Filed under: Madagascar
Les Requins were from Diego Suarez, Madagascar. They recorded six singles for the Discomad label.
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If you would like to hear the flip side of this single, you can find it on the Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Instagram account HERE.
Catalog number 466 503 on Discomad of Madagascar. No release date listed.
Filed under: Thailand
♬ Kill 1 Pig / ฆ่าหมูตาย 1 ตัว
Many years ago, I bought this single for the A side: Soreng Santi / สรวง สันติ – ”Dub Fai Kui Gun” / ”ดับไฟคุยกัน”. For some reason, I never bothered to listen to the other side until about a year or so ago. Needless to say, I was surprised to hear Led Zeppelin’s “Living Loving Maid”. And then I translated the title… How hasn’t this song been included in one of the 100 or so Thai compilations out there?
As for Rayrai Na Koratch / เรไร ณ โคราช… I have not been able to find anything. 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 MK 08 on Mon Muangnue / มนต์ เมืองเหนือ. No Release date listed.
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Since this posting, I have been contacted by the ever helpful Peter Doolan of Monrakplengthai. Here’s what he had to say:
Rerai Na Khorat (“of Khorat”) was, unsurprisingly, from Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima) in Thailand’s northeast. she was a breakout star in Chai Muangsing‘s group, her specialty being female “answer-songs” to hits by male artists. She is now in her early 70s, and still lives in Khorat, where she runs a restaurant. She still occasionally gets back on-stage, such as last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Chai’s band.
Filed under: Iran
Abbas Mehrpouya / عباس مهرپویا was born in Tehran, Iran on July 27, 1927
Long before Grey Past released the “Raks Raks Raks” compilation or Finders Keepers released the “Pomegranates” compilation, my first introduction to Persian music was a CD-R I got from a guy in the Netherlands. The record cover above was used as the cover for that disc. Since that time, many Irani compilations and re-issues have been released – most notably is Mehpouya’s “Sitar” album.
This song is unique since it starts with Johann Sebastian Bach‘s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor“.
Unlike most of the artists I have covered, there is plenty of information about Abbas Mehrpouya available. There is a Wikipedia page, but it is in Farsi. There is also a website – also in Farsi and the text cannot be converted in an online translator. There is an excellent article about the man on The Persian Mag website in English with some amazing pictures from his travels around the world – and an outtake from the photo session for the record cover above.
Catalog number SARE-1027 Ahang Rooz of Iran. Released 1973.
Filed under: Macau
The Thunders / Os Trovōes were from the former Portuguese territory of Macau. They recorded four singles – this one being their first.
There is a very extensive post on the history of the band that you can find HERE.
Catalog number CHK-1037 on Columbia of Hong Kong. Released 1968.
Filed under: Ethiopia
♬ Fikrishin Kelkiyiw / ፍቅርሽን ከልክዪው
Tamrat Ferengi was born in the Welega Province of Ethiopia in 1951. He started as trumpet player in the Soul Ekos Band but went on to release two singles on the Kaifa label as a singer. He recorded in Amharic and Oromo. On this single, he is accompanied by the Sensation Band.
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Catalog number KF 41 on Kaifa Records of Ethiopia. Released 1977.
Filed under: Trinidad & Tobago
♬ The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Group Solo were from the Woodbrook district of Port of Spain – the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago. The band was led by organist Robert Bailey – who would go on to be a founding member of Osibisa.
The band recorded four singles for the Atman label and two for a label called Michelle. Besides this Ennio Morricone cover, they also covered “You Only Live Twice“, “Spooky“, and Booker T. & The M.G.’s “Hip Hug-Her“.
Catalog number ATM-58 on Atman Records of Trinidad & Tobago. No release date listed
Filed under: Lebanon
Alain Abadie was from Beirut, Lebanon.
He recorded three singles between 1973 and 1974 – this one being his last. He also had a small role in the French slapstick comedy “Les Quatre Charlots Mousquetaires”. He died in Israel in 2019. And that is all I have been able to find on him.
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Catalog number RF 234 on Société Libanaise du Disque of Beirut, Lebanon. Released 1974.
Filed under: Ghana
Brothers Eric and George Ashey were, to the best off my knowledge, from Ghana.
They recorded five singles of their proto-New Wave, using electric guitar, synth and a drum machine in the mid-70s. But beyond that, there is no information available.
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Catalog number CRS 0587 on Coret Records of Ghana. No release date listed.
Filed under: Indonesia
Inneke Kusumawat was a pop singer from Jakarta, Indonesia.
She recorded at least 11 albums and 4 singles. Her backing band – Band De Galaxies – only recorded one album and one single. Bother was backing Inneke Kusumawat. And whereas I cannot tell you much about Inneke Kusumawat, I do know that Jopie Item was the guitarist for Band De Galaxies. Jopie Item – who has been covered many times previously on this site – played in Band 4 Nada, Eka Septa and Trio Bintang.
Catalog number SCEP 56012 on Canary Records of Malaysia. Released 1971.
Filed under: Pakistan
Master Manzoor – who’s real name was Manzoor Hussain – was from Lahore, Pakistan.
His father was Fazal Hussain, who was a renowned sarangi player. He had four sons. Manzoor was the eldest. The youngest was Altaf Hussain – not to be confused by the politician of the same name – was better know as Ustad Tafo of the Tafo Brothers.
NOTE: The A side of my copy of the single has a huge gash in the vinyl. I edited another recording I was able to find online. So the last 42 seconds of the track “Title Music” is unfortunately a much poorer sound quality.
Catalog number 7KCE 5002 on Columbia of Pakistan. Released 1972.
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