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Mon, 30 November 2009
It's time for archive show #51, featuring the likes of Sonny Lester, Jodette, Gus Vali, and Karizma putting us through our paces once again. Practice those hip vibrations! 1. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR Nassam Alaynal Hawa - 3:49 from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979 2. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Maharajah (O Maharayias) - 2:44 from the album Greece, no date given 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Ya Habibi (My Love) - 3:20 from the album Sultan of Bagdad: Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957 4. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED) Ne, Ne Ljubi Drugu - 2:38 from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976 5. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS Calcutta Rag - 2:17 from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 6. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE Kashlarin Inge Inge - 1:57 from the album All Points East, 1960 7. MAZIN HAMDAN Abaad - 6:53 from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given 8. KARIZMA Exercise Ten: Hip Vibrations * Exercise Eleven: Shoulder Vibrations - 2:38 from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 9. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Cham El Nassim - 5:12 from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973 10. JODETTE (KAMELIA) & FAHIM SADI Complete Routine: Your Magic Eyes/Takaseem and Layaly/Sleepy Eyes/Oud Solo and Takaseem/Hizi Ya Nawaem - 14:35 from the album Nights of Jodette, no date given 11. LAURICE PETERS A'l-lala w'lala - 4:25 from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given 12. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA Marinella/Miserlou/Oglan Oglan - 4:44 from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 13. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST) Mouhaya - 3:48 from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976 14. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO Ya Karim Allaly (Under the Grapevine) - 3:48 from the album Belly Dance Music, 1968 |
Mon, 30 November 2009
Radio Bastet hits the big 5-0 with Toni Frangieh and Setrak Sarkissian, Naif Agby, John Bilezikjian, and so many more! This program and #51 were saved by me before the big sound file loss of earlier this year, so my original intros and closings remain intact. This is good or bad news depending on your point of view... 1. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN) Desert Dance - 5:47 from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979 2. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Ask - 2:54 from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, 1966 3. TONI FRANGIEH & SETRAK SARKISSIAN Faouk El Kheyl Kaddak El Mayass - 4:53 from the album Belly Dance NIghts Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977 4. MOHAMMED EL-BERJAWAY ET. AL. Tabla - 6:18 from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given 5. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Tamara - 3:05 from the album Shadows in the Casbah, 1959 6. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN Sultani Yegah Sirto - 7:47 from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977 7. YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA Bedouin Dance - 19:31 from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977 8. JOHN BERBERIAN Sophig - 4:08 from the album Echoes of Armenia, 1972 9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA Dance Zarefah - 4/4 Ghawazee - 1:56 from the album Special Silver Anniversary Album - The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given 10. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE Sheker Oglan - 2:55 from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977 11. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA Tony Ya Tony - 2:56 from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974 |
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 |
Mon, 26 October 2009
Here's archive show #48 coming your way, with Artie Barsamian, Djamal Aslan, Esin Engin, and do the "Rib Cage Rock" with Karizma! This program is very rhythmic for some reason. Shimmy on! 1. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS Carribean Holiday - 3:44 from the album Soul Of The East, 1960 2. OZEL TURKBAS My Sugar Boy (Seker Oglan) - 1:55 from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 1978 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Rahks Port Said (Dance of Port Said) - 3:28 from the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 1, 1958 4. TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE The Art - 4:21 from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given 5. ARTIE BARSAMIAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA Echoes from the Orient (Chifte Telli) - 3:26 from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957 6. KARIZMA Exercise Eight: Rib Cage Rock/Exercise Nine: Pelvic Slope - 3:13 from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 7. KAHRAMAN IN ORIENTAL SONGS WITH HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP Ra'sit Isikrany (The Wine Dance) - 2:51 from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given 8. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks El Gezlan (Dance of the Gazelles) - 4:12 from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975 9. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Edirnenin Boyacilari (Shoeshiners of Edirne) - 2:27 from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975 10. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Fil Sahra (In the Sahara) - 1:28 from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given 11. HANI MEHANNA & HIS ORCHESTRA Banat Eskendria - 20:07 from the album Princess of Cairo - Music for Belly Dance with Nagwa Fouad, 1985 12. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Yala Nooros (Hurry to the Dance) - 2:10 from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given 13. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Soodeh Soodeh (Armenian) - 2:24 from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given 14. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA Hanna Drumzilzia - 1:51 from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 5th Volume, 1977 15. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Bouzoukee Rhapsody - 4:11 from the album Greece, no date given |
Mon, 26 October 2009
Here comes archive program #47! Prepare yourself for Hakki Obadia, Yacoubian & Company, Horst Wende, and a 25-minute routine from Jalaleddin Takesh! 1. RAFIC HOBEIKA & HIS ORCHESTRA Amal - 8:37 from the album Music for an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 (Danses De Nadia Gamal), 1973 2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Al-Dounya (Dance, Oh World!) - 2:56 from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 3. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Jingen Araba - 3:27 from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given 4. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY Nina Nai - 2:47 from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given 5. ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA Tarishi Mera (Persian Evening) - 3:34 from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976 6. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR Wedding Gift - 2:24 from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given 7. YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Siroun Aghchik (Beautiful Maiden)(sung in Armenian) - 4:55 from the album Bagdad, no date given 8. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA Laura's Love (Ya Laure Houbbouki) - 2:35 from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given 9. JALALEDDIN TAKESH Belly Dance Music - 24:59 from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976 10. RAJA Badawia - 2:17 from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982 11. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR Ya Samara - 3:29 from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979 |
Mon, 26 October 2009
It's time for archive show #46, featuring the Feenjon Group, Sonny Lester, some authentic "Music of the Ghawazee," and Karizma putting us through our paces once again! Enjoy! 1. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA Saffi El-Nia (Fulfill Your Vow) - 3:31 from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962 2. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali) Ouzo - 3:06 from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976 3. THE FEENJON GROUP Donna, Donna (Yiddish - sung in English) - 3:01 from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given 4. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST) Music for the Benat Maazin: Abu Kherage folk orchestra - 6:04 from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973 5. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Asimenio Fengari (The Silver Moon) - 2:28 from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given 6. KARIZMA Exercise Seven: Prancing Steps - 1:32 from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 7. JALALEDDIN TAKESH Rama Gastorena - 3:40 from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. II - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984 8. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly ABBU ABDEL AAL & HIS SILVER STRINGS?) Zareefa - 3:48 from the album Sweet Nights, 1967 9. UNCREDITED ARTISTS Aman Katinaki mou - 2:48 from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981 10. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Chataaraban - 6:45 from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given 11. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL. Show #1: Alamam Ben (2/4)/Kucuk Yasta Aldim Sazi Elime (4/4)/Durriyemin Gugumleri (9/8) - 9:30 from the album Special Music for Your Belly Dancing, 1974-75 12. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Belly Dancer's Haven - 2:15 from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given 13. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB Aziza - 3:16 from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976 14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Oorakhootian Bar - 2:50 from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given 15. DAHLENA & MUSICIANS African Rhythms for Belly Dancing - 2:09 from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978 16. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA Oglan Oglan - 4:19 from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou - Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965 17. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly NICOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?) Bouyout El Farah - 6:26 from the album Belly Dance! Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 2, 1973 |
Sat, 26 September 2009
Here comes archive show #45, bringing to your ears an ensemble cast featuring the Derbecki Ensemble, George Mgrdichian & His Ensemble, Alexis & His Ensemble, Dimitri & His Ensemble, Mohammed El-Bakkar & His Oriental Ensemble, and (not to be outdone) Spero Spyros & His Modern Anatolian Ensemble! Why? Don't ask - just dance! 1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Farhat El Alb (Happiness of the Heart) - 3:31 from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966 2. ROMEO LAHOUD Ya Boul Sawaed - 4:43 from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975 3. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Hot and Sweet (Karabiberim) - 2:36 from the album Greece, no date given 4. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA Zeyna - 3:04 from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 6th Volume, 1979 5. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE City of Izmir - 2:47 from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given 6. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Alf Layla - 6:34 from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989 7. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Turkish Medley: The Procession of the Sardar/The Wheat Song/Sirun Archik/Timuraga/Kara Biberim/Dontor/Hos Bilezik/ Tin Tin/ Birini/Yavrum - 4:33 from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given 8. LAURICE PETERS Bayee Rah Maa El-A'skar - 2:34 from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given (1970?) 9. RAJA Belly Dance Music - 9:49 from the album Lebanon, 1980 10. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA Gulf Nights - 1:45 from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974 11. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE Sirdis Vra Karmaga - 3:17 from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given 12. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER Las Mil Y Una Noches (The Thousand and One Nights) - 4:21 from the album Encuentros, 1985 13. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO Arabic Fantasy (Dance) - 2:26 from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given 14. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE Al Nada-Nada (Disgusted Suitor)/Ummeer Ya Mmaleem (Build You Builder) - 5:13 from the album Sahra, no date given 15. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Caderemen Ustune (Rampi)(Top of the Tent)(Turkish) - 4:08 from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given |
Sat, 26 September 2009
Presenting archive show #44, featuring Sonny Lester, Gus Vali, Ozel Turkbas and the unbeatable team of Toni Frangieh and Setrak Sarkissian! 1. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Konyali - 2:52 from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, no date given 2. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA My Little Gazelle (Ya Ghozayel) - 3:03 from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given 3. GUS VALI Green Silk - 3:17 from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977 4. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Aatini El Naya El Kalb Yachak Kol Jamil - 6:43 from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973 5. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Al Hayet (Dance of Life) - 3:31 from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976 6. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS Daughter of the Nile - 2:37 from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 7. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI Ti Lozani Ti Kozani - 3:12 from the album Belly Dance!, 1979 8. JOHN BERBERIAN Savgulum - 7:03 from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974 9. OZEL TURKBAS Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 14:26 from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975 10. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) Ya Shadil Alhan - 2:15 from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977 11. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA Shiskebob/Zechra/Aman Kassap - 5:11 from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 12. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA Askimla Oynama (Turkish) - 3:02 from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975 13. RAMAL LAMARR Raks Chandrani - 6:26 from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983 |
Sat, 26 September 2009
It's here! Archive show 43, that is, featuring Youssef Kassab, Mohammed El-Sulieman and George Abdo! 1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN Fares Men Al Chark - 11:07 from the album Belly Dance By Ahmed Fouad Hassan, 1978 2. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE Romen - 2:59 from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977 3. KARIZMA Exercise Five: Hip Rotation/Exercise Six: Cross Wrist Movement - 6:19 from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 4. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Hora - 4:13 from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given 5. HARRY SAROYAN Varter (Roses) - 3:26 from the album Saroyan Sings "An Oriental Bouquet" - Music for Le Danse Orientale, 1979 6. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Mnishebak (From My Window) - 3:55 from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960 7. YOUSSEF KASSAB, HAMOUDA ALI Full length dance routine: Nay Solo/Farha/Rumba/Inta Omri/Violin Takasim/Kanoon Takasim/Warda/Accordion (balady)/Drum Solo/Finale - 20:46 from the album Belly Dance - A Gift From Cairo!, 1980 8. IBRAHIM TURMEN Omron Fantasy - 1:49 from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985 9. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Tin Tin Tinimini Hanim - 2:56 from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given 10. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Ruh Tum Bi Salama (Go In Peace) - 4:57 from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979 |
Wed, 5 August 2009
The answer to life, the universe and everything is archive program 42, with Yacoubian and Company, the Feenjon Group, John Bilezikjian, and Gus Vali tripping out, dude! 1. KAHRAMAN WITH HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP Libnanek Ya Libnany (Your Lebanon And Mine) - 3:52 from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given 2. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Armenian Love Song (Chinar Boyov) - 2:49 from the album Shadows in the Casbah, 1959 3. YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Wen El Habib (Where is the Beloved?) - 5:02 from the album Bagdad, no date given 4. GUS VALI Tricks - 5:31 from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974 5. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS Caravan - 3:23 from the album Soul of the East, 1960 6. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE The Wheat Song - 5:05 from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given (vocal by Laurice Peters) 7. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY Katifeh - 3:05 from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given 8. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN Jemilleh's Joy - 16:08 from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977 9. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Jezayire (Mohammedan War Dance) - 2:49 from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given 10. MAZIN HAMDAN Hebbena - 4:03 from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given 11. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA Dance Rhea Linda - 4/4 Musmoody - 2:27 from the album Special Silver Anniversary Album - The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given 12. THE FEENJON GROUP Babadjim (Arabic) - 2:54 from the album Recorded Live at the Cafe Feenjon, 1966 13. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Raks Edour (The Dance Goes On) - 3:59 from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958 |
Wed, 5 August 2009
Get ready for show #41, featuring David Carroll playing Raymond Scott, Sonny Lester playing himself, Jodette singing, and a kick-butt drum solo by Raja! 1. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Telegrafin Telleri - 4:33 from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given 2. FAHIM SADI ET. AL. Fatouma - 2:54 from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 1978 (approx.) 3. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA Twilight in Turkey - 2:36 from the album Percussion Orientale: Musical Sounds of the Middle East, 1961 4. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Votaaref Menelitabek - 6:30 from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given 5. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Tsiganiko Klama (Gypsy Tears) - 3:28 from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given 6. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA Yatira Tiri - 7:33 from the album Songs for Belly Dancing, no date given 7. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST) Raks El Qaria - 2:49 from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic 'Balady' Dances and Rhythms, 1976 8. SAMI RAGEB Middle Eastern Medley Dance Routine (featuring J. Shamma and A. Zakarian in a double drum solo) - 15:22 from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978 9. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA One Night in the Harem - 2:28 from the album Little Egypt Presents: More How to Belly Dance for Your Husband, no date given 10. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Averof (Dance at the Averof) - 3:26 from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975 11. "AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS AND SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS) Your Beautiful Hand - 1:04 from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Authentic Music of the Near East, no date given 12. RAJA A Drummer and a Dancer - 2:42 from the album Dance Illusion, 1984 13. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE White Ribbons (Aspres Kordeles) - 2:11 from the album Greece, no date given 14. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR Istanbul - 3:20 from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given |
Wed, 5 August 2009
Radio Bastet hits the big 4-0 with Mohammed El-Bakkar, Jimmy Linardos, Gus Vali, and a little something from the Ed Wood soundtrack (Johnny Depp not included, unfortunately)! 1. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly NICOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?) Nada - 6:55 from the album Belly Dance! Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 2, 1973 2. UNCREDITED ARTISTS Oti pi o megalos - 2:22 from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981 3. JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL. Taksim Organ & Rabla - 3:17 from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974 4. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Leyla (Girl's Name) - 2:13 from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given 5. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER Dame La Libertad (Give Me Freedom) - 3:58 from the album Encuentros, 1985 6. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION Belly Roll - 2:22 from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 7. BASHIR ABD EL-AL ET. AL. Deff (featuring Ghazi Darwish) - 3:21 from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given 8. ED WOOD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING Nautch Dance (composed by and featuring KORLA PANDIT) - 1:29 from the Ed Wood original soundtrack recording, music by Howard Shore, Hollywood Records, 1994 9. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Ana Winta (You and I) - 2:21 from the album Sultan of Bagdad: Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957 10. THE DOLGRU YOL TURKISH ENSEMBLE Chifte Telli (Turkish Dance-Instrumental) - 2:30 from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds from the Near East, no date given 11. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP Belly Dance Routine Number Four - 12:41 from the album Jimmy Linardos & His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1974 12. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR Takassim Sanat Alfeyn - 6:53 from the album Rhythms from the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue: Umbrella Records, 2001) 13. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE Ya Houdeidalak - 5:17 from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given 14. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Elath - 2:11 from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973 15. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Chat Araban (On the Shores of Araban)(Turkish) - 4:47 from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given 16. "INSTRUMENTAL" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS) Ya Hajal Sannine - 2:21 from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984 |
Thu, 9 July 2009
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Fri, 26 June 2009
Presenting archive show #39 for your listening and dancing enjoyment! For some reason this playlist has a lot of sweetness, a lot of winds, and a lot of girls. 1. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Votch Mi Dzaghig - 6/8 Shuffle - 2:36 from the album The Seventh Veil - Music of the Middle East, no date given 2. TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE High Vineyards - 3:15 from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given 3. RAMAL LAMARR Twilight Winds - 3:51 from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983 4. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET Sweet Spring (Anoush Karoun) - 3:36 from the album Oriental Delight, no date given 5. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Nasam Alayna El-Hawa (Oh, Winds of Magic) - 4:01 from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 6. ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA Eiechababa-Da-Magava - 3:49 from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976 7. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA The Girls of Alexandria (Banat Iskandaria) - 2:36 from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given 8. THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali) Al Jazayer - 2:53 from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976 9. KARIZMA Exercise Three: Hip Trot/Exercise Four: Step Sideways With Hip Trot - 4:02 from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 10. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA Full Dance Routine #1 - 17:36 from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 3rd Volume, 1977 11. ROMEO LAHOUD Tcharrafna - 2:58 from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973 12. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST) Raqs: salameya, rebab, tar and darabukka - 4:47 from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973 13. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Sweet Girl (Seeroon Aghchig) - 2:51 from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957 14. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS Turkish Nightmare - 3:57 from the album Soul Of The East, 1960 |
Thu, 25 June 2009
Here comes archive program 38, with more of the stuff you can't get enough of! Never use a preposition to end a sentence with! 1. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Kalaycilar (Tinners) - 3:03 from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975 2. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE Misirlou - 2:31 from the album All Points East, 1960 3. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Afrah El Chaab - 2:55 from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973 4. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK Chutak Melody - 3:52 from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973 5. JODETTE (KAMELIA) Musical Instruments Used in Belly Dancing - 1:49 from the album How to Belly Dance (the Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972 6. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Al Beeba - 3:47 from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958 7. DAHLENA & MUSICIANS Dance Routine Number 1: Ya-Waheshni - 3:19 from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978 8. THE FEENJON GROUP Efiges (Greek) (Nightbirds) - 3:05 from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given 9. THE SHEIK'S MEN Caravan - 3:14 from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 10. IBRAHIM TURMEN Just Playin' - 2:08 from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985 11. FAHIM SADI ET. AL. Full Belly Dance Routine #1 - 19:29 from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 1976 12. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY Ko-Ko-Ko - 2:45 from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given 13. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Jabal El Arz (The Cedars of Lebanon) - 3:11 from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given 14. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Karshilama Gazel - 3:43 from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 2, no date given 15. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR Yay Yay Ya Nassini - 3:10 from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979 |
Thu, 25 June 2009
At long last, here is archive show #37, complete with my new "all-purpose" intro and closing which will be heard on all subsequent programs until we get to the ones I didn't lose the files from... Does that make any sense?? Also due to popular request, I'm including the time length for each track. Shimmy your summer away! 1. YOUSSEF KASSAB Od Duka Al Myess - 5:12 from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974 2. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY Holiday in Greece - 2:19 from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given 3. JOHN BERBERIAN Sevan 5/4 (Armenian) - 2:44 from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974 4. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE To Parapono Ton Erotevmenon (A Lover's Lament) - 2:58 from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given 5. GUS VALI Mustafa - 2:33 from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974 6. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO Ilhak Halak (Beware of Love) - 3:49 from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given<br><br> 7. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA Uskudara (Turkish) - 3:27 from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975 8. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE Gayda - 2:30 from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977 9. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN The Wish of Alexandria - 7:46 from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977 10. RAJA Belly Dance Routine #1: Hayati/Misty Cloud "Takseem"/Drum Solo/Finale - 8:43 from the album Dance Illusion, 1984 11. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Silivry (karsilama) - 2:31 from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given 12. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Nahz Bar - 2:21 from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given 13. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST) Ala Hesbe Wedad - 2:32 from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic 'Balady' Dances and Rhythms, 1976 14. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Flame of Egypt - 2:23 from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given 15. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA Cleopatra Dance - 2:54 from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou - Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965 16. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Ana Ou Anti Ou Anti Ou Ana - 2:26 from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given 17. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA Ala Delouna/Asmar Elloun (Dark and Handsome)/Ya Gazeil - 6:23 from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974 |
Thu, 5 March 2009
And here we go with archive show #36! Again, without my intros and closing. The routine for this one is a most unusual 70's funk/jazz piece! 1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN Samia from the album Belly Dance by Ahmed Fouad Hassan, 1978 2. THE SHEIK'S MEN Dance of the Scimitars from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Haun Meelee (Sway Here) from the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 1, 1958 4. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION Shimmies from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 5. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Never on Sunday (Paidia Tou Pirea) from the album Greece, no date given 6. SAMI RAGEB Alfleila from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978 7. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Kasabim from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given 8. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Cosmopolitan from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given 9. JEREMY STEIG Belly Up/Temple of Birth/Shifte-Telle Mama from the album Temple of Birth, 1975 10. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR Harem Dance from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given 11. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Kasop (Arabic International Dance) from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given 12. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI Katou Stou Valtou from the album Belly Dance!, 1979 13. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) El Hala Te'Bana Ya Leyla from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977 14. MAZIN HAMDAN Ya Sare Ya from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given 15. OZEL TURKBAS Keep Dancing, Keep Turning (Ha Un Ele) from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975 |
Thu, 5 March 2009
And here, finally, is archive show 35! Unfortunately, when I lost my sound files I lost most of my introductions and closings and these were not recoverable, so the next 30 or so postings will be without my annoying voice! This is a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view! At any rate, thanks so much for bearing with me, and please enjoy! 1. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA Al Takieh from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974 2. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Choban Kuz (kalamatiano) from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given 3. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE B'il Sahha (Meet Near the Orchard)/Jeeb I'l Mijwijz (Bring the Horn) from the album Sahra, no date given 4. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA Indian Taffeta (Tafta Hindi) from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given 5. JODETTE (KAMELIA) Lesson #9 - Traditional Belly Dance Yell from the album How to Belly Dance (the Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972 6. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE Shish-Kebab from the album Dance Bellyrina Dance, 1963 7. RAJA Mediterranean East from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982 8. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Maak Maak (Always With You) from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given 9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Wayak (Together We Dance) from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976 10. JALALEDDIN TAKESH Belly Dance Music: Kashmira's Fantasy from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. II - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984 11. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Amar Hayati from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989 (CD reissue) |
Thu, 5 March 2009
Hey everyone, I would like to extend my apologies for not posting any new shows for the past 3 months. Not only have I been fairly busy "in real life," but recently I lost some sound files (it's a long and embarrassing story). I need to go through what I have left and see what I need to reconvert to mp3. Frustrating? Oh, YEAH. I plan on working on this in earnest over the next week, so please watch this space for new postings!
Thanks for bearing with me! Radio Bastet fans are the greatest people in the world! Love, Marisa~
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