Monday, July 5, 2010

Various Artists - Turkish Delights - 26 Beat, Psych & Garage Ultrararities from Beyond the Sea of Marmara (2000)



So you say you haven't heard of Anadolu Pop? Turkish Psych? And you call yourself a fan of rock'n'roll? Take a hit from the narghile, dust off that old Yavuz or Turkuola plak, and step on in...Anadolu Pop was the generic term applied to a fascinating array of groups and solo artists that converged around the label "Altın Mikrofon" (Gold Microphone) and national rock-n-roll contests sponsored by Hürriyet Newspaper in the late sixties. Many of the names associated with Anadolu Pop are legends today in Turkey: Erkin Koray, Cem Karaca, Barış Manço, Selda, Moğollar, Fikret Kızılok, Bülent Ortaçgıl, Edip Akbayram and so on. Others, such as Mavi Işıklar, Üç Hürel, Hardal, Ersen, and Beyaz Kelebekler have now been all but forgotten, in spite of their equally compelling compositions. In general, Anadolu Pop unites the blues-based rock'n'roll verse-chorus-verse format of British Invasion groups (the Shadows, the Beatles, and Dutch outfit the Shocking Blue, of 'Venus' fame, were especially influential) with 'traditional' melodies (many eighths and minors) and instruments (all varieties of saz) of Anatolian and Eastern Mediterrenean folk music. However, Anadolu Pop housed a vast collection of subgenres, from the Anglophile chamberfolk of Bülent Ortaçgıl and the fuzz-soaked psychedelia of Erkin Koray, Moğollar or Edip Akbayram to the quasi-bossa nova of Beyaz Kelebekler and the progressive rock operas of Barış Manço. In short, the scene in Turkey circa 1970 was as vibrant as anything occurring in Munich, Paris, Canterbury or San Francisco at the time--if you have yet to discover this fantastic kaleidoscope of artists, genres, and techniques, I highly recommend that you do so ASAP.

6 comments:

  1. Thanks, do you know the track listing?

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  2. You are welcome.
    The track listing is:
    01- CEM KARACA - SUYA GIDEN ALLI GELIN

    02- SELCUK ALAGÖZ – SAKLAN SAKLANABILIRSEN

    03- ISTANBUL ERKEK LISESI – IN THE DEEPINGS

    04- MAVI ISIKLAR – THE GREAT AIRPLANE STRIKE OF 1967

    05- CAHIT OBEN – HALIME

    06- MOGOLLAR – KALEDEN KALEYE SAHIN UCURDUM

    07- BARIS MANCO - DERULE

    08- HARAMILER- AYA BAK YILDIZA BAK

    09- BARIS MANCO – TRIP ( TO A FAIR )

    10- MAVI ISIKLAR – KANAMAN

    11- BEYBONLAR – NENNI

    12- IZMIR ÖZEL KARSIYAKA LISESI – OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN

    13- MOGOLLAR – LAZY JONY

    14- CEM KARACA – HUDEY

    15- BARIS MANCO – II ARRIVERA

    16- BUNALIMLAR – TAS VAR KÖPEK YOK

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  3. Seems like a good rip, but I can't help but notice that the packaging says there are 26 tracks, and this file is only 16. What happened to the other 10?

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  4. I own a copy of this lp and there are 16 tracks in it. I don't know if there are more in a cd version but this is the full vinyl version of the compilation.

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  5. and that's what i call f@#*in' epic! thnx..

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