Program 49

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