Zainab Ahmad & S. Moorelhuda dengan The Alfan

Olympic T.R.C. 1069

Singapore

A1 - S. Noorelhuda - Chaya Tarian

A2 - Zainab Ahmad - Ratapan Bahagia

B1 - Zainab Ahmad - Jangan Angan2

B2 - S. Noorelhuda - Rupa Tarian

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A third entry for The Alfan band on StereoMono, this time backing two girls on a split EP. It seems The Alfan could do no wrong and all of their music I've heard is consistently excellent!

One of the singers is called S. Moorelhuda on the cover and S. Noorelhuda in the track list, not sure what is correct.

Sarena Hashim - Setiap Masa

 EMI Parlophone S-EGEP-800

Singapore - 1975

A1 - Setiap Masa

A2 -  Kenangan Manis

B1 - Kanda Dan Dinda (dengan Dave)

B2 - Bergembira
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Sarena Hashim was a a prolific artist during the seventies, sometimes backed by what was arguably the most successful Singaporean group ever; The Quests.  The Quest's guitarist Reggie Verghese is present as aproducer for this EP as well. "Kanda dan Dinda" is a duet with DJ Dave who is still performing, and "Bergembira" is a version of Emy Jackson's classic "Crying in a Storm," here sung in Malay.

S. Salim dengan The Alfan - Majlis Pengatin

Olympic - T.R.C. 1068

Singapore

A1 - Bimbang

A2 - Majlis Pengantin

B1 - Surat Dari Kekaseh

B2 - Terjalin Chinta

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The Alfan strikes back!  

...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..

Enjoy!

Jeti dengan The Alfan

Olympic - T.R.C. 1074

Singapore

A1 - Mesra Di-Kenangan

A2 - Churiga-Churiga

B1 - Bisekan Kalbu

B2 - Sunyi Menanti

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What? You say you've never heard about Jeti before?? Then it's about time you got acquainted!

Not sure were Jeti hails from, the lyrics seem to be in Malay and the EP was released in Singapore which was a veritable melting pot of the South-East Asian music scene of the 1960s-70s.  Backing band "The Alfan" recorded with many other artists too and may have had a few releases on their own if I recall correctly. They sound absolutely fantastic here, great organ, violin and percussion sounds. Malay EPs of this kind can be pretty much a hit & miss affair, especially when you blindly buy records just cause the cover art looks great, once in a while a real gem turns up and this is one of them. As you can see on the cover the music is presented in glorious StereoMono!

Enjoy!