...and sound just as great backing S. Salim as they did in my earlier post Jeti dengan The Alfan. The last track is actually credited to S. Salim & Jiti, who's probably the same as Jeti..
หงษ์ทอง ดาวอุดร (Hongtong Daoudon) is a luk thung and molam singer from north eastern part of Thailand. This late 70s-early 80s album however is in large parts western influenced Thai funk that wouldn't sound of place on one of the ZudRangMa compilations.
The title track ฮ่วย อะบานิบี is a cover version of Israels winning contribution to the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, Izhar Cohen & Alpha Beta's "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (א-ב-ני-בי). This song was apparently a huge hit in Thailand, and monrakplengthai's curator Peter says he would still hear the song playing around Bangkok even today. He's also uploaded อรอุมา สิงห์ศิริ (onuma singsiri)'s version of the song so go listen to that as well!
Today we have a StereoMono house favorite, a great Isan luk thung album from เทพพร เพชรอุบล (Thepporn Petchubon). There's a write up in Thai here for those who can read the language. All I managed to figure out with the help of a Google translation is that Thepporn was born in 1947 in the Ubon Ratchathani province. Anyway, it's the music that matters. Enjoy!
