Filed under: Thailand
The Petch Phin Thong Band was the backing band for comedian Ning Nong Petchphinthon / หนิงหน่อง เพชรพิณทอง.They formed in 1982. They recorded nine album and five singles. All of their singles and three of their albums were released on their own label – also named เพชรพิณทอง.
Their song “Soul Lam Plern” was included on Soundway‘s The Sound of Siam (Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975) and Subliminal Sounds’ Thai Beat A Go-Go Vol. 3 (Groovy Sounds From The Land Of Smile!). The song “Bump Lam Plern” was included on Soundway’s The Sound of Siam Vol. 2 (Molam & Luk Thung from North-East Thailand 1970-1982).
Catalog number HS 354 on Petch Thong. No release date listed.
Filed under: Iraq
♬ You Are the Wrong One / انت الغلطان
♬ Out of My Mind / متروح من بالي
Salah Abdel Ghafour / صلاح عبد الغفور was born in 1953 in Al-Sadiyah, Iraq. He sang in Arabic, Kurdish, and Turkish. His biggest hit – “Shlonak” – came to define Iraqi music for decades.
In 1973 he joined the National Ensemble for Folklore and later became a member of the Iraqi Ensemble. In 1977, he entered the Institute of Tonal Studies, specializing in Iraqi maqam singing and playing the violin. After six years, he graduated from the institute and joined the Iraqi Musical Heritage Ensemble, which was founded by Munir Bashir. He died in a traffic accident in Erbil, Iraq on April 7, 2013.
The track “Wallah” / “By God” can be found on the Sublime Frequencies compilation Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Songs from Iraq.
Catalog number 793 on Falcon of Lebanon. No release date listed.
Filed under: Madagascar
This is the first of three singles The Vikings recorded for the Discomad label of Madagascar. Their singer / songwriter – Jeannot Nourma – also recorded a single with D’s Group as his backing band.
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Catalog number 466 387 on Discomad of Madagascar. No release date listed.
Filed under: Singapore
As far as I know, this was the only single by The Atoms.
If this sort of thing tickles your eardrums, I highly recommend tracking down Grey Past‘s “Steam Kodok” and Sublime Frequencies‘ “Singapore A Go Go“. The former of those two compilations opening track is Ali San by The Trailers – which sounds somewhat similar to this song.
If you have any further information about this artist or anything else about this recording, please leave it in the comment section below.
Catalog number TK-1024 on Eagle Record of Singapore. Released 1967.
Filed under: India
♬ Aaji Mote Laagena Nida / ଅଜି ମୋଟେ ଲାଗେନା ନିଡ
I have always been fascinated by languages and fonts – especially non-Latin characters.
There are 22 official languages in India – which does not include English. This record was recorded in Odia – formerly known as Oriya – which is the official language in the eastern state of Odisha.
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Catalog number GRE 1152 on Gathani Records of Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. Released 1983.
Filed under: Sudan
♬ Ayan Ma Tayebouh / عيان ما طيبه (Parts 1 & 2)
According to Discogs, this is the only recording by ᾽Abd al-᾽Aẓīm ᾽Abdallah / عبد العظيم حركة – although I have heard other recordings by him. And, if there is a cover for this single, I have not seen it – which is a shame since these Munsphone singles usually had amazing artwork.
If you have any further information about this artist or anything else about this recording, please leave it in the comment section below. If you can translate Sudanese Arabic, please contact me.
PLEASE NOTE: I have edited Side One and Side Two into one track, attempting to make the transition from Part One and Part Two as seamless as possible.
Catalog number 31-74128 on Munsphone of Khartoum, Sudan. Released 1974.
Filed under: Bolivia
Los Signos formed in La Paz, Bolivia in 1969. Originally founded as Los Mack the year prior, they changed their name when singer Efrain Salazar joined the group. According to their facebook page, the band is still active.
Catalog number SEP-266 on Discos Heriba of La Paz, Bolivia. Released 1976.
Filed under: Cameroon
The only clue as to the origin of this recording is on the label where it says “Afro Soul Jerk sung in Fang”. Fang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.
Recently, Analog Africa released the Cameroon Garage Funk compilation featuring both of the Pierre Didy Tchakounte songs that have been previously posted here.
If you have any further information about Rejolby or his backing band L’Unite Jazz, please leave it in the comment section below.
Catalog number SAF 1740 on Sonafric of Paris, France. Released 1975.
Filed under: South Korea
San Ul Lim / 산울림 formed in 1977. The band – originally called Mui / 무이 – consisted of three brothers Kim Chang-wan / 김창완 (vocal, guitar) Kim Chang-hoon / 김창훈 (bass, guitar) and Kim Chang-ik / 김창익 (drums). Their sister, Kim Nan Suk / 김난석 often played keyboards with the group but is uncredited on the albums.
To the best of my knowledge 개구장이 has not been reissued, unlike the rest of San Ul Lim’s albums.
Catalog number SR-0139 on SRB Records of Seoul, Korea. Released 1979.
Filed under: Turkey
Ali Eker Aydoğan (AKA Derdioklar Ali) was born in the Fethiye town of Malatya. He recorded his first single under the name Derdiyok in 1972. Two years later, he would move to Darmstadt, Germany. In 1979, he met İhsan Güvercin – who was also originally from Malatya – and formed Derdiyoklar İkilisi. They released their first cassette that same year on Türküola – a German label that specialized in Turkish music. The group became popular among the Turkish population in Germany in the 1980s for their theatrical stage shows and for their songs against xenophobia in Germany.
TürkofonGmbH has reissued this album and it is available on bandcamp. For some reason they cut the extended intro off of “Seherde Bir Bağa Girdim” and omitted “Dert Deryası (Enstrumantal)”.
Catalog number 1153 on Türküola of Köln, Germany. Released 1979.
