{"product_id":"al-basim-revival","title":"Al Basim - Revival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first-ever official vinyl reissue of Al Basim’s extraordinary 1979 private-press album \u003cem\u003eRevival\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaghdad-born musician Basim Al-Hashimi recorded \u003cem\u003eRevival\u003c\/em\u003e during a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the United States in 1978, bringing Arabic musical influences together with the Western rock he had loved through the ’60s and ’70s. The result is a genuinely difficult record to categorise: melodic guitar-led psychedelia gives way to spiritual jazz, kosmische textures, meditative ambience, jazz-inflected grooves and joyful progressive passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLicensed directly from Basim Al-Hashimi, this long-awaited reissue from Different Strokes For Different Folks also includes an interview telling the story behind the record and photographs sourced from his personal archive. Despite several previous attempts, \u003cem\u003eRevival\u003c\/em\u003e has never before received an official vinyl reissue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of:\u003c\/strong\u003e spiritual jazz · psychedelic rock · kosmische · Middle Eastern psychedelia · private-press discoveries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Different Strokes For Different Folks\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue: DSDF005 \/ DSDF005C\u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eRelease date: 30 October 2026\u003cbr\u003eFirst-ever official vinyl reissue\u003cbr\u003eIncludes interview with Al Basim and archive photography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Different Strokes For Different Folks","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":62046406705420,"sku":"DSDF005","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Indie Exclusive Black \u0026 White Marble Vinyl LP","offer_id":62046406738188,"sku":"DSDF005C","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4459\/3932\/files\/al-basim-revival.jpg?v=1787323951","url":"https:\/\/12-bar.com\/products\/al-basim-revival","provider":"12 Bar Music and Social","version":"1.0","type":"link"}