Radio Bastet - Vintage Belly Dance Music

                        Presenting archive show #57, with John Bilezikjian, Jimmy Linardos, and more far out bellyrock from The Devil's Anvil!  GO MAN GO! 1.  TONI FRANGIEH & SETRAK SARKISSIAN    Raksat Assabaya    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 19772.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Shadows in the Casbah (Sepastia Var)    from the album Shadows In the Casbah, 19593.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA & THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA    Camel Hop    from the album Ya Habibi! Exciting New Sounds of the Middle East, no date given    4.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN    Nihavent Longa    from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977    5.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA    Manousakia    from the album And All Ports East, no date given    6.  THE DEVIL'S ANVIL    Nahna Ou Diab    from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967        7.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Ta Mavra Matia Sou (Your Black Eyes)    from the album The Magic of Belly Dan

                      Look out, it's archive show #56, with some groove-tastic bellyrock from John Berberian and the first appearance of Farid Al Atrash on Radio Bastet (about time!)! Raq out with your riq out! 1.  JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE    The Oud & The Fuzz    from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 19692.  TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA    Kritikos Syrtos    from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Dabka (Let Us Dance, Dabka)    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960    4.  KEMANI GARIB ET. AL.    Ciftetelli    from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-75    5.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA    Jazz in Port Said    from the album Ameraba: Music with the New Amer-Abic Sound, no date given    6.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA    Raksat Wadad (Amity Dance)    from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962    7.  FARID AL

                Here we go with archive show #55, featuring Horst Wende, the Toraia Orchestra of Algiers, and George Mgrdichian!  Enjoy, won't we? 1.  EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA    Raita Tislamli Hassamra (Oh, That Brown Girl Dancer)    from the album Invitation to Belly Dance, 19852.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Raks Leyla (Leyla's Dance)    from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 19753.  GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE    Sultan Yoga (Turkish)    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given    4.  TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Skoutari    from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given    5.  KAHRAMAN & HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP    Mawal (Solo of Ya'ni)    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given    6.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA    Beautiful One (Zeina)    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given        7.  DAHLENA & MUSICIANS    Ayyub    from the

Presenting archive show #54, featuring the Feenjon Group, John Vartan, Bert Balladine, and Karizma returns to teach us all the right moves! 1. MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA Miserlou from the album Greek Fire, 1966 2. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA Ya Banat Al-Mukalla from the album Songs For Belly Dancing, no date given 3. THE FEENJON GROUP Bei Mein Rebbe Is Givaizin A Ganayva (Yiddish) (There Was A Robbery At My Rabbi's) from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given 4. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Serin Ruzgar (Cool Breeze) from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given 5. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA El Falah (Harvest Song) from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given 6. GUS VALI Semra Semra from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given 7. YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRA

It's archive show #53, with Eddie Mekjian, Claude Ciari, Jimmy Linardos, and more vintage belly dance goodness! Enjoy! 1. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Warakat Ya Nassib from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974 (*Marisa's note: This one sounds like the theme to a "falafel Western"...) 2. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Yaree Yerk from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, no date given 3. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Siretzi (Come Back, My Love) from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 4. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP Ahlomah (A girl's name) from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 1968 5. UNCREDITED ARTISTS Sourta ferta from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981 6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Song of India from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, n

Happy 2010! We've recovered from the holidays and it's time to get this party started again! Here's archive show #52, bringing you Eddie "The Sheik" Kochak, Lutfi Guneri, Romeo Lahoud, and more great music to get your new year started right! 1. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Azize from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975 2. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB Layalli Loubnan from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976 3. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Iskendereya from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given 4. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Yuruk Ali from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given 5. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA Sunrise (Tolhet Ya Mahia) from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given 6. YOUSSEF KASSAB Sihtu Wajdan from the album Nadira Belly Dances For Youssef Kassab, 1974 7. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE S

It's time for archive show #51, featuring the likes of Sonny Lester, Jodette, Gus Vali, and Karizma putting us through our paces once again.  Practice those hip vibrations!1.  MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR    Nassam Alaynal Hawa - 3:49    from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 19792.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE    Maharajah (O Maharayias) - 2:44    from the album Greece, no date given3.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Ya Habibi (My Love) - 3:20    from the album Sultan of Bagdad: Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957    4.  THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED)    Ne, Ne Ljubi Drugu - 2:38    from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976    5.  SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS    Calcutta Rag - 2:17    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968    6.  GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE    Kashlarin Inge Inge - 1:57    from the album All Points East, 1960        7.  MAZIN HAMDAN    Abaad - 6:53    from the album An Eveni

Radio Bastet hits the big 5-0 with Toni Frangieh and Setrak Sarkissian, Naif Agby, John Bilezikjian, and so many more!  This program and #51 were saved by me before the big sound file loss of earlier this year, so my original intros and closings remain intact.  This is good or bad news depending on your point of view...1.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)    Desert Dance - 5:47    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 19792.  ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE    Ask - 2:54    from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, 19663.  TONI FRANGIEH & SETRAK SARKISSIAN    Faouk El Kheyl Kaddak El Mayass - 4:53    from the album Belly Dance NIghts Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977    4.  MOHAMMED EL-BERJAWAY ET. AL.    Tabla - 6:18    from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given    5.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Tamara - 3:05    from the album Shadows in the Casbah, 1959    6.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN    Sultani Yegah Sirto - 7:47    from the album A Thousand and

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, 19792.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN, RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN ET. AL.    Husenigin Sazera Medley - 4:10    from the album Kef Time Fresno, no date given3.  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 (Impr

Here's archive show #48 coming your way, with Artie Barsamian, Djamal Aslan, Esin Engin, and do the "Rib Cage Rock" with Karizma!  This program is very rhythmic for some reason.  Shimmy on!1.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS    Carribean Holiday - 3:44    from the album Soul Of The East, 19602.  OZEL TURKBAS    My Sugar Boy (Seker Oglan) - 1:55    from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 19783.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Rahks Port Said (Dance of Port Said) - 3:28    from the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 1, 1958    4.  TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE    The Art - 4:21    from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given    5.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA    Echoes from the Orient (Chifte Telli) - 3:26    from the album The Seventh Veil, 1957    6.  KARIZMA    Exercise Eight: Rib Cage Rock/Exercise Nine: Pelvic Slope - 3:13    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976    7.  KAHRAMAN IN ORIENTAL SONGS WITH HER ORIENT

Here comes archive program #47! Prepare yourself for Hakki Obadia, Yacoubian & Company, Horst Wende, and a 25-minute routine from Jalaleddin Takesh!1.  RAFIC HOBEIKA & HIS ORCHESTRA    Amal - 8:37    from the album Music for an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 (Danses De Nadia Gamal), 19732.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Raks Al-Dounya (Dance, Oh World!) - 2:56    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 19733.  EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE    Jingen Araba - 3:27    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given    4.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Nina Nai - 2:47    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given    5.  ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA    Tarishi Mera (Persian Evening) - 3:34    from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 19766.  MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR     Wedding Gift - 2:24     from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given    7.  YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE   

It's time for archive show #46, featuring the Feenjon Group, Sonny Lester, some authentic "Music of the Ghawazee," and Karizma putting us through our paces once again!  Enjoy!1.  NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA    Saffi El-Nia (Fulfill Your Vow) - 3:31    from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 19622.  THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali)    Ouzo - 3:06    from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 19763.  THE FEENJON GROUP    Donna, Donna (Yiddish - sung in English) - 3:01    from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given    4.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)    Music for the Benat Maazin: Abu Kherage folk orchestra - 6:04    from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973    5.  ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE    Asimenio Fengari (The Silver Moon) - 2:28    from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given    6.  KARIZMA    Exercise Seven: Prancing Steps - 1:32    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976    7.  JALALEDDIN TAKESH

Here comes archive show #45, bringing to your ears an ensemble cast featuring the Derbecki Ensemble, George Mgrdichian & His Ensemble, Alexis & His Ensemble, Dimitri & His Ensemble, Mohammed El-Bakkar & His Oriental Ensemble, and (not to be outdone) Spero Spyros & His Modern Anatolian Ensemble!  Why?  Don't ask - just dance!1.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Farhat El Alb (Happiness of the Heart) - 3:31    from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 19662.  ROMEO LAHOUD    Ya Boul Sawaed - 4:43    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 19753.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE    Hot and Sweet (Karabiberim) - 2:36    from the album Greece, no date given    4.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA    Zeyna - 3:04    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 6th Volume, 1979    5.  ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE    City of Izmir - 2:47    from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given    6.  OMAR KHORSHID & HIS

Presenting archive show #44, featuring Sonny Lester, Gus Vali, Ozel Turkbas and the unbeatable team of Toni Frangieh and Setrak Sarkissian!1.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Konyali - 2:52    from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go: Music of the Middle East, no date given2.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA    My Little Gazelle (Ya Ghozayel) - 3:03    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given3.  GUS VALI    Green Silk - 3:17    from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977    4.  ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS    Aatini El Naya El Kalb Yachak Kol Jamil - 6:43    from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973    5.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Raks Al Hayet (Dance of Life) - 3:31    from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976    6.  SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS    Daughter of the Nile - 2:37    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968    7.  CHRIS KALOGERSON &

It's here!  Archive show 43, that is, featuring Youssef Kassab, Mohammed El-Sulieman and George Abdo!1.  AHMED FOUAD HASSAN    Fares Men Al Chark - 11:07    from the album Belly Dance By Ahmed Fouad Hassan, 19782.  THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE    Romen - 2:59    from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 19773.  KARIZMA    Exercise Five: Hip Rotation/Exercise Six: Cross Wrist Movement - 6:19    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976    4.  MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Hora - 4:13    from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given    5.  HARRY SAROYAN    Varter (Roses) - 3:26    from the album Saroyan Sings "An Oriental Bouquet" - Music for Le Danse Orientale, 1979    6.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Mnishebak (From My Window) - 3:55    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960        7.  YOUSSEF KASSAB, HAMOUDA ALI    Full length dance routine: Nay Solo/Farha/Rumba/Inta Omri/Violin Takasim/Kanoon Takasim/Ward

The answer to life, the universe and everything is archive program 42, with Yacoubian and Company, the Feenjon Group, John Bilezikjian, and Gus Vali tripping out, dude!1.  KAHRAMAN WITH HER ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP    Libnanek Ya Libnany (Your Lebanon And Mine) - 3:52    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given2.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Armenian Love Song (Chinar Boyov) - 2:49    from the album Shadows in the Casbah, 19593.  YOUSEF (KOUYOUMDJIAN) & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE    Wen El Habib (Where is the Beloved?) - 5:02    from the album Bagdad, no date given    4.  GUS VALI    Tricks - 5:31    from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974    5.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS    Caravan - 3:23    from the album Soul of the East, 1960    6.  THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE    The Wheat Song - 5:05    from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given (vocal by Laurice Peters)    7.  YACOUBIAN & CO

Get ready for show #41, featuring David Carroll playing Raymond Scott, Sonny Lester playing himself, Jodette singing, and a kick-butt drum solo by Raja!1.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE    Telegrafin Telleri - 4:33    from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given2.  FAHIM SADI ET. AL.    Fatouma - 2:54    from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 1978 (approx.)3.  DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA    Twilight in Turkey - 2:36    from the album Percussion Orientale: Musical Sounds of the Middle East, 1961    4.  TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS    Votaaref Menelitabek - 6:30    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given    5.  ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE    Tsiganiko Klama (Gypsy Tears) - 3:28    from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given    6.  JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA    Yatira Tiri - 7:33    from the album Songs for Belly Dancing, no

Radio Bastet hits the big 4-0 with Mohammed El-Bakkar, Jimmy Linardos, Gus Vali, and a little something from the Ed Wood soundtrack (Johnny Depp not included, unfortunately)!1.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly NICOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?)    Nada - 6:55    from the album Belly Dance! Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 2, 19732.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS    Oti pi o megalos - 2:22    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 19813.  JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL.    Taksim Organ & Rabla - 3:17    from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974    4.  ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE    Leyla (Girl's Name) - 2:13    from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given    5.  JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER    Dame La Libertad (Give Me Freedom) - 3:58    from the album Encuentros, 1985    6.  TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION    Belly Roll - 2:22    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973    7.  BASHIR ABD EL-AL

Presenting archive show #39 for your listening and dancing enjoyment!  For some reason this playlist has a lot of sweetness, a lot of winds, and a lot of girls.1.  EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE    Votch Mi Dzaghig - 6/8 Shuffle - 2:36    from the album The Seventh Veil - Music of the Middle East, no date given2.  TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE    High Vineyards - 3:15    from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given3.  RAMAL LAMARR    Twilight Winds - 3:51    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983    4.  HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET    Sweet Spring (Anoush Karoun) - 3:36    from the album Oriental Delight, no date given    5.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Nasam Alayna El-Hawa (Oh, Winds of Magic) - 4:01    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973    6. ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA    Eiechababa-Da-Magava - 3:49    from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976    7.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA    The Girls of Alexandria (Banat Is

Here comes archive program 38, with more of the stuff you can't get enough of!  Never use a preposition to end a sentence with!1.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Kalaycilar (Tinners) - 3:03    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 19752.  GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE    Misirlou - 2:31    from the album All Points East, 19603.  ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS    Afrah El Chaab - 2:55    from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973    4.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK    Chutak Melody - 3:52    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973    5.  JODETTE (KAMELIA)    Musical Instruments Used in Belly Dancing - 1:49    from the album How to Belly Dance (the Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972    6.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Al Beeba - 3:47    from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958        7.  DAHLENA & MUSICIANS    Dance Routine Number 1: Ya-Waheshni - 3:19    from