04.14.2011 - By Radio Bastet
Give it up for archive show #75, whomping you upside the head with the Aramite Band, Gus Vali, Ozel Turkbas, and some 80's belly dance club music! You know you want it!
1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Salaam Aleikum (Greetings!) - 4:05 from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 19602. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP Bichlibidia (Playthings) - 4:24 from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 19683. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA Abdul's Dance - 3:16 from the album Arabian Affair, 1978 4. THE ARAMITE BAND Bongo Rhythms - 2:52 from the album Hot Sands, 1958 5. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE Tempest - 1:54 from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given 6. NAJIB AL-SARRAJ Shu Fiha - 5:52 from the album An Evening in Damascus, no date given 7. THE SUKRU TUNAR ORCHESTRA Cargah Oyun Havasi (Chargah Dance Music) - 3:00 from the album Music of the Harems, no date given 8. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) Anal Li Alayki Meshtak - 3:36 from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977 9. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Topkapi - 2:35 from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 197310. OZEL TURKBAS Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 16:58 from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given11. FAREED (FARID) EL ATRASH Anniversary - 4:57 from the album Songs From the Film "Immortal Tune" (Lahn Kheloud), 195212. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY Rambe-Rambe - 3:19 from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given13. AMINA Belly Dance (Club Mix) from the EP Belly Dance, 1989