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
