Various Rangarang 2cd

2cd
2011/197x
new
Finally, a swank collection of Pre-Khomeni Tehran pop singles to help put all those claims about Googoosh & Kourosh in context. Persian music was mostly classical singers until the early 1950s, but by the mid 1960s there were gay poets with tv variety shows, or oud players who traveled to study with Ravi Shankar, or Charlie Chaplin imitators making records. Child prodigies learned acting/singing/tap dancing from their parents just like Sammy Davis Jr., celebrities got embroiled in scandals, and the ladies changed their hair color and styles so often that Pouran seems like she might be 20 different women. Snakey melodies and cheap production techniques abound, and notes are great. Couldn't ask for much more than a melody stolen from the Crystals re-set over slightly new chords to make it seem even more curly. Tracklisting: Fereidoon Farrokhzad-Aashianehh, Neli-Do Parandeh, Mehrpouya-Dokhtare Shab, Leila Forouhar-Moama, Afshin Moghaddan-Gharibooneh, Pooran-Ey Vallah, Shohreh-Omadi, Habib-Gheseye Rooze Siah, Pooran-Shahre Paiz, Kourosh Yaghmaei-Khaar, Hamid Shabkihiz-Asemoni, Googoosh-Age Bemooni, Simin Ghanem-Lanehe Moor, Pooran-Viroon Beshi Ay Del, Dariush-Daad Az in Del, Leila Forouhar-Kalaghaye Khabarchin, Ahmad Zahir-Tang Ast Dilam, Googoosh-Age Mishod Che Mishod, Habib-Bi To Man, Hassan Khayatbashi-Goftam Be Chashm, Beti-Bikasi, Leila Forouhar-Hamparvaz, Aref-Negaham Kon, Giti-Tarsam Az Eshgh, Simin Ghanem-Abre Payizi, Hamid Shabkhiz-Asheghi Doroughe, Leila Forouhar-Yek Nafas Atre To Bas, Neli-Hobab.