Mugglestone Hi-Fi MOROCCAN TOURISM GUIDE+ EXTENDED LISTENING

With a little help from fellow crate diggers and wax poets I obtained some amazing artifacts while cruising around Casablanca.  The very famous Disques Gam and Le Comptoir Marocain de Distribution de Disques provided me with some truly unforgettable tracks that speak to the diversity of Moroccan music and culture.  From the hauntingly psychedelic organ of Abdou El Omari to the Berber Rwais music (see the extended listening for more) to the almost 7 minute long twist song of Abdelwahab Doukkali and the "Moroccan Rolling Stones" Jil Jilali, this mix is a musical journey that will leave you wanting more.  So, I have made a massive "Extended Listening" section for people that want to dig a little deeper.  

Track Listing::>

01. Abdou El Omari- Fatine
02. Jil Jilala- Rifia
03. Hawa Hadaoua- Yami Yami
04. Abdelhadi Belkyat- El Kamr El Ahmar Pt. 1
05. Abdelwahab Doukkali- Twist Iway T'koussi Chaarek Twist
06. Hamid Zahir- Bara
07. Nass El Ghiwane- Mezzine M'dihek
08. Cheikh Rouicha Mohamed- Taazhat Ghouri
09. Unknown- Disques Gam 103
10. Haj M. B. Yahia Outznaght- Al Mahchar
11. Abdou El Omari- Layali Saif
12. Unknown- Izenkade
13. Unknown- Awad Aït Zaltane Pt. 2
14. Jil Jilala- Al Kouds

Here is the .zip

EXTENDED LISTENING

RWAIS MIX::>

I picked up a lot of records that from what I can determine is called Rwais music, mainly played on the Rebab (the fiddle seen above).  Here is a great article explaining the significance of this genre.  I tried to name the tracks as accurately as possible but most of the records are exclusively in Arabic.  

Track Listing::>

01. R. H. Elmahdi Ben M'Bark- Part 1

02. R. H. Elmahdi Ben M'Bark- Part 2

03. R. Haj Omar Wahrouch- Part 1

04. R. Haj Omar Wahrouch- Part 2

05. Rais Hmad Amentag- Imik Aiga Dhab Pt 1

06. Rais Hmad Amentag- Imik Aiga Dhab Pt 2

07. Rais Md Damsiri- Assif Nait Hadi

08. Rais Md Damsiri- Ikalm Dalkoursi

09. Rais Mohamed Baamrani- Roihait Azine Anmoune

10. Rais Mohamed Baamrani- Zaid Aouddi Chour

Here is he .zip

ABDELHADI BELKYAT- El Kamar El Ahmar Pts. 1-4

Abdelhadi Belkyat is a Moroccan singer and actor.  I included part 1 of this 2-record set in the Moroccan Tourism Guide, but thought all of it is amazing and worth uploading.  The lush orchestration seems very influenced by the Egyptian Sono Cairo, but his voice is unique and unforgettable.  

Here is the .zip

ABDOU EL OMARI- Nuits D'Été

I included the first record (Fatine/Layali Saif) on the Tourism Guide, but the second record is just as striking.  His psychedelic organ boogaloo sound cannot really be compared with anything I have heard before.  Both records are on Disques Gam.  A lot of people have posted a track of his hear and thar, but I thought it nice to give a neat little .zip of all 4 tracks I could find...

Here is the .zip

Mugglestone Hi-Fi LEASE ON LIFE MIX

A while back a friend let me borrow her copy of Barbara's first LP, she is from Nantes, and told me the heart-wrenching story of the song (see track 8).  I fell in love immediately with her honest and powerful voice, and listened to the record on repeat for months.  When at Record Palace in Amsterdam I finally found the single, as well as the North African records on the mix and the Leonard Cohen, which I never believed to be on single, but thanks to the Altman movie "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", CBS Holland decided to make a French version of the single (?).  The rest...well I could go on, but you better just get into it--though I have to say thanks to Light In The Attic for all of the amazing Lee Hazlewood reissues!


Track Listing::>

01. Muir Mathiason- Vertigo Prelude
02. Leonard Cohen- The Stranger Song
03. Captain Beefheart- Abba Zaba
04. Louis Armstrong- Go Down Moses
05. Hoda Sultan- Leih Shaghelni
06. Sonny Terry & Guitar Slim- Saturday Evening
07. The Human League- Being Boiled
08. Barbara- Nantes
09. The Woodchucks- Angry Generation
10. Adriano Celentano- Prisencolinensinainciusol
11. Birth Control- Gamma Ray Part 2
12. The Kinks- A Well Respected Man
13. Muddy Waters- Honey Bee
14. Mazouni- Tu N'est Plus Comme Avant
15. Jane Birkin- Ex-Fan Des Sixties
16. The Soft Boys- Vegetable Man
17. Ennio Morricone- Mercenario
18. Jerry Reed- East Bound And Down
19. El Bar Amar- Hallekni Tarras
20. The Walker Brothers- Lines

Here is the .zip