khana khan kaeo: dontri phuen mueang chiang mai

artist: คณะ ขันแก้ว (khana khan kaeo)
album: ดนตรีพื้นเมืองเชียงใหม่ (dontri phuen mueang chiang mai)
tracklist:
01. ลาวเสี่ยงเทียน (lao siang thian)
02. พระลอเดินดง (phra lo doen dong)
03. มังกรร่ายรำ (mangkon rai ram)
04. รำวงแม่โขงแม่ปิง (ramwong mae khong mae ping)
05. ลาวกระแซ (lao krasae)
06. ธรณีกันแสง (thorani kan saeng)
07. ปราสาทไหว (prasat wai)
08. รำวงพายเรือ (ramwong phai ruea)
09. ลาวดำเนินทราย (lao damnoen sai)
10. ไม้บัณเฑาะว์ (mai bantho)
11. ฤาษีหลงถ้ำ (ruesi long tham)
12. สร้อยแสงแดง (soi saeng daeng)
13. กุหลาบสามสี (kulap sam si)
14. ลาวรำพึง (lao ramphueng)
15. ดอกคำใต้ (dok kham tai)
16. แหย่งน้อย (yaeng noi)
17. พระลอเลื่อน (phra lo luean)
18. เสียงซอสั่งสาว (siang so sang sao)

this week, fantastic chiang mai local music from the khan kaeo ensemble! based in hang dong district, khan kaeo are one of the longest-running orchestras in the province, founded by pho nanlun lalit in the 1950s. they were also apparently one of the first such ensembles to record, back during the 78 rpm era, though the performances on this cassette from nakhon phanit, mostly sourced from long-play vinyl, are credited to the second generation of the band. while much of their output is in the phat khong configuration (northern-style piphat), this album contains 'sueng-salo-khlui' tracks, referring to their lute, fiddle and flute iteration. thanks so much to songkran somchandra for all the information about this group, and to cliff sloane for the generous gift of this tape. enjoy!

thanin intharathep: phleng amata ngoen lan chut phiset

artist: ธานินทร์ อินทรเทพ (thanin intharathep)
album: เพลงอมตะเงินล้าน ชุด พิเศษ (phleng amata ngoen lan chut phiset)
tracklist:
01. พี่มีแต่ให้ (phi mi tae hai)
02. ผู้เสียสละ (phu sia sala)
03. บอกรักฝากใจ (bok rak fak chai)
04. เผลอใจรัก (phloe chai rak)
05. อเวจีใจ (awechi chai)
06. คิดถึงพี่ไหม (khit thueng phi mai)
07. 30 ยังแจ๋ว (30 yang chaeo)
08. ตัวไกลใจเหงา (tua klai chai ngao)
09. กระท่อมนางผ่าน (krathom nang phan)
10. แม่ค้าตาคม (mae kha ta khom)
11. บ้านนาสัญญารัก (ban na sanya rak)
12. พี่มีแต่ให้ [ชาวด์ดนตรี] (phi mi tae hai [instrumental])

this week, country-meets-city with mr. thanin intharathep! thanin is from samut sakhon, just outside of bangkok, and started out as a champion of local singing contests. he was discovered by pop impresario payong mukda, who got him in with suthep wongkhamhaeng's "suthep show" variety troupe. often billed as "thailand's frank sinatra", thanin brought a young, attractive face to the nostalgic and sentimental ballads of luk krung, and is still a favorite among older bangkokians. this 1990 cassette finds him outside of his typical ken, tackling hits of the more rural-oriented luk thung genre; songs made famous by sonkhiri siprachuap, sayan sanya, yotrak salakchai, ekkachai siwichai, and the like. for these tracks, he's backed by none other than the era's near-omnipresent lord of country music, num phuthai, who brings his yamaha yc-30-driven sound to nonpiya's minimalistic production style. enjoy!

 

[note: this tape had some bad dropouts for the first 30 seconds, so i did a little amateur splicing.. hopefully the edit is not too intrusive!]