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

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

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