Sun City Girls
Gum Arabic
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Annihaya is proud to release Sun City Girls' Gum Arabic, a limited edition of 1000 copies with artwork by artist Hatem Imam. All tracks on this CD are cover songs from Sun City Girl's repertoire, several frequently performed by the group live for more than 20 years. Several cuts were inspired by found unmarked cassettes and radio recordings made in Egypt and Morocco by Alan Bishop in the early 1980s. The original song titles and composers of the radio-inspired arrangements are unknown. SCG created their own song titles and rearranged, at times radically, the music to fit their vision. The rest of the tracks are by various artists from the Middle East and North Africa. One track, 'Wild World of Animals' is an African piece written for the theme of an American television show by the same name from the 1970s
Details
Cat. number: END 03
Year: 2010
Format
ltd 1000,
Release notes
Tracks 1 and 4 recorded in 1985, from "Grotto of Miracles" LP 1986 (Placebo Records). Track 2 recorded in 1988, from "You're Never Alone with a Cigarette" CD 2008 (Abduction Records). Track 3 recorded in 1983, from "Sun City Girls" LP 1984 (Placebo Records). Track 5 recorded in 1992, from "Live At C.O.N. Artists" LP 1993 (Poon Village). Track 6 and 7 recorded in 1988, from "Torch of the Mystics" LP 1990 (Majora Records). Track 8 recorded in 1990, from "You're Never Alone With a Cigarette" CD…
Tracklist
| 1 | Radio Morocco | 4:56 | |
| 2 | Sev Acher | 3:12 | |
| 3 | Helwa Shak | 3:43 | |
| 4 | Kal El Lazi Kad Ham | 5:27 | |
| 5 | Nights Of Malta | 5:22 | |
| 6 | Esoterica Of Abyssynia | 3:12 | |
| 7 | Space Prophet Dogon | 7:01 | |
| 8 | Theme From "Wild World Of Animals" | 2:31 | |
| 9 | Cruel And Thin | 3:40 | |
| 10 | Gum Arabic | 1:29 | |
| 11 | Lies Up The Niger | 6:41 |
Credits
- Sun City Girls
- Arranged By, Performer
- Hatem Imam
- Artwork, Design
- Salah Al Shami
- Calligraphy
- Composer Unknown
- Composed By (1, 5 to 7, 10, 11)
- Charles Gocher
- Drums, Percussion
- Richard Bishop
- Electric Guitar, Piano
- Alan Bishop
- Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Tape [Prepared Tapes]
