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 |