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banyen rakkaen - lam phloen world-class: the essential banyen rakkaen - em records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: World - Misc - Thai

1. Spinning Cotton on a Full Moon Night
2. Lam Phloen to Soothe the Heart
3. Promise of March
4. Lam Phloen World-class
5. I Won't Move
6. Lam Yao Salab Toei
7. Toei from the Heart
8. Lam Phloen Bar Girl Banyen
9. Lam Phloen I Don't Love You
10. Whose Guy Is It?
11. Lam Phloen Daen Isan
12. Lam Toei Salab Chak

An exciting collection from pioneering Thai molam idol Banyen Rakkaen, featuring her most thrilling performances from the early to mid-70s, with innovative genre-bending arrangements and production from Thepphabut Satirodchomphu.

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These tracks, all originally released on 7-inch vinyl, showcase her powerful yet alluring voice, revolutionary yet rooted in tradition. Her exciting performance style was revolutionary and shocked traditionalists, but none could dispute the fact that she was a truly gifted singer, and Theppabut’s visionary production skills added to the feeling of freshness and vitality. The early 1970s saw a growing demand in Thailand for exciting and danceable music, and the recordings compiled in this release filled that demand perfectly. Banyen was one of the great singers of that era who propelled Isan music to nationwide popularity. A true star who in 2013 was designated a living national treasure, Banyen stole hearts with these hard-driving hits, while inspiring a new generation of aspiring singers.