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Wahdon by Fairuz (Record, 2019)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelWewa, Wewantsounds
UPC3700604719885
eBay Product ID (ePID)4046054356
Product Key Features
FormatRecord
Release Year2019
GenreInternational
ArtistFairuz
Release TitleWahdon
Dimensions
Item Height0.18 in
Item Weight0.50 lb
Item Length12.38 in
Item Width12.33 in
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Number of Discs1
NotesWewantsounds continues to pursue it's exploration of great Lebanese music with the reissue of Wahdon, released in 1978 by legendary Middle Eastern diva Fairuz and recorded during the Abu Ali sessions (WWSLP 021LP). The album includes the Lebanese dancefloor cult classic, "Al Bostah". 1978 was a turning point for the Lebanese diva. The '70s had seen her rise as an international star, playing sold out concerts in the US and in Europe, and appearing on national TV in France. She had had a long-lasting artistic collaboration with her husband Assi Rahbani and his brother Elias (aka The Rahbani Brothers) who, together, had penned most of the singer's classics. In 1978, Assi who had suffered a brain hemorrhage in 1972 got weaker and the collaboration finally ended (together with their personal relationship). Their 22-year-old son Ziad took over Fairuz's musical reins and set to work on their first album together, Wahdon ("Alone"), serving as her mother's producer, composer and musical director. Wahdon typifies this key moment in Fairuz's career when she switched from traditional to more modern arrangements. The first side of the album encapsulates the more traditional side of the singer with such mesmerizing songs as "Habaitak Ta Neseet Al Naoum" (I Loved You So Much I Forgot To Sleep) or "Ana Indi Haneen" (I'm Nostalgic), filled with gorgeous Arabic strings and percussion. The second side though is a whole different affair. Recorded in Athens at the EMI Greece studio at the same time as the Abu Ali sessions, the two long tracks brings a hipper, contemporary funk and disco feel that has made the album such a collector's item with DJs and diggers around the world. Clocking at almost nine minutes "Al Bostah" (The Bus) tells the story a woman in love remembering a bus journey with her lover under a scorching heat, enhanced by an hypnotic up-tempo funkified disco beat, while "Wahdon" brings a slower and jazzier underlay to Fairuz's superb singing. These tracks shocked some of the diva's fans at the time but they've since passed the test of time and have become highly sought after. Whadon has since become both a classic Fairuz album and a cult Ziad Rahbani production that Wewantsounds is delighted to bring to a wider audience for the first time.
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- Jan 25, 2021
Greatest Vinyl Purchase
Seriously this is a perfect vinyl. I knew it was coming after Christmas so I was in no rush to give it as a gift. But right when I gave it to the receiver, they instantly fell in love as if it was Christmas all over again. Fairouz is amazing and this vinyl encompasses that.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
