Program 63

Presenting archive program #63!  Prepare to raq out with Sami Jourdak, go to the movies with Mike Batt and the London Philharmonic, have an Arabian Affair with Abdul Hassan, and hear Nejla Ates SING with Mohammed El-Bakkar!  It doesn't get much better than that!

1.  MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    Main Title (The caravan moves through a crowded market place) - 2:54
    from the album CARAVANS Original Motion Picture Score, 1978

2.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
    Azzeyna Lebssat Khelkhalha - 2:57
    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977

3.  FAREED AL-ATRASH
    Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song) - 3:16
    from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given
   
4.  GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Tsifte Telli - 3:02
    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, 1964
   
5.  RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Old Beirut - 3:02
    from the album Music for an Arabian Night, 1959
   
6.  SAMI JOURDAK
    Yam-El-Amy (The Beautiful Shape) - 2:51
    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965
       
7.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
    Egyptian Drums - 5:29
    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979
           
8.  ROMEO LAHOUD
    Khafif El Rouh - 2:47
    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975
   
9.  NEJLA ATES, MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & CHORUS
    Shika Shika - 2:25
    from the album FANNY Original Cast Recording, 1954

10. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA
    Arabian Affair (Parts 1 - 5) - 19:51
    from the album Arabian Affair, 1978

11. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
    Yabay - 2:26
    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, 1975

12. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks Gamal (Desert Dancer) - 3:19
    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

13. THE SEN SISTERS
    Sari Kiz (Blonde Girl) - 2:55
    from the album Music of the Harems, no date given
   
14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    The Country Dance (Luz Bahr) - 3:10
    from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957

15. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS
    Habeebe Village - 3:16
    from the album Soul of the East, 1960