Stephen Blum, recordings from Iranian Khorāsān

Pictured are labels for a cassette featuring recordings of four men performing songs and improvised poetry, made at Stephen Blum’s house in Mashhad, Iran (in the northern province of Khorāsān) in January of 1969. This song, young tailor Mahmud Gaffāriān's "Vakilābād," shares its name with a major prison in Mashhad (a theme also found in another song from his session, "Shabi be gusheh-e zendān"):

Hear the recordings of Ebrāhim Eqtesādi, Mohsen Hasanzāde, and Hossein Nazari here. 
Hear more recordings of Mahmud Gaffāriān here.
(Click on a link under "contents" until reaching the page for a particular recording, then click on the link under "digital content" to access the audio file.)

Geolocation: Mashhad, Iran.

The Stephen Blum Collection of Music from Iranian Khorāsān at Harvard University: original ethnographic sound recordings, 1968-2006.
AWM RL 16201-16202