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Waiting For Your Return Part I
'A Shidaiqu Anthology 1927-1952, Pt. 1' - Shidaiqu literally means "songs of the era", a term used to describe a hybrid musical genre that first began permeating through the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai in the late 1920's. Blending western pop, jazz, blues and Hollywood-inspired film soundtracks with traditional Chinese elements, the shidaiqu represented a musical and cultural merging that would go on to shape a golden age of Chinese popular song & film in the pre-communism interwar period. 'Waiting For Your Return' brings together a wide collection of recordings for an anthological overview of the style. TRACKS: 01. Li Minghui - The Drizzle 02. Zhang Fan - Fly All Over The Field 03. Li Li-Hua & Yan Hua - A Thousand Birds Facing The Phoenix 04. Zhou Xuan - Age Of Bloom 05. Bai Guang - Waiting For Your Return 06. Wu Yingyin - The Moonlight Sends My Lovesickness Across A Thousand Miles 07. Wang Renmei - Song Of The Fishermen 08. Yao Lee & Yao Min - Congratulations, Congratulations 09. Bai Hong - Suzhou Nocturne 10. Zhou Xuan & Han Langen - Mahjong Classic 11. Yao Lee - Lovesick Tears 12. Gong Qiuxia - The Girl By The Autumn Water 13. Yuan Meiyun - The Most Beautiful Boy 14. Zhou Xuan & Yan Hua - New Life Of Love 15. Yao Lee & Yao Min - Oh, Susan 16. Du Jie - Chinese New Year Song 17. Zhang Jing, Zhou Xuan & Li Mingjian - Bells 18. Qu Yunyun - Simple Life 19. Liu Qi - Tired Of Dancing 20. Bai Guang - Expectation