Thai Pop Spectacular: 1960s-1980s
by Various Artists
An incredibly vibrant, crate-digging anthology documenting the electrifying collision of traditional Thai rural folk music with imported Western pop and funk. The compilation unearths highly infectious, heavily synthesized luk thung grooves and bizarre, fuzzed-out disco novelties that dominated Southeast Asian radio during the Vietnam War era. It served as a major turning point for the global appreciation of obscure Asian pop aesthetics.
Genres
- Luk thung
- Psychedelic Pop
Tracklist
- Introduction: Welcome to Thailand
- Roob Lor Thom Pai
- Mae Kha Som Tum
- Lung Dee Kee Mao
- Fawn Ngeo
- Kwuan Tai Duew Luk Puen
- Dek Kai Nuang Sue Pim
- Gao Guek
- Tid Lom Ta Lai
- Mai Na Lork Gun
- Nan Nan Pob Gan Tee
- Koh Phuket
- Gang Gang Nai Krai Lab
- Khor Tan Gor Mee Hua Jai
- Sao Dok Kum Tai
- Tangkon Tangnae
- Keng Ma
- Na Doo
- Dteuu
- Mia Rai Duen
- Pleng Show