Re: zebra wear pyjamas/Geula Gill

[Ed Greenberg <edg...>]

Yes, If I see one on Ebay, I plan to bid on it. </edg>

At 05:51 PM 11/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>She also did a wonderful album with Theodore Bikel, "Folk Songs From Just
>About Everywhere"
>
>Dick Rosenberg
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Greenberg" <edg (at) greenberg(dot)org>
>To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:45 PM
>Subject: Re: zebra wear pyjamas/Geula Gill
>
>
> > I have most of these albums. I grew up on Oranim Zabar (born in 55) and we
> > had "Shalom" and "Around the Campfire". I got "Hora" from the library and
> > taped it on a cassette (back then.)
> >
> > Recently I bought fresh copies of all these albums from ebay and made MP3s
> > of them for the car. I also got "On the Road to Elath" and "A Town Hall
> > Concert." If I add up all the Geula Gill/Oranim Zabar stuff, it comes out
> > to about five hours of music.
> >
> > Simon did not mention the cassette available from Folkways (via the
> > Smithsonian) called "Holiday Songs of Israel."   Neat stuff.
> >
> >
> > >  "40 Golden Hits Geula Gill CD Geula Gill"  is one of our best selling
> > >recordings due to the fact that there are so many Israeli's in our area
>that
> > >came to the US in the late 60's and early 70's when Geula Gill was at the
> > >peak of her popularity and she is better know to them than Rita or Sarit
> > >Hadad.
> >
> > I think I bought it from you, Simon. I enjoy it, especially when she sings
> > Hebrew lyrics to popular songs like, "If I had a hammer" and "Do-re-mi".
> > They're cute.
> >
> >  > Last I heard, Geula Gill lives in the Los Angeles area.
> >
> > I hope she is doing well. She must be about 70 or so. She had a hell of a
> > voice when she recorded those albums.
> >
> > </edg>
> >
> > At 02:59 PM 11/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >In a message dated 11/19/1 6:55:35 PM, edg (at) greenberg(dot)org writes:
> > >
> > ><< On a  double CD, "40 Golden Hits Geula Gill CD Geula Gill" is a song
> > >called
> > >"Why the Zebra Wears Pyjamas".
> > >  >>
> > >
> > >Geula Gill was a major artist in the 60's--not only in Israel, but in the
>US
> > >as well. She was part of the Ornim Tzabar Troupe and recorded with them
>in
> > >Israel, and in the US as well on Electra Records. All those LPs are out
>of
> > >print, yet we constantly get calls from these recordings.  She also had
>an LP
> > >on Epic Records.
> > >
> > >Two other Americans recordings were released on the Folkways Label,
>"Israel
> > >Dances" --as the Tzabar Group, and "Yemenite and Other Israeli Folk
>Songs" as
> > >Guela Gill and Dov Seltzer  (her then husband). Both of these recordings
>are
> > >available on Cassette with the original Folkways inserts."Israel Dances"
> > >includes the dance instructions.
> > >Dove Seltzer, is one of Israel's greatest arranger/conductors, and
>conducted
> > >the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra on Itzhak Perlman's "Tradition" CD,
>his
> > >all time best selling recording.
> > >
> > >  "40 Golden Hits Geula Gill CD Geula Gill"  is one of our best selling
> > >recordings due to the fact that there are so many Israeli's in our area
>that
> > >came to the US in the late 60's and early 70's when Geula Gill was at the
> > >peak of her popularity and she is better know to them than Rita or Sarit
> > >Hadad.
> > >
> > >Last I heard, Geula Gill lives in the Los Angeles area.
> > >
> > >Simon
> > >Hatikvah Music
> > >
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