Various Artists - Wounds of Love: Khmer Oldies, Vol. 2 (2021)

A second volume of late 50s and early 60s Cambodian slow rock, pop and R&B tracks - following the first volume's featuring as compilation of the week on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6Music show. From the late 1950s onwards a music scene developed around Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, inspired by the prevalence of imported rock & pop records arriving in the country from US & UK and also chanson and bolero records from France & Latin America. This collection documents some of these early home-grown slow rock, pop & rnb 45 recordings from the early 60s, prior to the further embrace of US psych & garage rock-orientated sounds in the mid 60s and into the Vietnam war era.

Tracklist:
1 01. Chhun Vanna - Lone River (02:59)
1 02. Sieng Dy - Missing Couple (02:55)
1 03. Sinn Sisamouth, Keo Setha - Night to Meet Face to Face (03:09)
1 04. Im Song Soem, Huoy Meas - Looking at the Moon (02:30)
1 05. Mao Sareth - Love Hard (04:02)
1 06. Chin Sakon, Chhun Vanna - Word of Promise (04:59)
1 07. Huoy Meas - Sekong Night (02:43)
1 08. Ros Serey Sothea - I've Had My Heart Broken (03:43)
1 09. Chhun Vanna, Im Song Soem - Rose Garden (02:33)
1 10. Sinn Sisamouth, Mao Sareth - The Night Is Soft (03:00)
1 11. Pen Ran - Night at the Seaside (02:55)
1 12. Rina & Chea Savoeun - Market Break (04:05)
1 13. Sinn Sisamouth - The Letter Sent to You (02:50)
1 14. In Yeng - Ivory River (04:50)