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