Wed, 24 March 2010
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 |