SELDA BAGCAN 

'79

NEW CD

Selda (2)  ‎– Selda (1979) 

SELDA
Selda (1979) (CD)
PHARAWAY SOUNDS / CD
SECTION: PSYCHEDELIC, PROGRESSIVE, FOLK > 60's & 70's
Cat. No. : PHS018CD

Imagine if Julia Child had marched against Vietnam, stood on the steps of the Pentagon & placed a flower in a gun barrel. Selda Bagcan’s later records have that same cross of easygoing motherly warmth & righteous anger.
This 1979 album (technically her 4th, although 6 of these songs were also released on her 3rd), was recorded when Turkey was at its most politically polarized. Selda was sentenced to a total of over 500 years in prison right about the time it came out. A pile of acoustic guitars & baglamas all going off at once under a blanket of reverb, with lyrics about blood, wood, mountains, families, and desperate troubles, so it’s a thick squirt for a folk album.

Selda’s voice can either be sultry or really surge with emotion, and when she does belt one, it’s oddly high & completely unique. Her reward was the love of Turkey’s people, but also 9 trials and 3 prison terms from the right wing military government of the 80s.

Remastered sound, insert / booklet with liner notes.

Tracklist:

Galdi Galdi – Almanya Aci Vatan – Yigit Muhtaç Olmus Kuru Sogana – Sorsunlar Beni – Ona Dön – Hele Yar – Ayaginda Kundura – Ah Ne Olur Bizim Köyde – Hizir Pasa – Cenderme – Izin Ize Benzemiyor – Kiymayin Efendiler

Label: Pharaway Sounds ‎– PHS018CD Format: CD

Country: Spain Released: 2013 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style:

Tracklist

1 Galdı Galdı    2 Almanya Acı Vatan    3 Yiğit Muhtaç Olmuş Kuru Soğana    4 Sorsunlar Beni    5 Ona Dön    6 Hele Yar    7 Ayağında Kundura    8 Ah Ne Olur Bizim Köyde    9 Hızır Paşa    10 Cenderme    11 İzin İze Benzemiyor    12 Kıymayın Efendiler   

Notes

1979 LP