Music Research V.A. : 1st Korean Folk Festival in Korea 74 Best 10 (KO,1974,re.2008)**°°
airplay : track 4,6,(9)
With a title like this you know what to expect. It means that there has been a big public involved with this project and whatever songs are submitted, they are arranged with a full orchestra, some brass and a rock band.
The first track (by Park, Kyeong-Hee) is a western cover with fitting ok brass & a popular rock band, a mainstream hit sung with exaggerating voice in the lead moments.
The second track (by Yun, Hang-Ki) is a sad song with smoky and extremely sad voice, for a moment singing just solo without accompaniment, before the band appears, which are piano, string orchestra, guitars and then also brass, and then also an electronic keyboard with the rock band, and some flute arrangement. This is entertainment music, but it has enough interesting elements to work well.
Also the next track (by Park, Sang-Kyu) plays a bit with emotions from sad to up-tempo to pure entertainment. It is well arranged with strings and the popular rock band.
The next track really is worth singling out for a mention ! It is sung by a very special, a bit strange, unusual and gifted female voice, accompanied by strings and rock band and a more dominant strange Moog-like instrument, mixed with brass, which is a bit contradictory to the progressive sound being started. This artist seems to be Jeong Eun Sook, with a worthy song to check out and a fine performance.
Also the next, slightly smoked, lower voice is good at first, then the singer starts to emphasise more on louder entertainment. The arrangements are with guitar and string orchestra, and on the louder moments with brass.
Another better song is the next one, which I remember from another album, sung by male voice, which is Song Chang-Sik, with orchestra and Moog sounds.
The next track (by Kang, Tae-Woong) is fine enough too, with a good voice, a rather dance rhythm, with a rock band, strings and brass. This seems to be a cover (Julia?).
The next track is by Moon, Jo, is a more or less ok, emotional entertainment with strings, piano and drums. Apparently she never recorded anything else.
The next track by Kim, In-Soon is recorded with strings, trumpet and a special keyboard for a small melodic contribution. It is an enjoyable enough melody/song, still with some mainstream entertainment factor.
The last song by Kim, Myeong-Hee is acoustic guitar led, with additional string orchestra and drums, a good (and rather, even though tempered, rock orientated) song with slightly strange low voice and song melody variations.
An album still worth checking out for completists. For people whole like good songs with well arranged contrasting orchestrations this album also is worth tracing.
