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ベルギーのクレイジー・ディガー集団主宰のレーベル RADIO MARTIKO の兄弟レーベルとして SOUM RECORDS がこの度始動!!"ナイルの薔薇" "ナイルの女王" など様々な異名を持ち、アラブ世界の歌手たちの中で最も支持されたクイーン オブ アラビアン・ポップ OM KALSOUM 2タイトル同時リイシュー。本作のオリジナルは1970年、彼女自身のスタイルは、コンサートにおいて6時間以上もかけ単一の曲を演奏/歌い続けるなどアラブ世界において西欧のオペラと評されている。本作は、そのOM KALSOUM の神髄を存分に体感できるLPにして2曲のみの収録といった仕様。愛や別れ、時には死までをも、アラブ世界の伝統的な価値感に基づ歌い上げる女帝の詩を現代に蘇らせた素晴らしいワークだ。



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High Quality pressing in vintage inside out die-cut sleeve. Printed inner sleeve with liner notes.

LP REISSUE - Om Kalsoum! They call her ’The Rose of the Nile’, ‘The Queen of the Nile’, ‘The Daughter of the Nile’ or even ‘The 4th Pyramid of Egypt’ since she’s known as the greatest Egyptian singer of all times. Om Kalsoum’s mythical life story of a poor peasant girl who grew up to become the face of Egypt is a 20th-century fairytale. Almost half a decade after her death the power of her music and singing is still moving the hearts of milli-ons of people worldwide.
At the end of her overwhelming career she was introduced to the young but brilliant composer Baligh Hamdy who wrote this 30 minutes lasting monu-ment for her in 1970. In the footsteps of Mohamed Abdel Wahab, the godfa-ther of Egyptian modern music, Baligh Hamdy refreshed the classical Egyp-tian orchestra sound with the addition of stylish instruments like electric gui-tar (Omer Khorshid), organ (Hany Mehanna), accordeon and horns that were adapted to the eastern tonal system. Together with the immortal “Alf Leila we Leila” (parallel release SMR001), “El Hob Kollo” must undeniably be ar-chived under the best recordings ever made in music history!