Gripsweat is shutting down. Starting on February 1st, 2025 the site will no longer be doing daily updates, adding any new items, or accepting new memberships. The site will continue to run in this "historical" mode until January 1st, 2026, when the site will go offline. More information is available here.
FAIRUZ - Wahdon (remastered) - Vinyl (LP)
Sold Date:
December 20, 2021
Start Date:
November 19, 2021
Final Price:
£25.24
(GBP)
Seller Feedback:
272912
Buyer Feedback:
0
Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information FAIRUZ Wahdon (remastered) (LP) Wewantsounds
Cat: WWSLP 22. Rel: 1 Jul 19
International
Side 1 - Track 1. Habeytak Tansit Al NonSide 1 - Track 2. BaatilakSide 1 - Track 3. Ana Indi HaneenSide 2 - Track 1. Al BostaSide 2 - Track 2. Wahdon
When it comes to offering up re-mastered reissues of obscure Lebanese music, Wewantsounds has previous form. They've already delivered a new edition of Ziad Rahbani's "Abu Ali" LP and here serve up a fresh pressing of an album he produced: "Wahdon", a hard-to-find 1978 set by her mother, legendary Middle Eastern chanteuse Fairuz. It's a set of stark contrasts. While the A-side tracks indulge the more traditional side of Fairuz's output -think Lebanese vocals and instrumentation in the style of pop music from the region made in the period - the flipside cuts see her taking calculated risks. "Al Bosta" is a funk, soul and disco influenced club cut of the highest order, while "Wahdon" is a sumptuously symphonic soul slow jam straight from the top drawer.
