Mon, 30 November 2009
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 |