Artist	Song
Hohak Band	Hohak Carnival (2005)
Chang Loo (1932 - )	All the Birds Pay Tribute to the Phoenix
Koo Mei (1934 - )	Alishan Maiden (1965)
Pan Hsiu King (1935 - )	Sparks in My Heart
Yao Li (1922 - )	Widow's Lament (1949)
Lee Hsianglan (1920 - )	Moonlight on the River
Hsia Tan	A Question
Lan Di (1941 - 1991)	Look Up At Me
Grace Chang Ge Lan (1934 - )	Ocean Aloha
Tsui Ping (1938 - )	Waiting for the Day
Liu Yun (1941 - )	New Moon to Full Moon
Zhou Xuan (1920 - 1957)	Fancy Maiden
Bai Hong (1919 - 1992)	The Wild Band
Fang Jingyin (1959 - )	Crazy Happy
Zhang Lailai	Living Treasure
Sakura (1948 - )	Wise Words (1966)
Wong Ling	Sealed With a Kiss (1966)
Yao Su-rong (1946 - )	Red Face, Smiling Heart
Yao Ping	New Year's Song (1937)
Labor Exchange Band	After a While, a Strange Place Becomes Home (2001)
Woo Ying-yin (1922 - )	A Rose on a Mound
Zhang Fan	New Year's Greetings (1948)
Ouyang Feiying (1921 - )	Spring on the Lake (1946)
Bai Guang (1921 - 1999)	Auld Lang Syne

Comment:

It's been almost two years since I last submitted a mix -- my 2005 Year of the Rooster mix (http://www.artofthemix.org/findamix/getcontents.asp?strMixId=87512). I'm following up with a mix of Chinese-language songs to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Pig!

Years of performers or songs are included, where known. Hohak Band (track 1) and Labor Exchange Band (track 20) are "brothers", Taiwanese Hakka bands that shared certain musicians. Labor Exchange is now sadly defunct. Koo Mei's "Alishan Maiden" comes from the popular Shaw Brothers film, *The Lark*. It is also a Taiwanese aboriginal melody. Pan Hsiu King's song is based on an original melody by Bachpan Ki Mohabbat. Lee Hsianglan, aka as Yoshiko Yamaguchi, has one of the most intriguing biographies of any pre-war "Chinese" songstress -- look her up, as it's too complicated to explain here. Lee, like Grace Chang (track 9) and Zhou Xuan (track 12), were also movie stars. Tsui Ping, Liu Yun, and Zhou Xuan's tracks sound the most "Chinese" on this CD, but Bai Hong reminds you that Shanghai jazz has been mixing up these supposedly "traditional" sounds since at least the 1930s. Zhang Lailai's track makes fun of some idiot son who's supposed to be the "Living Treasure" of his presumably well-off family, but he can't even speak English (is hardly cosmopolitan) or do anything right. Sakura and Wong Ling's tracks are fuzzed out 60s fun, whereas Yao Su-rong's recording makes unusual, minimalistic use of the electric guitar. Yao Ping is the only male singer featured on this compilation -- his track is a street performer's song from the 1937 film *New Year's Coin*. Labor Exchange Band's song is a beautiful ode for the foreign brides in Taiwan (brides from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.). Zhang Fan's song makes odd use of "Jingle Bells" -- Christmas songs were basically synonymous with New Year's songs, to the Chinese, so traces of other Christmas songs can often be found in new year's recordings. I meant to exclude all songs with the title "Spring" in the title, because I have another Chinese-language SPRING-themed song in the works, but Ouyang Feiying's song was too pretty not to include. Finally, Bai Guang and "Auld Lang Syne" (in Chinese)... one of those ubiquitous songs, popular the world over, but I'm still very fond of the tune. I AM UP FOR TRADING!!! My income has taken a hit since moving back to the United States and living off gradstudent-level income, so I haven't been purchasing much music. I would like to continue exploring new musc, and mixes used to be my primary means of finding out about new music, so if you're up for trading, just drop me a line.

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