"Bertemu Kasih"
Various Artists and Bands
Year: approx. 1963
"Bertemu Kasih" ( Seeing my lover ) Band: "Kumbang Tjari" conductor: Nuskan Syarif
Nice orkestration, I like it. Its not sung in the Minangkabau language, like Elly Kasim mostly did.
"Kasiah Bacarai" ( My love,divorced? ) it is in Minang language, difficult for me, the Music is not Minang styled, but like a Latinamerican combo, Not uncommon in the early sixties. Band: " Osria " Conductor: Oslan Husein.
"Di Utara Minahasa" ( In the north of Minahasa ) this is the northern part of Sulawesi, Its in the regional language. Never heard before of the two singers. Band: Gaja Remadja ( Gaya Remaja in new spelling ) Conductor Eugene Maulana ( Also known by the name Ireng Maulana )
"Mada Pujangga" Mazef had to look it up in a dictionary, because it was not in his own vocabulary. It appeared to be something like:
"according to the sayings of a learned man" I learnt from Budiman "Made Pujangga" is a Composition by Rahman Ali / Sharif Rahman from Malysia in the year 1951. It has the typical solemnity of Malaysian songs more than 40 years ago. Band: "Pamor" conductor:Fred Firmanshah
"Parenai" another songtitle I cannot translate because it is in the language if the Minang people. Its very nice in its happy modernity.
I like it. Never heard of other recordings bu Mieke Widjaja. Band: "Pamor"
"Pesanku" ( My request ) on the record label is printed by Onny, but just in nick of time I came uo in my mind:, oh than he must be Onny Surjono.A bariton voice, like Bing Slamet. Band: "Osria"
"Bareh Solok" It is in Minang again, it means "Rice from Solok" because the city of Solok is amidst a rice growing region.
Band: "Kumbang Tjari"
"Erawati" That must be a girl's name. Ireng Maulana acting as vocalist this time. His Band: "Gaja Remadja"
All songs are in a kind of happy modernity nice to hear. The middle class people in the suburds would have like it.
All Minang songs are polished up in a way to please everyone in the country fom east to west.
In those days not so many people upcountry could buy records, because to operate a gramophone or record player one needs
110 or 220 volt power, which was mostly available in the cities, mostly just the business areas and the wealthier districts.
So maybe this caused the immense popularity of the cassette player in the seventies, to operate it just a few batteries are needed. Music came to the kampung. Maybe this accounts for the change in musical taste in the seventies and the newer interests in Pop Melayu, Dangdut, and the many Boys Rock Groups. Also the regional styles became more authenitic, each region could operate its own recording studio now. Before that making a record was a costly affair, it could only take place in Jakarta.
Bertemu Kasih - ( M. Jusuf ) Elly Kasim
Kasiah Bacarai - ( Mawardi Ms. ) Oslan Husein
Di Utara Minahasa Anita & Djuria
Mada Pujangga Ida
Parenai Mieke Widjaja
Pesanku - ( Hasmanan ) Onny Surjono
Bareh Solok - ( N. Sjarif ) Elly Kasim
Erawati - ( E. Maulana ) Ireng Maulana
