Between the late '50s and early' 60s appeared on the European music market, some albums dedicated to the music of Lebanon. On the covers, often captivating, were portrayed girls dressed as odalisques, with the clear intention to stimulate the senses of potential buyers. At the western imagination the Middle East was an exotic place populated by beautiful women ready to fulfill every little wish. The belly dance was omnipresent and the night was the place dedicated to pleasure ..... Clichés, certainly.
The albums presented here have nothing to do with belly dancing, bacchanalia and sexual satisfactions. Instead present a handful of great songs from an era that some have called the Lebanese golden age .
AAVV - An Evening In Beirut ليالي بيروت
Label: Parlophone – LPVDX 101, Voix De L'Orient – LPVDX 101 1957
A1 Fairuz - Nihna Wal-Qamar Jiran نحن والقمر جيران
A2 Souad Hachem - Gari al hawy جار الهوي
A3 Shiraz - Khitayy خطّي
A4 Souad Hachem - Min Khalak Ya Bolbol مين خلاك يا بلبل
A5 Shiraz - Abdu Habib Ghandura
A6 Fairuz - Ya Hala Ya Hala habibi يا هلا يا هلا يا حبيبي
B1 Najah Salam - Minta Wa 'Ishna fy gharam biladna متنا وعشنا في غرام بلادنا
B2 Najah Salem And Wadi' Al-Safi - Tal Al-Qamar طل القمر
B3 Sabah - Min Quallak Hakina منقولك حاكينا
B4 Nur Al-Huda - Al Dabka al lubnaniyya الدبكة اللبنانية
AAVV- Arabian Nights
Philips H13352L 1960
Reprint : Fontana International 858 082 FPY
A1 Rinda - Warda (Une rose/Virgin Rose)
A2 Souad Hashem - Ma Rafna (Nous navons pas su/If Only We Had Not Heard You )
A3 Rinda - Bi-Hibbu Albi (Celui que jaime/Boring Lover)
A4 Fairouz - Ya Laure Hubbuki (L'Amour de Laure/Laure's Love )
A5 Mohammed Salman - Derbeck
A6 LRC Orchestra - Ah Ya Zayn
B1 Rinda - Bassim (Un sourire s il vous plait/A Smile Please )
B2 Souad Hashem - Al-Ard (La terre/The Land Of My Dark Lover )
B3 Rinda - Fursan (Le Cavalier Que J aime/The Cavalier I Love )
B4 Hassan Abdul Nabi - Ya Husn An Nisa (La plus belle des femmes/Beauty Mole)
B5 Rinda - Mash (Ce nest pas cela/I Don't Care)
B6 LRC Orchestra - Dabka ( Bedouin Coffee)
AAVV- Nuits d'arabie EP
45 RPM, Philips 428 310. 1960
A1 Rinda - Bassim (Un sourire s il vous plait/ A Smile Please )
A2 Rinda - Fursan (Le Cavalier Que J aime/The Cavalier I Love )
B1 Fairouz - Ya Laure Hubbuki (L'Amour de Laure/ Laure's Love)
B2 Mohammed Salman - Derbeck
Rinda/Soaud Hashem – Beirut EP
Musical Souvenirs Series
Philips – BBE 12302 1960
Recording first published 1958.
A1 Rinda - Warda (Une rose/Virgin Rose)
A2 Souad Hashem - Ma Rafna (Nous navons pas su/If Only We Had Not Heard You)
B1 Rinda - Bassim (Un sourire s il vous plait/A Smile Please )
B2 Souad Hashem - Al-Ard (La terre/The Land Of My Dark Lover )
Fairuz- Souad Hashem 45 RPM
Parlophone 45-VDL. 154
Voix De L'Orient 45-VDL. 154
A) Fairuz - Ma Ahla Rajaa ما أحلى الرجعة بكير
B) Souad Hashem - Min Khalak Ya Bolbol مين خلاك يا بلبل
Music & Lyrics by Rahbani Brothers
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