Begging the Moon: Phleng Thai Sakon & Luk Krung, 1945-1960

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Begging the Moon is a collection focused upon an early-to-mid 20th century style of Thai popular song, commonly named Phleng Thai sakon (meaning "song which is both Thai and universal"). With recordings taken from the end of WWII until the start of the 1960s, many of these tracks may also be referred to as Luk krung (meaning "child of the city") a more urbanised style of popular song that is in contrast to the Thai country music known as Luk thung ("child of the field"). Following the Thai cultu