Various Artists - (2021) Wounds of Love: Khmer Oldies, Vol. 2

 

Death Is Not The End – DEATH049

A second volume of late 50s and early 60s Cambodian slow rock, pop and R&B tracks...

From the late 1950s onwards a music scene developed around Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, inspired by the prevalence of imported rock & pop records arriving in the country from US & UK and also chanson and bolero records from France & Latin America. This collection documents some of these early home-grown slow rock, pop & rnb 45 recordings from the early 60s, prior to the further embrace of US psych & garage rock-orientated sounds in the mid 60s and into the Vietnam war era.

Tracklist

1. Chhun Vanna – Lone River (02:59)

2. Sieng Dy – Missing Couple (02:56)

3. Sinn Sisamouth & Keo Setha – Night to Meet Face to Face (03:10)

4. Im Song Soem & Huoy Meas – Looking at the Moon (02:31)

5. Mao Sareth – Love Hard (04:03)

6. Chin Sakon & Chhun Vanna – Word of Promise (05:00)

7. Huoy Meas – Sekong Night (02:44)

8. Ros Serey Sothea – I've Had My Heart Broken (03:43)

9. Chhun Vanna & Im Song Soem – Rose Garden (02:33)

10. Sinn Sisamouth & Mao Sareth – The Night Is Soft (03:00)

11. Pen Ran – Night at the Seaside (02:56)

12. Rina & Chea Savoeun – Market Break (04:06)

13. Sinn Sisamouth – The Letter Sent to You (02:51)

14. In Yeng – Ivory River (04:50)

Total length: 47:22