Sat, 19 June 2010
1. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Main Title (The caravan moves through a crowded market place) - 2:54 from the album CARAVANS Original Motion Picture Score, 1978 2. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) Azzeyna Lebssat Khelkhalha - 2:57 from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977 3. FAREED AL-ATRASH Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song) - 3:16 from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given 4. GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE Tsifte Telli - 3:02 from the album Favorite Greek Dances, 1964 5. RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Old Beirut - 3:02 from the album Music for an Arabian Night, 1959 6. SAMI JOURDAK Yam-El-Amy (The Beautiful Shape) - 2:51 from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965 7. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN) Egyptian Drums - 5:29 from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979 8. ROMEO LAHOUD Khafif El Rouh - 2:47 from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975 9. NEJLA ATES, MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & CHORUS Shika Shika - 2:25 from the album FANNY Original Cast Recording, 1954 10. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA Arabian Affair (Parts 1 - 5) - 19:51 from the album Arabian Affair, 1978 11. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Yabay - 2:26 from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, 1975 12. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Gamal (Desert Dancer) - 3:19 from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 13. THE SEN SISTERS Sari Kiz (Blonde Girl) - 2:55 from the album Music of the Harems, no date given 14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA The Country Dance (Luz Bahr) - 3:10 from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957 15. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS Habeebe Village - 3:16 from the album Soul of the East, 1960 |
Sat, 19 June 2010
1. SABAH Indi Bustan Ya Saada - 4:38 from the album Sabah - Greatest Hits, 1973 (*Marisa's note: The title is an approximation, as I don't have the cover to this album and the writing on the label is mostly in Arabic. Any help here would be greatly appreciated!) 2. TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA Tsamikos - 3:07 from the album Greek Dance Party, 1969 3. KARIZMA Exercise Seventeen: Flowing Veil With Serpent Arms - 3:31 from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 4. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Ya Gameel (Arabic Love Ballad) - 6:13 from the album Belly Dance Music, 1968 5. JOHN BERBERIAN Asumen/Donagan - 5:11 from the album Echoes of Armenia, 1976 6. THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE Bolero Ala Drums - 3:34 from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 1959 7. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA Saliha - 3:46 from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East Vol. 2, 1975 8. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR Golli Ahwak/Debbek Debbek Debbeki/Loubnan Mahla Faytak - 15:06 from the album An Arabic Party, 1979 9. ARAM ARAKELIAN ENSEMBLE Arabic Dance - 2:51 from the album The Oud, 1958 10. SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE Al Yooba (Arabic Barn Dance) - 2:44 from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 1965 11. OZEL TURKBAS Hoplada - 3:03 from the album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan, 1971 12. EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA Raksat Asabaya (The Belly Dance of the Pretty Girls) - 3:16 from the album Invitation To Belly Dance, 1985 13. RAY MIRIJANIAN Jameela - 4:07 from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Vol. 1, No. 1, no date given |
Mon, 14 June 2010
1. FRANK CHACKSFIELD & HIS ORCHESTRA Caravan - 2:40 from the album In The Mystic East, 1957 2. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA Jazz in Port Said - 3:24 from the album Ameraba - Music With The New Amer-Abic Sound, 1962 3. THE MARKKO POLO ADVENTURERS The Girl Friend of a Whirling Dervish - 2:26 from the album Orienta, 1959 4. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Charade - 2:18 from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, 1965 5. EARTHA KITT WITH HENRI RENE & HIS ORCHESTRA Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale - 3:09 from the album That Bad Eartha, 1956 6. EDDIE LAYTON AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN Caravan - 2:53 from the album Caravan, 1956 7. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Nene Aman - 3:02 from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, 1963 8. JERRY FIELDING & HIS ORCHESTRA The Uplifted Veil of a Downhearted Frail - 2:39 from the album Near East Brass...West Coast Style, 1967 9. IRV COTTLER Arab Dance - 3:41 from the album Around the World in Percussion, 1961 10. ENOCH LIGHT & HIS ORCHESTRA Istanbul - 2:00 from the album Far Away Places Volume 2, 1963 11. THE SHEIK'S MEN Caravan - 3:12 from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 12. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Mocha Jazz - 1:55 from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963 13. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS Boom Boom - 2:34 from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 14. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Rebecca from Mecca - 2:41 from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963 15. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS Queens Night Out - 2:26 from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 16. THE VENTURES Caravan - 2:08 from the album Walk Don't Run, 1960 17. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA My Beautiful Beloved (Ah Ya Zein) - 3:03 from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, 1957 18. THE THREE SUNS In a Persian Market - 3:11 from the album High Fi and Wide, 1956 19. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Cha Cha Pharonic (Cha Cha of the Pharoah) - 3:16 from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958 20. LES BAXTER & HIS ORCHESTRA A Night with Cleopatra - 4:42 from the album The Primitive And The Passionate, 1961 21. THE JOHN BUZON TRIO Caravan - 2:37 from the album Inferno!, 1959 22. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA Baladi Ya Baladi - 1:52 from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963 23. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI Nadia's Dance (La Danse de Nadia) - 3:18 from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979 (*Marisa's note: During the break I identify the subtitle of this tune as "Raksat Hobb"; D'OH, wrong tune!) 24. SHAY TORRENT ON THE MIGHTY WURLITZER Danse Orientale - 2:03 from the album Organ Melodies In Hi-Fi, 1956 25. ESQUIVEL & HIS ORCHESTRA Scheherezade - 3:54 from the album Strings Aflame, 1959 |