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This episode of YIP brings you the wonderfully serene and fantastically funny (yeah, you heard me!) Heather Stants! The fab H.S. talks about her journey to dance, her movement philosophy and her love of yoga! YIP Podcast Executive Producer - Dan - steps in to help out with the interview, Mary (that's me) get's lazy (again) and indulges herself with a soooo non-traditional mix of music, Tammy keeps everything moving along, and we all live happily ever after! Yay!Download Episode 50Or Listen Here: On This Episode:Check out more from our executive producer (Dan) on his podcast Radio Rickshaw"Darkness Falls" trailer - Yech....creepy Tooth Fairy movie"Tattoo Adventure of a Tribal Farmgirl" by Paulette Rees-DenisMakeup and Hair for Dancers (tribe.net) - "Hair for a VERY hot day!"The Belly WhispererTempest's Teapot - "FYI - MIA"Beats Antique video "Revival"I couldn't remember right off where I got "fer sure!" from...but this SNL skit was it!Blood OutThe Kentuckiana Middle Eastern Dance Review - "Confessions of a Belly Dance Hoarder..."Tribal Pilgrims - "Video of the Week - Pedralta World Fusion Bellydance"Watch "The LXD" on HuluCali Swag District - "Teach Me How to Dougie" - Glee actors teach you how to dougieTake That (Official Website)Kelis - "Milkshake" video - "Bounce" video (Calvin Harris feat. Kelis)"Sucker Punch" trailerRadio BastetUrban Tribal Dance Company - "66 Meters" (by Indian Ropeman) PerformanceFlorida Tribal DanceStephanie Barto of Read My Hips"What is Tribal Style Bellydance" A short documentaryThe Tribal MassiveDana Rae Pare of Infinite YogaNauli (yoga exercise)The Glitch MobAround Town:There is not an Around Town on this episode, however you can Join our Email List and find out everything currently going on!Featured Artists:Mary's Trio of Self-Indulgence...Song #1: "Teach Me How to Dougie" by Cali Swag District - on or AmazonSong #2: "Love Love" by Take That - on AmazonSong #3: "Bounce" by Calvin Harris feat. Kelis - on or AmazonArtist: The Glitch Mob - on or AmazonAlbum: Drink the SeaSongs: Bad Wings, Fortune Days, Drive It Like You Stole ItAdditional Music:Artist: Middle Earth Ensemble - on or AmazonAlbum: Middle Earth EnsembleSongs: Ya Gameel, Oud Taqsim, Shatty Ya Dinny, Mudejar, Moroccan Roll, Ya Mustafa, Isaac and Ishmael
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Here comes archive show #24, featuring the future Radio Bastet "theme song".... 1. ABBUD ABDEL AAL & HIS GOLDEN STRINGS Sahara City from the album Belly Dance For Arabian Nights, 1973 2. MOHAMMED EL-SULIEMAN & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE Husson's Rhapsody from the album The Music of Port Said, no date given 3. OZEL TURKBAS Sultaniyegah from the album Alla-Turca (The Turkish Way), 1975 4. OMAR KHORSHID & HIS GUITAR Ah Ya Zen from the album Rhythms From the Orient, 1974 (CD reissue, Umbrella Records 2001) 5. JOHN BERBERIAN Arabaya (Turkish) from the album Ode To An Oud, 1974 6. TOM YALANIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (RACHEL SAUL, VOCAL INSTRUCTION) Around the Clock from the album So You Want To Be a Belly Dancer, 1973 7. NAIF AGBY & THE LEBANESE RADIO ORCHESTRA Rakse El Debkey (Debkey Dance) from the album An Evening With Uncle Tanous, 1974 8. HARRY SAROYAN Complete Routine #1: Aman Aman, Tiein' Af To Dzaghigner, Perom Pom Pero, Clarinet Taksim, Drum Solo, Aman Aman from the album Saroyan Sings: 'An Oriental Bouquet': Music for Le Danse Orientale, 1979 9. THE SEVEN PLAYERS Shishkabob from the album West Digs East - Dig?, 1966 10. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO Al Asforieh (You're Driving Me Crazy) from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given 11. SPERO SPYROS & HIS MODERN ANATOLIAN ENSEMBLE Ababaca from the album Anatolian Introduction, no date given 12. ABDU-EL-HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA Karyat Dance (Country Dance) from the album Arabian Delight - Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Alergia, Morocco, no date given 13. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Pulsation from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given 14. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN Al Mushrabiya from the album Belly Dance, 1978
Another grand archive episode! Shimmies! Apologies for my none-too-professional zaghareet in the intro (you may want to turn your volume down, heh...).1. JOSEPH KARKOUR, ET. AL.Farhat Shabab - 2:21from the album Belly Dance! Spectacular Rhythms from the Middle East, 1974 2. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE Mia Nihta Mayemeni (One Magic Night) - 2:39 from the album Music for Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given 3. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE Nor Pessa (Syrto) - 3:19 from the album Belly Dance Music from the Middle East - Vol. 1, no date given 4. THE STEVO TEODOSIEVSKI ENSEMBLE (UNCREDITED) Mojilo Cindilo - 3:02 from the album Authentic Belly Dance Music, 1976 5. CHRIS KALOGERSON & HIS ENSEMBLE SHARQI Tsifteteli El Greco - 2:26 from the album Belly Dance!, 1979 6. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA Flirtation on the Nile - 2:00 from the album Little Egypt Presents: MORE How to Belly-Dance For Your Husband, no date given 7. GUS VALI The Speechless Animal - 3:24 from the album Let's Belly Dance, 1973 (Marisa's note: There's not a lot of slow stuff at Radio Bastet, but this is one of the coolest. I did my first veil routine to this!) 8. THE SULTANS Organ, Ney, Drum (improvisation) - 4:53 from the album The Sultans Middle Eastern Band Vol. 1, 1981 9. JODETTE (KAMELIA) WITH ABOUD ABD EL AL & HIS ORCHESTRA History of Belly Dancing and Five Common Cymbal Patterns - 11:40 from the album How to Belly Dance (The Authentic Way) For Fun! Health! Profit!, 1972 10. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA Danse Orientale - 2:07 from the album Percussion Orientale, 1961 11. KEMANI GARIB, ET. AL. Siseler (2/4) - 2:28 from the album Special Music For Your Belly Dancing, 1974-1975 12. THE "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA, FEATURING VOCALS BY GEORGE ABDO Ya Wail (Don't Play with Fire) - 5:58 from the album Belly Dance Music, no date given 13. ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Raks Jemil I - 2:35 from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, no date given (Marisa's note: There are 2 tunes on this album titled "Raks Jemil", in typical lazy-record-company fashion; I arbitrarily designated them I and II.) 14. TONI FRANGIEH (buzuk), SETRAK SARKISSIAN (tabla) Raksat El Helween - 4:07 from the album Belly Dance Nights (Layale Bourg El Hamam), Vol. 2, 1977 15. ESIN ENGIN Zennube - 2:24 from the album Modern Oyun Havalari 2, 1975 16. RAFIC HOBEIKA Sahar - 8:39 from the album Music for an Oriental Dance Vol. 1 - Danses de Nadia Gamal, 1973