VARIOUS : LPx2 POMEGRANATES
VARIOUS : LPx2 POMEGRANATES

VARIOUS : LPx2 POMEGRANATES

Various : Pomegranates
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Most of contemporary Iran’s artistic and creative leanings, its grapples with history and identity, are loosely and mystically conjoined and contested in memory. Iran is marked by the complex interplay of diverse constituencies, philosophies, and influences: ethnic, religious, political, geopolitical and historical.

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1. Zia – Helelyos

2. Mohammad Nouri – Biya Bar-e Safar Bandim

3. Mehrpouya – Soul Raga

4. Googoosh – Talagh

5. Kourosh Yaghmaie – Gol-e Yakh

6. Parva – Mosem-e Gol

7. Noosh Afarin – Gol-e Aftab Gardoon

8. Soli – Miravi

9. Marjan – Kavir-e Del

10. Sima Bina – Naz Kardanet Vaveyla

11. Soli – Negar

12. Googoosh – Bemoun Ta Bemounam

13. Zia – Kofriam

14. Ramesh – Sharm-e Boos-e

15. Dariush – Cheshm-e Man

16. Googoosh – Gol Bi Goldoon

The glorification of pre-Islamic antiquity (in search of authentication) marked the socio-cultural attitude of a bygone era and is witnessing revival in the present day. The discordant reality of eastern traditions complicated by the rampant confusions of modernity has become a norm in Persian dialogue, not to mention revolution, exile, and diaspora. Like many other countries, the Sixties and Seventies were a time of tumult in Iran, bringing growth (via petrodollars) and freedom (under the banner of socioeconomic development) while exacerbating inequalities within the country.

The music and voices that blossomed during those decades exemplify the turbulence and excitement of the age. It is worth recognizing these ‘left out’ and ‘lost’ artists individually and as a group in the global happenings of 60s/70s psych, rock and folk, while exploring their influence and relevance to the present day. Is it possible that there is a genus of delectable sounds and fetching images that almost exclusively reside in the elbowroom of memory and nostalgic ‘yesteryear’ storytelling? Little consideration has been given to the correlation of these sounds and stories within the universal psychedelic phenomena: parallel to the shared stylistics of British and American players, and the radical politicking of their Turkish and Korean counterparts.

This collection endeavors to re-contextualize these songs from the realm of reminiscence, nostalgia, and memory into a specific and accessible narrative to share and relate within the universal musical gamut. It is for aficionados, the curious, and collectors alike. We hope that Iranians around the world will rediscover these songs. This collection is, in some sense, dedicated to a generation in self-imposed mental exile, due to years of war and catastrophe; decades of lies and bombs; a fundamentalist theocracy of reformist shams; addiction; isolation and alienation; unemployment, and inflation. These are voices and stories that may again prove relevant to a psychologically damaged and spiritually corrupt society, a society whose discontents recall the latter years of the Shah’s rule.

The recordings excavated here are highly sexual musings, voluble love songs, and simple folk tunes. In many of these songs, there are subtle voices of political protest.

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