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Selda (1979)

Selda

SKU: PHS018

Barcode: 4040824083908

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Imagine if Julia Child had marched against Vietnam, stood on the steps of the Pentagon & placed a flower in a gun barrel. Selda Bağcan’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 & bağlamas 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.

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Galdı Galdı
Almanya Acı Vatan
Yiğit Muhtaç Olmuş Kuru Soğana
Sorsunlar Beni
Ona Dön
Hele Yar
Ayağında Kundura
Ah Ne Olur Bizim Köyde
Hızır Paşa
Cenderme
İzin İze Benzemiyor
Kıymayın Efendiler

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