Radio Bastet - Vintage Belly Dance Music

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, 19792.  AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)    Dimashq - 3:06    from the album Dance of the Hareem, 19653.  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 given10. BUDDY SARKISSIAN PRESENTS RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN    Drumsalero - 3:21    from the album Kef Time Las Vegas, no date given11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS    Artistic Moods - 20:46    from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given12. AHMED SHIBA & HIS ENSEMBLE    Zuruni (Visit Me) - 4:29    from the album Music For Belly-Dancing, 197313. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA    Qualir At Night - 1:46    from the album Caravans Original Motion Picture Score, 197814. 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, 19602.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP    Bichlibidia (Playthings) - 4:24    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 19683.  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, 197310. OZEL TURKBAS    Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 16:58    from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given11. FAREED (FARID) EL ATRASH    Anniversary - 4:57    from the album Songs From the Film "Immortal Tune" (Lahn Kheloud), 195212. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Rambe-Rambe - 3:19    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given13. 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, 19742.  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, 197410. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB    Khatwet Habibi - 2:59    from the album Belly Dance Volume 1, 197611. RAY MIRIJANIAN    Halay - 2:41    from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Volume 1, No. 1, no date given12. TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Dance With Me - 2:27    from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given13. THE SULTANS MIDDLE EASTERN BAND    Zuhtu (2/4 Ayub) - 3:23    from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 198214. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE    Opa Opa - 3:52    from the album Grecian Holiday, 195815. 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, 19752.  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 given3.  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, 197710. 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, 197611. THE SEVEN PLAYERS    Sahara Sunrise - 2:37    from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 196612. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR    Raksat El Kheyl - 3:21    from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 197413. GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE    Canarini (Syrto) - 3:39    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, no date given14. 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, 197916. 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  

Time for archive program #71, featuring the "now sounds" of George Mgrdichian, the "cinematic sounds" of Gus Vali, and the "easy listening" sounds of Claude Ciari! Plus, get ready to party like it's 1959 with Mohammed El-Bakkar!  Ain't no party like a Radio Bastet party cuz a Radio Bastet party don't stop... 1.  GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE    Israeli Medley: Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of the Roses)/Cholot Mid Bar (Sands of the Desert)    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, 19692.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP    Tsiftetelli (Dance instrumental)     from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 19683.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)    Saideh Layletna Saideh     from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 1977    4.  HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA    Kayda El Azal    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East, 1974    5.  THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE    Hali Men    from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 1959    6.  YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE    Sude Sude    from the album Songs from the Garden of Allah, 1963        7.  CLAUDE CIARI    Kaan Azzaman    from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974            8.  CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI    Velisaris    from the album Belly Dance!, 1979    9.  JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER    Amigo Mio, No (No, my friend)    from the album Encuentros, 198510. TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)    Halay    from the album In an Egyptian Garden, 195811. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR    Party #1: Baroudati Habboubati/Addoum Haaly Addoum/Yalla Yalla Hey/Hebbayna Baadena    from the album An Arabic Party, 197912. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA    Manna De Carnival (from Black Orpheus)    from the album Motion Picture Music for Belly Dancers, 196513. EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA    Darbek Darbek (Play the Derbecki, I Want to Dance Araby)    from the album Invitation to Belly Dance, 1985   

  Radio Bastet celebrates the big 7-0 with the likes of Naif Agby, Sami Jourdak, Jalalledin Takesh, and so many more!  Enjoy, won't we? 1.  THE ARAMITE BAND    Zungalo    from the album Hot Sands, 19582.  "INSTRUMENTAL" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS)    Ya Warda    from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 19843.  GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE    Nai-Nai    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, 1964    4.  NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA    Haty Edeck Ya Jadah (Give Me Your Hand Neighbor)    from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974    5.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Arap Ciftetellisi    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975    6.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Ya Noor El Ein (Light of My Eyes)    from the album Dances of Port Said: Music of the Middle East Vol. 5, 1960        7.  MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR    Sultan's Dream    from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960            8.  IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)    Malee Bee    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976    9.  SAMI JOURDAK    Tikram-I-Nak (Those Eyes of Yours)    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music for Belly Dancers, 196510. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA    Mashala/Awake Love/Rampee    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 197311. JALALEDDIN TAKESH    Dance for Habibi (Full Belly Dance Routine)    from the album Habibi Dances Beladi Ya Beladi - Vol. III, 197912. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Mystic Dreams    from the album Destination Baghdad, 196213. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA    Lure of Passion    from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1963    14. BUDDY SARKISSIAN ET. AL.    Halay    from the album Kef Time Fresno, 1968

It's archive show #69 gainin' on ya, featuring the splendiferous sounds of John Berberian, Bert Balladine, Raja, Georges Yazbek, and more besides! Don't say I didn't warn ya... 1.  GEORGES YAZBEK    Folklore Baladi Rakess    from the album Oud & Rhythms, 19802.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS    Aneva sto trapezi mou    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 19813.  OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR    Enta Oumri    from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989    4.  JOHN BERBERIAN    Hale    from the album The Dance Album, 1978    5.  SAFET GIOUNDEGIER    Niavende Tsifteteli    from the album O Ilios Tis Anatolis (Turkish Belly Dance), 1973    6.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Imm El Manadili (The Lady of the Veils)    from the album George Abdo Live at the Averof, no date given        7.  ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI    Bright Lights (Ya Mahla Nourha)    from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979            8.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA    Bird    from the album The Greek Way, 1961    9.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)    Treasures    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 197910. YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA    Dakhlak Ya Tair Ali     from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 197711. EDDIE MEKJIAN & THE HYE ECHOES ORCHESTRA    Ekhdiartza    from the album Tamzara from Mekjian, 1966 12. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA    Ode to Yonina     from the album Arabian Affair, 197813. ERKIN KORAY    Saskin    from the CD Hava Narghile: Turkish Rock Music 1966 to 1975, 2001    (originally released as a 45 rpm single, 1974)    14. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA    Music for Zeinat    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East Volume 2, 197515. RAJA    A Drummer and a Dancer    from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

Say hello to archive show #68, featuring Eddie Adamis, Eddie Kochack, Eddie Mekjian, and so many more whose names are not Eddie! Shimmy on! 1.  EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE    Kurdili Karshilama    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given2.  IBRAHIM TURMEN    Holowa Dee    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 19853.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)    Ya Medakdak    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 2, 1977    4.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Raksat Africa    from the album Music of the African Arab: Music of the Middle East Vol. 3, 1958    5.  EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA    Lour Lebnane    from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963    6.  THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE    Whirling Sands    from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 1959        7.  ARAM ARAKELIAN ENSEMBLE    Izmir    from the album The Oud, 1958            8.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Shish Kebab    from the album The Glorious Greeks, 1963 9.  CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI    Shat Eskindria (The Beach of Alexandria)    from the album Belly Dance!, 197910. ALI SROUR & HIS ORCHESTRA    Rakset Alhowanen    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances: Cairo By Night Vol. 1, 197611. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK    Belly Dance Routine: Ma Elee (He Didn't Tell Me) * Cleopatra (Dance, Rhumba Tempo Medley) *     Yett May Ess (My Life, My Love) * Chifti Telle (Chifti-Tempos-Takseems) * Balady (Drums-Zils-Derbekee Solos) *  Ah Yah Zein (Ja Zayer, Medley Fast Tempos)    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 197312. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA    Yiati Ylikia Mou Kles (Greek-Turkish)    from the album And All Ports East, 196513. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS    Aatini El Naya El Kalb Yachak Kol Jamil    from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 1973   

  Welcome to archive show #67, featuring the likes of Kahraman, Lutfi Guneri, Omar Ben Jilali, and the "easy listening" king of vintage belly dance, Claude Ciari!  The Sabah tune I refer to in this show is a different one than the one that appears here; the original was lost in the Great Sound File Disaster of 2009. Sorry about that! And now, back to the show.  My, it's hotter than the Devil's Anvil in here! 1.  THE DEVIL'S ANVIL    Treea Pethya    from the album Hard Rock from the Middle East, 19672.  MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB    Ebn El Balad    from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 19763.  OMAR BEN JILALI    Ana Mzaouig (I Beg You)    from the album Night in the Casbah, no date given    4.  TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE    Welcome My Friends    from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given    5.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA    Laziko    from the album Greek Fire, 1966    6.  KAHRAMAN    Layya W Layya (Bedouine Lila)    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, 1958        7.  THE FEENJON GROUP    Shishelai (Turkish)    from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, 1968            8.  SABAH    Zakfi Ya Shabab    from the album Best of Sabah -2- (CD reissue), no date given    9.  JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH FAHID BALLAN & ABOUD ABDEL-AL'S ORCHESTRA    Al-Asfoureyeh/Wain Aramallah    from the album Songs for Belly Dancing, no date given10. CLAUDE CIARI    Ya Tayr El Wourwar    from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 197411. UNCREDITED ARTISTS    Dark Eyes (El Asmarani)    from the album Nights of the Orient, no date given12. LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Aman Avci    from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given13. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR    Ka'an Azzaman    from the album Belly Dance with Omar Khorshid & His Magic Guitar Volume 2, 1974    14. RAY MIRIJANIAN    Hasapiko    from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Volume 1, No. 1, no date given15. THE KAYA ORCHESTRA    Tamir Hane Dansi    from the album Juliana Presents Belly Dance Music for the Connoisseur, 1977

                                It's archive show 66 coming your way, with Esin Engin, Hillel and Aviva, and Eddie Kochak sings about a gal named Sahara Sue... If this don't make you shimmy, your shimmier needs a recharge! 1. THE FARID EL ATRACHE ORCHESTRA Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybine from the album Belly Dance at the Farid El Atrache Nightclub, 1975 2. HILLEL & AVIVA Yam-Safiri (Lebanese Love Song) from the album Night On the Desert, 1959 3. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Bagdad Sirto from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958 4. JODETTE Jodette's live performance at the Worlds Fair from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975 5. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Mevlana from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973 6. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED) Raqs Al-Ghawazi from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965 7. EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA Ya Mosafer (You, Traveller to Arabia) from the album Invitation To Belly Dance, 1985 8. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The Camp at Qualir from the album CARAVANS - Original Motion Picture Score, 1978 9. THE SULTANS The Zaar from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982 10. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP Belly Dance Routine Number Two from the album Jimmy Linardos & His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 2), 1975 11. FAIRUZ Samra from the album An Evening in Damascus, no date given 12. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA Harem Dance from the album Percussion Orientale: Musical Sounds of the Middle East, 1961 13. TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Lovely Ali (karsilama) from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given 14. TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA Misirlou from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given 15. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE Sahara Sue (vocalist: Eddie) from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given

Everybody sing! "Here comes program 65, all dressed in white..."  Well, I wore a black dress, actually.  Yes, archive show #65 is composed of mostly wedding songs, in honor of our wedding of September 30, 2005!  Helping us celebrate are Eddie Mekjian, Ozel Turkbas, Hakki Obadia, and so many more!  We'll see you there - don't forget the rice! 1. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST) Bedouin Wedding from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976 2. OZEL TURKBAS Bride From Bursa (Bursali) from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975 3. FAREED AL-ATRASH Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song) from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given 4. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Aroos (Wedding Chant) from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given 5. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA & THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA Dance of the Happy Bride from the album Ya Habibi! Exciting New Sounds of the Middle East, no date given 6. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Harpoot Havasi (Wedding Song) from the album The Seventh Veil - Music of the Middle East, 1957 7. RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Wedding Dance from the album Music For an Arabian Night, 1959 8. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR Wedding Gift from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960 9. TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR) Wedding Song from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given 10. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Horo Tis Nifis (Bridal Dance) from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given 11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS Leila from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given 12. OZEL TURKBAS A Wedding Song (Karam) from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given 13. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK Wedding Party from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973 14. THE UROSEVICH ENSEMBLE I Gave a Handkerchief to the Bride (Mendil Verdim Giline) from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given 15. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA Mili Ya Hilwa (Swing My Beloved) from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962 16. JOHN BERBERIAN Hale from the album The Dance Album, no date given

Presenting archive show #64, with Michael Hartophilis, John Bilezikjian, and George Abdo live! Yalla! 1.  ALI SROUR    Layali Masr    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances - Cairo By Night, 19762.  TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)    Erneni Oyunu    from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given3.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Ya Hweidalak (My Love To You)    from the album George Abdo Live at the Averof, no date given    4.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Belz, Mein Shtetle Belz/ Shein Vi Di L'Vone    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given    5.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN    Dream of Scheherazade    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977    6.  THE CHRIS KALOGERSON NEAR EAST ENSEMBLE    Shish-Cabob    from the album Dance of All Ages, 1975        7.  DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA    Zeina    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given            8.  MAROUN SABA WITH FAHED BALLAN AND ABBOUD ABDEL AL & HIS GOLDEN STRING ORCHESTRA    Salat Ezzein/The Hunter's Song (Sayyad)/The Bird Song (Ya Tair)/Explain To Her (Washrah Laha)    from the album Live From the Fez in Hollywood, 1972    9.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA    Den Me Agapas    from the album Greek Fire, 1966 10. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL      Wala Dai      from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967

Presenting archive program #63!  Prepare to raq out with Sami Jourdak, go to the movies with Mike Batt and the London Philharmonic, have an Arabian Affair with Abdul Hassan, and hear Nejla Ates SING with Mohammed El-Bakkar!  It doesn't get much better than that!1.  MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA    Main Title (The caravan moves through a crowded market place) - 2:54    from the album CARAVANS Original Motion Picture Score, 19782.  TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)    Azzeyna Lebssat Khelkhalha - 2:57    from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam) Volume 1, 19773.  FAREED AL-ATRASH    Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song) - 3:16    from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given    4.  GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE    Tsifte Telli - 3:02    from the album Favorite Greek Dances, 1964    5.  RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Old Beirut - 3:02    from the album Music for an Arabian Night, 1959    6.  SAMI JOURDAK    Yam-El-Amy (The Beautiful Shape) - 2:51    from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, 1965        7.  BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN)    Egyptian Drums - 5:29    from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979            8.  ROMEO LAHOUD    Khafif El Rouh - 2:47    from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975    9.  NEJLA ATES, MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & CHORUS    Shika Shika - 2:25    from the album FANNY Original Cast Recording, 195410. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA    Arabian Affair (Parts 1 - 5) - 19:51    from the album Arabian Affair, 197811. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS    Yabay - 2:26    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, 197512. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Raks Gamal (Desert Dancer) - 3:19    from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 197313. THE SEN SISTERS    Sari Kiz (Blonde Girl) - 2:55    from the album Music of the Harems, no date given    14. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    The Country Dance (Luz Bahr) - 3:10    from the album The Seventh Veil, 195715. BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS    Habeebe Village - 3:16    from the album Soul of the East, 1960

Time now for archive show #62, featuring John Berberian, Aram Arakelian, and some non-stop party music from Mohammed El-Bakkar!  Ain't no party like a Radio Bastet party cuz a Radio Bastet party don't stop!1.   SABAH     Indi Bustan Ya Saada - 4:38     from the album Sabah - Greatest Hits, 1973     (*Marisa's note: The title is an approximation, as I don't have the cover to this album and the writing on the label      is mostly in Arabic. Any help here would be greatly appreciated!)2.   TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA     Tsamikos - 3:07     from the album Greek Dance Party, 19693.   KARIZMA     Exercise Seventeen: Flowing Veil With Serpent Arms - 3:31     from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 19764.   GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA     Ya Gameel (Arabic Love Ballad) - 6:13     from the album Belly Dance Music, 19685.   JOHN BERBERIAN     Asumen/Donagan - 5:11     from the album Echoes of Armenia, 19766.   THE FUAD HASSAN ENSEMBLE     Bolero Ala Drums - 3:34     from the album Music of the Bedouin Bandits, 19597.   HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA     Saliha - 3:46     from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East Vol. 2, 19758.   MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR     Golli Ahwak/Debbek Debbek Debbeki/Loubnan Mahla Faytak - 15:06     from the album An Arabic Party, 19799.   ARAM ARAKELIAN ENSEMBLE     Arabic Dance - 2:51     from the album The Oud, 195810.  SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE     Al Yooba (Arabic Barn Dance) - 2:44     from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 196511.  OZEL TURKBAS     Hoplada - 3:03     from the album How To Make Your Husband A Sultan, 197112.  EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA     Raksat Asabaya (The Belly Dance of the Pretty Girls) - 3:16     from the album Invitation To Belly Dance, 198513.  RAY MIRIJANIAN     Jameela - 4:07     from the album The Ray Mirijanian Oud and Clarinet Vol. 1, No. 1, no date given

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

Radio Bastet hits the big 6-0 with Eddie Kochak, Youssef Kassab and a bit of Middle Eastern exotica from the one and only Martin Denny!  Grab that cocktail shaker and shake it!1. MARTIN DENNY The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish from the album Exotic Percussion, 1961 2. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Medley Number Three: Sala Sala/Ahlaw Sahla/Gamel Gamel/Ala Dole/Aghvoor Aghcheeg/Yaba Hei'Ya/Ala Mesbo Daog' Albee/Mimak/Tamara from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973 3. CLAUDE CIARI Sa'Alouni Annass from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974 4. A. AZIZ Rouayah El Djanna from the album Chants et Musique D'Algerie, no date given 5. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Magic Nights (Nihtes Magikes) from the album Greece, no date given 6. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE Belly Dancer (vocalist: Eddie) from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given 7. HESSEIN FADEL (ET. AL.) Flirtation in 10/4 time (Sabah - Nye) from the album "Takseem" ("Improvisation") - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967 8. TAT' OUL AL'TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE The Nile from the album Exotic Belly Dancers, no date given 9. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE Nino, Nino from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given 10. ARMANDO TROVAJOLI Dancing For You (from the film Dimmi Che Fai Tutto Per Me [Tell Me You Will Do Everything For Me], 1975) compiled on the CD Easy Tempo Volume 9, 1999 11. YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH HAMOUDA ALI Full length dance routine: Nay Solo * Elsamer * Rumba * Hebbina * Nay Takasim * Dalal * Accordion (balady) * Drum Solo * Finale from the album Belly Dance - A Gift From Cairo!, 1980 12. SERENA & THE SERENA ENSEMBLE Petrified Snake (Serena's Cane Dance) from the album Serena - Concert In Woodstock, 1976 13. THE SULTANS MIDDLE EASTERN BAND Baglama Taksim (Improvisation)/Linda Linda (4/4 Beledi) from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982

It's archive show #59 coming your way, featuring Farid Al-Atrash, the Devil's Anvil, Ahmed Shiba and more rockin' out with John Berberian!  Heck yeah!1. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR Greek Dance from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960 2. OZEL TURKBAS Lovers Look Alike (Entarisi Ala Benziyor) from the album How To Belly Dance For Your Sultan, no date given 3. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER Esos Ojos Aesinos (Those Murderous Eyes) from the album Encuentros, 1985 4. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL Selim Alai from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967 5. MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA Zorba the Greek from the album Greek Fire, 1966 6. FAREED (FARID) EL ATRASH Eshtatelak from the album Songs From the Film "A Day Without Tomorrow" (Yom Bela Ghad), 1963 7. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Marinella (Gypsy Girl) from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given (Marisa's note: Listen for the Beethoven quotation...) 8. RAJA Desert Wind from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982 9. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN) Bert's Baladi from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979 10. FAHIM SADI ET. AL. 14-Minute Routine (Dance Routine #2) from the album Nefertiti Presents The Best Of Belly Dancing, 1978 11. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Yildiz (Star) from the album Exotic Dances for Wives and Lovers, no date given 12. EDWARD MEKJIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Hi Jaz Chifti Teli from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 3, no date given 13. AHMED SHIBA & HIS ENSEMBLE Bahija (A Girl's Name) from the album Music For Belly-Dancing, 1973 14. YAFFA YARKONI TRIO BEL CANTO WITH GEORGE STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Camel Caravan from the album Songs From the Garden of Allah, 1963 15. JOHN BERBERIAN & THE ROCK EAST ENSEMBLE Chem-oo-Chem (6/8) from the album Middle Eastern Rock, 1969

Presenting archive program #58, featuring the Rahbani Bros., the Sultans, and the Abdul Hassan Orchestra serving up some "Disco Arab"!  I had forgotten how great this program is - enjoy! 1. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI Bedouin Nights (Raksat Al Badou) from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979 2. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Fidayda from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973 3. RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Arab Feast from the album Music For an Arabian Night, 1959 4. KARIZMA Exercise Fifteen: Butterfly Wings/Exercise Sixteen: Llama Walk from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 5. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Oua Marat Al Ayam from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989 6. GREGORY & HIS ENSEMBLE Kalamatiano #1 from the album Favorite Greek Dances, no date given 7. THE SUKRU TUNAR ORCHESTRA Cargah Oyun Havasi (Chargah Dance Music) from the album Music of the Harems, no date given 8. THE ABDUL HASSAN ORCHESTRA Disco Arab from the album Arabian Affair, 1978 9. SOUBHI (EDDIE "THE SHEIK") KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ENSEMBLE Ya Ghezayil (Rites Before the East) from the album Middle East Music - Moods of the Casbah, 1965 10. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE Arapina from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958 11. THE SULTANS Dance Oriental Routine from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Volume 2: String Wind and Percussion, 1982 12. NAGAH SALAMAR Ya Raitni Ma Hawitez (Part 1) from the album Cairo! The Music of Modern Egypt, no date given 13. OZEL TURKBAS The Dance in the Garden (Ararim) from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given 14. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED) Samba from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965 15. SAMI JOURDAK A-La-Dal-Ouna from the album Sami Jourdak Plays Music For Belly Dancers, no date given

                        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 Dancing, 1979        8.  TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)    Lolo    from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given    9.  JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP    Griniara (Cry-baby)    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 196810. THE FARID EL ATRACHE ORCHESTRA    Ya Dalla Dallaa-Bii El Jamal    from the album Super Belly Dance!, 197611. KARIZMA    Exercise Fourteen: Hip and Veil Rotation    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 197612. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Im Il Jadaya Lil (A Girl's Name)    from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 196613. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE    Siseler    from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given14. RAMAL LAMARR    Lotus Dancers of The Desert Moon    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 198315. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA    Dance of the Bedouins (Middle-Eastern Dance Routine): Iben El Ballud, Bedouin Bolero, Konyali (Turkish)    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975

                      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 ATRASH    Gameel Gamal    from the album Songs From the Film "Immortal Tune" (Lahn Kheloud), 1952    8.  MAROUN SABA WITH ABBOUD ABDEL AL & HIS GOLDEN STRING ORCHESTRA    Music for Belly Dancers - Complete Routine    from the album Live From the Fez in Hollywood, 1972    9.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN PRESENTS RICHARD A. HAGOPIAN    Kepruenun Alti Tiken Yar Sachlarin Lewle    from the album Kef Time Las Vegas, no date given10. UNCREDITED MUSICIANS    Rakset El Khyoul (The Dance of the Arabian Horse)    from the album Nights of the Orient, no date given11. WAL-BERG & HIS ORCHESTRA    Caravan    from the album Exotic Music From the Far East, no date given  

                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 album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978        8.  YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA    Taar Yilli Bahibbu Taar    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977    9.  THE SULTANS    Mastika    from the album The Ethno-Cabaret Album Volume 3, 198510. SERENA & THE SERENA ENSEMBLE    Serena in Concert - The Traditional Danse Du Ventre    from the album Serena - Concert In Woodstock, 197611. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS    Jasmine    from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 196812. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS    Adhdetli Warda    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given13. OZEL TURKBAS    Nihavent Sirto    from the album Kismet - Belly Dance With Ozel, 197814. FAHIM SADI ET. AL.    Rita    from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 197815. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Sultan's Circus    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given

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 STRATIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Depka from the album Songs From the Garden of Allah, 1963 8. KARIZMA Exercise Twelve: Hip Loops * Exercise Thirteen: Wrist Rotation from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976 9. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE El Genie (The Genie) from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958 10. JOHN VARTAN & HIS MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE Show #3: Zurna Taxim/Karanfil Habeyne Badine/Ehu El Ashabi/Kaval Chifte Telli/Nagharad/Yah Wedel Wedelleh from the album Belly Dancers Paradise, no date given 11. BERT BALLADINE (MARY ELLEN DONALD, CHIEF MUSICIAN) Samah Al Nobah from the album Encore! Bert's Baladi, 1979 12. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE Souda-Souda (Dark Eyes) from the album Sahra, no date given 13. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) B'Hebbak Ya Loubnan from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977 14. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE Ali Baba's Dream from the album Greece, no date given

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, no date given 7. CLAUDE CIARI Hommage a Fairuz from the album Habbeytak Bessayf, 1974 8. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Eam Cheanar Yareh (Armenian Shurtz Bar) from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given 9. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST) Raqs El Ghawazee: Abu Zaria arghool and mizmar folk orchestra from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973 10. SAMI NOSSAIR ET. AL. Egyptian Belly Dancing Music (side 2) from the album Sunset By The Pyramids - Egyptian Belly Dancing Music, no date given 11. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER Pensamientos (Thoughts, ideas) from the album Encuentros, 1985 12. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Rakseet El Sabaya (Dance of the Maidens) from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given 13. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Indim Yarin from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 1, no date given 14. GEORGE MICHEL ET. AL. Enchantment in C minor (Seerori - Oud) from the album "Takseem" ("Improvisation") - Authentic Instrumental Music by the Most Famous Arab Artists, 1967 15. JOHN BERBERIAN Yeregoyan Bar from the album The Dance Album, no date given 16. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI The Beautiful One (El Heloua Di) from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

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 SHARQI Sali (The Shawl) from the album Belly Dance!, 1979 8. THE FEENJON GROUP Sallah (Hebrew) from the album Recorded Live at the Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65) 9. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA Full Dance Routine from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 6th Volume, 1979 10. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA Funny World (from Malamondo) from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, no date given 11. ROMEO LAHOUD Sarli Tlat Ayam from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973 12. SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Gemilerde Talim Var (zeybek) from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given 13. JALALEDDIN TAKESH Yasaria from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 1976

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 Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given        8.  KARIZMA    Exercise Ten: Hip Vibrations * Exercise Eleven: Shoulder Vibrations - 2:38    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 1976    9.  ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS    Cham El Nassim - 5:12    from the album Belly Dance for Arabian Nights, 197310. JODETTE (KAMELIA) & FAHIM SADI    Complete Routine: Your Magic Eyes/Takaseem and Layaly/Sleepy Eyes/Oud Solo and Takaseem/Hizi Ya Nawaem - 14:35    from the album Nights of Jodette, no date given11. LAURICE PETERS    A'l-lala w'lala - 4:25    from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given12. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA    Marinella/Miserlou/Oglan Oglan - 4:44    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 197313. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)    Mouhaya - 3:48    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 197614. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO    Ya Karim Allaly (Under the Grapevine) - 3:48    from the album Belly Dance Music, 1968

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 One Nights, 1977    7.  YOUSSEF KASSAB WITH THE SALIM SARWEH ORCHESTRA    Bedouin Dance - 19:31    from the album Bedouin Belly Dance, 1977    8.  JOHN BERBERIAN    Sophig - 4:08    from the album Echoes of Armenia, 1972    9.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA    Dance Zarefah - 4/4 Ghawazee - 1:56    from the album Special Silver Anniversary Album - The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given10. THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE    Sheker Oglan - 2:55    from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 197711. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA    Tony Ya Tony - 2:56    from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974 

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 (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, 197910. THE SULTANS    Complete Routine: Zennube/Taksim (Ney)/Egyptian Beledy (Zurna)/Drum Solo/Helvaci - 12:14    from the album The Ethno-Cabaret Album Volume 3, 198511. 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, 195812. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly PANOS GAVALAS)    Kathe stagona dakri - 2:50    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 198113. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE    Ya Ballady (My Country) - 4:58    from the album Sahra, no date given14. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP    Farfilou (Dance-song) - 4:26    from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Tel Aviv, 196815. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA    Laylat Hob - 6:52    from the album Belly Dances from the Middle-East, 1974

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 ORIENTAL INSTRUMENTAL GROUP    Ra'sit Isikrany (The Wine Dance) - 2:51    from the album Flame of Araby - Music of the Middle East, no date given    8.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA    Raks El Gezlan (Dance of the Gazelles) - 4:12    from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975    9.  ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Edirnenin Boyacilari (Shoeshiners of Edirne) - 2:27    from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 197510. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA    Fil Sahra (In the Sahara) - 1:28    from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given11. HANI MEHANNA & HIS ORCHESTRA    Banat Eskendria - 20:07    from the album Princess of Cairo - Music for Belly Dance with Nagwa Fouad, 1985    12. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS & ORCHESTRA    Yala Nooros (Hurry to the Dance) - 2:10    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given13. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Soodeh Soodeh (Armenian) - 2:24    from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given14. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA    Hanna Drumzilzia - 1:51    from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 5th Volume, 197715. DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE    Bouzoukee Rhapsody - 4:11    from the album Greece, no date given

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    Siroun Aghchik (Beautiful Maiden)(sung in Armenian) - 4:55    from the album Bagdad, no date given                8.  HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA    Laura's Love (Ya Laure Houbbouki) - 2:35    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given    9.  JALALEDDIN TAKESH    Belly Dance Music - 24:59    from the album Jalaleddin Presents Belly Dance Music, 197610. RAJA    Badawia - 2:17    from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 198211. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR    Ya Samara - 3:29    from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

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    Rama Gastorena - 3:40    from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. II - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984    8.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly ABBU ABDEL AAL & HIS SILVER STRINGS?)    Zareefa - 3:48    from the album Sweet Nights, 1967    9.  UNCREDITED ARTISTS     Aman Katinaki mou - 2:48    from the album Karsilamades and Tsiftetelia Dances No. 6, 198110. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS    Chataaraban - 6:45    from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given11. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL.    Show #1: Alamam Ben (2/4)/Kucuk Yasta Aldim Sazi Elime (4/4)/Durriyemin Gugumleri (9/8) - 9:30    from the album Special Music for Your Belly Dancing, 1974-75    12. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA    Belly Dancer's Haven - 2:15    from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given13. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB    Aziza - 3:16    from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 197614. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA    Oorakhootian Bar - 2:50    from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given15. DAHLENA & MUSICIANS    African Rhythms for Belly Dancing - 2:09    from the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 197816. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA    Oglan Oglan - 4:19    from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou - Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 196517. UNCREDITED ARTISTS (possibly NICOLAS EL DIK ORCHESTRA?)    Bouyout El Farah - 6:26    from the album Belly Dance! Music For an Oriental Dance Vol. 2, 1973

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 MAGIC GUITAR    Alf Layla - 6:34    from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989        7.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA    Turkish Medley: The Procession of the Sardar/The Wheat Song/Sirun Archik/Timuraga/Kara Biberim/Dontor/Hos Bilezik/    Tin Tin/ Birini/Yavrum - 4:33    from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given        8.  LAURICE PETERS    Bayee Rah Maa El-A'skar - 2:34    from the album Laurice Peters Sings, no date given (1970?)    9.  RAJA    Belly Dance Music - 9:49    from the album Lebanon, 198010. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA    Gulf Nights - 1:45    from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 197411. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE    Sirdis Vra Karmaga - 3:17    from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given12. JUAN PENA LEBRIJANO & ORQUESTA ANDALUSI DE TANGER    Las Mil Y Una Noches (The Thousand and One Nights) - 4:21    from the album Encuentros, 198513. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO    Arabic Fantasy (Dance) - 2:26    from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given14. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE    Al Nada-Nada (Disgusted Suitor)/Ummeer Ya Mmaleem (Build You Builder) - 5:13    from the album Sahra, no date given15. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE    Caderemen Ustune (Rampi)(Top of the Tent)(Turkish) - 4:08    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

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 & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI    Ti Lozani Ti Kozani - 3:12    from the album Belly Dance!, 1979    8.  JOHN BERBERIAN    Savgulum - 7:03    from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974    9.  OZEL TURKBAS    Ozel's Belly Dance Routine - 14:26    from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 197510. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla)    Ya Shadil Alhan - 2:15    from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 197711. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA    Shiskebob/Zechra/Aman Kassap - 5:11    from the album So You Want to Be a Belly Dancer, 1973    12. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA    Askimla Oynama (Turkish) - 3:02    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 197513. RAMAL LAMARR    Raks Chandrani - 6:26    from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983

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/Warda/Accordion (balady)/Drum Solo/Finale - 20:46    from the album Belly Dance - A Gift From Cairo!, 1980        8.  IBRAHIM TURMEN    Omron Fantasy - 1:49    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985    9.  LUTFI GUNERI WITH ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Tin Tin Tinimini Hanim - 2:56    from the album Memories of Istanbul (Istanbul Hatiralar), no date given10.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA     Ruh Tum Bi Salama (Go In Peace) - 4:57     from the album The Magic of Belly Dancing, 1979

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 & COMPANY    Katifeh - 3:05    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given    8.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN    Jemilleh's Joy - 16:08    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977    9.  MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA    Jezayire (Mohammedan War Dance) - 2:49    from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given    10. MAZIN HAMDAN    Hebbena - 4:03    from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given    11. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA    Dance Rhea Linda - 4/4 Musmoody - 2:27    from the album Special Silver Anniversary Album - The Best of Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given12. THE FEENJON GROUP    Babadjim (Arabic) - 2:54    from the album Recorded Live at the Cafe Feenjon, 1966     13. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Raks Edour (The Dance Goes On) - 3:59    from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958   

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 date given        7.  IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)    Raks El Qaria - 2:49    from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic 'Balady' Dances and Rhythms, 1976        8.  SAMI RAGEB    Middle Eastern Medley Dance Routine (featuring J. Shamma and A. Zakarian in a double drum solo) - 15:22    from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978    9.  SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA    One Night in the Harem - 2:28    from the album Little Egypt Presents: More How to Belly Dance for Your Husband, no date given10.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA     Raks Averof (Dance at the Averof) - 3:26     from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 197511.  "AUTHENTIC ORCHESTRAS AND SOLOISTS OF THE NEAR EAST" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS)     Your Beautiful Hand - 1:04     from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Authentic Music of the Near East, no date given     12.  RAJA     A Drummer and a Dancer - 2:42     from the album Dance Illusion, 198413.  DIMITRI & HIS ENSEMBLE     White Ribbons (Aspres Kordeles) - 2:11     from the album Greece, no date given14.  MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR     Istanbul - 3:20     from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given

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 ET. AL.    Deff (featuring Ghazi Darwish) - 3:21    from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given    8.  ED WOOD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING    Nautch Dance (composed by and featuring KORLA PANDIT) - 1:29    from the Ed Wood original soundtrack recording, music by Howard Shore, Hollywood Records, 1994    9.  MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE    Ana Winta (You and I) - 2:21    from the album Sultan of Bagdad: Music of the Middle East Vol. 2, 1957    10. THE DOLGRU YOL TURKISH ENSEMBLE    Chifte Telli (Turkish Dance-Instrumental) - 2:30    from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds from the Near East, no date given    11. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP    Belly Dance Routine Number Four - 12:41    from the album Jimmy Linardos & His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 1, 197412. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR    Takassim Sanat Alfeyn - 6:53    from the album Rhythms from the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue: Umbrella Records, 2001)    13. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE    Ya Houdeidalak - 5:17    from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given    14. GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA    Elath - 2:11    from the album Belly Dancer Favorites, 1973    15. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE    Chat Araban (On the Shores of Araban)(Turkish) - 4:47    from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given16. "INSTRUMENTAL" (UNCREDITED ARTISTS)    Ya Hajal Sannine - 2:21    from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984

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 Iskandaria) - 2:36    from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, no date given        8.  THE SULTAN'S CARAVAN (featuring Gus Vali)    Al Jazayer - 2:53    from the album Belly Dance to Great Navel Music, 1976    9.  KARIZMA    Exercise Three: Hip Trot/Exercise Four: Step Sideways With Hip Trot - 4:02    from the album Karizma Teaches Belly Dancing, 197610.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA     Full Dance Routine #1 - 17:36     from the album Strictly Belly Dancing The 3rd Volume, 197711.  ROMEO LAHOUD     Tcharrafna - 2:58     from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973     12.  AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST)     Raqs: salameya, rebab, tar and darabukka - 4:47     from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 197313.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA     Sweet Girl (Seeroon Aghchig) - 2:51     from the album The Seventh Veil, 195714.  BUDDY SARKISSIAN & HIS MECCA FOUR WITH FRED ELIAS     Turkish Nightmare - 3:57     from the album Soul Of The East, 1960

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 the album Dahlena's Middle Eastern Music for Belly Dancing Vol. 2, 1978    8.  THE FEENJON GROUP    Efiges (Greek) (Nightbirds) - 3:05    from the album Belly Dancing at the Cafe Feenjon, no date given    9.  THE SHEIK'S MEN    Caravan - 3:14    from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961    10. IBRAHIM TURMEN    Just Playin' - 2:08    from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985    11. FAHIM SADI ET. AL.    Full Belly Dance Routine #1 - 19:29    from the album Nefertiti Presents the Best of Belly Dancing, 197612. YACOUBIAN & COMPANY    Ko-Ko-Ko - 2:45    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given    13. DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA    Jabal El Arz (The Cedars of Lebanon) - 3:11    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given    14. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE    Karshilama Gazel - 3:43    from the album Belly Dance Music From the Middle East Vol. 2, no date given    15. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR    Yay Yay Ya Nassini - 3:10    from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979

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 (Beware of Love) - 3:49    from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given    7.  UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA    Uskudara (Turkish) - 3:27    from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975        8.  THE TOPKAPI INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE    Gayda - 2:30    from the album Picture Yourself Belly Dancing, 1977    9.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN    The Wish of Alexandria - 7:46    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 197710.  RAJA     Belly Dance Routine #1: Hayati/Misty Cloud "Takseem"/Drum Solo/Finale - 8:43     from the album Dance Illusion, 198411.  SAFFET'S ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA     Silivry (karsilama) - 2:31     from the album Belly Dance Festival, no date given     12.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA     Nahz Bar - 2:21     from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given13.  IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)     Ala Hesbe Wedad - 2:32     from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic 'Balady' Dances and Rhythms, 197614.  SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA     Flame of Egypt - 2:23     from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given15.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA ORCHESTRA     Cleopatra Dance - 2:54     from the album Arrac-Laham Mishwee & Thou - Festive Dance Music from the Middle East, 1965     16.  TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS     Ana Ou Anti Ou Anti Ou Ana - 2:26     from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & The How-To!, no date given17.  NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA     Ala Delouna/Asmar Elloun (Dark and Handsome)/Ya Gazeil - 6:23     from the album An Evening with Uncle Tanous, 1974

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 album The Music of Port Said, no date given 9. JEREMY STEIG Belly Up/Temple of Birth/Shifte-Telle Mama from the album Temple of Birth, 1975 10. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR Harem Dance from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, no date given 11. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Kasop (Arabic International Dance) from the album Hi-Fi Adventure In Asia Minor, no date given 12. CHRIS KALOGERSON & THE ENSEMBLE SHARQI Katou Stou Valtou from the album Belly Dance!, 1979 13. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) El Hala Te'Bana Ya Leyla from the album Belly Dance Nights Vol. 2 (Layale Bourg El Hamam), 1977 14. MAZIN HAMDAN Ya Sare Ya from the album An Evening with Mazin Hamdan Live at the Averof, no date given 15. OZEL TURKBAS Keep Dancing, Keep Turning (Ha Un Ele) from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975

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! Profit!, 1972 6. GUS VALI & HIS CASBAH ENSEMBLE Shish-Kebab from the album Dance Bellyrina Dance, 1963 7. RAJA Mediterranean East from the album Journey Into Rhythm, 1982 8. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Maak Maak (Always With You) from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given 9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Wayak (Together We Dance) from the album Belly Dancing with George Abdo, 1976 10. JALALEDDIN TAKESH Belly Dance Music: Kashmira's Fantasy from the album Jalaleddin Presents Vol. II - Kashmira's Fantasy, 1984 11. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Amar Hayati from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989 (CD reissue)

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-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Drum Improvisation from the album Exotic Music of the Belly Dancer: Music of the Middle East Vol. 6, 1966 10. ALEXIS & HIS ENSEMBLE Mavi Gozler (Blue Eyes) from the album Exotic Dances For Wives and Lovers, no date given 11. JOHN BILEZIKJIAN Shenaz Longa from the album A Thousand and One Nights, 1977 12. GUS VALI Israeli Medley from the album 51 Belly Dancer Favorites, no date given

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 - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given 8. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB Al Maddi from the album Belly Dance Vol. 1, 1976 9. AISHA ALI (ARCHIVIST) Stick Dance: salameya, tar and darabukka from the album Music of the Ghawazee, 1973 10. BASHIR ABD EL-AL ET. AL. "Hawanim" A Belly Dance from the album Introduction to Instrumental Arabic Music, no date given 11. RAMAL LAMARR Ritual Fire Music from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983 12. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Magic of the Khanoon from the album Shadows In the Casbah, 1959 13. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA Ada Ciftetellisi from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2 - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dance Music, 1975 14. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Laz Bar (Black Sea Fisherman's Dance)(Turkish) from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given 15. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Ya Ain Moulayeten from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973

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 9. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Mustapha (Mustapha's Dance)(Complete Belly Dance Routine) from the album The Joy of Belly Dancing, 1975 10. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA The Flaming Ruby from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given 11. THE FEENJON GROUP Azziza (Arabic) from the album Recorded Live at Cafe Feenjon, 1966 (recorded 12/13/65) 12. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION) Camel Walk from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 13. TAT' OUL AL' TOUN MIDDLE EASTERN ENSEMBLE Dance of Devils from the album Exotic Belly Dancers Vol. 1, no date given 14. RAYMOND MIRIJANIAN Ya Kita Kosma Ena Korme from the album Ray Mirijanian's Music For Belly Dancing Vol. 1, no date given 15. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Nar Houbi Techaal from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, 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 album Dances of Port Said - Music of the Middle East, Vol. 5, 1960 8. "INSTRUMENTAL" (ARTISTS UNKNOWN) Medweyye from the album The Best Dance Melodies, 1984 9. DJAMAL ASLAN Rakseet Binty (I See My Daughter Dancing) from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given 10. THE SEVEN PLAYERS The Sultan's Dream from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966 11. THE DERBECKI ENSEMBLE Dabkie Dance Sequence from the album Dabkie - Exotic Dances of the Middle East, no date given 12. ROMEO LAHOUD Ala Toul from the album Dark Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1973 13. GEORGE MGRDICHIAN & HIS ENSEMBLE Nehavend Longa (Turkish) from the album The Now Sounds of the Middle East, no date given 14. GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA Raks Al-Sultan (Dance of the Sultans) from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1973 15. RAJA Ancient Memories from the album Dance Illusion, 1984

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, 1973 7. IBRAHIM TURMEN Yumma/Ajez from the album Saidi Wind Vol. 1, 1985 8. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO Flames of Araby from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given 9. UNKNOWN ARTISTS (POSSIBLY ABU ABD DEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS?) Noora from the album Sweet Nights, 1967 10. MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI & HIS GOLDEN GUITAR Raksat Assfour Heleywa from the album Belly Dance With Zeina, 1979 11. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Raks Jemil II from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given 12. HASSAN ABU SEOUD & HIS ORCHESTRA Eyuni Sahara from the album Belly Dances From the Middle-East, 1974 13. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA Handkerchief Dance (Hizzi Hizzi) from the album Oriental Caravan, no date given

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 Tanous, 1974 6. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH HAKKI OBADIA Sudani (Connie) from the album Strictly Belly Dancing, the 6th Volume, 1979 7. JOHN BERBERIAN Basha Bella (Turkish) from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974 8. UDI JOSEPH KOUYOUMJIAN ORCHESTRA featuring Fred Elias and His Ensemble Dance of the Pharoahs (Middle-Eastern Dance Routine) from the album Beautiful Belly - Music for Listening and Dancing, 1975 9. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI Akher Ayam El Sayfia (The Last Days of Summer) from the album Belly Dance!, 1979 10. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Chifti from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given 11. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE CONDUCTED BY HAKKI OBADIA & JOSEPH SUGAR Arabian Knights from the album 10 Nights In a Harem, no date given 12. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) Malek Ya Heloua Malek from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977 13. ABDU-EL-HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Rak El Seyoff (Sword Dance) from the album Arabian Delight - Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Alergia, Morocco, no date given 14. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS The Belly Dancer's Waltz from the album Little Egypt Presents: How to Belly Dance For Your Husband, no date given

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. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA The Seventh Veil from the album The Seventh Veil, no date given 9. TORAIA ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS Ahsin from the album Belly Dance! The Wild Music & the How-To!, no date given 10. THE FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE Dance of Raija from the album Artistic Moods for Dance Vol. III, 1978 11. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Finjohn (Turkish) from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given 12. SAMI RAGEB Ramallah (Dabke) from the album Hyetti - Egyptian Music, 1978 13. ROMEO LAHOUD Tal El Sahar from the album Green Eyes and Oriental Moods, 1975 14. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA Lesson #7: Neck Movement from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972

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 LAMARR The Indigo Priestess from the album Omens, Oracles & Mysticisms of Dance, 1983 9. MARKO MELKON & HIS INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA Depkey (Arabic Dance) from the album Hi-Fi Adventure in Asia Minor, no date given 10. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP Belly Dance Routine Number One from the album Jimmy Linardos and His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 2, 1975 11. MOHAMED ABDEL WAHAB El Henna from the album Belly Dance - The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab Vol. 1, 1976 12. THE SEVEN PLAYERS The Bazaar from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966 13. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS MAGIC GUITAR Ahzihi Laylati from the album Tribute to Oum Koulsoum, 1989