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 |