Back from the Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran: 1973–1979
Back from the Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran: 1973–1979 is a 2-CD/3-LP compilation album of Iranian songwriter, singer, and composer Kourosh Yaghmaei's solo material, released in 2011.[1] It is a compilation of Yaghmaei's best-known numbers, recorded between 1973 and 1979, before the Islamic Revolution.[2][3][4] The original sessions were produced by Kourosh Yaghmaei, while this anthology was produced by Egon[1] for his Now-Again Records label.[5]
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Released | 22 August 2011 | |||
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Length | 2:08:02 | |||
Label | Now-Again Records | |||
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Track list
CD version
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Gole Yakh" (Winter Sweet) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 5:06 |
2. | "Dar Enteha" (At the End) | Hakim Omar Khayyam | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:09 | |
3. | "Hajme Khali" (Empty Bulk) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 2:42 | |
4. | "Paiz" (Autumn) | Mani Motiee | Mani Motiee, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:20 |
5. | "Leila" | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:27 | |
6. | "Del Dareh Pir Misheh" (My Heart is Getting Old) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 2:53 |
7. | "Akhm Nakon" (Don't Frown) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:25 | |
8. | "Shirin Joon" (Dear Shirin) | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 3:31 | |
9. | "Ghazal" (Gazelle) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 5:18 | ||
10. | "Tavalode Yek Seda" (Birth of a Sound) | Aradalan Sarfaraz | Ardalan Sarfaraz, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:22 | |
11. | "Saghe" (Stalk) | Hossein Najafian | Hossein Najafian, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:24 | |
12. | "Entezar" (Waiting) | Mansour Tehrani, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:22 | |
13. | "Niyayesh" (Praise) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 5:33 | ||
14. | "Saraabe Toe" (Your Mirage) | Moeeni Kermanshahi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:34 | |
15. | "Reyhan" | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 3:48 | |
16. | "Baroona" (Rains) | Hossein Bigham | Hossein Bigham, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:27 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Mosafere Shahre Baran" (The Traveler Of Rain-Town) | Hossein Najafian | Hossein Najafian, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 6:01 |
2. | "Khaar" (Thistle) | Mani Motiee | Mani Motiee, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 6:48 |
3. | "Havar Havar" (Shout Shout) | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 3:45 | |
4. | "Ashiooneh" (Nest) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:35 | ||
5. | "Bachehaye Khoobe Koocheh" (The Good Children of the Street) | Hossein Bigham | Hossein Bigham, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:39 | |
6. | "Akhtare Asemanha" (The Star of the Sky) | Mani Motiee, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:01 | ||
7. | "Kei Toe Miayee" (When Will You Come) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 5:05 | ||
8. | "Share Cheshmat" (The City of Your Eyes) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:19 | ||
9. | "Dokhtare Delkhasteye Shahr" (The Heartbroken Town Girl) | Hossein Bigham, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:49 | ||
10. | "Daas" (Scythe) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 5:07 | ||
11. | "Ghahr" (Sulk) | Hossein Najafian, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 2:51 | ||
12. | "Aabere Shab" (Night Passenger) | Hossein Bigham, Kamran Yaghmaei | 3:56 | ||
13. | "Ghad Boland" (Tall) | Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:12 | ||
14. | "Kei Toe Miayee" (When Will You Come) | Hossein Najafian, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:34 |
Vinyl version
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Gole Yakh" (Winter Sweet) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 5:06 |
2. | "Dar Enteha" (At The End) | Hakim Omar Khayyam | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:09 | |
3. | "Hajme Khali" (Empty Bulk) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 2:42 | |
4. | "Paiz" (Autumn) | Mani Motiee | Mani Motiee, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:20 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Leila" | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:27 | |
2. | "Del Dareh Pir Misheh" (My Heart is Getting Old) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 2:53 |
3. | "Akhm Nakon" (Don't Frown) | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi | Mehdi Akhavan Langroodi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:25 | |
4. | "Shirin Joon" (Dear Shirin) | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 3:31 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Ghazal" (Gazelle) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 5:18 | ||
2. | "Tavalode Yek Seda" (Birth of a Sound) | Aradalan Sarfaraz | Ardalan Sarfaraz, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:22 | |
3. | "Mosafere Shahre Baran" (The Traveler Of Rain-Town) | Hossein Najafian | Hossein Najafian, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 6:01 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Saghe" | Hossein Najafian | Hossein Najafian, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:24 | |
2. | "Entezar" (Waiting) | Mansour Tehrani, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:22 | |
3. | "Niyayesh" (Praise) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 5:33 | ||
11. | Untitled (Stalk) |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Saraabe Toe" (Your Mirage) | Moeeni Kermanshahi, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 4:34 | |
2. | "Reyhan" | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 3:48 | |
3. | "Baroona" (Rains) | Hossein Bigham | Hossein Bigham, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:27 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Khaar" (Thistle) | Mani Motiee | Mani Motiee, Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 6:48 |
2. | "Havar Havar" (Shout Shout) | Kourosh Yaghmaei | Gol-e Yakh (1973) | 3:45 | |
3. | "Ashiooneh" (Nest) | Naser Mehdipoor, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 4:35 | ||
4. | "Bachehaye Khoobe Koocheh" (The Good Children of the Street) | Hossein Bigham | Hossein Bigham, Kourosh Yaghmaei | 3:39 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Kourosh Yaghmaei – lead vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars
- Behrooz Soori – bass guitar (A1, A2, A3, B2)
- Charlise Bet Davood – bass (B1)
- Fereydoon Farhoodi – bass (B4, D2, E1, F1)
- Kamran Yaghmaei – electric guitar (all but A4, B1, C3, D2, E3, F2, F4); rhythm guitar (B2, F2); acoustic guitar (C3); backing vocals (B1, C2, D3, E1, E3, F2); drums (A4, C3, F4)
- Farokh Hejazi – drums (A1, A2, A3, B2)
- Changiz Farjad – drums (B3, C1, C2, D1, D3, E1, E2, F1, F2, F3)
- Bardia – congas (F2); drums (D2)
- Behrooz Partovi – drums (E3)
- Houman Darioush – piano (A1)
- Siavash Ghomayshi – piano (A4)
- Mehrzad – keyboards (A2, A3, B2)
- Farhad – keyboards (B3)
- Fariborz Akhgar – keyboards (B4, D2, E1, F2)
- Behzad – congas (B3)
- Jamshid Sobhani – backing vocals (B1, E1), harmonica (F1)
- Yousuf Abgoun – backing vocals (E2)
- Amir Beheshti – trumpet (F4)
- Mirdadian – trumpet (F4)
Others
- Arranged By – Kambiz Yaghmaei (tracks: F4), Kourosh Yaghmaei (tracks: A1 to F3)
- Errol F. Richardson - art direction
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gollark: It generally does weird stuff to taste, apparently.
gollark: You'd need an antibody taste.
gollark: They probably don't actively have it after a month.
References
- "Kourosh – Back From The Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock From Iran". Now-Again. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- Roberts, Randall (21 August 2011). "'70s Iranian rock of Googoosh and Kourosh gets reissued [MP3]". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- Hundley, Jessica (21 August 2011). "They rocked in Iran before the revolution". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- Bekhrad, Joobin (17 July 2012). "Back from the Brink". Reorient. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- Gouvrion, Alain (17 November 2011). "Kourosh Yaghmaei, Back From The Brink". Rolling Stone France (in French). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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