Voice of Lebanon
Omar Khorshid : Guitar Rhythms of the Orient (LEB,1974)*****
With psych sounding and Middle eastern sounding organ, Middle Eastern percussive instrumentation, and with an originally styled electric guitar leading, with at times in its solo appearances, some surf reminiscences, mixed with some additional moog sounds & some reverb. With much attention to the electrified (middle eastern) guitar. Omar was also an actor and she also appeared on several movies. He was widely known in the Arab world so he was probably in demand as a session musician at first. This record I think was his most succesful.
The other items from Khorshid I know :
A.Chahine & filsOmar Khorshid and his magic guitar : Belly Dance vol.1 (197?)***°
Especially "Apache", "Johnny Guitar" and "Warakat Ya Nassib" are interesting crossovers
A.Chahine & filsOmar Khorshid and his magic guitar : Belly Dance vol.2 (197?)***°
Especially "Love Story" and "Pop Corn" are nice crossovers with moog etc.
A.Chahine & filsOmar Khorshid and his magic guitar : Belly Dance from Lebanon (197?)***'
I especially like the track "Kouroun Koroyn" here. Belly Dance music with guitar mostly.
A.Chahine & filsOmar Khorshid and his magic guitar : Tribute to Oum Khoulsoum (?)**°
has in fact only bellydance music with electric guitar playing traditional tunes, in a rather traditional & more predictable way.
See also the Omar Khorshid tribute album by Sir Richard Bishop reviewed here
