V/A - Begging the Moon: Phleng Thai Sakon & Luk Krung, 1945-1960 LP Death Metal ” Clay Parton said

” Clay Parton said

was integral to the expanded sound on this new record

and its central tenet that “our task is to make trouble

in a Pre-Weird America

Done by the man himself it is

V/A - Begging the Moon: Phleng Thai Sakon & Luk Krung, 1945-1960 LP Death Metal ” Clay Parton saidBegging 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