka'an Azzaman
    from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974
   
14. RAY MIRIJANIAN
    Hasapiko
    from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Volume 1, No. 1, no date given

15. THE KAYA ORCHESTRA
    Tamir Hane Dansi
    from the album Juliana Presents Belly Dance Music for the Connoisseur, 1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's archive show 66 coming your way, with Esin Engin, Hillel and Aviva, and Eddie Kochak sings about a gal named Sahara Sue... If this don't make you shimmy, your shimmier needs a recharge!

1. THE FARID EL ATRACHE ORCHESTRA
Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybine
from the album Belly Dance at the Farid El Atrache Nightclub, 1975

2. HILLEL & AVIVA
Yam-Safiri (Lebanese Love Song)
from the album Night On the Desert, 1959

3. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Bagdad Sirto
from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958

4. JODETTE
Jodette's live performance at the Worlds Fair
from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975

5. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Mevlana
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973

6. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
Raqs Al-Ghawazi
from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

7. EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA
Ya Mosafer (You, Traveller to Arabia)
from the album Invitation To Belly Dance, 1985

8. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The Camp at Qualir
from the album CARAVANS - Original Motion Picture Score, 1978

9. THE SULTANS
The Zaar
from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982

10. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
Belly Dance Routine Number Two
from the album Jimmy Linardos & His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 2), 1975

11. FAIRUZ
Samra
from the album An Evening in Damascus, no date given

12. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Harem Dance
from the album Percussion Orientale: Musical Sounds of the Middle East, 1961

13. TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Lovely Ali (karsilama)
from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given

14. TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
Misirlou
from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given

15. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE
Sahara Sue (vocalist: Eddie)
from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given

Everybody sing! "Here comes program 65, all dressed in white..."  Well, I wore a black dress, actually.  Yes, archive show #65 is composed of mostly wedding songs, in honor of our wedding of September 30, 2005!  Helping us celebrate are Eddie Mekjian, Ozel Turkbas, Hakki Obadia, and so many more!  We'll see you there - don't forget the rice!

1. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)
Bedouin Wedding
from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976

2. OZEL TURKBAS
Bride From Bursa (Bursali)
from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975

3. FAREED AL-ATRASH
Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song)
from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given

4. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
Aroos (Wedding Chant)
from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given

5. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA & THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
Dance of the Happy Bride
from the album Ya Habibi! Exciting New Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

6. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Harpoot Havasi (Wedding Song)
from the album The Seventh Veil - Music of the Middle East, 1957

7. RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Wedding Dance
from the album Music For an Arabian Night, 1959

8. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
Wedding Gift
from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960

9. TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)
Wedding Song
from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given

10. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Horo Tis Nifis (Bridal Dance)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given

11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS
Leila
from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given

12. OZEL TURKBAS
A Wedding Song (Karam)
from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

13. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK
Wedding Party
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973

14. THE UROSEVICH ENSEMBLE
I Gave a Handkerchief to the Bride (Mendil Verdim Giline)
from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given

15. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
Mili Ya Hilwa (Swing My Beloved)
from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

16. JOHN BERBERIAN
Hale
from the album The Dance Album, no date given

Presenting archive show #64, with Michael Hartophilis, John Bilezikjian, and George Abdo live! Yalla!

1.  ALI SROUR
    Layali Masr
    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances - Cairo By Night, 1976

2.  TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)
    Erneni Oyunu
    from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given

3.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Ya Hweidalak (My Love To You)
    from the album George Abdo Live at the Averof, no date given
   
4.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Belz, Mein Shtetle Belz/ Shein Vi Di L'Vone
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given
   
5.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
    Dream of Scheherazade
    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977
   
6.  THE CHRIS KALOGERSON NEAR EAST ENSEMBLE
    Shish-Cabob
    from the album Dance of All Ages, 1975
       
7.  DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
    Zeina
    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given
           
8.  MAROUN SABA WITH FAHED BALLAN AND ABBOUD ABDEL AL & HIS GOLDEN STRING ORCHESTRA
    Salat Ezzein/The Hunter's Song (Sayyad)/The Bird Song (Ya Tair)/Explain To Her (Washrah Laha)
    from the album Live From the Fez in Hollywood, 1972
   
9.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Den Me Agapas
    from the album Greek Fire, 1966

10. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
     Wala Dai
     from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967

Presenting archive program #63!  Prepare to raq out with Sami Jourdak, go to the movies with Mike Batt and the London Philharmonic, have an Arabian Affair with Abdul Hassan, and hear Nejla Ates SING with Mohammed El-Bakkar!  It doesn't get much better than that!

1.  MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    Main Title (The caravan moves through a crowded market place) - 2:54
    from the album CARAVANS Original Motion Picture Score, 1978

2.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
    Azzeyna Lebssat Khelkhalha - 2:57
    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977

3.  FAREED AL-ATRASH
    Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song) - 3:16
    from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given
   
4.  GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Tsifte Telli - 3:02
    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, 1964
   
5.  RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Old Beirut - 3:02
    from the album Music for an Arabian Night, 1959
   
6.  SAMI JOURDAK
    Yam-El-Amy (The Beautiful Shape) - 2:51
    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965
       
7.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
    Egyptian Drums - 5:29
    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979
           
8.  ROMEO LAHOUD
    Khafif El Rouh - 2:47
    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975
   
9.  NEJLA ATES, MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & CHORUS
    Shika Shika - 2:25
    from the album FANNY Original Cast Recording, 1954

10. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA
    Arabian Affair (Parts 1 - 5) - 19:51
    from the album Arabian Affair, 1978

11. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
    Yabay - 2:26
    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, 1975

12. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks Gamal (Desert Dancer) - 3:19
    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

13. THE SEN SISTERS
    Sari Kiz (Blonde Girl) - 2:55
    from the album Music of the Harems, no date given
   
14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    The Country Dance (Luz Bahr) - 3:10
    from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957

15. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS
    Habeebe Village - 3:16
    from the album Soul of the East, 1960

Time now for archive show #62, featuring John Berberian, Aram Arakelian, and some non-stop party music from Mohammed El-Bakkar!  Ain't no party like a Radio Bastet party cuz a Radio Bastet party don't stop!

1.   SABAH
     Indi Bustan Ya Saada - 4:38
     from the album Sabah - Greatest Hits, 1973
     (*Marisa's note: The title is an approximation, as I don't have the cover to this album and the writing on the label
      is mostly in Arabic. Any help here would be greatly appreciated!)

2.   TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
     Tsamikos - 3:07
     from the album Greek Dance Party, 1969

3.   KARIZMA
     Exercise Seventeen: Flowing Veil With Serpent Arms - 3:31
     from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

4.   GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
     Ya Gameel (Arabic Love Ballad) - 6:13
     from the album Belly Dance Music, 1968

5.   JOHN BERBERIAN
     Asumen/Donagan - 5:11
     from the album Echoes of Armenia, 1976

6.   THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE
     Bolero Ala Drums - 3:34
     from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 1959

7.   HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
     Saliha - 3:46
     from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East Vol. 2, 1975

8.   MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR
     Golli Ahwak/Debbek Debbek Debbeki/Loubnan Mahla Faytak - 15:06
     from the album An Arabic Party, 1979

9.   ARAM ARAKELIAN ENSEMBLE
     Arabic Dance - 2:51
     from the album The Oud, 1958

10.  SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE
     Al Yooba (Arabic Barn Dance) - 2:44
     from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 1965

11.  OZEL TURKBAS
     Hoplada - 3:03
     from the album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan, 1971

12.  EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA
     Raksat Asabaya (The Belly Dance of the Pretty Girls) - 3:16
     from the album Invitation To Belly Dance, 1985

13.  RAY MIRIJANIAN
     Jameela - 4:07
     from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Vol. 1, No. 1, no date given

Awww, yeah - here comes archive show #61, probably my favorite show so far!  Yes, Radio Bastet meets Mr. Smooth - and they really hit it off!  In case you didn't know, Mr. Smooth is my husband Byron.  On The Mr. Smooth Show, he presents the best of the space age bachelor pad music of the 1950's and 60's.  There are many points at which exotica and Middle East intersect, and on this joint program he and I explore some of those crossroads.  It was a blast to do (unfortunately we lost our final voice-over closing track!), and we plan on doing at least one more show together!  In the meantime, raise a glass of your favorite potent potable and shimmy 'round the bachelor pad!

1.  FRANK CHACKSFIELD & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Caravan - 2:40
    from the album In The Mystic East, 1957

2.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
    Jazz in Port Said - 3:24
    from the album Ameraba - Music With The New Amer-Abic Sound, 1962

3.  THE MARKKO POLO ADVENTURERS
    The Girl Friend of a Whirling Dervish - 2:26
    from the album Orienta, 1959
   
4.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Charade - 2:18
    from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, 1965
   
5.  EARTHA KITT WITH HENRI RENE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale - 3:09
    from the album That Bad Eartha, 1956
   
6.  EDDIE LAYTON AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN
    Caravan - 2:53
    from the album Caravan, 1956
       
7.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Nene Aman - 3:02
    from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, 1963
           
8.  JERRY FIELDING & HIS ORCHESTRA
    The Uplifted Veil of a Downhearted Frail - 2:39
    from the album Near East Brass...West Coast Style, 1967
   
9.  IRV COTTLER
    Arab Dance - 3:41
    from the album Around the World in Percussion, 1961

10. ENOCH LIGHT & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Istanbul - 2:00
    from the album Far Away Places Volume 2, 1963

11. THE SHEIK'S MEN
    Caravan - 3:12
    from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

12. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Mocha Jazz - 1:55
    from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963

13. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
    Boom Boom - 2:34
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
  
14. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Rebecca from Mecca - 2:41
    from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963

15. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
    Queens Night Out - 2:26
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
  
16. THE VENTURES
    Caravan - 2:08
    from the album Walk Don't Run, 1960

17. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    My Beautiful Beloved (Ah Ya Zein) - 3:03
    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, 1957
   
18. THE THREE SUNS
    In a Persian Market - 3:11
    from the album High Fi and Wide, 1956
   
19. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Cha Cha Pharonic (Cha Cha of the Pharoah) - 3:16
    from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958
   
20. LES BAXTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    A Night with Cleopatra - 4:42
    from the album The Primitive And The Passionate, 1961

21. THE JOHN BUZON TRIO
    Caravan - 2:37
    from the album Inferno!, 1959

22. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    Baladi Ya Baladi - 1:52
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

23. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Nadia's Dance (La Danse de Nadia) - 3:18
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979
    (*Marisa's note: During the break I identify the subtitle of this tune as "Raksat Hobb"; D'OH, wrong tune!)

24. SHAY TORRENT ON THE MIGHTY WURLITZER
    Danse Orientale - 2:03
    from the album Organ Melodies In Hi-Fi, 1956

25. ESQUIVEL & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Scheherezade - 3:54
    from the album Strings Aflame, 1959

Radio Bastet hits the big 6-0 with Eddie Kochak, Youssef Kassab and a bit of Middle Eastern exotica from the one and only Martin Denny!  Grab that cocktail shaker and shake it!

1. MARTIN DENNY
The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish
from the album Exotic Percussion, 1961

2. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
Medley Number Three: Sala Sala/Ahlaw Sahla/Gamel Gamel/Ala Dole/Aghvoor Aghcheeg/Yaba Hei'Ya/Ala Mesbo Daog' Albee/Mimak/Tamara
from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973

3. CLAUDE CIARI
Sa'Alouni Annass
from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974

4. A. AZIZ
Rouayah El Djanna
from the album Chants et Musique D'Algerie, no date given

5. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
Magic Nights (Nihtes Magikes)
from the album Greece, no date given

6. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE
Belly Dancer (vocalist: Eddie)
from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given

7. HESSEIN FADEL (ET. AL.)
Flirtation in 10/4 time (Sabah - Nye)
from the album "Takseem" ("Improvisation") - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967

8. TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
The Nile
from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given

9. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE
Nino, Nino
from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given

10. ARMANDO TROVAJOLI
Dancing For You (from the film Dimmi Che Fai Tutto Per Me [Tell Me You Will Do Everything For Me], 1975)
compiled on the CD Easy Tempo Volume 9, 1999

11. YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH HAMOUDA ALI
Full length dance routine: Nay Solo * Elsamer * Rumba * Hebbina * Nay Takasim * Dalal * Accordion (balady) * Drum Solo * Finale
from the album Belly Dance - A Gift From Cairo!, 1980

12. SERENA & THE SERENA ENSEMBLE
Petrified Snake (Serena's Cane Dance)
from the album Serena - Concert In Woodstock, 1976

13. THE SULTANS MIDDLE EASTERN BAND
Baglama Taksim (Improvisation)/Linda Linda (4/4 Beledi)
from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982

It's archive show #59 coming your way, featuring Farid Al-Atrash, the Devil's Anvil, Ahmed Shiba and more rockin' out with John Berberian!  Heck yeah!


1. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
Greek Dance
from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960

2. OZEL TURKBAS
Lovers Look Alike (Entarisi Ala Benziyor)
from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given

3. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
Esos Ojos Aesinos (Those Murderous Eyes)
from the album Encuentros, 1985

4. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
Selim Alai
from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967

5. MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
Zorba the Greek
from the album Greek Fire, 1966

6. FAREED (FARID) EL ATRASH
Eshtatelak
from the album Songs From the Film "A Day Without Tomorrow" (Yom Bela Ghad), 1963

7. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Marinella (Gypsy Girl)
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given
(Marisa's note: Listen for the Beethoven quotation...)

8. RAJA
Desert Wind
from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

9. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
Bert's Baladi
from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979

10. FAHIM SADI ET. AL.
14-Minute Routine (Dance Routine #2)
from the album Nefertiti Presents The Best Of Belly Dancing, 1978

11. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Yildiz (Star)
from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given

12. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Hi Jaz Chifti Teli
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given

13. AHMED SHIBA & HIS ENSEMBLE
Bahija (A Girl's Name)
from the album Music For Belly-Dancing, 1973

14. YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Camel Caravan
from the album Songs From the Garden of Allah, 1963

15. JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE
Chem-oo-Chem (6/8)
from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 1969

Presenting archive program #58, featuring the Rahbani Bros., the Sultans, and the Abdul Hassan Orchestra serving up some "Disco Arab"!  I had forgotten how great this program is - enjoy!

1. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
Bedouin Nights (Raksat Al Badou)
from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

2. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Fidayda
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973

3. RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Arab Feast
from the album Music For an Arabian Night, 1959

4. KARIZMA
Exercise Fifteen: Butterfly Wings/Exercise Sixteen: Llama Walk
from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

5. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Oua Marat Al Ayam
from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989

6. GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE
Kalamatiano #1
from the album Favorite Greek Dances, no date given

7. THE SUKRU TUNAR ORCHESTRA
Cargah Oyun Havasi (Chargah Dance Music)
from the album Music of the Harems, no date given

8. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA
Disco Arab
from the album Arabian Affair, 1978

9. SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE
Ya Ghezayil (Rites Before the East)
from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 1965

10. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Arapina
from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958

11. THE SULTANS
Dance Oriental Routine
from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Volume 2: String Wind and Percussion, 1982

12. NAGAH SALAMAR
Ya Raitni Ma Hawitez (Part 1)
from the album Cairo! The Music of Modern Egypt, no date given

13. OZEL TURKBAS
The Dance in the Garden (Ararim)
from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

14. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
Samba
from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

15. SAMI JOURDAK
A-La-Dal-Ouna
from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, no date given

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presenting archive show #57, with John Bilezikjian, Jimmy Linardos, and more far out bellyrock from The Devil's Anvil!  GO MAN GO!

1.  TONI FRANGIEH & SETRAK SARKISSIAN
    Raksat Assabaya
    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977

2.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Shadows in the Casbah (Sepastia Var)
    from the album Shadows In the Casbah, 1959

3.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA & THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
    Camel Hop
    from the album Ya Habibi! Exciting New Sounds of the Middle East, no date given
   
4.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
    Nihavent Longa
    from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977
   
5.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Manousakia
    from the album And All Ports East, no date given
   
6.  THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
    Nahna Ou Diab
    from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967
       
7.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Ta Mavra Matia Sou (Your Black Eyes)
    from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979
       
8.  TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)
    Lolo
    from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given
   
9.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
    Griniara (Cry-baby)
    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

10. THE FARID EL ATRACHE ORCHESTRA
    Ya Dalla Dallaa-Bii El Jamal
    from the album Super Belly Dance!, 1976

11. KARIZMA
    Exercise Fourteen: Hip and Veil Rotation
    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

12. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Im Il Jadaya Lil (A Girl's Name)
    from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966

13. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE
    Siseler
    from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

14. RAMAL LAMARR
    Lotus Dancers of The Desert Moon
    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

15. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA
    Dance of the Bedouins (Middle-Eastern Dance Routine): Iben El Ballud, Bedouin Bolero, Konyali (Turkish)
    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look out, it's archive show #56, with some groove-tastic bellyrock from John Berberian and the first appearance of Farid Al Atrash on Radio Bastet (about time!)! Raq out with your riq out!

1.  JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE
    The Oud & The Fuzz
    from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 1969

2.  TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
    Kritikos Syrtos
    from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given

3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Dabka (Let Us Dance, Dabka)
    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960
   
4.  KEMANI GARIB ET. AL.
    Ciftetelli
    from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-75
   
5.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
    Jazz in Port Said
    from the album Ameraba: Music with the New Amer-Abic Sound, no date given
   
6.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Raksat Wadad (Amity Dance)
    from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962
   
7.  FARID AL ATRASH
    Gameel Gamal
    from the album Songs From the Film "Immortal Tune" (Lahn Kheloud), 1952
   
8.  MAROUN SABA WITH ABBOUD ABDEL AL & HIS GOLDEN STRING ORCHESTRA
    Music for Belly Dancers - Complete Routine
    from the album Live From the Fez in Hollywood, 1972
   
9.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN PRESENTS RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN
    Kepruenun Alti Tiken Yar Sachlarin Lewle
    from the album Kef Time Las Vegas, no date given

10. UNCREDITED MUSICIANS
    Rakset El Khyoul (The Dance of the Arabian Horse)
    from the album Nights of the Orient, no date given

11. WAL-BERG & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Caravan
    from the album Exotic Music From the Far East, no date given  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we go with archive show #55, featuring Horst Wende, the Toraia Orchestra of Algiers, and George Mgrdichian!  Enjoy, won't we?

1.  EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA
    Raita Tislamli Hassamra (Oh, That Brown Girl Dancer)
    from the album Invitation to Belly Dance, 1985

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

3.  GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Sultan Yoga (Turkish)
    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given
   
4.  TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Skoutari
    from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given
   
5.  KAHRAMAN & HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP
    Mawal (Solo of Ya'ni)
    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given
   
6.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Beautiful One (Zeina)
    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given
       
7.  DAHLENA & MUSICIANS
    Ayyub
    from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978
       
8.  YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA
    Taar Yilli Bahibbu Taar
    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977
   
9.  THE SULTANS
    Mastika
    from the album The Ethno-Cabaret Album Volume 3, 1985

10. SERENA & THE SERENA ENSEMBLE
    Serena in Concert - The Traditional Danse Du Ventre
    from the album Serena - Concert In Woodstock, 1976

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

12. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
    Adhdetli Warda
    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given

13. OZEL TURKBAS
    Nihavent Sirto
    from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 1978

14. FAHIM SADI ET. AL.
    Rita
    from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 1978

15. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Sultan's Circus
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given

Presenting archive show #54, featuring the Feenjon Group, John Vartan, Bert Balladine, and Karizma returns to teach us all the right moves!

1. MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
Miserlou
from the album Greek Fire, 1966

2. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA
Ya Banat Al-Mukalla
from the album Songs For Belly Dancing, no date given

3. THE FEENJON GROUP
Bei Mein Rebbe Is Givaizin A Ganayva (Yiddish) (There Was A Robbery At My Rabbi's)
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

4. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Serin Ruzgar (Cool Breeze)
from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given

5. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
El Falah (Harvest Song)
from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given

6. GUS VALI
Semra Semra
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given

7. YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Depka
from the album Songs From the Garden of Allah, 1963

8. KARIZMA
Exercise Twelve: Hip Loops * Exercise Thirteen: Wrist Rotation
from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

9. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
El Genie (The Genie)
from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958

10. JOHN VARTAN & HIS MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
Show #3: Zurna Taxim/Karanfil Habeyne Badine/Ehu El Ashabi/Kaval Chifte Telli/Nagharad/Yah Wedel Wedelleh
from the album Belly Dancers Paradise, no date given

11. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
Samah Al Nobah
from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979

12. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
Souda-Souda (Dark Eyes)
from the album Sahra, no date given

13. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
B'Hebbak Ya Loubnan
from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977

14. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Ali Baba's Dream
from the album Greece, no date given

It's archive show #53, with Eddie Mekjian, Claude Ciari, Jimmy Linardos, and more vintage belly dance goodness! Enjoy!

1. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Warakat Ya Nassib
from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974
(*Marisa's note: This one sounds like the theme to a "falafel Western"...)

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

3. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Siretzi (Come Back, My Love)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

4. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
Ahlomah (A girl's name)
from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

5. UNCREDITED ARTISTS
Sourta ferta
from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Song of India
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

7. CLAUDE CIARI
Hommage a Fairuz
from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974

8. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Eam Cheanar Yareh (Armenian Shurtz Bar)
from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given

9. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
Raqs El Ghawazee: Abu Zaria arghool and mizmar folk orchestra
from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973

10. SAMI NOSSAIR ET. AL.
Egyptian Belly Dancing Music (side 2)
from the album Sunset By The Pyramids - Egyptian Belly Dancing Music, no date given

11. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
Pensamientos (Thoughts, ideas)
from the album Encuentros, 1985

12. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
Rakseet El Sabaya (Dance of the Maidens)
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

13. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Indim Yarin
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given

14. GEORGE MICHEL ET. AL.
Enchantment in C minor (Seerori - Oud)
from the album "Takseem" ("Improvisation") - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967

15. JOHN BERBERIAN
Yeregoyan Bar
from the album The Dance Album, no date given

16. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
The Beautiful One (El Heloua Di)
from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

Happy 2010! We've recovered from the holidays and it's time to get this party started again! Here's archive show #52, bringing you Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak, Lutfi Guneri, Romeo Lahoud, and more great music to get your new year started right!

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

2. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
Layalli Loubnan
from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976

3. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Iskendereya
from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given

4. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Yuruk Ali
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

5. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Sunrise (Tolhet Ya Mahia)
from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given

6. YOUSSEF KASSAB
Sihtu Wajdan
from the album Nadira Belly Dances For Youssef Kassab, 1974

7. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Sali (The Shawl)
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

8. THE FEENJON GROUP
Sallah (Hebrew)
from the album Recorded Live at the Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)

9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
Full Dance Routine
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 6th Volume, 1979

10. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
Funny World (from Malamondo)
from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, no date given

11. ROMEO LAHOUD
Sarli Tlat Ayam
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973

12. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Gemilerde Talim Var (zeybek)
from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

13. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Yasaria
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976

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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

The answer to life, the universe and everything is archive program 42, with Yacoubian and Company, the Feenjon Group, John Bilezikjian, and Gus Vali tripping out, dude!

1.  KAHRAMAN WITH HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP
    Libnanek Ya Libnany (Your Lebanon And Mine) - 3:52
    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given

2.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Armenian Love Song (Chinar Boyov) - 2:49
    from the album Shadows in the Casbah, 1959

3.  YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
    Wen El Habib (Where is the Beloved?) - 5:02
    from the album Bagdad, no date given
   
4.  GUS VALI
    Tricks - 5:31
    from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974
   
5.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS
    Caravan - 3:23
    from the album Soul of the East, 1960
   
6.  THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
    The Wheat Song - 5:05
    from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given (vocal by Laurice Peters)
   
7.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Katifeh - 3:05
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given
   
8.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
    Jemilleh's Joy - 16:08
    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977
   
9.  MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Jezayire (Mohammedan War Dance) - 2:49
    from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given
   
10. MAZIN HAMDAN
    Hebbena - 4:03
    from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given
   
11. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA
    Dance Rhea Linda - 4/4 Musmoody - 2:27
    from the album Special Silver Anniversary Album - The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

12. THE FEENJON GROUP
    Babadjim (Arabic) - 2:54
    from the album Recorded Live at the Cafe Feenjon, 1966
   
13. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Raks Edour (The Dance Goes On) - 3:59
    from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958
   

Get ready for show #41, featuring David Carroll playing Raymond Scott, Sonny Lester playing himself, Jodette singing, and a kick-butt drum solo by Raja!

1.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Telegrafin Telleri - 4:33
    from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given

2.  FAHIM SADI ET. AL.
    Fatouma - 2:54
    from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 1978 (approx.)

3.  DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Twilight in Turkey - 2:36
    from the album Percussion Orientale: Musical Sounds of the Middle East, 1961
   
4.  TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
    Votaaref Menelitabek - 6:30
    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given
   
5.  ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Tsiganiko Klama (Gypsy Tears) - 3:28
    from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given
   
6.  JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA
    Yatira Tiri - 7:33
    from the album Songs for Belly Dancing, no date given
       
7.  IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)
    Raks El Qaria - 2:49
    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic 'Balady' Dances and Rhythms, 1976
       
8.  SAMI RAGEB
    Middle Eastern Medley Dance Routine (featuring J. Shamma and A. Zakarian in a double drum solo) - 15:22
    from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978
   
9.  SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    One Night in the Harem - 2:28
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: More How to Belly Dance for Your Husband, no date given

10.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
     Raks Averof (Dance at the Averof) - 3:26
     from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975

11.  "AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS AND SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS)
     Your Beautiful Hand - 1:04
     from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Authentic Music of the Near East, no date given
    
12.  RAJA
     A Drummer and a Dancer - 2:42
     from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

13.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
     White Ribbons (Aspres Kordeles) - 2:11
     from the album Greece, no date given

14.  MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
     Istanbul - 3:20
     from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given

Radio Bastet hits the big 4-0 with Mohammed El-Bakkar, Jimmy Linardos, Gus Vali, and a little something from the Ed Wood soundtrack (Johnny Depp not included, unfortunately)!

1.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly NICOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?)
    Nada - 6:55
    from the album Belly Dance! Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 2, 1973

2.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS
    Oti pi o megalos - 2:22
    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

3.  JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL.
    Taksim Organ & Rabla - 3:17
    from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974
    
4.  ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Leyla (Girl's Name) - 2:13
    from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given
    
5.  JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
    Dame La Libertad (Give Me Freedom) - 3:58
    from the album Encuentros, 1985
    
6.  TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION
    Belly Roll - 2:22
    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973
    
7.  BASHIR ABD EL-AL ET. AL.
    Deff (featuring Ghazi Darwish) - 3:21
    from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given
    
8.  ED WOOD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING
    Nautch Dance (composed by and featuring KORLA PANDIT) - 1:29
    from the Ed Wood original soundtrack recording, music by Howard Shore, Hollywood Records, 1994
    
9.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Ana Winta (You and I) - 2:21
    from the album Sultan of Bagdad: Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957
    
10. THE DOLGRU YOL TURKISH ENSEMBLE
    Chifte Telli (Turkish Dance-Instrumental) - 2:30
    from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds from the Near East, no date given
    
11. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
    Belly Dance Routine Number Four - 12:41
    from the album Jimmy Linardos & His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1974

12. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
    Takassim Sanat Alfeyn - 6:53
    from the album Rhythms from the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue: Umbrella Records, 2001)
    
13. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
    Ya Houdeidalak - 5:17
    from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given
    
14. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Elath - 2:11
    from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973
    
15. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Chat Araban (On the Shores of Araban)(Turkish) - 4:47
    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

16. "INSTRUMENTAL" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS)
    Ya Hajal Sannine - 2:21
    from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984

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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!

More vintage belly dance goodness with program 31!  Work that floor act!

1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN
Rakset El Ghazal
from the album Belly Dance, 1978

2. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK AND HAKKI OBADIA
Dance Morocco (4/4 Saiady)
from the album The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

3. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST
Aptal Havassi
from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given

4. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Siroon Yar Jon
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given

5. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
Layleye B'Terja Ya Leyl
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

6. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #8: Floor Act
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

7. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Yaboo E Yeoun Asaleya (Eyes of Honey)
from the album Dances of Port Said - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 5, 1960

8. "INSTRUMENTAL" (ARTISTS UNKNOWN)
Medweyye
from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984

9. DJAMAL ASLAN
Rakseet Binty (I See My Daughter Dancing)
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

10. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
The Sultan's Dream
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

11. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
Dabkie Dance Sequence
from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given

12. ROMEO LAHOUD
Ala Toul
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973

13. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Nehavend Longa (Turkish)
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

14. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Al-Sultan (Dance of the Sultans)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

15. RAJA
Ancient Memories
from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

Another rocking archive show!  Tie that hipscarf on really tight!

1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Bisat El Reeh (Magic Carpet)
from the album The Magic Carpet - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 4, 1958

2. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
Medley #3: Soode Soode/Alasfouria/Kyprunun Alte Tiken/Wein Yaba/Halis Arap Kizi/Ach Babina Yaein/Kevork/Yala Yelee Mlaha/Agh Eem Anoush Yar
from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973

3. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Ates Dansi (Fire Dance)
from the album Exotic Dances For Wives and Lovers, no date given

4. OZEL TURKBAS
He Is In That Train (Tren Gelir)
from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given

5. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Horo Tis Nifis (Bridal Dance)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given

6. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION)
Hand Movements
from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973

7. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Yumma/Ajez
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

8. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
Flames of Araby
from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

9. UNKNOWN ARTISTS (POSSIBLY ABU ABD DEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS?)
Noora
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

10. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR
Raksat Assfour Heleywa
from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

11. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Raks Jemil II
from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given

12. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
Eyuni Sahara
from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974

13. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Handkerchief Dance (Hizzi Hizzi)
from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

And we are back!  Program 29 hits the ground running with a selection tailor-made for your flamenco fusion routine!

1. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
Vivir Un Cuento De Hadas (To Live a Tale of Hadas)
from the album Encuentros, 1985

2. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE
Do You Want Ali, My Daughter? (Kizim Seni Aliye Vereyim Mi?)
from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given
(Marisa's note: You may recognize this as the popular tune "Babacim." A father is trying to get his indecisive daughter to choose a husband!)

3. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Al-Kheeyam (Dance of the Tents)
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

4. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
In a Persian Market
from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961

5. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
Bel Dyha Lebnaneyeie (In the Village of Lebanon)
from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974

6. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
Sudani (Connie)
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing, the 6th Volume, 1979

7. JOHN BERBERIAN
Basha Bella (Turkish)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

8. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA featuring Fred Elias and His Ensemble
Dance of the Pharoahs (Middle-Eastern Dance Routine)
from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975

9. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Akher Ayam El Sayfia (The Last Days of Summer)
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

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

11. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA & JOSEPH SUGAR
Arabian Knights
from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, no date given

12. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
Malek Ya Heloua Malek
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

13. ABDU-EL-HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
Rak El Seyoff (Sword Dance)
from the album Arabian Delight - Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Alergia, Morocco, no date given

14. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
The Belly Dancer's Waltz
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

I honestly don't know what to say about archive program 28, except that it is one of my most favorite shows ever.  Shimmy on!

1. THE FEENJON GROUP
Marinella
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

2. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA AND JOSEPH SUGAR
Flaming Swords
from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, no date given

3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Salamat Salamat (Send My Heart)
from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957

4. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Beyoglu (Karsilama)
from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

5. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
Bint il Beled
from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977

6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Moonlight Dance of the Veils
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given

7. GUS VALI
Navel Academy Theme
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given

8. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
The Seventh Veil
from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given

9. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
Ahsin
from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given

10. THE FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE
Dance of Raija
from the album Artistic Moods for Dance Vol. III, 1978

11. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Finjohn (Turkish)
from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given

12. SAMI RAGEB
Ramallah (Dabke)
from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978

13. ROMEO LAHOUD
Tal El Sahar
from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

14. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #7: Neck Movement
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

Yes, you can has archive show 27!  Featuring the first appearance of the Radio Bastet "theme song," Ah Ya Zain by Omar Khorshid!

1. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Arslan Mustafa
from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977

2. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Song for Belly Dancer
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

3. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
Layaly Assiout
from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973

4. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Allah Ya Lubnan (My Beautiful Lebanon)
from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

5. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION)
Side Figure 8
from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973

6. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Mia Pidamofi Tsigana
from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given

7. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA AND JOSEPH SUGAR
Cha Cha Baba
from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, no date given

8. RAMAL LAMARR
The Indigo Priestess
from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

9. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Depkey (Arabic Dance)
from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given

10. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
Belly Dance Routine Number One
from the album Jimmy Linardos and His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 2, 1975

11. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
El Henna
from the album Belly Dance - The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab Vol. 1, 1976

12. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
The Bazaar
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

13. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Ahzihi Laylati
from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989

The weather is cooling; time for some cool new beats!  Here comes archive show #26, featuring George Mgrdichian playing the Beatles!

1. ESIN ENGIN
Hicaz Dolap
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

2. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
The Unveiling
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Sudani
from the album Music of the African Arab - Vol. 3, 1958

4. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Yesterday
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

5. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Eminem & Mamyluh (Dubkie)
from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given

6. LAURICE PETERS
Ya darity El-A'lalee
from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given

7. UNCREDITED MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?)
Ghazalieh
from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973

8. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
My Darling (Ala Dal Ona)
from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

9. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Fantasy for Farida
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. VII - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984

10. JODETTE
Tabla instruction by Mr. Ahmed Batrawi/History of dancing by Dr. Mahood Salem
from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975

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

12. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
Samra Ya Jamili (Beautiful Brunette)
from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

It's archive show 25 coming your way, with a reeeaaally long routine this time...  Hope you're in shape!

1. MOHAMMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR
Nouni
from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Gameel Gamal (Oh, Beautiful Dancer)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

3. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Hy Achig
from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music of the Middle East, 1966

4. SAMI RAGEB
Naffoosah
from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978

5. VILLAGE DANCES AS TAUGHT BY IBRAHIM FARRAH
Jaddilee
from the album Music of the Qaria, 1976

6. GUS VALI
Nagmat El Hayat
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977

7. YOUSSEF KASSAB
Nadira (Full Length Routine)
from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974

8. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN ON THE OUD
Kismet
from the album Oriental Delight, no date given

9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA
Chant of Daloona (Vocal)
from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou: Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965

10. RAJA
Drum'n On
from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

11. "INSTRUMENTAL" (Uncredited Artists)
Emmy Namet
from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984

Here comes archive show #24, featuring the future Radio Bastet "theme song"....

1. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS
Sahara City
from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973

2. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Husson's Rhapsody
from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given

3. OZEL TURKBAS
Sultaniyegah
from the album Alla-Turca (The Turkish Way), 1975

4. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
Ah Ya Zen
from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001)

5. JOHN BERBERIAN
Arabaya (Turkish)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

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

7. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
Rakse El Debkey (Debkey Dance)
from the album An Evening With Uncle Tanous, 1974

8. HARRY SAROYAN
Complete Routine #1: Aman Aman, Tiein' Af To Dzaghigner, Perom Pom Pero, Clarinet Taksim, Drum Solo, Aman Aman
from the album Saroyan Sings: 'An Oriental Bouquet': Music for Le Danse Orientale, 1979

9. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
Shishkabob
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

10. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
Al Asforieh (You're Driving Me Crazy)
from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

11. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE
Ababaca
from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

12. ABDU-EL-HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
Karyat Dance (Country Dance)
from the album Arabian Delight - Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Alergia, Morocco, no date given

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

14. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN
Al Mushrabiya
from the album Belly Dance, 1978

Dive into summer with archive program 23!  The water's fine!

1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Sauda Sauda (Dark Eyes)
from the album Port Said - Music of the Middle East, 1958

2. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST
Missir Havassi (#2)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given

3. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
High Heel Shoes (syrto)
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 1, no date given

4. JOSEPH KARKOUR ET. AL.
Hadiyat El Eid
from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974

5. UNKNOWN ARTISTS
Sameera
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

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

7. THE FEENJON GROUP
Az De Rebbe Zingt; Chiri-Biri-Bin (Yiddish)
from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)

8. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Bangkok Cockfight
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
Full Dance Routine #1
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing Vol. 4, 1976

10. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #6: Bust Movement
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

11. ESIN ENGIN
Rumeli Karsilamasi
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

12. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
Saifeyah (Summertime)
from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given

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

14. GUS VALI
Telly
from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz/Rock/Mid-East Sounds, 1974

Program 22 is chock full of vintage belly dance goodness! Shimmy on!

1. MOHAMMED RAFI
Jaan Pehechaan Ho
from the Ghost World soundtrack CD, 2001 (originally from the 1965 "Bollywood" film Gumnaam)

2. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Baddy Shoufuk
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

3. THE SHEIK'S MEN
In a Persian Market
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

4. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Free Style
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

5. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Cicekler Konusuyor (Oyun Havasi)
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

6. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR
Hebbena
from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

7. ROMEO LAHOUD
Ya Mit Massa
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973

8. VARIOUS ARTISTS
Belly Dancers' Music - Part 1
from the album Belly Dancers' Music, no date given

9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Min Feegis (Don't Leave Me)
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

10. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Fantezy Nahawand (Composition in Maqam Nahawand)
from the album Bagdad, no date given

11. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
The Carefree Camel
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

12. DAHLENA & MUSICIANS
Dance Routine Number 2: A Frah El Mouled, Le Mansourah
from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978

Here's archive show #21! Hope you enjoy it!

1. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
Rampee
from the album All Points East, 1960

2. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Shenez Longa (Turkish)
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

3. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Soode Soode
from the album Shadows In the Casbah, 1959

4. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
The Beautiful Bedouin Girl (Yam El Abaya)
from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

5. SAMI RAGEB
Bahia
from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978

6. "INSTRUMENTAL" (unknown musicians)
Baatitni Meallimti
from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984

7. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Kagathane (Chifte Telli)
from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

8. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Sahirrnee (Bewitched)
from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

9. HANI MEHANNA & HIS ORCHESTRA
Nagwa Music
from the album Princess of Cairo - Music for Belly Dance with Nagwa Fouad, 1985

10. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE
Tamzara
from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

11. TONI FRANGIEH & SETRAK SARKISSIAN
Hawel Ya Ghannam
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

12. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Petro's Memories
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. VII - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984

13. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
Angham El Chabab
from the album Belly Dance - The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab Vol. 1, 1976

Thanks for bearing with me, folks! Here at last is archive show 20 - more to come!

1. VILLAGE DANCES AS TAUGHT BY IBRAHIM FARRAH
Bedouin Wedding
from the album Music of the Qaria, 1976

2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
A Nada (Dance, O Nada!)
from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975

3. ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA
Pethane Koreci (Dance of the 69th Mermaid)
from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976

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

5. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
Raksat El-Houria (The Mermaid Dance)
from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

6. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
Antonio's Delight
from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977

7. ABDU-EL-HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
Raks El Banat (Beautiful Maiden)
from the album Arabian Delight - Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Alergia, Morocco, no date given

8. TAT' OUL AL' TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
The Nile
from the album Exotic Belly Dancers Vol. 2, no date given

9. RAJA
Belly Dance Routine #2: Shamoosi/Talaa Bolero/Talaa Balady/Drum Solo/Ah Ya Zain
from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

10. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Eh Beyint Ay Ami (My Days)
from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 6, 1966

11. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA
Ya Tayr El Warwar
from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974

12. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Memberi
from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977

13. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Salome's Veil
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

14. RAMAL LAMARR
Cities of the Jinn
from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

15. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA
I Love You - You Love Me (Depke Folk Dance)
from the album The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

Hey everyone - I want to very sincerely apologize to all of you for not posting any programs for a while.  The last 3 months have been pretty intense for me.  My mother had two major surgeries, and I've been extremely preoccupied with her care.  Things are starting to settle down now, however, and I believe I will be able to get some new shows up this week.  Thank you so much for bearing with me - Radio Bastet fans are the greatest and kindest people in the world!!!

With grateful shimmies,
 Marisa~

I truly hope you enjoy Program 19; it's one of my favorites!

1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN
Mahrajan Al Raks
from the album Belly Dance, 1978

2. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA & JOSEPH SUGAR
Oriental Bazaar
from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given

3. LAURICE PETERS
Nassam Alayna El-Hawa
from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given

4. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
Asia Minor
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

5. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Enta Omri
from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989

6. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Ish Allamak (Who Taught You?)
from the album Dances of Port Said - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 5, 1960

7. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
Dance of Sultana
from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977

8. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Navel Observatory
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Musri (Egyptian Dance)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

10. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA featuring Fred Elias and His Ensemble
Banat il Mookala (Arabic)
from the album Beautiful Belly - Music For Listening and Dancing, 1975

11. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Hanum Oyuno (Turkish Chifte Telli)
from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given

12. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #5: Belly Movement
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

13. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
Desafio
from the album Encuentros, 1985

Here's Program 18!  Shimmy on!

1. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
Habibi Lasmar
from the album Belly Dance - The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab Vol. 1, 1976

2. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
The Wheat Song
from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given

3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Ya Salem (How Beautiful)
from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958

4. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN
Anatolian Medley
from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

5. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Arapines (Arabian Girl)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given

6. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Undzee Ullah
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given

7. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
Teletya Mahla Nourha
from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records; 2001)

8. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Sultana's Dream
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given

9. THE SULTANS
Dance Oriental Routine: Yollar Uzak, Yarim Kalan Ask, Yesillim, Taksim (Ney, Organ, Baglama), Rhythm Solo, Sallasana Mendilini
from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 1981

10. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Waist Movement
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

11. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN ON THE OUD
The Halleh
from the album Oriental Delight, no date given

12. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
Dance "Didi" - Beledi - 4/4
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing, The 5th Volume, 1977

13. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
Shuty Ya Dini (Rains of Spring)
from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

Program 17 features a section of slower tunes instead of the usual routine; enjoy!

1. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Take 5
from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given
(Marisa's note: You've never heard Dave Brubeck played like this!)

2. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA
Rakset Samarah (Samarah Dance)
from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974

3. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Come, My Shepherd (Hawel Ya Ghannem)
from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

4. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Mevlana (Chifte Telli)
from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

5. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Homo Homo (vocals: Jalal)
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. VII - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984

6. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Yasmeena
from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given

7. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE
Farfara
from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given

8. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
The Nomad
from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

9. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (FEATURING GUS VALI)
Chant
from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976

10. THE FEENJON GROUP
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

11. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
The Dream
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

12. RAJA
Cheftatelli
from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982

13. UNKNOWN ARTISTS
Ma Alee
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

14. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Lila, My Love (Rhumba)
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

15. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Sultan of Bagdad
from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957

16. JODETTE
Jodette's live performance at the Worlds Fair
from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975

17. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Sherry's Dream
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

18. JOHN BERBERIAN
Siseler (Turkish)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

See that little player in the top right-hand corner of the page?  Did you know that if you click on the little Play arrow button in the lower right corner of the player, it will play the most recent podcast?  And that if you click the other two buttons on either side, it will navigate forward and back to the other podcasts available?  And that if you click on the Arrow tab in the top left corner of the player, the player will detach so you can continue to listen to the podcasts as you surf the web?  Did you know that?  I didn't know that.  How cool is that??

This one is hot!

1. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Bymish Ugha
from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957

2. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Gholghozee Aghcheeg
from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given

3. DJAMAL ASLAN
Ana El Sayad Be Yoony (I Hunt With My Eyes)
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

4. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Wadeelo Salamy (Bathed in Love)
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

5. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Yavuz Geliyor (Laz Havasi)
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

6. OZEL TURKBAS
Tin Tin (Tiny Little Lady)
from the album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan, no date given

7. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
Cigancica Mala
from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1967

8. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Ya Sabeya
from the album Music of the African Arab - Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958

9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA
Miserlou (Vocal)
from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou: Festive Dance Music From the Middle East, 1965

10. JOSEPH KARKOUR ET. AL.
Complete Dance Routine: Khatwet Samar, Taksim Nay, Taksim Violin, Taksim Kanoun, Taksim Accordion, Solo Tabla
from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms From the Middle East, 1974

11. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
Delilah
from the album Dance Bellyrina Dance, 1963

12. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Fertile Desert
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

13. ESIN ENGIN
Tokat Sarmasi
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

14. ROMEO LAHOUD
Dabke Chmeliye
from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

15. THE FEENJON GROUP
Rampe Rampe (Turkish)
from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)

What can I say - another stellar archive show!

1. JOHN BERBERIAN
Azziza (Turkish)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

2. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Tha Paro Dio (I Will Take Two)
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979
(Marisa's note: This is a lively tune about a woman who decides to marry two men, not one!!)

3. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
Azef El Leyl
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

4. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN
Tsiftetelli-Clarinet Solo-Alexandros Zaharias
from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

5. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #3: Shaking the Hips
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

6. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
Lama Bada Yatsana
from the album Rhythms from the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records; 2001)

7. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Yollar Uzak
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

8. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Ah Ya Zain (Beautiful One)
from the album Port Said - Music of the Middle East, 1958

9. KEMANI GARIB ET. AL.
Show #2: Hele Hele (2/4), Leyla (4/4), Kizilciklar (9/8)
from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975

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

11. ROMEO LAHOUD
Fayek Lam Kinna
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973

12. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks El Kholoud (Dance of Eternity)
from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

13. YOUSSEF KASSAB
Al Aresiva
from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974

14. GUS VALI
Ya Reim Wadi Thaqif
from the album Let's Belly Dance, 1973

15. THE FEENJON GROUP
Mach Mach (Come, Come)
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

16. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Owo Solo (Anwar Husson)
from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given

Happy New Year, everybody!

1. GUS VALI
Kashlarin Ingee Ingee
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given

2. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Farhat (Happy)
from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 6, 1966

3. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Dance of Enticement
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given

4. ESIN ENGIN
Yeni Ciftetelli
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

5. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Dulab El Houb (The Wheel of Love)
from the album Bagdad, no date given

6. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA
Hava Nagila Araby
from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou: Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965
(Marisa's note: Who says the Arabs and Israelis can't get along??)

7. UNKNOWN ARTISTS (possibly Aboud Abd Del Aal?)
Soraya
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

8. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Hizzi Ya Nawaim (Shake and Dance Smoothly)
from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975

9. JOHN VARTAN ENSEMBLE
Dance Routine #2
from the album Spotlight on Belly Dancing, 1980

10. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Eezen Hyer
from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music of the Middle East, no date given

11. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Head Glide
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

12. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
Zapevaj Pesmu
from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976

13. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
The Feminine Touch (featuring Mary Ellen Donald on the doumbec)
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music Vol. 2, 1977

14. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN
Oriental Delight (Jazayair)
from the album Oriental Delight, no date given

Lucky #13, featuring Youssef Kassab, Romeo Lahoud, Ozel Turkbas, and more!

1. UNKNOWN MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?)
Ourak El Nakhil
from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973

2. OZEL TURKBAS
Organ Improvisation By Jimmy Linardos
from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given

3. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK
Wedding Party
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973

4. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #4: Shaking the Stomach
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

5. YOUSSEF KASSAB
Talaa Min Bayt Abuha
from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974

6. ABDUL ALEXI FREEMAN & HIS ENQUIRERS
The Sultan's Sister
from the album The Belly Dancer, no date given

7. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST
I'll Be Drunk Tonight (Karsilama)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given

8. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Yaruss Kovetsi Sequence (Dubkie/Chifte Telli/Karshilama)
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given

9. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL.
Suruverin Cezveler (Rampi-Karsilama) (9/8)
from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975

10. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Meenie Yaba (Where Is My Love?)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

11. ROMEO LAHOUD
Khidni Maak Ala Darb Baidet
from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

12. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Otan Klene Thio Karthies (When Two Hearts Cry)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given

13. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (FEATURING GUS VALI)
Mustapha
from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976

14. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
Laylet Hob
from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001)

Archive show #12, featuring some special requests at the end of the program! I'm always up for your requests; please let me know!

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

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

3. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Carsiya Vardim (Cifte Telli)
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

4. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
Do Oul Mazahir (A Taste of Wine)
from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

5. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
Yelakaiki
from the album All Points East, 1960

6. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Vara Tageree
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976

7. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Raks El Dabka (Double String Dance)
from the album Dances of Port Said - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 5, 1960

8. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN
Belly Dancer's Show: Yar Satch Larin, Madouvala, Helvaci, Te Na Ta Kano Ta Lefta
from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol.1, no date given

9. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
Ya Mal Esham
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

10. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Hip Vibration
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

11. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Oriental Moods (Geozlarin)
from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given

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

13. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Ma Alli We Oltelou
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

14. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Turkish
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

PLUS SPECIAL REQUESTS!

Sonny Lester - Dance of Enticement
David Carroll - Caravan
Artie Barsamian - The Seventh Veil
Artie Barsamian - Shadows in the Casbah

More vintage goodness from the vaults! Shimmy on!

1. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN
Caucasian Dance
from the album Oriental Delight, no date given

2. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
Guitar El Chark
from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001)

3. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Elef Leila Wa Leila (One Thousand and One Nights)
from the album Bagdad, no date given

4. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Ali Baba
from the album The Magic Carpet - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 4, 1958

5. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Looseen Cheegah
from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given

6. THE SULTANS
Dere (9/8 Karsilama)
from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 1981

7. ABDUL ALEXI FREEMAN AND HIS ENQUIRERS
Bubbies, Baubles & Anklets
from the album The Belly Dancer, no date given

8. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Catherine (laz)
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 1, no date given

9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Belly Dance Fantasy (Complete Belly Dance Routine): Zanuba, Man Zaman, Chifte-Telli, Drum solo, Sulu Kule
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

10. ROMEO LAHOUD
Ala Bali
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973

11. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #2: Hip Movement
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

12. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA
Sesame Jump
from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou: Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965

13. DJAMAL ASLAN
Inta Habibi (My Love)
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

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

15. UNKNOWN MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?)
Ghazalieh
from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973

(I'm reposting this one; the holidays are coming up, you know!)

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This fragrance is not part of the regular Conjure Oils line; Vajra will "conjure it up" especially for you when you request the Radio Bastet fragrance oil!  Please find ordering information here.  Samples are $3 each (there are sampler specials, check 'em out!); full bottles are available in either 5ml ($15) or 10ml ($25) sizes.  

Thank you, everyone, and trust me when I say that you won't be disappointed with this fragrance - it is YUMMY!!!

Many thanks and Happy Holidays!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting yet another stellar program from the vaults!  Shimmy on, I say!

PROGRAM 10 Playlist:

1. GUS VALI
Nosh
from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz/Rock/Mid-East Sounds, 1974

2. UNKNOWN ARTISTS (possibly Abou Abd El Aal?)
Balady
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

3. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Bust Exercise
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

4. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Zeina (Dance, Oh Beautiful One!)
from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

5. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Drum Solo
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

6. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU AND HIS ENSEMBLE
Milao Me Ta Asteria (I Talk to the Stars)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given

7. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Snake Charmers Delight
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given

8. OZEL TURKBAS
Ozel's Dance Routine
from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given

9. YOUSSEF KASSAB
Ami Yabaya Al Ward
from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974
(Marisa's note: This one has a hypnotic hook that's hard to resist!)

10. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
Mish Mish
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing, the 6th Volume, 1979

11. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
Basal, Basal Seljadin
from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1967

12. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Yalla-Yalla (Come With Me)
from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957

13. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Caravan
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

14. JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL.
Taksim Accordion
from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974

Sorry for the delay, folks!  I will try to get a new show up every Sunday night or so.  Here's the next archive show - shimmy on!

Program 9 Playlist:

1. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR
Raqset El Fadaa
from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records, 2001)

2. ESIN ENGIN
Anadolu Oyun Havasi
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

3. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Geobeg Havasi (Chifte Telli)
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given

4. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Lesson #1: The Entrance
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

5. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Ya Bakhita
from the album Music of the African Arab - Vol. 3, 1958

6. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST
Rast Taxim (Ud Solo)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given

7. OZEL TURKBAS
Bride From Bursa (Bursali)
from the album Alla-Turca (The Turkish Way), 1975

8. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
Belly Dance Routine Number Three
from the album Jimmy Linardos and His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance, Vol. 1, 1974

9. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Shish-Kebab
from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961

10. GUS VALI
Atchan Ya Sabaya
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977

11. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Misirlou
from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975

12. ROMEO LAHOUD
Yam El Jadayel
from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

13. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL.
Rumeli Karsilamasi (9/8)
from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975

14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Tootin Tzara
from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music of the Middle East, no date given

15. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Tsifteteli Tou Yianni
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

16. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN
Arabian Debki Dance
from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol.1, no date given

17. THE FEENJON GROUP
Biklibidia (Jewelry)
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

I realize I haven't updated in over 2 months.  I'm really sorry about that.  Real life, however, is intruding upon my internet life:

1.  My computer is suffering from a virus.  We've done everything short of actually taking it in and having it fixed.  In the meantime, internet work is quite a hassle.

2.  I'm working full-time this summer at a temp job.  I have very little free time anymore.  The site hasn't been updated and the house is a mess.  So, there's that.

So please, bear with me a bit longer.  I wish I were SuperWoman, but I'm just not.  Hope you all are having a great summer.

More archive goodness!   Shimmy on!

1. ROMEO LAHOUD
Dabke Nouerieh - 3:34
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973
(Marisa's note: Again, the artist is not listed on the album cover or LP, but it does say "all songs composed by Romeo Lahoud," so I'm guessing he is the artist as well. Sure would be nice to know for sure...)

2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Hadouni, Hadouni (Your Bewitching Eyes) - 3:46
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973
(Marisa's note: One of George's most popular tunes among dancers! I think it's his spirited vocal encouragement in the middle of the song...!)

3. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (FEATURING GUS VALI)
Sauda Sauda - 3:48
from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976

4. JOHN BERBERIAN
Laz (Turkish) - 4:24
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

5. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Arm and Hand Movement - 2:48
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

6. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN AND HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Baghdad Havasih (Bagdad Air) - 3:10
from the album Bagdad, no date given

7. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Boom Boom - 2:36
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
(Marisa's note: The coolest tune on this very cool record!)

8. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Dance for Amir - 18:18
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music Vol. 2, 1977

9. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
The Candy Maker (Hulvage) - 2:53
from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given

10. THE SULTANS
Adanali - 4:32
from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 1981

11. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Port Said - 3:39
from the album Port Said - Music of the Middle East, 1958

12. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Opturmem (Cifte Telli) - 2:44
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

13. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN
Dance of the Veil (Chefte Telli) - 3:23
from the album Oriental Delight, no date given

14. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Song for Belly Dancer - 2:30
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

One of my favorite archive episodes!  Enjoy!

1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Improvisation - 3:43
from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 6, 1966

2. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE
Bachelerde - 2:12
from the album Dance Bellyrina Dance, 1963

3. THE FEENJON GROUP
Walla Dai (Arabic) - 3:52
from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)
(Marisa's note: One of my all-time favorite tunes!)

4. DJAMAL ASLAN
Ya Bint Ya Amoora (O Radiant One) - 3:09
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

5. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Bir Gun (Someday) - 3:08
from the album Exotic Dances For Wives and Lovers, no date given

6. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Yama Sawa - 2:06
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

7. UNKNOWN MUSICIANS (POSSIBLY NICHOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?)
Title Unknown! - 3:18
from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973
(Marisa's note: This track personifies what is so frustrating about collecting belly dance LPs! The side this tune is on has 4 tracks, but only 3 are listed on the album cover. And of course, no musicians are listed either. So I have no idea who recorded this song (but it may well be the Nicholas El Dik Orchestra, I've since discovered), and I have no idea what the name of the song is, but it's one of the best ones on the album!! Arrgghh!!!! It's definitely a debke, though...)

8. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN
Tsifte Teli - 3:18
from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given

9. YOUSSEF KASSAB, HAMOUDA ALI
Belly Dance Routine #2: Nay solo, elsamer, rumba, hebbina, nay takasim, dalal, accordion (balady), drum solo, finale - 20:02
from the album Belly Dance - A Gift from Cairo!, 1980
(Marisa's note: Youssef Kassab also recorded as Joseph Kassab on several LPs.)

10. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Lady Unveiling - 1:40
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

11. RAJA
Drum Sequence - 2:59
from the album Lebanon, 1980
(Marisa's note: I call this one the "disco/Star Wars bellydance drum solo"!)

12. OZEL TURKBAS
Taksimler - 4:46
from the album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan, no date given

13. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK
Shifte Armany - 4:22
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973

14. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE
Hella Hella - 4:13
from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given
(Marisa's note: This one is hella fresh! Depending on the album, Mr. Mekjian went by either Eddie or Edward.)

Another grand archive episode!  Shimmies!  Apologies for my none-too-professional zaghareet in the intro (you may want to turn your volume down, heh...).

1. JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL.
Farhat Shabab - 2:21
from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974

2. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Mia Nihta Mayemeni (One Magic Night) - 2:39
from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given

3. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Nor Pessa (Syrto) - 3:19
from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East - Vol. 1, no date given

4. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
Mojilo Cindilo - 3:02
from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976

5. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Tsifteteli El Greco - 2:26
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Flirtation on the Nile - 2:00
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given

7. GUS VALI
The Speechless Animal - 3:24
from the album Let's Belly Dance, 1973
(Marisa's note: There's not a lot of slow stuff at Radio Bastet, but this is one of the coolest. I did my first veil routine to this!)

8. THE SULTANS
Organ, Ney, Drum (improvisation) - 4:53
from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 1981

9. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA
History of Belly Dancing and Five Common Cymbal Patterns - 11:40
from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

10. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Danse Orientale - 2:07
from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961

11. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL.
Siseler (2/4) - 2:28
from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975

12. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
Ya Wail (Don't Play with Fire) - 5:58
from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

13. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Raks Jemil I - 2:35
from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given
(Marisa's note: There are 2 tunes on this album titled "Raks Jemil", in typical lazy-record-company fashion; I arbitrarily designated them I and II.)

14. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
Raksat El Helween - 4:07
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

15. ESIN ENGIN
Zennube - 2:24
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

16. RAFIC HOBEIKA
Sahar - 8:39
from the album Music for an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 - Danses de Nadia Gamal, 1973

OK gang.  I've thought, meditated, ruminated, contemplated, and even prayed about this.  Here is how it's going to be.

1.  I am not going back to the old streaming format.  Podcasts have become the preferred format for presenting audio programs on the internet.  They are relatively easy to put together, and they are completely downloadable by the listener to carry around on their iPod or burn onto a CD.  There is no reason to be afraid of or intimidated by podcasts.  A podcast is essentially nothing more than a big mp3 file.  You can stream it, or you can download it.  Ideally, you should subscribe to your favorite podcasts.  The beauty of subscribing is that the most recent episodes are automatically downloaded when you visit that podcast's RSS feed or other podcast directory, such as iTunes, Podcast Pickle, Odeo, etc.

I would say the feedback I've gotten from my listeners on which format they prefer has been pretty much split down the middle.  So, I'm making a command decision here and sticking with the podcasts.

2.  Several listeners have suggested I indicate time stamps for each song on the playlists.  Since a podcast is one big mp3 file, there's no way to tell for sure what track is playing when while you're listening.  I've thought about this long and hard, and I've decided against it.  Why?

     a)  Each program is a little over one (1) hour in length.  There are approximately 13-15 tracks in each program.  It really shouldn't be too difficult to figure out which tune is playing when, with the playlist as your guide.  The playlist for each show can be found in three (3) different places:  on the podcast blog page, on the Playlists page at the main site, and embedded within the ID tags of the actual podcast file.  

     b)  It's an extra step that I just don't feel like making, frankly.  I've started putting the length of each tune in the playlist, which I admit is something I should have been doing all along.  That, coupled with the relative shortness of each show and the easy availability of the playlists, should make things a bit easier, I'm hoping.

3.  I will keep putting up archive shows as I'm able, and I hope to get a new show out soon.  However, my life is just about to get a whole lot busier.  I'm taking on new religious and career training commitments that are going to be taking up a lot of my free time.  So please bear with me on that particular front.

I think that's it for now!  I apologize if I've disappointed some of you, but I think I've made the best decision, all things considered.  Take good care and as always, I enjoy hearing from you!

Easter blessings,
 Marisa~

Archive program #5!  Enjoy!

Playlist:

1. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
 Kashlimar "Anwar" - 9/8 Turkish - 3:13
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing, The 5th Volume, 1977

2. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Shish Kebab - 2:20
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

3. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Asmar (Dance of the Bedouins) - 3:29
from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976

4. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN
Come My Sweet One - 2:41
from the album Oriental Delight, no date given

5. UNKNOWN ARTISTS (possibly Abbu Abdel Aal & His Golden Strings?)
Casino Beirut - 3:41
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

6. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Shoulder Movement - 3:24
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

7. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST
Bam-Boum (Zeibek) - 2:02
from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given

8. THE FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS
Dance of Feona - 20:02
from the album Artistic Moods for Dance Vol. III, 1978

9. ABDUL ALEXI FREEMAN & HIS ENQUIRERS
Dance of the Beggars - 2:39
from the album The Belly Dancer, no date given

10. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Kelebek (Oyun Havasi) - 2:10
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

11. JOHN BERBERIAN
Sevasda (Turkish) - 5:20
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

12. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
El Hora El Hawara (The Circle Dance) - 3:57
from the album Dances of Port Said - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 5, 1960

13. GUS VALI
Rockin' Bird - 8:51
from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz/Rock/Mid-East Sounds, 1974

Another one from the archives - shimmy on!

Playlist:

1. THE FEENJON GROUP
Aina Zorga (Blue Eyes) - 4:23
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

2. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Z - 4:19
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976

3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Cha Cha Pharonic (Cha Cha of the Pharoah) - 3:17
from the album The Magic Carpet - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 4, 1958

4. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
Queens Night Out - 2:27
from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

5. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
Ya Ayn Maoulayteyn - 3:43
from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977

6. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Temptacious - 4:10
from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given

7. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Saidi Wind - 2:03
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

8. SAMI NOSSAIR, ET. AL.
Dance Routine #1 - 15:57
from the album Sunset By the Pyramids - Egyptian Belly Dancing Music, no date given

9. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Twilight in Turkey - 2:35
from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961

10. RAJA
Dabke - 3:20
from the album Lebanon, 1980

11. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Oyun Havasi (Chifte Telli) - 3:39
from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given

12. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Belly and Snake Movement - 2:03
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

13. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Sev Acher - 2:43
from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music of the Middle East, no date given

14. GUS VALI
Sesame - 2:14
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given

15. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Una Le Alaykee (I Miss You, My Love) - 5:15
from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

Playlist:

1. HARRY SAROYAN
Complete Routine #2: Aziza, Khoda Negahdar, Ah Yah Zein, Marinella - 12:24
from the album Saroyan Sings: 'An Oriental Bouquet': Music for Le Danse Orientale, 1979

2. ESIN ENGIN
Kelle (Lamb's Head) - 2:29
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975

3. THE SULTANS
Esmerim - 3:20
from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 1981

4. JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL.
Ouyoun El Badawiya - 2:16
from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974

5. THE SHEIK'S MEN
Bangcock Cockfight - 2:40
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961
(Marisa's note: A Les Baxter tune!)

6. DJAMAL ASLAN
Dabkeet El Mandel (Dance of the Scarf) - 3:13
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

7. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
Ko Sme Ruku Da Nam Pruzi - 2:15
from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976

8. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA, FEATURING JOSEPH KASSAB
Full Dance Routine #1 - 15:34
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing, The 2nd Volume, 1977

9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Noora Ya Noora (Noora's Dance) - 5:17
from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975

10. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Oud Fantasy - 3:01
from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given

11. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Stavrodromi (Crossroads of Life) - 2:59
from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given

12. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Laysh Laysh (Why Oh Why) - 4:06
from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957

13. ABDUL ALEXI FREEMAN & HIS ENQUIRERS
Abdul the Cool - 2:17
from the album The Belly Dancer, no date given

More archive goodness!  Shimmy on!

1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Africa
from the album Music of the African Arab - Vol. 3, 1958

2. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST
Rambi-Rambi
from the album Music For Belly Dancing, no date given

3. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL.
Babacim (2/4)
from the album Special Music for Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975

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

5. OZEL TURKBAS
Missourlu
from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given

6. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Nene Aman
from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given

7. VARIOUS ARTISTS
Belly Dancers' Music - Part 2
from the album Belly Dancers' Music, no date given

8. UNKNOWN ARTISTS
Ah Ya Zein
from the album Sweet Nights, 1967

9. GUS VALI
Kabbir Aklatack
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977

10. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Araby (Dance Araby)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

11. JOHN BERBERIAN
Whyek (Arabic)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

12. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Bacchanale (from "Samson & Delilah")
from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961

13. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Turco Mooro
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music Vol. 2, 1977

14. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Hip Thrust
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

The very first show!  Enjoy!

1. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO
El Badree (Dance and Rejoice)
from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given

2. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Sen Gel
from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music of the Middle East, no date given

3. THE SHEIK'S MEN
The Dance They Do
from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

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

5. GUS VALI
Savgulum
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given

6. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
Al Jazayair (Dance of Algiers)
from the album Port Said - Music of the Middle East, 1958

7. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Dotis Mood
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976

8. JOHN VARTAN ENSEMBLE
Dance Routine #1
from the album Spotlight on Belly Dancing, 1980

9. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS
Introduction
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969

10. IBRAHIM TURMEN
Rakset El Souyouf
from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985

11. JOHN BERBERIAN
Nubar Nubar (Armenian)
from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974

12. OZEL TURKBAS
The Camel Driver (Deveci)
from the album Alla-Turca (The Turkish Way), 1975

13. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Caravan
from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961

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

15. DJAMAL ASLAN
Mahrajan Fe Lebnan (Festival In Lebanon)
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

16. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU AND HIS ENSEMBLE
O Horos Tis Tavernas (Dance of the Taverna)
from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given

Once again I am way behind in posting new programs, and I apologize once again.  I have been so busy with other things going on that I haven't found much time to work on programs.  So, here is what I propose to do.

I will post 2 archive shows every other Sunday or so.  I'm going to start at the beginning.  Later on today or early tomorrow I will post archive shows 1 and 2.  Whenever I get the time, I will put together a new show and post that as well, leave that up for at least a couple weeks and try to get another one together.

I have also had several folks let me know that they miss being able to tell exactly what song is playing when, as you could in the old streaming mp3 format.  I appreciated that feature too, but with podcasting as it is now there's no way to do that.  I wish I could do podcasts and streaming, but I just don't have the server space.  I will continue podcasting for now until enough people let me know that they would prefer I go back to the old streaming format.

At any rate, stay tuned for archive shows 1 and 2 to be appearing soon!  Thanks for all your enthusiasm and support!