Artist	Song
Chang Shu Mei	Song of Picking Tea Leaves
Wen Hsia & His Sisters	Night of Green Island
Hong Rong Hong	Unforgettable Person
Yu Yia	Night of the Shooting Star
Yu Yia	No., 13 of Harbor City
Chen Fan-lan	Wishes of a Lonely Lady
Chen Fan-lan	Happy Sailing
Hong Yi-feng	Goodbye Night City
Kuo Ta Cheng	Poor Drunken Man
Chiu Lan Fang	Flower of Rainy Night
Instr.	When Will You Come Again
Wu Chin Huai	Gypsy Lady
Teresa Teng/Deng Lijun	Song of Advice
Huang San Yuan	Miss Su-Lan is Gonna Get Married
Yieh Chi Tian	Country Girl Is Getting Married
Yang Xiao Ping	Deu Deu Tong
Hu Mei Hong	Tian Hei Hei
Hu Mei Hong	Wang Cun Feng
Kuo Chin-Fa	Bright Red of Four Seasons
Kuo Chin-Fa	Love Words After Many Drinks
Chin Man ang & Lee Ping Huei	Odyssey
The Clippers	Honey, Please Don't Go
Ah Niu	The Village Has Changed

Comment:

This is one of two new compilations for RadioZilla's 2003 fundraiser at WCBN FM Ann Arbor. Equal parts ethnomusicology and nostalgia, this collection of Taiwanese oldies resonates with a particular sound that is extremely familiar to me, but also speaks to an era far removed from my times. I, like many Taiwanese youths, was raised on these melodies, piped out of my parents' tape player, and it's the music of my past. Yet, as a 20-something female, I'm not expected to like this stuff, let alone actively seek and collect it. The few times I've gone back to Taiwan, or mainland China, and asked for oldies, record store clerks look at me really strangely and wonder why I'm not looking for something a little... well... more modern.

Why not? Because this body of music is unique to Taiwanese culture, I suppose, and I'd like to see this preserved. Yet, there is a strong bridge between oldies and modern Taiwanese music - at least, that's what it sounds like to me. That's why I've included three more recent artists -- Chin Man Wang (or Jinmen Wang) & Lee Ping Huei, the Clippers, and Ah Niu, to show how past musical culture has influenced the present, and how waves of migration and cross-cultural hybridization spawn new artists like Ah Niu.

Most of this stuff seems to have been recorded in the 1950's-1970's, with the exception of the last 3 songs. Lots of interesting back stories behind many of these songs, to be included in liner notes-type of deals.

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