Shidaiqu literally means "songs of the era", a term used to describe a hybrid musical genre that first began permeating through the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai in the late 1920's. Blending western pop, jazz, blues and Hollywood-inspired film soundtracks with traditional Chinese elements, the shidaiqu represented a musical and cultural merging that would go on to shape a golden age of Chinese popular song & film in the pre-communism interwar period. 'Waiting For Your Return' brings together a wide collection of recordings for an anthological overview of the style. TRACKS: 01. Gong Qiuxia - The Train 02. Zhou Xuan - Street Moon 03. Du Jie - The Beauty Comes 04. Li Xianglan - Moonlight Ditty 05. Wu Yingyin - Spring Flowers And Autumn Moon 06. Lang Yuxiu - Falling Flowers 07. Zhou Xuan - Laughing Praise 08. Bai Hong - Love Song Beyond The Great Wall 09. Bai Yun - Long Night And More Dreams 10. Yao Min - My Heart 11. Gong Qiuxia - Horse Racing 12. Yi Min - Willow Branches 13. Ensemble Of The All-Shanghai United Harmonica Team - Exhort 14. Wang Renmei - Wind And Rain Song 15. Wang Renmei - Lilac Mountain 16. Gong Qiuxia & Mei Xi - Sunny Sky 17. Zhang Fan - The Love Of A Village Girl 18. Yao Lee - Willow Spring 19. Zhou Xuan - Lovely Morning 20. Luo Cuiyu - Lullaby