1987 - Beyond Arabian Concert - 超越亞拉伯演唱會完整版 Live Album

超越亞拉伯演唱會完整版

1987

Beyond Arabian Concert

Their second professional live album, done in their very first success on Arabian Dancing Girl album. The VCD packing gives some more clips such as solos of all member. Notes that the CD song list order also different from the VCD version. We got to see the real talents of each member.  The whole concert is widely available on Youtube, just search this.

Track List

01. 片頭 Titles

02. 開場音樂 Opening

03. 東方寶藏 Oriental Treasures

04. 過去與今天 Passing to Present

05. Water Boy

06. 舊日的足跡 The Old Trail

07. Myth

08. Drums/Bass 獨奏

09. 遠仔/阿Paul Guitar 獨奏 Liu and Paul Guitar Solo

10. 家駒獨奏 Wong Ka Kui Solo

11. 幻燈片 Slides

12. 沙丘魔女 Dunes Witch

13. 玻璃箱 Glass Box

14. 孤單一吻 Solitary Kiss

15. 無聲的告別 Silent Farewell

16. 亞拉伯跳舞女郎 Arabian Dancing Girl

17. 永無等待 Never Wait

18. 昔日舞曲 Dance From the Past

19. 再見理想 Goodbye Faith

20. 後台片段I Backstage Clip I

21. 後台片段II Backstage Clip II

22. 昔日舞曲 Music Video

23. 無聲的告別 Music Video

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1987 Beyond - Arabian Dancing Girl 亞拉伯跳舞女郎

亞拉伯跳舞女郎 Arabian dancing girl

Aa Laap Baak Tiu Mou Neoi Long - Ya La Bai Diao Wu Nu Ren (Pinyin)
1987 - Label : KINN'S 

This is the first full professional studio album by Beyond. It is in Cantonese. Overall this album still has a thick hard rock root. The hit Arabian Dancing Girl bring Beyond to their first door of success. Noted that former member  Dang Wai Him and Lau Chi Yuen may still present in the band, as they are listed as member until 1988.

This album highly influence by Oriental Eastern scale. The first track Oriental Treasures is the direct adaptation of Long Way Without Friends from their previous album. Dune Witch (literally mean Demon Woman from the Desert) is a highly energetic Easter scale hard rock, I am not sure why this song didn't make it into Beyond repertoire. Dance From the Past (昔日舞曲) is the second hit that made it into Beyond repertoire. Silent Farewell is still in their original unpolished version, but later this song will be have regular play. Passing to Present is showing Yip Sai Wing great drumming. There are not much hits from the rest of the repertoire. 

The album did not do very well in the market where hard rock is too much for mainstream audience.

Arabian Dancing Girl is adapted into Mandarin version with different lyric and title, become 射手座咒語Shèshǒu zuò zhòuyǔ Sagittarius spell. It is on the album The Glorious Years.

Track List: 

1. 東方寶藏 (Dung Fong Dong Fang) - Oriental Treasures

2. 亞拉伯跳舞女郎 (Aa Laap Baak Tiu Mou Neoi Long) - Arabian Dancing Girl

3. 沙丘魔女 (Saa Yao Mo Nei) - Dune Witch

4. 無聲的告別 (Mou Seng Dik Gou Bit) - Silent Farewell

5. 追憶 (Zeoi Jik) - Recall

6. 昔日舞曲 (Sik Jat Mou Kuk) - Dance from the Past

7. 新天地 Xintiandi – New World

8. 隨意飄蕩 (Ceoi Ji Piu Dong) - Drifting Wishes

9. 過去與今天 (Gwo Heoi Jiu Gam Tin) - Passing to Present

10. 孤單一吻 (Gu Daan Jat Man) - Solitary Kiss

11. 玻璃箱 (Bo Li Seong) - Glass Box

12. 水晶球 (Seoi Zing Kau) - Crystal Ball

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Beyond - 亞拉伯跳舞女郎 Arabian Dancing Girl Cover

Back Cover for 亞拉伯跳舞女郎

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