Re: Israeli Folk Music

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

RONOREN wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> I am new to the discussion- I live in the Los Angeles area and am currently
> interested in two types of items of Jewish Music.  Can anyone assist with
> these
> questions?  Any assistance is appreciated!
> 
> 1.  Anything on two releases from a small Pittsburgh label called Night Music
> Records-they put out two 78rpm sets in 1947-8, one by the Habonim Youth Group
> called "Haganah, Songs of the Jewish Underground" and the other called "Song
> and Soil" ??
> 
> 2.  Anyone know of sources for American releases of Israeli Folk Music from
> the Fifties and Sixties like the Dudaim, Oranim Zabar, Shoshana Damari, etc.
> on vinyl?  I know that there were records by all the majors and many minor
> labels, like Reprise, Capitol, Columbia, MGM as well as a dozen or so by
> Elektra and Vanguard.  Anyone want to get rid of their (or their parents')
> vinyl?
> 
> Thanks much!   Any info is appreciated!
> Ron Orenstein
> email:  ronoren (at) aol(dot)com

In my experience, one of the best places to find old Israeli folk LPs is
in the thrift shops. If you are in the NYC area, I recommend the Housing
Works Used Bookstore Cafe (Crosby, just below Houston) and the many
Salvation Army stores around town. I have found a lot of Hillel and
Aviva and other similar artists in these places.

-- George Robinson
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