Filed under: Cameroon
Not entirely sure if this artist is Thomas For or Tom Dollar. Maybe Tom Dollar is his stage name? Either way Thomas/Tom did not release any other records. His backing band – Lus Ducs – did release one other single. All I know is that the person who clued me on this record said it was from Cameroon. Beyond that I got nothin’…
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Catalog number SAF 1639 on Sonafric of France. Released 1974.
Filed under: India
♬ Aap Ko Pahle Bhi-Tum Haseen Main Jawan
Vipin Reshamia – also seen as Reshammiya – is from India.
He is credited as being the first music director to incorporate electronic instruments into Indian film music under the baton of music composers such as Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Shankar-Jaikishan. He is also the father of singer and actor Himesh Reshammiya. He has worked with several music directors such as R. D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Shankar Jaikishan and his son Himesh.
Vipin released two singles – one in 1969 and one in 1970 – both titled Musiguns and contain covers of film songs performed on the organ.
Catalog number EMOE 2013 on Odeon / EMI of India. Released 1970.
Filed under: Singapore
Siti Zaiton & The Twilites were part of the Yeh-Yeh Pop movement in Malaysia in the 1960s.
Siti Zaino recorded one other single with The Twilites, one with The Firebyrds, one with The Hornets, and a fifth single that does not list the banking band. Besides the two singles The Twilites recorded with Siti, they recorded three more singles with a singer who went by the name Zam Zam.
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Catalog number 437866 PE on Philips of Singapore. Releases 1968.
Filed under: Turkey
Cengiz Coşkuner was – and to the best of knowledge, still is – from Turkey.
His father was a violinist. When he saw the talent in his son, he had a small violin made. Cengiz received private violin lessons until the age of 10. Then he became interested in the guitar. This time, his father bought him a second-hand guitar. He started at the music conservatory while he was still in high school. Since there was no guitar department at the conservatory, he studied in the trumpet, double bass and piano. On weekends, he would play guitar at weddings. Later, he formed the Cengiz Coşkuner Orchestra.
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Catalog number 1013 on Elenor Plak of Turkey. Released 1974.
Filed under: Panama
Whereas there are a number of bands called Los Kiwis, this one from Panama was THE one. They recorded two singles and then disappeared.
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Catalog number ECH-850 on Loyola Records of Costa Rica. No release date listed.
Filed under: Angola
I first became aware of Conjunto África Show on Analog Africa’s second volume of Angolan music entitled Angola Soundtrack 2 – Hypnosis, Distorsions & Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978.
The band was founded in 1968 by José Massano Júnior (vocals and drums) with Alberto Teta Lando (vocals and guitar), Zeca Tyrilene (bass), Tony Galvão (organ), Joaquim Amaral (dikanza) and António Miguel Imperial (guitar). During their short six year run, they released 15 singles – all on the Angolan label N’gola.
Catalog number NGA 104 on N’gola of Angola. No release date listed.
Filed under: Brunei
My knowledge of the music scene in Brunei has always been pretty limited. What little information I do know has been gleaned from the handful of records that I have – and the covers to those records tend to have more questions than answers. This one is a prime example: Was everybody from Brunei? Or just the band Brothers 5? Or Mariam Abdulla? Or was it just Muhammed-Hj. Yassin?
Well, as luck would have it, I have recently been in contact with Ross Laird. He is the author of the book From Keroncong to Xinyao: The Record industry in Singapore 1903-1985 – and is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of the music of Southeast Asia. Here’s what he had to say:
It was not uncommon for singers from Brunei recording in Singapore to be backed by local bands. I suppose it was expensive for artists from Brunei to travel to Singapore and they sometimes came on their own and made records backed by Singapore bands. There were no recording studios in Brunei at that time, so all artists from there had to come to Singapore. However, the records were definitely marketed in Brunei (as well as Singapore) and I think they mention Brunei for that reason.
As for this record, it was probably just Muhammed-Hj. Yassin who was from Brunei.
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Catalog number URE-504 on Union Record of Malaysia. Release 1970.
Filed under: Egypt
I was thinking about posting Hany Mehanna‘s cassette only release Rawayie al Musiqaa Altaswirih / روائع الموسيقى التصويريه (cover pictured above) for the 400th post, but then Souma Records released Music for Airplanes – which contains seven the twelve song from that cassette. So, I ended up posted the Magdy el Hosseini record and tapes instead.
But then I found a whole bunch more of Mehanna’s cassette only releases. And yes, many of the best tracks off of those are also on Music for Airplanes. But there is still A LOT of great music on those tapes. You can find that music HERE.
Catalog numbers TC3 and TC6 on Golden Cassette of Cairo, Egypt, HEC 1372 on H.E.C. from the United Arab Emirates, 2859 on Quttus and WE 304 on WAV from… Who knows? No release dates listed.
Filed under: Dahomey
The only information I have been able to find is that the singer’s name was Lay José. They released one other single for the legendary Albarika Store label and one on the Daho-Disco Ambiance label. But other than that? Nada.
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Catalog number ASB 187 on Albarika Store of Porto Novo, Dahomey. No release date listed.
Filed under: Indonesia
Muchsin Alatas was born in Makassar, Indonesia on February 3rd, 1943.
He got his start singing in the Sriwidjaja Group and the Gita Bahari group. Around the same time, he started acting. His first film Maut Mendjelang Magrib – which was released 1963. He soon met Titiek Sandhora and they recorded numerous recordings together and acted in many films together. They were married in 1972. Six years later, they founded Muchsin-Shandora Film Company.
Even though they are no longer active in making albums and acting in films, Muchsin and Titiek still frequently appear on several television shows to this day.
Catalog number SE 1001 on Senirama. Released 1972.
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