Lui Pui-Yuen - Galloping on the plain 

This is my partner's record. It's one of those rare op shop magic moments. I was super jelly. 

We were browsing a few years ago in a bunch of op-shops. The area has a huge migrant population. The op-shop had these large racks of vinyls (alas they have since got rid of it). I dug through one row but it was all shit. Nothing indicated the rest would be different and I didn't have the stamina to keep going for the other 3. My partner did and found this. Bugger...but also...yay! 

The cover alone is fab, but the whole album from start to finish is a banger. Composed and arranged by Lui Pui-Yuen it contains folk and orchestral compositions and adaptations featuring Pipa (like a lute), flutes, zither, many fiddles, san-hsien, cello, bass, and percussion. The picking on this is mind blowing. So fast. The arrangements are stunning. 

I haven't been able to find anything about this album despite multiple attempts. Released originally on the French label Pathé which then expanded internationally and was later part of EMI group. This was distributed in Hong Kong. Other titles by this artist who seems quite well known can be found with apt names such as "Floating Petals...Wild Geese...The moon on high".

If ya know anything more about it would love to hear it! 

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