Program 61

Awww, yeah - here comes archive show #61, probably my favorite show so far!  Yes, Radio Bastet meets Mr. Smooth - and they really hit it off!  In case you didn't know, Mr. Smooth is my husband Byron.  On The Mr. Smooth Show, he presents the best of the space age bachelor pad music of the 1950's and 60's.  There are many points at which exotica and Middle East intersect, and on this joint program he and I explore some of those crossroads.  It was a blast to do (unfortunately we lost our final voice-over closing track!), and we plan on doing at least one more show together!  In the meantime, raise a glass of your favorite potent potable and shimmy 'round the bachelor pad!

1.  FRANK CHACKSFIELD & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Caravan - 2:40
    from the album In The Mystic East, 1957

2.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
    Jazz in Port Said - 3:24
    from the album Ameraba - Music With The New Amer-Abic Sound, 1962

3.  THE MARKKO POLO ADVENTURERS
    The Girl Friend of a Whirling Dervish - 2:26
    from the album Orienta, 1959
   
4.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Charade - 2:18
    from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, 1965
   
5.  EARTHA KITT WITH HENRI RENE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale - 3:09
    from the album That Bad Eartha, 1956
   
6.  EDDIE LAYTON AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN
    Caravan - 2:53
    from the album Caravan, 1956
       
7.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Nene Aman - 3:02
    from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, 1963
           
8.  JERRY FIELDING & HIS ORCHESTRA
    The Uplifted Veil of a Downhearted Frail - 2:39
    from the album Near East Brass...West Coast Style, 1967
   
9.  IRV COTTLER
    Arab Dance - 3:41
    from the album Around the World in Percussion, 1961

10. ENOCH LIGHT & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Istanbul - 2:00
    from the album Far Away Places Volume 2, 1963

11. THE SHEIK'S MEN
    Caravan - 3:12
    from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

12. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Mocha Jazz - 1:55
    from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963

13. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
    Boom Boom - 2:34
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
  
14. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Rebecca from Mecca - 2:41
    from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963

15. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
    Queens Night Out - 2:26
    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968
  
16. THE VENTURES
    Caravan - 2:08
    from the album Walk Don't Run, 1960

17. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
    My Beautiful Beloved (Ah Ya Zein) - 3:03
    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, 1957
   
18. THE THREE SUNS
    In a Persian Market - 3:11
    from the album High Fi and Wide, 1956
   
19. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Cha Cha Pharonic (Cha Cha of the Pharoah) - 3:16
    from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958
   
20. LES BAXTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
    A Night with Cleopatra - 4:42
    from the album The Primitive And The Passionate, 1961

21. THE JOHN BUZON TRIO
    Caravan - 2:37
    from the album Inferno!, 1959

22. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    Baladi Ya Baladi - 1:52
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

23. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Nadia's Dance (La Danse de Nadia) - 3:18
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979
    (*Marisa's note: During the break I identify the subtitle of this tune as "Raksat Hobb"; D'OH, wrong tune!)

24. SHAY TORRENT ON THE MIGHTY WURLITZER
    Danse Orientale - 2:03
    from the album Organ Melodies In Hi-Fi, 1956

25. ESQUIVEL & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Scheherezade - 3:54
    from the album Strings Aflame, 1959