| Dara Puspita / Dara Puspita 1966-1968 |
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| Album: | Dara Puspita 1966-1968 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Dara Puspita | Added: | Dec 2010 | |
| Label: | Sublime Frequencies | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-12-05 | Pull Date: | 2011-02-06 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 | Jan 2 | Dec 19 | Dec 12 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 12, 2022: | Music Casserole Hai Kasih (Hi Love) | 4. | Aug 05, 2017: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Mabuk Laut (Sea Sick) | |
| 2. | Jul 16, 2022: | Music Casserole Hai Kasih (Hi Love) | 5. | Oct 18, 2014: | Music Casserole Bertamasja (On Vacation) | |
| 3. | Jan 05, 2022: | New World Disorder (rebroadcast from Jun 2, 2012) Bertamasja (On Vacation) | 6. | Mar 26, 2014: | Sublime Frequencies 10 Year Anniversary Hai Kasih (Hi Love) |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-12-03 | ||
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Dara Puspita – 1966-1968 Reviewed by Sadie O., 12/3/10 AWESOME girl group from Indonesia in the sixties – garage, pop, pscyh, chick rock. (Dara Puspita means Flower Girls – it’s not a name, BTW.) The liner notes are rather gobsmacking – although they were just teenagers (and Thailand wasn’t exactly all about women’s lib in the 60’s) they defied the Sukarno regime’s anti-Western ban, risking jail or worse. They played their own instruments, and did damn good garage pop. Inspiring and thoroughly delicious – play it all! 1. 2:01 *** Pip Pip Yeah uptempo, high spirited romp with a smidge of “Drive My Car” 2. 2:11 ** Musafir Cinta (The Love Traveler) kinda midtempo, pretty harmonies, sorta surfy 3. 3:08 *** Pantai Pataya (Pataya Beach) midtempo pony (although you can frug to it too), seems to be a cover of Bony Moronie (which is by Ritchie Valens – I didn’t know that!) 4. 1:59 **** Pesta Pak Lurah (Mr. Lurah's Party) bitchen ass – kinda Beatles-early-psychedelic, kinda screamy. Yay! 5. 2:03 **** Bertamasja (On Vacation) great, driving 60’s psych garage. Fantastic! Fuzzy! 6. 2:14 ** Puyaili (Thai Folk Song) midtempo, upbeat garage – is this really Thai folk? I dunno… 7. 2:13 ** A Go Go upbeat go-go jerk (you can do the swim, too…) 8. 2:26 *** Pusdi downtempo (by comparison), sort of a cover of Lucille, sorta not. 9. 1:38 **** Semua Gembira (All Happy) midtempo stomp, great raw vocals. 10. 2:09 ** Ibu (Mother) midtempo, sweet folky ballad. 11. 2:55 *** Mabuk Laut (Sea Sick) uptempo surfer stomp instrumental with inexplicable whooshes. Fades out 30 seconds early and comes back with a scream. Yeeeps! 12. 2:34 *** Soal Asmara (About Love) midtempo pop. Cute and bubbly, but with a fuzz guitar solo. 13. 3:04 ** Aku Pergi (I Go) midtempo 4/4 pop march. 14. 2:02 ** Rudi bouncy uptempo pop 15. 1:56 **** Hallo, Kawan (Hello, Friend) uptempo surfy garage with a sort of quacking chorus. 16. 2:20 * Lagu Rindu (The Longing Song) sugar-sweet midtempo pop 17. 2:19 *** Believe Me stomp and twang – sung in English! 18. 3:11 ***** Hai Kasih (Hi Love) downtempo and quite dramatic, crunchy bass. Nice! Goes all psychedelic, too! 19. 2:50 ** Tanak Airku (My Homeland) midtempo – bad sound quality, cover of “Glad All Over”. 20. 2:31 ** Mengapa (Why?) downtempo pretty pop with lots of bass and offkey guitar solo. Some fascinating vocals, though. 21. 2:03 *** Pinokio (Pinnochio) surfer stomp – like a beginner Ventures with chick singers. 22. 1:44 ** Lihat Adikku (See My Little Sister) midtempo pop, solo vocals. 23. 2:27 ** Ali Baba midtempo but rather relaxed pop, just a bit of twang. 24. 2:03 *** Rantiku drum solo intro, solo vocals way up front in the mix, (lots of whoops and squeaks, sort of a cover of Susie Q. 25. 3:22 ** Mari-Mari (Come On-Come On) midtempo pop 26. 2:33 *** Kerja Kami (Our Work) slow and quite sincere sounding. | ||
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