Radio Bastet - Vintage Belly Dance Music Radio Bastet

77 - the year I graduated from high school, and the number of the last archive podcast! You know what that means - brand spankin' new shows are on their way! In the meantime, please shake and dance smoothly to Jalaleddin Takesh, Light Rain (with the Kronos Quartet! I'm serious!), Hillel and Aviva, and so many more! Radio Bastet loves you!

1.  AHMED ABDUL-MALIK
    Isma'a (Listen) - 4:15
    from the album East Meets West, 1960

2.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Medley No. 1 Turkish & Greek: Kashlarin Inge Inge/Erzurum/Delilo/Beyruit/Adanaly/Verisario/Itya/Golfo - 5:53
    from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given

3.  DAMASCUS MUSICAL GROUP CONDUCTED BY SELIM SARWAT
    Kaddoukal Mayass - 3:18
    from the album Rhythms & Dances from Syria - Belly Dance!, 1977
   
4.  HILLEL & AVIVA
    Ma-Dodech-Midod (How is Your Beloved One?) - 2:28
    from the album Night On the Desert, 1959
   
5.  UNCREDITED MUSICIANS - SOUAD HOSNI, VOCALS
    Raks El Mandeel - 2:30
    from the album Khalli Balek Min Zouzou (Soundtrack), 1972
   
6.  JALALEDDIN TAKESH
    Ahsah Yak Jan - 3:13
    from the album Habibi Dances Beladi Ya Beladi - Vol. III, 1979
       
7.  UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA
    Hijaz Taksim - 4:24
    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975
           
8.  THE JOHN BERBERIAN ENSEMBLE WITH ROSKO
    A Glance at the Future (Music: Bijou) - 4:25
    from the album Music and Gibran, 1968
   
9.  LIGHT RAIN (FEATURING THE KRONOS QUARTET)
    Suite II: Desert Dwellers * La Baranca * (When I'm) 6/4 * Sundown Silhouette * Mandolin Dance - 19:19
    from the album Dream Suite, 1979

10. ELIAS RAHBANI
    I Think of You - 2:28
    from the album Mosaic of the Orient Vol. 1, 1972

11. IRAQI NATIONAL TROUPE FOR FOLK ARTS
    Al-Atbaq (The Trays) - 4:52
    from the album Iraqi National Troupe for Folk Arts, 1979

12. ALI SROUR
    Rakset Dounia - 5:22
    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances - Cairo By Night Volume 2, 1977

INCOMING! It's archive program #76 coming in for a direct hit! Featuring the likes of Eddie Mekjian, Ibrahim Turmen, John Berberian, and even more besides! SAVE YOURSELVES!

1.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Don't Blame Me (La Teateb Alayi) - 2:23
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

2.  AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
    Dimashq - 3:06
    from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

3.  JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE
    3/8 + 5/8 = 8/8 - 5:12
    from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 1969
   
4.  SAMI JOURDAK
    Rakis Sharky (Oriental Dance) - 4:09
    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965
   
5.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Hye Vahn (halleh) - 3:19
    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given
   
6.  TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
    Never On Sunday - 3:04
    from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given
       
7.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
    Raqs Baladi (Cairo) - 3:53
    from the album Music For the Oriental Dance, 1982
           
8.  IBRAHIM TURMEN
    Dahlal - 1:46
    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985
   
9.  SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Koroglu (oyun havasi) - 2:35
    from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given

10. BUDDY SARKISSIAN PRESENTS RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN
    Drumsalero - 3:21
    from the album Kef Time Las Vegas, no date given

11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS
    Artistic Moods - 20:46
    from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given

12. AHMED SHIBA & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Zuruni (Visit Me) - 4:29
    from the album Music For Belly-Dancing, 1973

13. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    Qualir At Night - 1:46
    from the album Caravans Original Motion Picture Score, 1978

14. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    El Mouled - 2:17
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

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, 1960

2.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
    Bichlibidia (Playthings) - 4:24
    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968

3.  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, 1973

10. OZEL TURKBAS
    Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 16:58
    from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

11. FAREED (FARID) EL ATRASH
    Anniversary - 4:57
    from the album Songs From the Film "Immortal Tune" (Lahn Kheloud), 1952

12. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Rambe-Rambe - 3:19
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given

13. AMINA
    Belly Dance (Club Mix)
    from the EP Belly Dance, 1989

Prepare yourselves for archive show #74, where you will shimmy with Naif Agby, Michael Hartophilis, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and so many more! Raq on with your bad selves!

1.  OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Popcorn - 4:08
    from the album Belly Dance With Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 3, 1974

2.  SABAH
    Allouli el hob beynbea* - 5:57
    from the album Sabah Greatest Hits, 1973
      *Marisa's note: I don't have the jacket to this record, so I'm not sure of the track titles...

3.  YOUSEF & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
    Jara El Helwa (The Sweet One Nearby) - 4:46
    from the album Bagdad, no date given
   
4.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Ya Em-El-Kal (Beautiful Mole) - 4:03
    from the album Bedouin Sahda, 1964
   
5.  THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)
    Sastalinse Cigani - 2:41
    from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976
   
6.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Raks El Sehr (Dance of Magic) - 3:07
    from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979
       
7.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Melaxreno - 2:30
    from the album Greek Fire, 1966
           
8.  IRAQI NATIONAL TROUPE FOR FOLK ARTS
    Al-Hajl (The Anklet) - 5:08
    from the album Iraqi National Troupe For Folk Arts, 1979
   
9.  MUNIR BECHIR & HIS QUARTET
    Meshwar Ma'Al Oud (A Promenade with the Aoud) - A Middle Eastern Raga (inspired by the Indian Raga) - 14:05
    from the album Babylon Mood, 1974

10. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB
    Khatwet Habibi - 2:59
    from the album Belly Dance Volume 1, 1976

11. RAY MIRIJANIAN
    Halay - 2:41
    from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Volume 1, No. 1, no date given

12. TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Dance With Me - 2:27
    from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given

13. THE SULTANS MIDDLE EASTERN BAND
    Zuhtu (2/4 Ayub) - 3:23
    from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982

14. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
    Opa Opa - 3:52
    from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958

15. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)
    Dance: Bou Saada #2 - 2:50
    from the album Music of the Ouled Nail, 1973

We are back!  And keeping it real with archive show #73, featuring the likes of Esin Engin, The Seven Players, Omar Khorshid and so many more! Enjoy, won't we?

1.  ROMEO LAHOUD
    Jabaliya - 4:19
    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975

2.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
    Dance Ankara - 2:15
    from the album Ameraba - Music With the New Amer-Abic Sound, no date given

3.  THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali)
    Zexra - 3:28
    from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976
   
4.  YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA
    Semai al Aryan - 3:56
    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977
   
5.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Misket - 2:39
    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973
   
6.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Oglan Oglan - 3:13
    from the album Greece, no date given
       
7.  DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
    Mahla Safak Ya Lebnan (Summer in Lebanon) - 3:03
    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, 1959
           
8.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS
    Raksett El Badoo (The Sahara Dance) - 2:47
    from the album Nights of the Orient, no date given
   
9.  THE KAYA ORCHESTRA
    Salon Chiftetelli - 4:54
    from the album Juliana Presents Belly Dance Music for the Connoisseur, 1977

10. IBRAHIM FARRAH (archivist)
    Drum Solos (by Tempo): Balady * Maksoun * Masmoudi Sagheer * Masmoudi Kabeer * Darag * Sima'ee * Tawasheeh - 11:10
    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976

11. THE SEVEN PLAYERS
    Sahara Sunrise - 2:37
    from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966

12. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR
    Raksat El Kheyl - 3:21
    from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974

13. GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE
    Canarini (Syrto) - 3:39
    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, no date given

14. OMAR BEN JILALI
    A Layla Sari Ainik (A Girl Looks Around) - 5:38
    from the album Night in the Casbah, no date given

15. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI
    Zeina's Dance (Raksat Zeina) - 3:29
    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

16. OZEL TURKBAS
    Ali Baba (Karshilema) (vocal by Ozel) - 2:44
    from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

Come with me as we explore archive show #72, featuring Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak, Tasso Mavris, The BIG Eddie Adamis Orchestra, and so much more! Lots of classics in this one!

1.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Sourtak (Your Portrait)
    from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

2.  FAREED (FARID) AL-ATRASH
    Marra Yehanini (Once He Makes Me Happy And Once He Makes Me Cry)
    from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World - Egypt (U.A.R.), no date given

3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE
    Elf Leila (A Thousand Nights)
    from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966
   
4.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Duldula
    from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, 1967
   
5.  THE CHRIS KALOGERSON NEAR EAST ENSEMBLE
    Glenzitiko
    from the album Dance of All Ages, 1975
   
6.  LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
    Gazel Taksim #2
    from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given
       
7.  SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE
    Dinya Hek (Such Is the World)
    from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 1965
           
8.  GUS VALI
    Hadji Baba
    from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974
   
9.  JODETTE (KAMELIA) & FAHIM SADI
    Complete Routine #2: Ana Bamassi/Takaseem Oud and Accordion/Wabory Rayeh/Takaseem Oud and Flute/Etdala Ya Arees
    from the album Nights of Jodette, no date given

10. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA
    Laya Hamed
    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

11. TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
    Karagouna
    from the album Greek Dance Party, 1969

12. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
    Kurdish Bar
    from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 1, 1969

13. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
    Najwa
    from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

14. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
    Shisheler
    from the album Hard Rock from the Middle East, 1967