Presenting archive show #54, featuring the Feenjon Group, John Vartan, Bert Balladine, and Karizma returns to teach us all the right moves!

1. MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
Miserlou
from the album Greek Fire, 1966

2. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA
Ya Banat Al-Mukalla
from the album Songs For Belly Dancing, no date given

3. THE FEENJON GROUP
Bei Mein Rebbe Is Givaizin A Ganayva (Yiddish) (There Was A Robbery At My Rabbi's)
from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given

4. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Serin Ruzgar (Cool Breeze)
from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given

5. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
El Falah (Harvest Song)
from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given

6. GUS VALI
Semra Semra
from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given

7. YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE
Depka
from the album Songs From the Garden of Allah, 1963

8. KARIZMA
Exercise Twelve: Hip Loops * Exercise Thirteen: Wrist Rotation
from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976

9. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
El Genie (The Genie)
from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958

10. JOHN VARTAN & HIS MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE
Show #3: Zurna Taxim/Karanfil Habeyne Badine/Ehu El Ashabi/Kaval Chifte Telli/Nagharad/Yah Wedel Wedelleh
from the album Belly Dancers Paradise, no date given

11. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)
Samah Al Nobah
from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979

12. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE
Souda-Souda (Dark Eyes)
from the album Sahra, no date given

13. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)
B'Hebbak Ya Loubnan
from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977

14. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Ali Baba's Dream
from the album Greece, no date given

It's archive show #53, with Eddie Mekjian, Claude Ciari, Jimmy Linardos, and more vintage belly dance goodness! Enjoy!

1. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
Warakat Ya Nassib
from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974
(*Marisa's note: This one sounds like the theme to a "falafel Western"...)

2. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Yaree Yerk
from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, no date given

3. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
Raks Siretzi (Come Back, My Love)
from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973

4. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
Ahlomah (A girl's name)
from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

5. UNCREDITED ARTISTS
Sourta ferta
from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA
Song of India
from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

7. CLAUDE CIARI
Hommage a Fairuz
from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974

8. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Eam Cheanar Yareh (Armenian Shurtz Bar)
from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given

9. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
Raqs El Ghawazee: Abu Zaria arghool and mizmar folk orchestra
from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973

10. SAMI NOSSAIR ET. AL.
Egyptian Belly Dancing Music (side 2)
from the album Sunset By The Pyramids - Egyptian Belly Dancing Music, no date given

11. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER
Pensamientos (Thoughts, ideas)
from the album Encuentros, 1985

12. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
Rakseet El Sabaya (Dance of the Maidens)
from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given

13. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Indim Yarin
from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given

14. GEORGE MICHEL ET. AL.
Enchantment in C minor (Seerori - Oud)
from the album "Takseem" ("Improvisation") - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967

15. JOHN BERBERIAN
Yeregoyan Bar
from the album The Dance Album, no date given

16. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
The Beautiful One (El Heloua Di)
from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

Happy 2010! We've recovered from the holidays and it's time to get this party started again! Here's archive show #52, bringing you Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak, Lutfi Guneri, Romeo Lahoud, and more great music to get your new year started right!

1. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Azize
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975

2. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
Layalli Loubnan
from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976

3. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Iskendereya
from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given

4. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Yuruk Ali
from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given

5. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA
Sunrise (Tolhet Ya Mahia)
from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given

6. YOUSSEF KASSAB
Sihtu Wajdan
from the album Nadira Belly Dances For Youssef Kassab, 1974

7. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI
Sali (The Shawl)
from the album Belly Dance!, 1979

8. THE FEENJON GROUP
Sallah (Hebrew)
from the album Recorded Live at the Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65)

9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA
Full Dance Routine
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 6th Volume, 1979

10. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
Funny World (from Malamondo)
from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, no date given

11. ROMEO LAHOUD
Sarli Tlat Ayam
from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973

12. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Gemilerde Talim Var (zeybek)
from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

13. JALALEDDIN TAKESH
Yasaria
from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976