tracks

Wedding Song
Lambunar Zār
Teahouse Drumming
Simsimīya Ballad
Habashi Dance
Tumbara Zār
Tahdira
Indian Film Song
Sharah Dance
Wadi Mawr Zār
Saint's Day Drumming
Saint's Day Drumming
Saint's Day Drumming
Sham Allah
Tahdira: Marisi Dance

notes

From the International Music Collection of the British Library National Sound Archive.
These field recordings were made as part of surveys undertaken by the Tihāmah Expedition, a multidisciplinary project which brought together a team in 1982 to study the music, history, architecture, ethnography, flora and fauna of the Red Sea coastal plain of what was, at that time, the Yemen Arab Republic.
The photographs were taken in 1974.

Track 1 Recorded in al Suwayq
Track 2, 5 & 6 Recorded in Zabid
Track 3 Recorded in a teahouse in al Tuhayta
Track 4, 8, 9 & 14 Recorded in al Hudayda
Track 7, 11 to 13 & 15 Recorded in Dayr al Khadāma
Track 10 Recorded in Mahall al Hindi

This compilation: ℗ & © 2002 Topic Records Ltd / British Library National Sound Archive
Manufactured in UK.

Jewel case packaging with 16-page booklet

credits

Field Recording [Recordings By], Liner Notes [Text By] – Anderson Bakewell
Photography By [Photos By] – Alain Saint-Hilaire

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Topic Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – British Library
Phonographic Copyright (p) – National Sound Archive
Copyright (c) – Topic Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – British Library
Copyright (c) – National Sound Archive
Manufactured By – kdg

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