Shalom Mickey Mouse

In the wake of the Prisoner X mystery I thought it best to reaquaint myself with not only Israeli but the ajoining areas in those date-palmed provinces for any clues that might be hidden within these following platterslatters..
Be warned that the first entry contains one of my all time favourite near 1 centimeter of intercultural madness - 'Shalom Mickey Mouse'.. perhaps good enough reason to be caught humming in the street and then suddenly finding yourself bundled up by Mossad to be treated to a stretch of solitary confinement....

Yiddle and his Yiddishkeit Vol 1 - Martin Davidson - Horace Productions - 1985

Folk Songs by The Karmon Israeli Dancers and Singers - Vanguard - date unknown

Hit Parade - Various - Hed-Arzi - date unknown

Hit Parade! Vol 2 - Various - Hed-Arzi - date unknown

More Bagels and Bongos - Irving Fields Trio - Festival - date unknown

Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favourites - MGM - date unknown

Kazablan Original Soundtrack - Yehoram Goan - CBS - date unknown

Percussion Orientale - David Carroll and his Orchestra - Mercury - 1962

Abu Hassan - Carl von Weber

Chorus and Orchestra of Radio Berlin - Symphony Record Club - date unknown

(if someone could translate title..) - Issam Raggi - Voice of Lebanon - 1974

Belly Dance Navel Academy - Gus Vali - PI - date unknown

In a Persian Market - Albert Ketelby

London Promenade Orchestra - Philips - 1981

and drifting just a little afield...

Sitar Music Meditations - D. Chaudhuri & F. Khan - Music For Pleasure - 1968

New Schehrazade Find

Found as part of Auntie Kate's cupboard platters..

Soviet Radio Symphony Orchestra - Saga -1961

My First Exotic

People who see my Black Plastic Horde often ask "What was the first record you got that started you collecting all this junk?"
Well, first off I would correct their limited opinion on what is Quality that surrounds them, and then point to this particular platter that was purchased during a hiatus to the Mountains of Blue (Springwood) during the heady years of 1984>5.
It was really an open slather of opshop and secondhand store bonanza in those past times, and many records, books, toys and 'junk' gathered from those days hold special memory to me. To find many of those objects and similar d'jour can be near impossible today unless one is willing to pay high bloodmoney across a counter.
We all live in hope....

How could I not be tempted...

East Of Suez - 101 Strings - Pye Golden Guinea - date unkown

Scheherazade

First off lets start with one of the main reasons that I fell into collecting vinyl wrappings - exploring the exotic..
This filtered down to an ongoing gathering of design for Scheherezade recordings...

Vienna Festival Orchestra - Concert Hall - 1963

Orquestra Sinfonia de Alemania del Norte - Movie Play - 1967?

Grand Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian National Radio Institute

- Radiola - unknown date

Berliner Philharmoniker - Deutsche Grammophon - unknown date

Leningrad Symphony Orchestra - Lyrique - unknown date

London Symphony Orchestra - Summit - unknown date

London Symphony Orchestra - RCA - 1958

London Philharmonic Orchestra - Philips - 1974

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 

- Mercury Golden Imports - unknown date

L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts da Conservatoire de Paris

- Decca - unknown date

The Philadelphia Orchestra - Coronet - unknown date

The Philadelphia Orchestra - Philips - unknown date

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Reader's Digest - unknown date

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - RCAVictor - unknown date

Scottish National Orchestra - Chandos - 1986

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra - Yamaha - after 1977

Vienna Festival Symphony Orchestra

- World Record Club - unknown date

To be continued..