Sold Date: September 24, 2015
Start Date: September 13, 2015
Final Price: $43.00 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 10661
Buyer Feedback: 6

SCARCE vintage Arabian 45 rpm 7" record: OM KOLSOUM (KALSOUM) on CAIROPHON RECORDS with a very rare company sleeve - this record has 4 tracks, and has all writing in Arabic except for the artist name and label name; numbers include 'C-14' and '7TBDA 361-62 / HPC 98' b/w '7TBDA 363-64/HPC 99'. No date but circa the 1950's. I'm pretty sure the artist name on the label is misspelled and it should be "OM KALSOUM" (sometimes UMM KULTHUM, and a variety of other spellings), known as the Star of the East, and considered by many to be the greatest Arabic singer ever.

Condition: EX/VG+ (vinyl is glossy with a few minor scuffs - play-tested and sounds EX; labels are clean but one side has an American address label; the sleeve has a small scar on one side, a half-inch split to bottom edge, a couple of minimal spots and light corner wrinkles). 

(Vintage Vinyl, Music, 45s, Singles, Middle East, World Music, Traditional, Folk, Vocals, Orchestra, Arabia, Egypt, Africa, 1940's, 1950's, Collectible).



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