24 PHIMPHA PHONSIRI (ESAN DANCE 21 PLENG DANG)

Phimpha Phonsiri พิมพา พรศิริ

Some of you probably have enough of the homage to the legendary Honey Sri Esan but well, I could not end up this series without some songs from one of my favorite 80's Esan super star: PHIMPHA PHONSIRI! I have a huge collection of Phimpha records of all kinds (more than 50 and I guess she released at least 70 since her young debut the mid 80's) and this homage is a good opportunity to share some of her songs.

Phimpha Phonsiri grew up in the province Chayaphum before moving to Khon Kaen to studdy. It's during her studdies that Phimpha decided to meet Soraphet Phinyo who will compose for her a large bunch of album, some of those being pretty successful records of early "luk thung molam". Phimpha will then work with some other talented composers such as Dao Bandon and Num Phutai (mosltly molam prayuk and luk thung). during the 90's and 2000's, Phimpha performed all kind of thai music genres such as ram wong, lae... Phimpha never got back the success she had in her early years but still keeps a loyal fan base. She released a new record last year on the major Rsiam and still performs live from time to time.

The music we'll ear today comes from ESAN DANCE 21 PLENG DANG, it seems like this recording only been released as Karaoke version (as part of a VCD serie). Off course it features some Honey Sri Esan song, as well as some of her own songs and other covers including a song by Angkhanang Khunchai and some popular Esan songs. Luk thung, molam, ram wong... All performed in a fast and furious "non stop" style. On the video, Phimpha is backed by herslef  as "dancers team" (as you can see on the photos).

This is the last part of the Honey Sri Esan homage (many other singers covered her songs and we'll sure ear some more soonn). Next week, we'll continue with something very different but for now, let's dance!

TRACKLIST:

PHIMPHA PHONSIRI พิมพา พรศิริ

ESAN DANCE 21 PLENG DANG อีสานแด๊นซ์ 21 เพลงดัง
PART1
01 น้ำตาหล่นบนที่นอน

02 วอนพี่มีรักเดียว

03 ตำบักหุ่ง พิมพา

04 ฟ้าลิขิต

05 จดหนายย้ายที่อยู่

06 ขอแล้วบ่แต่ง

07 สาวกาฬสินธุ์

08 เขาแต่งเราตรน

09 ไม่ลืมสมิหลา

10 กินเป๊นบ่
PART 2

11 บ่าวชุมแพ

12 พี่จ๋าหลับตาไว้

13 สาวคนโก้

14 สาระวันรำวง

15 ถึงหลอกก๊รัก

16 รำวงรำชิ่ง

17 อยากแต่งงาน

18 เลิกรัก.. เลิกรอ

19 รำวงภูไท

20 ต่างคนต่างไป

21 ร๊อคลาวพวน

 NOTE:

As I kept the recording in it's original format 

(2 parts with no cuts in betwin songs),

the songs tittles are not included in the folder.

23 KALAYA FABANDON & SOMCHAI MUANGSURIN (KANTRUEM TURBO)

Kalaya Fabandon & Somchai Muangsurin

This week we continue our homage to Honey Sri Esan with something quite different. If last time the tittle was pretty explicit "lam non stop", this time it's even more as the tittle is in english "KANTRUEM TURBO". Just like last week, we have some fast songs, some covers of Honey Sri Esan and also from Dao Bandon: some solo hits and some songs originally performed with Phimchai Phetphalanchai (from the same tape as last time). You probably wonder why I post almost the same tape this week then. Well this tape is in fact quite unique as it's a Khmer and Esan duo Miss Kalaya Fabandon (apparently from Udon Thani) and Mister Somchai Muangsurin (from Surin) who is one of the numerous singers from the Khmer community living on the Esan side of the Thai/Cambodian border. 

In this tape the songs are performed in both Esan and Khmer languages. No superstars here but an interesting duo and some nice covers of luk thung and molam legends. If covers of popular songs are pretty common in Esan music, Honey Sri Esan is the only one to have so many covers while she only recorded two tapes.

TRACKLIST:
KALAYA FABANDON & SOMCHAI MUANGSURIN
กัลยา ฟ้าบ้านดอน / สมชาย เมืองสุรินทร์
KANTRUEM TURBO
อัลบั้มกันตรีมเทอร์โบ
01 สาวลาวบ่าวเขมธ
02 น้ำตาหล่นบนที่นอน
03 ขอแลัวไม่แต่ง
04 ใส่กลอนนอนกลุ้ม
05 คนขี่หลังควาย
06 ฝันรักฝันร้าย
07 วอนพี่มีรักเดียว
08 หนุ่มยาว สาวสั้น
09 สาวกาฬสินธุ์
10 รักสาวหมอลำ
11 จีบสาวเลี้ยงเป็ด

12 เฮือนน้อยนางเมิน

Phimchai Phetphalanchai, Honey Sri Esan and Dao Bandon

22 FAH SUPAWEE (LAM MAI YOUT)

ฟ้า สุภาวี / Fah Supawee

The rain has come... Unlike last year, the monsoon came right on time and the concert season is coming to its end. Don't worry about that, even under the rain, we'll carry on dancing! The tape we have today is particulary good for party, you could even guess it just by reading the tittle: LAM MAI YOUT "lam non stop", enouth said I guess.

Honey Sri Esan and Fah Supawee

In this tape Fah Supawee is covering some popular songs from the early 90's and pay a special homage to Honey Sri Esan in a fun "party style" molam luk thung with a nice blend of synth and traditional instruments that reminds me a lot of fun weekends in villages during buddhist holidays and especially the ramwong "circle dance" that often happen at festivals and where cover bands sing popular songs while the audience participate with cheering noise and dance for hours. The B side of this tape also feature some covers of songs by Dao Bandon and Phimchai Phetphalanchai from one of their numerous duo records.

I don't have much information about Fah Supawee but from what I heard from her songs, I can guess she is part of the Khmer/Esan community as she also sing kantruem (we'll ear about this other side of her career later). Without being a superstar she seems to have a great career and she still record some songs.

Next week, we'll continue our serie about Honey Sri Esan with something quite different but for now... Let's dance!

TRACKLIST:

FAH SUPAWEE ฟ้า สุภาวี

LAM MAI YOUT ลำไม่หยุค
SIDE A

01 น้ำตาหล่นบนที่นอน
02 วอนพี่มีรักเดียว
03 หน้าหล่อใจลวง
04 สาวกาฬสินธุ์
05 ขอแล้วไม่แต่ง
06 รักสองแผ่นดิน
07 หนุ่มภูเขียว
08 สงครามแห่งความรัก
SIDE B
09 หนุ่มยาวสาวสั้น
10 จีบสาวเลี้ยงเป็ด
11 อีหวึ่งตายแน่
12 พาน้องล่องแหง่ง
13 ฟ้าลิขิต
14 คนสู้ย่อมมีสิทธิ์
15 ฝันรัก ฝันร้าย
16 เอารักของเธอคืนไป

 NOTE:

As I kept the tape in it's original format 

(2 sides with no cuts in betwin songs),

the songs tittles are not included in the folder.

 Honey Sri Esan, Dao Bandon

and Phimchai Phetphalanchai

21 HONEY SRI ESAN (NAMTHA LON BON TI NONE)

Honey Sri Esan ฮันนี่ ศรีอีสาน

Back after being busy for a while... Today we start a little serie of posts about a singer who sadly became a legend after only 2 tapes recorded. 

Honey Sri Esan was born in the province of Kalasin and was on her way to a brilliant career when she tragically died on the road after a concert in the province of Sisaket in 1992 at the age of 21.

Honey Sri Esan memorial in Sisaket

Today we'll ear her first tape released in 1991 (wich contain her most popular hits). Yanavy Sounds did a pretty good job on this first recording, Dao Bandon on the lyrics and Num Phutai for the musical composition. Everything here is really well done and the musicians are great on this  luk thung molam little gem. It really looks like all was prepared to serve the sumptuous voice of Honey Sri Esan and to start a successful career. A few months later, the same team worked on her second tape also released by Yanavy. Obviously a 3rd record was planned and finally been recorded by another singer (I'll post it later).

After her death, Honey Sri Esan became a legend and nowadays many people still go to pray at her memorial in Sisaket (including some popular singers) and some of the songs featured on this tape are often played during concerts. The next posts will feature some of the many singers who covered her songs.

 


TRACKLIST:
HONEY SRI ESAN ฮันนี่ ศรีอีสาน

NAMTHA LON BON TI NONE น้ำตาหล่นบนที่นอน

01 น้ำตาหล่นบนที่นอน

02 ฝันรัก ฝันร้าย

03 ขอแลัว ไม่แต่ง

04 สาวกาพัสินธุ์

05 เขาแต่ง เราตรน

06 ถึงหลอกก็รัก

07 น้ำตาหล่นบนที่นอน (instrumental)

08 สาวนาผวารัก

09 สงครามกับความรัก

10 หนุ่นภูเขียวเบี้ยวสาวชุมแพ

11 สวยเพราะปลาแดก

12 รักคนหัวล้าน

13 เอารักของเธอคีนไป

ceremony in Sisaket