VARIOUS - Persian Underground: Garage Rock Beat & Psychedelic Sounds From The Iranian 60s & 70s Scene - LP - Black Vinyl

LP - Black Vinyl Reissue, Compilation 

This compilation captures the vibrant underground music scene of Iran during the 1960s and 70s, a time when Persian rock, beat, and psychedelic sounds flourished despite political turbulence. The album brings together a rare selection of tracks from bands and artists who blended traditional Iranian influences with Western garage rock, psych, and funk.

Featuring female drummer & singer Zangoleah with some killer garage / rockin' tracks, obscure bands like Takkhalha doing a fab cover of the Stones 'Play With Fire' and an amazing take on the Persian traditional song 'Mastom, Mastom', Golden Ring-styled beat by Big Boys, exotic Persian beat by Saeed and Tigers, terrific garage-beat by Ojubeha and the two sides of the Kambiz 45, probably the major discovery from Iran in the recent years and one of the few, if not the only truly Persian prog/psych 45s ever recorded.

Tracklist: 

A1    گروه گلدن رینگ – Uncle Chainmaker
A2    Saeed – Avenue Of Love
A3    Big Boys – I Was Thinking About You
A4    Zangoleah – Springs
A5    Takkhalha – Mastom, Mastom
A6    Kambiz – Love Knowledge
A7    Kambiz – Way To Life

B1    Takkhalha – Rain And Rain
B2    Ojubeha – Shirley
B3    Takkhalha – Play With Fire
B4    Tigers – Take Leila Away
B5    Big Boys – Bartender
B6    Zangoleah – Wish Map
B7    Tigers – Koori Shin Baba