Sunday, 6 May 2012

va - Mounaw'at Lubnanieh (منوعـات لبنـانيـة) - Lebanese Varieties Vol. 3: Suzana


My lil' brother scored this tape from an obscur shop some time ago - I play it over and over again in my car since then. The thing is I don't have sufficient education to decypher the names of songs or singers, or of the compilation itself. Even the fact that it comes from Lebanon was only deduced by the presence on the sleeve of the green cedar. If anyone can help decode a few words (the title at least) from the cover above, I would be very grateful.

Get it here.

* So we now got all the info thanks to Pr. Hammer, who solved the mystery in record time. Read through the comments for all of it.

Side-A:
01.) Suzana - Carl S.
02.) Laila Ya Laila (Laila, Oh Laila) - Tony Abu-Judeh.
03.) Ashrah, Iedash, T'nash (Ten (o'clock) , Eleven, Twelve) - Melhem Barakat & The Rahbani Brothers.
04.) Sa'alouni Eiouni A'anak (My Eyes Asked Me, Where Are You) - Muna Farid.
05.)Salma Ya Salama (Happy Trails And Farewell) - Afaf Dagher.

Side-B:
01.) Oumri Kan (My Life's Wasted) - Mohammed Sharif.
02.) Haddi A'asabak (Relax) - Albert Farhan.
03.) Battal A'ajebha (She Feels Haughty Now) - Nazieh El-Moughrabi.
04.) Ya Asmar (Oh Dark-Skinned One) - George Karam.
05.) (Hal) Kadabeh (This Liar) - Yousef Harfous.

Talking about Pr. Hammer, I highly recommend you check his encyclopedic paper about Cheb Khaled.

Thank you for everything, Sir.

5 comments:

  1. Hammer6 May 2012 at 17:05

    Sawt Beirut/ VoB 804 - Tareq Abdellah & Co. - Cairo (CC date is around 1978-1979).

    Track-List:

    Side-A:
    01.) Suzana - Carl S.
    02.) Leili Ya Leili (Night, O'Night) - Tony Abu-Judeh.
    03.) Ashrah, Iedash, T'nash (Ten (o'clock) , Eleven, Twelve) - Melhem Barakat & The Rahbani Brothers.
    04.) Sa'alouni Eiouni A'anak (My Eyes Asked Me, Where Are You) - Muna Farid.
    05.)Salma Ya Salama (Happy Trails And Farewell) - Afaf Dagher.

    Side-B:
    01.) Oumri Kan (My Life's Wasted) - Mohammed Sharif.
    02.) Haddi A'asabak (Relax) - Albert Farhan.
    03.) Battal A'ajebha (She Feels Haughty Now) - Nazieh El-Moughrabi.
    04.) Ya Asmar (Oh Dark-Skinned One) - George Karam.
    05.) (Hal) Kadabeh (This Liar) - Yousef Harfous.

    Mystery unveiled. Casstte is one in an 5 series that were issued concurrently, one after another back in Beirut, Lebanon in the late 70's.

    Cool sounds. Danke.

    H.H.

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  2. Hammer6 May 2012 at 17:09

    Oh, and the title...
    Mounaw'at Lubnanieh (منوعـات لبنـانيـة) - Lebanese Varieties.

    Guess this rhymes well?

    Dig.

    H.H.

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  3. Hammer6 May 2012 at 18:42

    Listening now, I found that Track Number #2 is actually Laila Ya Laila (Laila, Oh Laila). The two words in Arabic have the same letters.

    Anyways, more on the title:

    Mounaw'at Lubnanieh (منوعـات لبنـانيـة) - Lebanese Varieties. Vol. 3: SUZANA.

    Note: Track Number #4 is a remake of Greek fatso singer Ντέμης Ρούσος (Demis Roussos) song 'Faraway'. This mid-70's song was very popular in the Middle-East in that period, and Greek music (along with Turkish Pop) were very often remade using Arabic lyrics.

    Rawkin' good on ma cans at the mo'!

    [||-_-||]

    H.H.

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  4. Anonymous8 May 2012 at 13:29

    Thank you :-)for this and all the time spent..
    Pretty damn cool.
    M

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  5. Unknown12 June 2012 at 08:35

    Played Suzana by Carl S on my radio show this week - listen on demand @ http://www.subcity.org/shows/choon/b33d2/ - Many thanks for the amazing chOOns!!

    Mr chOOn!!

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