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v/a - guitars of the golden triangle: folk and pop music from myanmar (burma) vol 2 - sublime frequencies - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: World - Misc

1. Saing Saing Maw - Than Shin Ley Ye Khan
2. Saing Saing Maw - Lake Thay Mah Shoke
3. Saing Saing Maw - Lah Ley Cham
4. Khun Kan Chwain - Naung Ywe
5. Lashio Thein Aung - A Girl Among Girls
6. Lashio Thein Aung - Don't Say Goodbye
7. Khun Paw Yann - Sequence 1
8. Khun Kaung Kay Maung - Nga Ley
9. Saing Saing Maw - Lam Lah Lo May Shoke
10. Khun Paw Yann - Sequence 2
11. Khun Kan Chwain - Nan Pohn Sah
12. Saing Saing Maw -Lam Sai-Tahlo
13. Nan Phin Sar - Mu Nohn Taan
14. Khun Paw Yann - Hopes And Goals
15. Unknown Radio Broadcast From Shan State
16. Saing Saing Maw - Khin Kam
17. Khun Paw Yann - Sequence 3
18. Lashio Thein Aung - Mistake Of A Small Bird
19. Khun Hla Maung Law - Moon
20. Lashio Thein Aung - You Got What You Got
21. Saing Saing Maw - Finale

OFFICIAL RSD 2017 release. Limited double LP vinyl gatefold edition of the long out-of-print CD from 2005 compiled by Alan Bishop .

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Never before presented or heard outside a minority of the Burmese community, this unbelievable collection of raw garage rock, psychedelia, folk, blues, and country music is a product of Shan and Pa'o musicians hailing from Myanmar's largest province of Shan State - an area larger than the entire state of New York expanding across sub-tropic tablelands with an average elevation of 3000 feet, perfect for the cultivation of poppies for which it is very well known (in fact and fiction) as the center of the "Golden Triangle". Discover the music of Lashio Thein Aung (AKA "Jimmy Jack" and the "Burmese Texan"), Khun Paw Yann (a "Black Shan" Pa'o rocker), and Saing Saing Maw - the original Shan legend who wrote and sang garage psych rock songs, backed by a tight unit of organ, bass, drums, and perhaps the most stinging electric guitar in Burmese history. There is little reliable information about these mysterious pioneers and many Burmese have never heard any of these tracks. The tracks on this double LP set are from the 1970s and 1980s and are almost impossible to find in any form or quality. They were transferred directly from old cassette tapes and a few cuts have dropouts (some of them quite severe). Most of the master tapes are thought to have been lost or destroyed many years ago so these recordings may be the only link to a phenomenal and forgotten era of Southeast Asian music history and therefore essential for anyone interested in folk, rock and pop styles from lesser-known regions of the globe. Also features: Khun Kan Chwain , Khun Kaung Kay Maung , Nan Phin Sar , and Khun Hla Maung Law .