29th October 2013 – Turkey

This week on Planet Waves I’ve got some incendiary electric guitar from Mali, a Mexican song sung in French by a Turk and an interrupted tango by Ramón Raquello and his Orchestra.

War of the Worlds original radio broadcast: 30 October 1938 (excerpt) – (Orson Welles &) the Mercury Theatre – War of the Worlds – Pickwick – USA

Flying Saucer Reel – Bottine Souriante – Anthologie – EMI 533011 2 – French Canada

Kirmizi Biber – Bendeniz – Putumayo presents Turkish Groove – Putumayo PUT 248-2 – Turkey

He Ain’t No Good – Locust Honey String Band – He Ain’t No Good – self-released – North Carolina

The Captains and the Kings – Philip Chevron – 7” single – Imp Records IMP 002 – Ireland

La Bamba – Dario Moreno – The Very Best of Dario Moreno: Si tu vas à Rio (Les incontournables de la chanson française) – Puzzle Productions – Turkey

Weeping Pilgrim – Natalie Merchant – The House Carpenter’s Daughter – Myth America Records MA 1026 – USA

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Weeping Pilgrim – Allison’s Sacred Harp Singers – Heaven’s My Home 1927-1928 – County  CO-CD-3531 – Alabama

Waulking Song (Horo Gheallaidh?) – Mary Morrison and friends – Musique Celtique: Iles Hébrides – Ocora OCR 45 (LP) – Barra

Balıkesir Çiftetelli – Somal(i) Mustafa – Bastan Sona Çiftetelli – Mu-Yap Music (?) – Turkey

War of the Worlds original radio broadcast: 30 October 1938 (excerpt) – Orson Welles (& the Mercury Theatre) – Pickwick – War of the Worlds – USA

The Gypsies of Rajasthan – Arun Ghosh – A South Asian Suite – Camoci Records CAMOCI 003 – India / Manchester

Experience of Colours – Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan – Roots Travellers – World Village 450014 – Rajasthan

Sigui nyongon son fo – Lobi Traoré – Bamako Nights: Live at Bar Bozo 1995 – Gltterbeat Records – Mali

Echo Blues (sig tune) – Frank Wakefield – That was now… this is then! – Rosewood RA 62096 – Tennessee