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