Program 49

Yes, prepare yourself for archive show #49, featuring John Berberian, the Sultans, Ramal Lamaar, and lots more besides! (and yes, I am studiously avoiding making any comment about our album cover...)

1.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI

    The Welcome Salute (Dabket Al Mahatta) - 2:42

    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

2.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN, RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN ET. AL.

    Husenigin Sazera Medley - 4:10

    from the album Kef Time Fresno, no date given

3.  CLAUDE CIARI

    Raksat Al Badou - 2:34

    from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974

4.  RAMAL LAMARR

    Wand Dance of the Scarlet Sorceress - 2:01

    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

5.  TOPKAPI ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUND TRACK

    Belly Dance - 2:40

    from the album Topkapi - Original Motion Picture Sound Track (music by Manos Hadjidakis), 1964

6.  JOHN BERBERIAN

    Karnan Mekhag - 4:38

    from the album The Dance Album, 1978

7.  HESSEIN FADEL ET. AL.

    Takseem in G (Bayat - Nye) - 1:41

    from the album Takseem (Improvisation) - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967

8.  THE SEVEN PLAYERS

    Asia Minor - 3:01

    from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

9.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA

    Raks El Malek (Dance for the King) - 5:17

    from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

10. THE SULTANS

    Complete Routine: Zennube/Taksim (Ney)/Egyptian Beledy (Zurna)/Drum Solo/Helvaci - 12:14

    from the album The Ethno-Cabaret Album Volume 3, 1985

11. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE

    Ya Hwaydali - 3:03

    from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958

12. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly PANOS GAVALAS)

    Kathe stagona dakri - 2:50

    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981

13. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE

    Ya Ballady (My Country) - 4:58

    from the album Sahra, no date given

14. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP

    Farfilou (Dance-song) - 4:26

    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

15. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA

    Laylat Hob - 6:52

    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East, 1974