Awww, yeah - here comes archive show #61, probably my favorite show so far!  Yes, Radio Bastet meets Mr. Smooth - and they really hit it off!  In case you didn't know, Mr. Smooth is my husband Byron.  On The Mr. Smooth Show, he presents the best of the space age bachelor pad music of the 1950's and 60's.  There are many points at which exotica and Middle East intersect, and on this joint program he and I explore some of those crossroads.  It was a blast to do (unfortunately we lost our final voice-over closing track!), and we plan on doing at least one more show together!  In the meantime, raise a glass of your favorite potent potable and shimmy 'round the bachelor pad!

1.  FRANK CHACKSFIELD & HIS ORCHESTRA

Caravan - 2:40

from the album In The Mystic East, 1957

2.  EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA WITH THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA

Jazz in Port Said - 3:24

from the album Ameraba - Music With The New Amer-Abic Sound, 1962

3.  THE MARKKO POLO ADVENTURERS

The Girl Friend of a Whirling Dervish - 2:26

from the album Orienta, 1959

4.  GUS VALI & HIS ORCHESTRA

Charade - 2:18

from the album Motion Picture Music For Belly Dancers, 1965

5.  EARTHA KITT WITH HENRI RENE & HIS ORCHESTRA

Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale - 3:09

from the album That Bad Eartha, 1956

6.  EDDIE LAYTON AT THE HAMMOND ORGAN

Caravan - 2:53

from the album Caravan, 1956

7.  ARTIE BARSAMIAN & HIS ORCHESTRA

Nene Aman - 3:02

from the album More Belly Dance - Music of the Middle East, 1963

8.  JERRY FIELDING & HIS ORCHESTRA

The Uplifted Veil of a Downhearted Frail - 2:39

from the album Near East Brass...West Coast Style, 1967

9.  IRV COTTLER

Arab Dance - 3:41

from the album Around the World in Percussion, 1961

1. ENOCH LIGHT & HIS ORCHESTRA

Istanbul - 2:00

from the album Far Away Places Volume 2, 1963

1. THE SHEIK'S MEN

Caravan - 3:12

from the album The Belly Dancer, 1961

1. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA

Mocha Jazz - 1:55

from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963

1. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS

Boom Boom - 2:34

from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

1. SONNY LESTER & HIS ORCHESTRA

Rebecca from Mecca - 2:41

from the album After Hours Middle East, 1963

1. SONNY LESTER - HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS

Queens Night Out - 2:26

from the album Little Egypt Presents: How To Belly Dance For Your Husband, 1968

1. THE VENTURES

Caravan - 2:08

from the album Walk Don't Run, 1960

1. HORST WENDE & HIS ORCHESTRA

My Beautiful Beloved (Ah Ya Zein) - 3:03

from the album Oriental Caravan - Exotic Melodies of the Middle East, 1957

1. THE THREE SUNS

In a Persian Market - 3:11

from the album High Fi and Wide, 1956

1. MOHAMMED EL-BAKKAR & HIS ORIENTAL ENSEMBLE

Cha Cha Pharonic (Cha Cha of the Pharoah) - 3:16

from the album The Magic Carpet: Music of the Middle East Vol. 4, 1958

1. LES BAXTER & HIS ORCHESTRA

A Night with Cleopatra - 4:42

from the album The Primitive And The Passionate, 1961

1. THE JOHN BUZON TRIO

Caravan - 2:37

from the album Inferno!, 1959

1. THE BIG EDDIE ADAMIS ORCHESTRA

Baladi Ya Baladi - 1:52

from the album Middle East Goes Modern, 1963

1. ELIAS & ZIAD RAHBANI

Nadia's Dance (La Danse de Nadia) - 3:18

from the album Belly Dance Fever, 1979

(*Marisa's note: During the break I identify the subtitle of this tune as "Raksat Hobb"; D'OH, wrong tune!)

1. SHAY TORRENT ON THE MIGHTY WURLITZER

Danse Orientale - 2:03

from the album Organ Melodies In Hi-Fi, 1956

1. ESQUIVEL & HIS ORCHESTRA

Scheherezade - 3:54

from the album Strings Aflame, 1959