Begging The Moon: Phleng Thai Sakon & Luk Krung, 1945-1960

by Various

Release Details

Year: 2022
Format: Vinyl — LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Label: Death Is Not The End
Catalog #: DEATH063LP
Tracks: 16

Genres

Folk, World, & Country

Styles

Luk Krung

Tracklist

A1It's Not Raining All Over The Sky
2:49
A2Deceived
2:57
A3Wedding Tomorrow
3:04
A4Begging The Moon
2:53
A5Touch
2:58
A6Majesty Above The Sky
2:31
A7Look
3:12
A8Sorry Letter
3:07
B1Frightening
3:01
B2One Love
2:59
B3Lonely
3:01
B4Swan And Crow
3:02
B5The Farmstead Awaits You
3:06
B6Poor Homeless People
2:52
B7Love Me For A Long Time
3:45
B8Beyond Desire
2:45

Notes

Begging the Moon is a collection focused upon an early-to-mid 20th century style of Thai popular song, commonly named Phleng Thai sakon (meaning "song which is both Thai and universal"). With recordings taken from the end of WWII until the start of the 1960s, many of these tracks may also be referred to as Luk krung (meaning "child of the city") a more urbanised style of popular song that is in contrast to the Thai country music known as Luk thung ("child of the field"). Following the Thai cult