Persiana Rec. 
V.A. : Persian Underground -LP/CD- (IR,1960s/70s,pub.2010)*°°°'
I know that Persian 60s/70s singles are rare. This period still is a taboo in Iran. Just like the fact of an even longer Islamic period period without mumificating head scarf is supposed to have existed but it did. From the label Persianna to stimulate preservation I would have expected at least a little bit more effort than recording the singles on LP/CD without thorough studio-based surface noise cleaning restoration.
Zangoleah is clearly Persian garage-styled, a bit harsh perhaps because of the less preserved recording, but it also reveals an interesting rocking approach.
Saeed's track is a Persian styled melody led by electric guitars and organ, with complex poly-rhythms of drumming.
Big Boys's track fits in this period and has similar elements of poly-rhythmic drums and some organ solos. This track has a slightly strange singing-melody which does not totally come through with the song. Therefore it needs a few listens.
Zangoleah's second track is from a very bad sound quality. It features a collective group singing of male and female vocalists. It has something of the sound of a communist song with children-song associations. It has a very happy (and fast) rhythm and melody, shows also some accordion.
Takkhalha's track has something of an even worse quality : it is warped in speed. It is a good song but the compilers should have worked on it better or should have left it out. It has an attractive electric guitar solo however but the singing is bobbled.
A rather good but not too incredible song with a rather progressive band in the background and keyboard is the A-side of Kambiz. The other side however with the song “Way to Life” is an outstanding track. The label describes it as one of the only Iranian progressive rock tracks which is of course exaggerating in various ways, also for the fact it hereby neglects artists like Kourosh Yaghmaie who is commonly called in Iran the grandfather of (progressive) rock music in Iran. This second Kambiz track is indeed arranged wonderfully with prog-flute, an attractive emotional singing, organ arrangements, good smooth drumming, acoustic guitar pickings, and some open parts where the instrumental part is able to take the time for some moody improvisations. The track alone is worth investigating the compilation, despite the bad recording quality here and there.
Takkhalha's second track has also some noise surface distortion here and there. It is a sweetly sung garage track..
Ojubee's track starts with a Bach-like electric guitar intro. It is sung in English. This is rather garage-styled 60s psych.
The next Takkhalha's track is the Rolling Stone cover “Play with Fire”, a somewhat lame version, from which I think I also hear once more something wrong with the speed of the turntable (or perhaps it is taken from an old tape).
Tiger's “Take Leila away” is a garage track with Persian & Arab folk origins. It goes also strangely slow.
Big Boys second track has some psych organ and rhythm guitars. It is a completing ok song with once more complex fast rhythms on drums.
Zangoleah's track has handclaps, female group singers, clarinet arrangements. It is a bit an easy sing-a-long track.. Not clear why it is included except for its raw recording quality. It is more an exotic track than psych. A bit as if coming from a musical or so.
Last track by Tigers is more garage-styled, with tripling voice group singing. A rather simple sing-a-long song. It is ok but not a must-have, but it is a good track to complete the collection for this area. If people would have only known what would happen with to their existence a short time later.
Despite being critical on the recording quality I bear in mind that this is for the moment still the best we can get from that period, which we are lucky to be able to hear.
