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

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 

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