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v/a - molam, thai country groove from isan - sublime frequencies - vinyl

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Genre: World - Misc - Thai

1. Chiwit Sao Molam (Life of a Molam Woman)
2. Pleng Peebah (Crazy Song)
3. Pleng Keh Sam Sip Sam Natee (33 Second Song)
4. Oaipon Tahan Chaiden (Sending My Love to the Border Soldier)
5. Wasana Gam Par (Could You Love Me?)
6. Ahn Nai? (Which One?)
7. Molam Sing Tao Bahn Phun (Legendary Man of Bahn Phun)
8. Pua Mao Mea Mao (Husband Drunk, Wife Drunk)
9. Lam Phun Eun Sai (I Call For You)
10. Ruk Mai Somwong (Broken Heart - So Let's Dance)
11. Lam Phun Keaogan (Year of Famine)
12. Lam Thuy Ying Mora (Don't Accuse Me)
13. Ruk Pee Deh Bun Mai Terng (Love the Man I Could Never Have)
14. Sao Noi Makaleng (Young Girl From Makaleng)
15. Seangkhuan Jak Sao Nong Khai (Nong Khai Girl's Lament)
16. Soong Nam Dondhan Dodhan Saliga (The Sparrow and the Waterfall) (Khaen and Soong instrumental duet)
17. Yung Phen Soed (I'm Still Available)
18. Lam Phun Songlao Mao Ganja (Ganja Better Than Booze)
19. Mai Ow Mai Ow (Don't Want, Don't Want - Marriage? No Way!)
20. Sop Na Kap Mon (Cry Into the Pillow)
21. Tzung Puthao Hua Tokmon (The Old Man and the Bad Pillow) (Soong Solo instrumental)

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Double LP reissue of the long out-of-print classic CD first released in 2004 -- the first modern electrified Molam recordings from the 1970s ever presented outside Thailand. TIP!!

Molam is a multi-faceted folk music native to Laos and the predominantly rural Northeastern region of Thailand known as Isan, home to myriad ethnic groups and provinces, and once a part of present-day Laos.

The classic recordings featured here are selections from rare vinyl LPs, 45s and cassettes recorded in Isan and beyond between the 1970s and 1980s. This was a pivotal time when music of the region began to be electrified and integrated with Western instruments, when electric bass, effected guitars, electric organs, kit drums and horns played alongside the khaen and the phin. Molam had never sounded this way before -- and due to the typically ephemeral nature of the music industry and the introduction of the modern keyboard work-station, molam will never sound like this again. This vinyl 2LP edition comes housed in a full-color heavy duty gatefold jacket with gorgeous original artwork and liner notes. Compiled by Alan Bishop and Mark Gergis