Dance recordings -- HELP!

[Joel Bresler <joel.br...>]

Dear Friends:

I research and collect Sephardic music, specifically recordings with songs 
in Ladino. As I've mentioned in an earlier post, it turns out that certain 
Sephardic songs are used in international folkdance. Trying to research 
them, I've been plunged into a world of unfamiliar dance cassettes and 
recordings. Most of my standard aids (Google, major online library 
databases, etc.) are not much help figuring out the labels and other 
information. The recordings listed below are unfamiliar to me. If anyone 
can help me piece apart (1) which recordings contain songs with lyrics in 
Ladino, and (2) for those that do, some idea about how to find them or 
collectors that might have them, I'd be very grateful.

The following list was drawn from the print work "Die zoeken we op" 
(Available from nevofoon in Holland) and the website 
http://www.israelidances.com/search.asp. (Other possible references on this 
question welcome.)

AVRAM / AVRAHAM AVINU (sometimes contains Ladino lyrics)
Videoband 2Nico Mol
Keff CD 8
LP-Shlomo Bachar Presents: Avivim - Hadarim 12

AVRE TU (PUERTA CERRADA)
Hataklit CD 215
CD Harmonia Mundi HM 90
Hora Keff CD 14
CD-Machol Miami - Fun in The Sun 1999
CD-Rokdim 21
CD-Roni Siman Tov - Sabres 1
Cassette-Rokdim No. 188

DOS AMANTES
Amka cas. 87
Cadans CD 15050
GF 1 apr 77
Worldtone WT 10029
         Folk music international division of Worldtone Music, Inc., 
Flushing, N.Y. 1950s?
CD Corner 5984

DURME (Is this the Ladino song? Any recordings?)

HAMAVDIL
Hed Arzi 14749
Cassette Moshiko Halevy No. 3 mih 3
Cassette Rokdim No. 9

HAMELECH NIMROD (Known in Ladino as "Cuando el rey Nimrod. Do these 
recordings use the Y. Gaon Ladino version of the song? as 
www.israelidances.com might suggest?)
CD-Hora Keff 18
CD-Marco Ben Shimon - Naama
CD-Rokdim 43
Cassette-Rokdim No. 174

LADINO (Is this a song title?)
LP-Baganim - IFC 6 - (1981L)

LOS BIBILICOS (sic) / BILBILICOS
(Widely recorded. I'm interested in recordings aimed at the dance community)

LUNA (Ladino song? Composer Nir Dor)
CD-Hora Keff 27
CD-Lior 1 - Israel Yakovee
CD-Nir Dor - Hora Keff 2000
CD-Nir Dor - Israeli Folkdance 1999
CD-Rokdim 62
Cassette-Emanuel 2000 Workshop

NANI, NANI
(I am familiar with Hed Arzi PRT 14609. Others aimed at the dance community?)

SEFARADIT (Is this a song?)

Also, searching on "Ladino" in http://www.israelidances.com/search.asp 
resulted in the following additional items (duplicates and dances covered 
above removed):

Adon Haslichot
Ahuv Libi
Haktantana Hismika
Hashkediot
Hashoshana Porachat
Hitahavti Bezemer
Hitahavti Bezemer (Rikud Ladino)
Hitrag'ut
Ki Eshmera Shabbat (Mechol Hashabat)
Lama Lo Ra'iti
Lama Zeh Tivki
Lemaana
Pitchi Et Hatris
Tzur Mishelo

Again, I don't know if it's because these tunes are originally Sephardic, 
or more interesting to me, some may actually include Ladino lyrics. Any 
help or insights would be appreciated.

Best.

Joel




Joel Bresler
250 E. Emerson Rd.
Lexington, MA 02420
USA

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