Oum Koulsoum, also known as Umm Kulthum was born around 1898 and passed away in 1975. More than three decades after her death, she is widely regarded as the greatest female singer in Arab music history. Some of her admirers include Jah Wobble, Led Zeppelin, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nico, Bono, Youssou N'Dour....
You can read all about her remarkable life and career here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Kulthum
http://www.mediafire.com/?edvufsc3bcxuoko
enjoy!!!!
Nice old LP, Henk.
ReplyDeleteThis is Umm-Kathoum's masterpiece 'Inta Omri' (You Are My Life), on the V.o.C. label (Voice of Cairo - صوت القاهرة) - Year: 1964. Words: Ahmad Shafiq Kamel. Composed by, Mohammed Abdel-Wahab.
Needless to mention here is the fact that, most modern Indonesian musicians (50's-60's), were so heavily influenced by the balladic singing of Umm-Kalthoum, and her 'immortal' voice.
Danke!
H.H.
Thank you for posting this! I am always look for more of her stuff. People in the U.S. and Europe gouge the crap out of vinyl prices of her recordings so I'm stuck with digital (and tapes, of course).
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ReplyDeleteIn case you want her full discography, 'e' me @ hythammer at hotmail dot com. More than 30 RapidShares are ready and revvin'.
Here in the Middle-east, it's so easy to get all her stuff, and word on the street is... it's magnificent!
Stay hip, dawg.
H.H.
@Hammer
DeleteThanks, but I already have a pretty massive digital collection of her stuff. I was complaining about how hard it is to find the vinyl records.
Yeah I know, James. That's why I said something about how easy it is for someone who lives in the Middle-East to find her stuff (unlike the rest of the world). Ma late father had at least, 40 LPs and CCs by Umm-Kalthoum. Ya dig?
Delete'Njoy,
H.H.
i've only just discovered her this week! and i love it!!!! Thanks for the comments guys!
ReplyDeleteI have a few of her tapes up here: http://tapesss.blogspot.com/search/label/egypt if you're looking for more of her stuff.
DeleteWhoa! Mien! You must be fuckin' me 'ere!
ReplyDeletePhews! Where I live, you can almost hear her every three, to two hours... taxis play her, cafes, bookshops, shops, small stores, people sitting on verandas! She's everywhere! Umm-Kalthoum should be renamed "Omni-Kalthoum" in the Arab world.
I am amazed.
H.H.
Man, there's just so much! too discover I mean, Indonesian music alone has been keeping me busy for the last years and there's just no end to it! Way back, before I left Holland I was always into jazz, experimental, hip hop, juju and fuji music, Fela Kuti, punk, blues, classic and after some 35 years of digging and listening I still feel I've only started:)
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way. I just in the last year got into the vintage Indonesian music cause of your site and then Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai and Cambodian and some Turkish and Middle Eastern - and it's mind blowing. And there's still so so much more out there - I'm imagining that I'm never going to get another thing done but listen to music for the rest of my life. And I've never been happier :)
DeleteI listened to this and the Fairouz music last night and absolutely loved them both! Thanks!
you are welcome carol, isn't it great:)
ReplyDelete"I'm imagining that I'm never going to get another thing done but listen to music for the rest of my life." So said Carol...
ReplyDeleteAnd, I say: Yes, Music is life. Live and listen. I pity those that feel zero-percent joy whenever new sounds are played. These are 'deader' than wood.
Listen, livin'!
H.H.
agree:)
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