Program 45

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