Ziad Rahbani - Abu Ali mp3 download

Realistic

original press sounds a lot better than the remastered bootleg

Voodoosida

This is great Jazz Funk, But £884.84 great? That's up to you. Despite its hard to find status. £884.84 could get you a stack of rare jazz, although it must be said, the musicianship here is top notch & this stands tall next to the cram of USA session players of the same era. A gem from an unexpected source.

Mr_KiLLaURa

@rahbaniarchive : The LP is very rare, maybe you are using or misunderstood the word 'rare'.. yes the song can be well known in Lebanon, but that doesn't mean the record is widely available. Very little were pressed of the original lp/12".

Malien

A piece of art

furious ox

Great piece of music yet not rare at all. Widely known in the arab world and especially in Lebanon, Abu ali track was pressed first on lp then on tape and CD. The composer-producer, Ziad Rahbani gave his final musical vue of "Abu ali" in his concert in damascus in 2008 (published on CD). The greedy speculators are more interested in money and trends then in music.

Landaron

The LP is very rare, maybe you are using or misunderstood the word 'rare'.. yes the song can be well known, but that doesn't mean the record is widely available. Very little were pressed of the original lp/12".

Atineda

The original 12"/LP is rare outside of the Arab world and it is only in recent years that a few copies have made their way to the internet/open market.

Burgas

I finally got my hands on a collector-grade copy!1) Based on the square French SACEM logo on the label, this is a French pressing, even though it says 'Made In Greece' on the bottom of the label. Unless there is a legal loophole that I am not aware of, French law does not allow for the square French SACEM logo to be placed on records that were not made in France. See the Release Notes I added.2) The original Master Recording was excellent, and the vinyl pressing sounds lush and warm with a clear midrange presence when played on high-end audio equipment.It is definitely worth acquiring the original vinyl 12" if you can afford a collector-grade copy. The CD sounds very good too, just not as 3-dimensional, warm and deep as the vinyl 12". I strongly recommend buying the CD too for:a) Convenience - when you do not feel like getting up to change the record b) Portability - when you feel like listening to this fine work on your phone, iTunes, on vacation etc.c) Security - when you do not feel like transporting your original vinyl to someone else's housed) Musical pleasure - this is a rare and expensive record, and it is unlikely that most collectors will ever find one or be able to afford one, so get the CD so you can broaden your musical horizons :-)

Olma

Great and surprisingly hip club-quality jazzfunk from an unlikely source. Fits right into the Loft scene if Mancuso was to ever get his hands on a copy. Isn't nonreligious instrumental music like this not allowed/considered blasphemous in Islam/the Arab World ? :-)The only question is, considering that the country of origin is not known for its pressing quality, how good is the vinyl quality and fidelity of this LP, assuming someone has a collector-grade copy ?

Westened

That is good to hear! And even though there are significant religious and cultural differences between the West and the Arab world, we can usually find some common ground in music with a surprisingly hip jazzfunk piece like Abu Ali. This would have been a "secret weapon" late-night piece for some DJs back in New York City's golden club era spanning the 1970s to late-1980s if they would have been hip to it back then, and of course, if they could have gotten their hands on a few copies. Thanks to the internet, we now have access to music like this, and it has found a new audience among top collectors and music heads here in New York City :-)

Daigami

To answer your question , yes some Islamic scholars do say that this music would be sinful to listen to but no one would say that it is blasphemous . To add to that who would even care to follow up on something so insignificant , there are many traditional musicians and even pop artists in every Arab country just like anywhere else in the world just turn on any arabic tv station and you will see all sorts of music even in Saudi Arabia .

Dellevar

Country of origin = where the record was pressed, not where the artist is from.Greek pressings do not compare favorably to UK and European pressings when compared side-by-side on high-end equipment.

Erienan

Lots of Lebanese records were pressed up in Greece. Its quite conveniently close across the Mediterranean. And I wouldn't say Greek pressings are generally bad....,

Welahza

If the pressing is Greek, then why is the country of origin listed as Lebanon if the record was manufactured in Greece ?And by-the-way, Greece is not known for their pressing quality either :-)

Kikora

don't forget that lots of lebanese were christians... and you may also know that lots of muslims did funky music in the 70's, regardless of the most rigorous aspects of the religion.the pressing of the vinyl is greek, and it can be played in clubs.