Radio Bastet - Vintage Belly Dance Music

At long last, here is archive show #37, complete with my new "all-purpose" intro and closing which will be heard on all subsequent programs until we get to the ones I didn't lose the files from... Does that make any sense??  Also due to popular request, I'm including the time length for each track.  Shimmy your summer away!1.  YOUSSEF KASSAB    Od Duka Al Myess - 5:12    from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 19742.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Holiday in Greece - 2:19    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given3.  JOHN BERBERIAN    Sevan 5/4 (Armenian) - 2:44    from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974    4.  ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE    To Parapono Ton Erotevmenon (A Lover's Lament) - 2:58    from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals from the Near East, no date given    5.  GUS VALI    Mustafa - 2:33    from the album Chimera - A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds, 1974    6.  THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO    Ilhak Halak (Be

And here we go with archive show #36!  Again, without my intros and closing.  The routine for this one is a most unusual 70's funk/jazz piece!1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN Samia from the album Belly Dance by Ahmed Fouad Hassan, 1978 2. THE SHEIK'S MEN Dance of the Scimitars from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Haun Meelee (Sway Here) from the album Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 1, 1958 4. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA WITH RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION Shimmies from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 5. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Never on Sunday (Paidia Tou Pirea) from the album Greece, no date given 6. SAMI RAGEB Alfleila from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978 7. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Kasabim from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given 8. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Cosmopolitan from the alb

And here, finally, is archive show 35!  Unfortunately, when I lost my sound files I lost most of my introductions and closings and these were not recoverable, so the next 30 or so postings will be without my annoying voice!  This is a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view!  At any rate, thanks so much for bearing with me, and please enjoy!1. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA Al Takieh from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974 2. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Choban Kuz (kalamatiano) from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given 3. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE B'il Sahha (Meet Near the Orchard)/Jeeb I'l Mijwijz (Bring the Horn) from the album Sahra, no date given 4. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA Indian Taffeta (Tafta Hindi) from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given 5. JODETTE (KAMELIA) Lesson #9 - Traditional Belly Dance Yell from the album How to Belly Dance (the Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! P

Welcome to Radio Bastet, Rachel Brice's "all-time favorite podcast"! *blush* THANK YOU, RACHEL! Wow. Ahem. Anyway, look out, it's archive show 34 comin' at ya! 1. ROMEO LAHOUD Ya Khayal El Leil from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975 2. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA Haji Teoulli (Don't Tell Me) from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962 3. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER El Anillo (Jibulli) (The Ring) from the album Encuentros, 1985/1987 4. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS Drumselero from the album Soul Of The East, 1960 5. YOUSEF KOUYOUMJIAN & HIS BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Arshalous Jan from the album Bagdad Cabaret, no date given 6. KARIZMA Exercise One: Knee Bends/Exercise Two: Shoulder Push from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 7. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY Misirlou from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given 8. OZEL TURKBAS Ozel's Dance Routine from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 1978 9. MOHAMMED EL-BAK

More groovy tunes to be found right here on archive program #33! The first tune is a bit of a departure for us; it's a newer track featuring what I'm sure will be some very familiar samples... 1. URSULA 1000 That Hindu That You Do from the CD Kinda' Kinky, 2002 2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Layali El Charrk (Dance of Oriental Nights) from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979 3. UNKNOWN ARTISTS Ti to les from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 1981 4. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA & JOSEPH SUGAR Debke Festival from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, 1961 5. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA El-Omr Lailah Ya-Nas from the album Songs For Belly Dancing, no date given 6. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS Cad of Bagdad from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 7. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE Shoeshine Boy (Boyaji, Boyaji) from the album Turkish Delight - N

Get your holiday shimmies on with archive show 32! Featuring a different Omar Khorshid track than the one in the original program, which I had inadvertently repeated from a previous show! D'OH!! 1. RAFIC HOBEIKA Joumana from the album Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 - Danses de Nadia Gamal, 1973 2. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Godfather Theme from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid Vol. 3, 1974 3. VILLAGE DANCES AS TAUGHT BY IBRAHIM FARRAH Raks Hassan from the album Music of the Qaria, 1976 4. THE SHEIK'S MEN Misirlou from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 5. LUTFI GUNERI Ilimon Ektim Tasa (Kurt Havasi) from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given 6. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED) Ciganski Cocek from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976 7. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE International Dance from the album The Music of Port Said,, no date given 8. LAURICE PETERS Douwara from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given

More vintage belly dance goodness with program 31!  Work that floor act! 1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN Rakset El Ghazal from the album Belly Dance, 1978 2. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK AND HAKKI OBADIA Dance Morocco (4/4 Saiady) from the album The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given 3. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST Aptal Havassi from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given 4. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Siroon Yar Jon from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given 5. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) Layleye B'Terja Ya Leyl from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977 6. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA Lesson #8: Floor Act from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972 7. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Yaboo E Yeoun Asaleya (Eyes of Honey) from the

Another rocking archive show!  Tie that hipscarf on really tight! 1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Bisat El Reeh (Magic Carpet) from the album The Magic Carpet - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 4, 1958 2. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Medley #3: Soode Soode/Alasfouria/Kyprunun Alte Tiken/Wein Yaba/Halis Arap Kizi/Ach Babina Yaein/Kevork/Yala Yelee Mlaha/Agh Eem Anoush Yar from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973 3. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Ates Dansi (Fire Dance) from the album Exotic Dances For Wives and Lovers, no date given 4. OZEL TURKBAS He Is In That Train (Tren Gelir) from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given 5. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Horo Tis Nifis (Bridal Dance) from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given 6. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION) Hand Movements from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1

And we are back!  Program 29 hits the ground running with a selection tailor-made for your flamenco fusion routine! 1. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER Vivir Un Cuento De Hadas (To Live a Tale of Hadas) from the album Encuentros, 1985 2. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE Do You Want Ali, My Daughter? (Kizim Seni Aliye Vereyim Mi?) from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given (Marisa's note: You may recognize this as the popular tune "Babacim." A father is trying to get his indecisive daughter to choose a husband!) 3. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Al-Kheeyam (Dance of the Tents) from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976 4. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA In a Persian Market from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961 5. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA Bel Dyha Lebnaneyeie (In the Village of Lebanon) from the album An Evening with Uncle T

I honestly don't know what to say about archive program 28, except that it is one of my most favorite shows ever.  Shimmy on! 1. THE FEENJON GROUP Marinella from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given 2. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA AND JOSEPH SUGAR Flaming Swords from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, no date given 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Salamat Salamat (Send My Heart) from the album Sultan of Bagdad - Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957 4. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Beyoglu (Karsilama) from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given 5. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN Bint il Beled from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977 6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Moonlight Dance of the Veils from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given 7. GUS VALI Navel Academy Theme from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy, no date given 8.

Yes, you can has archive show 27!  Featuring the first appearance of the Radio Bastet "theme song," Ah Ya Zain by Omar Khorshid! 1. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE Arslan Mustafa from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977 2. THE SHEIK'S MEN Song for Belly Dancer from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 3. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Layaly Assiout from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973 4. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Allah Ya Lubnan (My Beautiful Lebanon) from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979 5. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION) Side Figure 8 from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 6. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Mia Pidamofi Tsigana from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given 7. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA AND JOSEPH SUGAR Cha Cha Baba from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, no date given 8. RAMAL L

The weather is cooling; time for some cool new beats!  Here comes archive show #26, featuring George Mgrdichian playing the Beatles! 1. ESIN ENGIN Hicaz Dolap from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975 2. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS The Unveiling from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Sudani from the album Music of the African Arab - Vol. 3, 1958 4. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Yesterday from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given 5. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Eminem & Mamyluh (Dubkie) from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East - Vol. 2, no date given 6. LAURICE PETERS Ya darity El-A'lalee from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given 7. UNCREDITED MUSICIANS (possibly Nicolas El Dik?) Ghazalieh from the album Belly Dance! Music for an Oriental Dance, Vol. 2, 1973

It's archive show 25 coming your way, with a reeeaaally long routine this time...  Hope you're in shape! 1. MOHAMMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR Nouni from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979 2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Gameel Gamal (Oh, Beautiful Dancer) from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 3. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Hy Achig from the album Belly Dance Au Go-Go - Music of the Middle East, 1966 4. SAMI RAGEB Naffoosah from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978 5. VILLAGE DANCES AS TAUGHT BY IBRAHIM FARRAH Jaddilee from the album Music of the Qaria, 1976 6. GUS VALI Nagmat El Hayat from the album Belly Dance Navel Academy Vol. 2, 1977 7. YOUSSEF KASSAB Nadira (Full Length Routine) from the album Nadira Belly Dances for Youssef Kassab, 1974 8. HANK MARDIGIAN SEXTET FEATURING GEORGE MGRDICHIAN ON THE OUD Kismet from the album Oriental Delight, no date given 9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA Chant of Daloona (Vocal) from

Here comes archive show #24, featuring the future Radio Bastet "theme song".... 1. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Sahara City from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973 2. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Husson's Rhapsody from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given 3. OZEL TURKBAS Sultaniyegah from the album Alla-Turca (The Turkish Way), 1975 4. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR Ah Ya Zen from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001) 5. JOHN BERBERIAN Arabaya (Turkish) from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974 6. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION) Around the Clock from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 7. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA Rakse El Debkey (Debkey Dance) from the album An Evening With Uncle Tanous, 1974 8. HARRY SAROYAN

Dive into summer with archive program 23!  The water's fine! 1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Sauda Sauda (Dark Eyes) from the album Port Said - Music of the Middle East, 1958 2. AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS & SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST Missir Havassi (#2) from the album Music For Belly Dancing (aka Istanbul), no date given 3. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE High Heel Shoes (syrto) from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East - Vol. 1, no date given 4. JOSEPH KARKOUR ET. AL. Hadiyat El Eid from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974 5. UNKNOWN ARTISTS Sameera from the album Sweet Nights, 1967 6. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Asmaqousmara from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given 7. THE FEENJON GROUP Az De Rebbe Zingt; Chiri-Biri-Bin (Yiddish) from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 1

Program 22 is chock full of vintage belly dance goodness! Shimmy on! 1. MOHAMMED RAFI Jaan Pehechaan Ho from the Ghost World soundtrack CD, 2001 (originally from the 1965 "Bollywood" film Gumnaam) 2. IBRAHIM TURMEN Baddy Shoufuk from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985 3. THE SHEIK'S MEN In a Persian Market from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 4. BEL-SHA-ZAAR WITH TOMMY GENAPOPOLUIS & THE GRECIAN KNIGHTS Free Style from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969 5. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Cicekler Konusuyor (Oyun Havasi) from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given 6. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR Hebbena from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979 7. ROMEO LAHOUD Ya Mit Massa from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973 8. VARIOUS ARTISTS Belly Dancers' Music - Part 1 from the album Belly Dancers' Music, no date given

Here's archive show #21! Hope you enjoy it!1. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLERampeefrom the album All Points East, 19602. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLEShenez Longa (Turkish)from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given3. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRASoode Soodefrom the album Shadows In the Casbah, 19594. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRAThe Beautiful Bedouin Girl (Yam El Abaya)from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given5. SAMI RAGEBBahiafrom the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 19786. "INSTRUMENTAL" (unknown musicians)Baatitni Meallimtifrom the album The Best Dance Melodies, 19847. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRAKagathane (Chifte Telli)from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given8. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRASahirrnee (Bewitched)from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 19799. HANI MEHANNA & HIS ORCHESTRANagwa Musicfrom the album Princess of Cairo - Music for Belly Dance with Nagwa Fouad, 198510. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLETam

Thanks for bearing with me, folks! Here at last is archive show 20 - more to come! 1. VILLAGE DANCES AS TAUGHT BY IBRAHIM FARRAH Bedouin Wedding from the album Music of the Qaria, 1976 2. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA A Nada (Dance, O Nada!) from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975 3. ANASTACIOS SMIRNIOTIS & ORCHESTRA Pethane Koreci (Dance of the 69th Mermaid) from the album Belly Dance in the Bacchanal Room, 1976 4. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION) Hip Swings from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 5. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA Raksat El-Houria (The Mermaid Dance) from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962 6. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN Antonio's Delight from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977 7. ABDU-EL-HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Raks El Banat (Beautiful Maiden) from the album Arabian Delight - Music fr

I truly hope you enjoy Program 19; it's one of my favorites! 1. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN Mahrajan Al Raks from the album Belly Dance, 1978 2. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA & JOSEPH SUGAR Oriental Bazaar from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given 3. LAURICE PETERS Nassam Alayna El-Hawa from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given 4. THE SEVEN PLAYERS Asia Minor from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966 5. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Enta Omri from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989 6. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Ish Allamak (Who Taught You?) from the album Dances of Port Said - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 5, 1960 7. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN Dance of Sultana from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977 8. THE SHEIK'S MEN Navel Observatory from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961 9.

Here's Program 18!  Shimmy on! 1. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB Habibi Lasmar from the album Belly Dance - The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab Vol. 1, 1976 2. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE The Wheat Song from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given 3. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Ya Salem (How Beautiful) from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958 4. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN Anatolian Medley from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given 5. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Arapines (Arabian Girl) from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given 6. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Undzee Ullah from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given 7. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR Teletya Mahla Nourha from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974