Presenting archive program #63!  Prepare to raq out with Sami Jourdak, go to the movies with Mike Batt and the London Philharmonic, have an Arabian Affair with Abdul Hassan, and hear Nejla Ates SING with Mohammed El-Bakkar!  It doesn't get much better than that!

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

Time now for archive show #62, featuring John Berberian, Aram Arakelian, and some non-stop party music from Mohammed El-Bakkar!  Ain't no party like a Radio Bastet party cuz a Radio Bastet party don't stop!

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

Awww, yeah - here comes archive show #61, probably my favorite show so far!  Yes, Radio Bastet meets Mr. Smooth - and they really hit it off!  In case you didn't know, Mr. Smooth is my husband Byron.  On The Mr. Smooth Show, he presents the best of the space age bachelor pad music of the 1950's and 60's.  There are many points at which exotica and Middle East intersect, and on this joint program he and I explore some of those crossroads.  It was a blast to do (unfortunately we lost our final voice-over closing track!), and we plan on doing at least one more show together!  In the meantime, raise a glass of your favorite potent potable and shimmy 'round the bachelor pad!

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