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Label: PHARAWAY SOUNDS

Release date: 14/04/2013

Barcode: 4040824083175

Catalog no.: PHSCD0000010

Item ID: 384382

Khosh Amadid, friends, to this 4th volume in a series of compilations highlighting fiercely rare 45s from Tehran's pre-revolutionary golden age. Vivacious ladies with sassy Dorothy Hamill haircuts and skin-bearing pantsuits were once plastered across Tehran's newsstands. Those gorgeous sirens and their hunky male counterparts made all the teens sway to hand drums that boinked in 6/8 time. Plush brass & string arrangements took their cues from Latin grooves, psychedelic guitars, ritzy soundtracks, and sugary pop from the West. Within months of the 1979 Islamic revolution, pop music was labeled a symbol of the previous regime and became illegal overnight. In those same months, it also became illegal for women to be in public without conforming to the hijab dress code. By hook and crook, these little round records survived, and they attest to a time when Tehran's homegrown and exiled populations would have been united in an easygoing love for funk bass & buzzing synthesizers. Hear the tunes that rivaled the hits of Googoosh & Kourosh by singers who only recorded a few precious singles, but dont think for a minute that Tehran's nightingales have run out of surprises for your ears. The discoveries are just beginning.
Tracks:
01 ZIA - Helelyos
02 FARROKHZAD - Avazekhan Na Avaz
03 SHOHREH - Del
04 SHAMAIZADEH - Agar Bekhai Mitooni
05 NOOSHAFARIN - Gole Aftabgardoon
06 ZIA - Kermani
07 AZITA - Yaare Chaghalo
08 SHAHROKH - Koolehbaar
09 SHAMAIZADEH - Be Man Tekyeh Kon
10 BETI - Hele Dan Dan
11 AZITA - Baba Heydar
12 SATTAR - Sedayeh Del
13 SOLI Feat. NELI - Tasvire Yek Fasl
14 AFSHIN - Tarhe Khoshbakhti
15 SHOREH - Omadi
16 MAZIAR - Mahigir.

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