Various artists: Kolo Party (Festival Records FLP-1505)

Here's one of the records from my past. The relatives on one side of the family probably all had a copy of this one, standard issue, along with a bottle of Šljivovica. The kolo is a type of line/chain/circle dance from Yugoslav countries (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, etc.), and the "orchestras" who play these typically play tamburitzas, a family of stringed instruments similar to guitars. Track List ---------------- Srbijanka Moravac Misirlou Čuješ Mala Lesnoto Oro U Šest Koraka Malo Kolo Haj Haj Bože Daj Milanovo Kolo Šušu Mile Natalija Vranjanka Bela Rada Kolo Kalendara Other than knowing the songs on this record, and the information on the back cover, there is no other clue as to which "orchestras" play each of the songs, other than the cover saying "..."no less than six orchestras, among them the ensembles of George Skrbina, Sloboda of Pittsburgh, Soko, Biser, and "Kolo" of Beograd. I still own the original copy we had in our pile of records but, wanting a cleaner copy, I found this one sealed from Amazon rather inexpensively. The sealed copy came with the dance instruction book. Other than tripping around the relatives when I was a kid, I know nothing about these dances, other than the circle/chain dance being similar to Greek dancing, and the meter of some of the songs is in 7/8. For what it's worth...enjoy! If you don't "get" the music, I recommend that Šljivovica (a plum brandy) to help you figure out the dance steps. 😁