Wed, 5 August 2009
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 |