Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music Vol. 1

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Album Info

Release Date: 2016-04-16

Label: Sublime Frequencies

2016 Record store day exclusive vinyl reissue limited to 2000 copies.

Originally released on CD in 2004.

This version has a different track order than the CD version and has
one additional track. More of the tracks are identified in the listing.

"This collection was culled from over 150 ravaged cassettes found in Oakland, California at the public library's Asian branch. Most of the tracks were recorded post-Pol Pot holocaust between the 1970s and 1990s in Khmer-operated studios spread throughout the geography of the diaspora-from Cambodia and Thailand to Massachusetts, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Long Beach & Stockton (California) and points inbetween.

Compiled by Mark Gergis between 1999-2004.
Redited and reordered for this reissue in 2015

Graphics from original cassettes and materials found at the Asian Branch of the Oakland Public Library, California.


Titles are taken from labels. They vary from gatefold spelling.

Here are the titles from gatefold:
C3: Rom Jangvak Khmer Leur Muoy Bot Sen (Rhythm Of The Lam Leow Highlanders)
D2: Anonymous - (Unknown Title)

Unknown artist's are listed as "Anonymous" on this release.

The bar code only appears on a sticker on the shrinkwrap.

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