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This two-LP soundtrack produced by John Pirozzi, director of the film, "Don't Think I've Forgotten", is a rare and unique collection of 1960s to early 1970s Cambodian music influenced by the West. One can no longer find or buy original vinyl records of such music in Cambodia today as Khmer Rouge soldiers were very efficient in destroying them during Pol Pot's terrifying rule of Cambodia from 17 April 1975 to 7 January 1979, when two million Cambodians, mostly innocent, were cruelly murdered to create Pol's Communist agrarian utopia. The 1984 Academy Award-winning film, "The Killing Fields", provides a realistic glimpse of Pol's fiasco of a utopia. Pirozzi worked industriously to find diehard vinyl collectors to produce the soundtrack. He even has an English translation of Khmer lyrics of some songs in the soundtrack on the "Don't Think I've Forgotten" film website for those who wish to have a better understanding of the meaning of the songs. The two LPs have beautiful songs and music performed by famous Cambodian artistes like Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothea and Pen Ran, who were all executed by the Khmer Rouge. Fortunately, the Mol brothers of the guitar band, Baksey Cham Krong, are still alive as they managed to flee from war-torn Cambodia then. Listen to Sisamouth's "Dance A Go Go" and "Navy A Go Go" or Baksey Cham Krong's "B.C.K." and "Full Moon", and you may want to play the songs over and over again as the music is melodious, infectious and soothing. The "Don't Think I've Forgotten" soundtrack is a treasure for those who love or want to listen to early Cambodian rock and roll. Read full review
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