Thai Pop Spectacular: 1960s-1980s

by Various Artists

Thai Pop Spectacular: 1960s-1980s cover art

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

  1. Introduction: Welcome to Thailand
  2. Roob Lor Thom Pai
  3. Mae Kha Som Tum
  4. Lung Dee Kee Mao
  5. Fawn Ngeo
  6. Kwuan Tai Duew Luk Puen
  7. Dek Kai Nuang Sue Pim
  8. Gao Guek
  9. Tid Lom Ta Lai
  10. Mai Na Lork Gun
  11. Nan Nan Pob Gan Tee
  12. Koh Phuket
  13. Gang Gang Nai Krai Lab
  14. Khor Tan Gor Mee Hua Jai
  15. Sao Dok Kum Tai
  16. Tangkon Tangnae
  17. Keng Ma
  18. Na Doo
  19. Dteuu
  20. Mia Rai Duen
  21. Pleng Show