Omar_Khorshid-Guitar_El_Chark-2LP-2010-BCC

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2010-05-09

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Artist  : Omar Khorshid
Title   : Guitar El Chark
Genre   : Psychedelic Rock
Year    : 2010
Date    : 05/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 18
Label   : Sublime Frequencies
Source  : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 83:56 min
Size    : 133,6 MB


Tracklist:
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01.guitar el chark                        04:54
02.wadil muluk                            03:30
03.sabirine                               07:03
04.ommil habiba                           04:39
05.hebbina hebbina                        02:50
06.rahbaniyat                             02:56
07.ah ya zaman                            04:21
08.kariaat el fengan                      06:23
09.arrabia'h                              06:07
10.sidi mansour                           04:34
11.raksat el kheyl                        03:24
12.solenzara                              05:50
13.enta omri                              02:28
14.habibaty                               04:07
15.raqset el fada                         07:55
16.warakat ya nassib                      04:58
17.taksim sanat alfeyn                    06:56
18.record company promo spot              01:01
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                                          83:56 min



The late Omar Khorshid remains an iconic
legend of the Arab world, though heÆs
received criminally little international
acclaim. Born in Cairo in 1945, the
glittering age of Egypt's cultural
reinvention, Khorshid was soon to become
one of its luminaries and most well-
known, if short-lived, voices. He is
regarded as the greatest guitarist the
Arab world has ever known. By the mid
60s Khorshid was established with his
group Le Petit Chats, an Egyptian beat
group modeled after the prevailing
influence of Elvis and the Beatles. It
was at this time that one of the
reigning figures of contemporary Arabic
music, Abdel Halim Hafez, asked Omar
Khorshid to join his orchestra. With
Baligh Hamdi composing, Hafez with
Khorshid in place would create some of
the most innovative modern sounds in the
Arabic musical canon.

Time with the Hafez orchestra offered
Khorshid instant fame, and it wasnÆt
long before he was asked to play with
the queen of Arab music, the voice of
Egypt herself -Oum Kalthoum. Over the
next few years Khorshid became a well-
established and integral part of the
Arab musical landscape. He was featured
heavily in live concerts, national TV
and radio and studio recordings, playing
for the leading artists of the day. The
guitar had now become an essential
ingredient in the Oriental orchestra.

Khorshid began recording albums under
his own name for the prestigious
Lebanese record labels Voice Of The
Orient and Voice Of Lebanon. Working
with visionary engineer Nabil Moumtaz at
Polysound studios in Beirut, Khorshid
would take his music into some of the
most progressive musical terrain of its
time. The tracks included here in this
retrospective are from the prolific span
of KhorshidÆs career in Beirut from 1973
to 1977. The venerable Palestinian poet
Mahmoud Darwish best encapsulated this
time in Lebanon: ôunfortunately, it was
paradiseö.

KhorshidÆs prolific instrumental music
enjoyed recognition that transcended
class and status during the brief period
he shone. ItÆs a testament to his
immense talent and some of the finest
guitar music the world has ever heard.

This limited edition 2-LP vinyl release
features over 80 minutes of classic
original recordings compiled by Sublime
Frequencies housed in a beautiful full-
color gatefold jacket with extensive
liner notes.

http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/

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