Schooled | Taealamtuha Buqaa (1974)
Poster for the 1974 film Laenat Aimraa “It’s just so crass,” my friend said. “You like Ahmed Adaweya because he’s crass. You like him for the same reason you like this coffee shop, because it’s crappy.” --Anand Balakrishnan This post presents a minor dilemma: I recently got my hands on a 1974 single by our man that hasn't yet been cataloged on Discogs. This would not be an issue were it not for the fact this blog is chronological, and finding this previously forgotten 45 happened months after I'd posted all of his known vinyl (except for one LP I haven't yet found a copy of) and started in on the cassettes. We'll call it Chapter 8a for the time being with the promise to bump it up to 9 and then renumber the rest of blog in a couple of days. UPDATE: Renumbering done. While this iteration of the two songs on this 7" might be something of a revelation, neither of these tracks are unknown to serious Ahmed fans. The A Side, "Taealamtuha Buqaa," with lyrics by...