Filed under: Madagascar
♬ Kamo Aho
Simon Randria recorded five singles for the Malagasy record label Discomad during the 1970s.
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Catalog number 466 721 in Discomad Records of Madagascar, released 1975.
Filed under: Turkey
Born on March 1, 1938, in Istanbul, Önder Bali studied at the Istanbul Conservatory and started his professional music career in 1961 by playing the clarinet in the Istanbul City Orchestra. Later, he played wind instruments in the orchestras of Erol Büyükburç, Ertan Anapa, Şevket Uğurluer and Yalçın Ateş.
In 1969, he formed the Önder Bali 4. He played organ and clarinet, Zafer Dilek on guitar, Haluk Hancı of Mavi Çocuklar on bass and Erdal Gürel on drums. Between 1970 and 1973, they recorded four singles before the quartet went their separate ways and Zafer Dilek starting his solo career.
Catalog number YCA-019 on Yonca Records of Turkey, released 1970.
Filed under: Malaysia
Hussain Marican and Betty Ismail were from Malaysia. Hussain Marican recorded at least 16 singles and an album. Betty Ismail released 7 singles. They released two singles together. And that is all of the information I could find.
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Catalog number RE 121070 Royel (sic) Record of Malaysia.
Filed under: Pakistan
♬ A Song Produced on The Occasion of The Islamic Summit Lahore February 1974 Orchestra Version
Sohail Rana should need no introduction. I have covered him once before.
This record was produced by the Pakistan Television Corporation for the second Islamic Summit – which is a principal organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation focused on formulation, development, and implementation of decisions made by 57 member states.
Catalog number EDKA 20057 on Angel Records, released 1974.
Filed under: Ethiopia
Muluken Melesse was born in Gojjam, a province in northern Ethiopia. After traveling with his uncle at the age of six, he settled in Addis Ababa. He was just 12 when he began his singing career. He recorded his first single for Amha Records with Girma Bèyènè in 1972. He would go on to release six more singles and at least six albums before giving up music to devote himself in the Pentecostal Church.
Catalog number Catalog number AE 440 on Amha Records of Ethiopia, released 1972.
Filed under: Uruguay
El Comité were from Uruguay. They releases one single before Miguel Livichich joined the band, and they changed their name to Miguel y el Comité. They went on to record three more singles and one album. The album – “Para Hacer Música, Para Hacer…” – was reissued in 2010.
This song from their first single is a cover of “Pass the Hatchet” originally by Roger & The Gypsies.
Catalog number 6917 on Microfon of Argentina. The version posted is the Colombian pressing.
Filed under: Tunisia
Yet another “one hit wonder” from Tunisia.
I have not been able to find any other information about any of the musicians of this band:
• Electric Guitar, Voice – Ridha Cherif
• Bass Guitar – Brahim Tlili
• Drums, Percussion – Taieb Karchani
• Saxophone, Flute – Nabil Bougattef
• Violin, Piano – Ahmed Karchani
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Catalog number Super Hit 1, released 1978. Published by النغم / En’nagham of Tunisia.
Filed under: Thailand
♬ The Moon Departs the Sky / จันทร์จากฟ้า
Kabuan Mukda / ขบวน มุกดา – not to be confused with his adoptive father and manager Payong Mukda – was from Thailand.
The first track Kratae / กระแต may sound familiar. It’s a version of the first song of the Thai Beat A Go Go compilation which you can hear here. The second song – The Moon Departs the Sky / จันทร์จากพ่า – was originally written by Phranbun / พรานบูรพ์ and recorded by Phensi Phumchusi / เพ็ญศรี พุ่มชูศรี. You can here it here.
Many thanks to the amazing Peter Doolan of Monrakplenthai for translation and for the information about this record. You can find more more information about and recordings by Kabuan Mukda over at Monrakplenthai here.
Catalog number MLK – 739 on Metro Records of Bangkok, Thailand. No release date listed.
Filed under: Guinea
El Hadj Djeli Sory Kouyate – better known as Kouyate Sory – was from Kindia, Guinea. Not to be confused with Kouyate Sory Kandia – who he played with and who was also from Guinea. He has been called “the world’s greatest balafon player”.
Although he received his first balafon at the age of 12, Kouyate was little known outside of Guinea until joining the Ensemble Instrumental National of Guinea in 1961. While touring in the United States, Kouyate and other members met vocalist and political activist Harry Belafonte. Inspired by the group’s music, Belafonte formed the Djoliba Ballet and invited Kouyate to become involved. Accepting the invitation, Kouyate remained with the ballet company for nearly a decade.
In 1981, Kouyate became director of the National Choral and Instrumental Ensemble in Guinea. Seven years later, he garnered critical acclaim for his playing in the Broadway production Africa Oyé.
Although Kouyate Sory was from Guinea, all of his recordings were released on labels from Côte d’Ivoire – Afriphone, Badmos, Djima and Société Ivoirienne du Disque – instead of Editions Syliphone Conakry.
Catalog number SID 35 of Société Ivoirienne du Disque of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Filed under: Lebanon
The person who sold this record only had one piece of information – that it was from Lebanon. And for over a year, I have been trying to find anything about this record. I’ve had a few people translate the stylized script, and this is what the label says:
A Gift from Mohamed Abdulwahab Association
Djibouti
P.O.Box 502 – Phone 629
Production by: Abdulraheem Odda
P.O.Box 619
Beirut – Lebanon
Here is a larger scan of the label. If you have any information about this recording, please leave it in the comments below.
Thanks to Hisham Mayet for his help on this post.
No catalog number, record company or release date listed.
