Various To Scratch Your Heart 2cd

2cd
2010/190x-193x
new
Diaphanous plumes of a world buried under a hundred years of grime. Let it all go wafting past your face with this collection of graceful performances culled from Turkish 78s. Honest Jon's raids of the EMI Hayes vaults means that these performers are a half-generation older & mostly unknown, even to serious collectors. The end of the Turkish War of Independence, which ran in the aftermath of WWI, caused a sudden urban germination that went along with the new sense of nationalism. Music from bars, folk songs & classical styles of the recently-defunct court cross-cultivated all over Istanbul throughout the 20s. Tracklisting: Udi Neset Bey-Setaraban Taksim, Selamikli Apti Efendi-Sende Acep, Agyazar Efendi-Murat Kendarina, Eyyubi Mustafa Sunar Bey-Evc Ara Taksim, Hafiz Cemal Bey-Feryat, Fikriye Hanim-Ateslik Eder, Hafiz Asir Efendi-Kesik Kerem, Udi Nevres Bey-Aksam Oldu, Eyyubi Mustafa Sunar Bey-Huzzam Taksim, Aleko Bacanos Efendi-Segah Taksim, Muserref Hanim-Kim Derdi Ki, Kamil Efendi-Hicaz Taksim 1, Hafiz Sami-Derdime Vakif Degilim, Nubar Bey and Ibrahim Bey-Hicazkar Pesrev, Hafiz Mahmut Bey-Bulbuln Ezeli, Emin Taninmis Efendi-Rast Taksim, Neyzen Tevfik Efendi-Huseyni Taksim, Udi Neset Bey-Nihavent Taksim, Balikesirli Tanburi Fuat Bey and Nezihe Hanim-Ninni, Nafi Bey-Derdime Vakif Degilim, Kanuni Artaki Efendi-Sehnaz Taksim, Munir Nurettin Bey-Madem Ki Vardi Hicran, Yozgatli Hafiz Suleyman Bey-Ben Nasil Ah Etmeyeyim, Tanburi Ibraham Bey-Huzzam Taksim, Hafiz Cemal Bey-Yare Varsin, Anastas Efendi-Nihavent Taksim, Udi Marko Colakogul Efendi-Hacer-ul Esved Imis, Yorgo Bacanos-Huseyni Taksim, Belkis Hanim-Eyvah O Benim Talihime, Refik Fersan Bey-Milli Yegah Taksim, Sevket Bey-Huseyni Kuzu, Eyyubi Mustafa Sunar Bey-Hicaz Taksim.