TAYFUN BILGIN
1. Cahit Berkay, Cem Karaca, and Uğur Dikmen, “Yiyin efendiler”
From: Cahit Berkay, Cem Karaca, and Uğur Dikmen, Yiyin efendiler. Özbir Plak, 1990, 33⅓ rpm.
Lyrics by Tevfik Fikret, music by Cem Karaca.
Cahit Berkay is the only musician who has stayed throughout the band, Moğollar’s long career. He is also one of the best-known film-music composers of Turkish cinema, having composed the music for more than 200 films. Cem Karaca was one of the most important figures of Anatolian pop with a career spanning over four decades with 16 albums and many singles. He collaborated with Cahit Berkay in the band Moğollar, and in this album as a trio of Cem Karaca-Cahit Berkay-Uğur Dikmen. Uğur Dikmen is a Turkish keyboard player and composer. A long-time partner of Cahit Berkay in his film musics and other works. He is also a member of the Cem Karaca-Cahit Berkay-Uğur Dikmen trio.
2. Cahit Berkay, Film müzikleri volüm I
Emre Plak 082, 1997, 33⅓ rpm.
Credits (for the complete album):
Cahit Berkay: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, bağlama, yaylı tambur; Serhat Ersöz: bass guitar, drums.
3. Moğollar, Les Danses et rythmes de la Turquie d’hier â aujourd’hui
SVS 2698, 1972, 33⅓ rpm.
Credits (for the complete album):
Murat Ses: keyboards, vocal; Taner Öngür: acoustic guitar, bass, vocal; Cahit Berkay: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, yaylı tambur, bağlama, cura, çöğür, ıklığ, ney; Engin Yörükoğlu: drums.
The band Moğollar, formed in 1967, was one of its pioneers and leading bands. Cahit Berkay (b.1946) is the only musician who has stayed throughout the band’s long career.
4. Moğollar, Hittite sun
RCA, 1975, 33⅓ rpm.
Credits (for the complete album):
Michel Shollet: bass; Engin Yörükoğlu: drums, goblet drum, claves; Cahit Berkay: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, cura, yaylı tanbur, kemençe, bağlama; Romen Petiter: electric piano, piano, synthesizer.