tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68908406044653600332024-03-11T17:46:13.489-05:00Flat, Black, and Classical: Indian Classical Music on Vinyl and CassetteRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-65343850043293062902024-01-06T01:11:00.002-06:002024-01-07T02:19:22.132-06:00Bismillah Khan: Shehnai Nawaz (EALP 1306) an LP recorded in India in 1966<p> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here is another lovely shehnai recital LP by the great <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bismillah Khan</a></b>. It contains a side-long exploration of a late night raga, a light "dhun" and a popular bhajan (devotional song).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C9F3IztXvBrxa_sVGRBoC_KxcGNk8JvjwW1rsTu55KTrIchifMbgOwhcVcdsbeTwRMpcUrI2ciP50auxSX2SaNi0Jbha43ffQcIgaOhSODOcjjwnV99axh5Ac7IlEYLV4BmbSUz7bOx9DDRvQGLNFdv5GiTkC8VL5qlO0i11MPCTIcLdSWD_qUwG3e_D/s7350/%5BEALP%201306%5D%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7340" data-original-width="7350" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C9F3IztXvBrxa_sVGRBoC_KxcGNk8JvjwW1rsTu55KTrIchifMbgOwhcVcdsbeTwRMpcUrI2ciP50auxSX2SaNi0Jbha43ffQcIgaOhSODOcjjwnV99axh5Ac7IlEYLV4BmbSUz7bOx9DDRvQGLNFdv5GiTkC8VL5qlO0i11MPCTIcLdSWD_qUwG3e_D/w640-h640/%5BEALP%201306%5D%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZH3rTTLeLpQQ3kF0OPeBglxLrdna_ttKGH9fe7mqCJvJ4uaYyXyXEMbNZCVx6xpYVV-TeGne06Oj7l69Coz6VhlTY_znBHgqDJ3hJzMZJtz32rRghjjxEoloZmGqDs333Mzv-sBPlQ7DNmxidbgN-syFWzwLG45LVvcG4-fTNcbnncZaLe8rK_xZVwf2/s7288/%5BEALP%201306%5D%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i>Equipment used in this transfer: </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: courier;">Preparation:</b><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="font-family: courier;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> for 20 minutes in clean water.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Turntable: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technics SL-1200</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Cartridge: </b><a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at33mono" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-technica ATmono33</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Recorder:</b> Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 96kHz resolution using 32bit float</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/rx-elements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iZotope RX 10 Elements</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/RRgkdH/%5BEALP%201306%5D%20Bismillah%20Khan%20-%20Shehnai%20Nawaz%202496.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 96kHz mono FLAC files (564 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/qTNPdg/%5BEALP%201306%5D%20Bismillah%20Khan%20-%20Shehnai%20Nawaz%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz mono FLAC files (208 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/GGp4P2/%5BEALP%201306%5D%20Bismillah%20Khan%20-%20Shehnai%20Nawaz%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps dual mono mp3 files (158 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-2715603837716755502023-12-18T20:26:00.001-06:002023-12-23T01:27:53.928-06:00Bhimsen Joshi: Raga Bhairavi and Aabhogi (HMV 7EPE 1234) an EP recorded and released in India in 1961<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Today we have an EP from the brilliant vocalist <b>Bhimsen Joshi</b> (1922-2011) with short pieces in ragas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhairavi_(Hindustani)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bhairavi</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhogi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aabhogi</a>. These were later collected, along with a few other pieces of about the same length, in a 1977 EMI LP entitled <i><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1083789-Bhimsen-Joshi-Evening-Morning-Melodies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evening and Morning Melodies</a></i> (ECLP 2779).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfypx8OpMS0GvHIPsB0i4qWH6OCthTNJbXhAAY-pAh61PLTmO1ICzMAS5Law0We4oK856XQ8TqTXPNyqIWnr7PIRhggKapnNo9oxc3QcdhCZphqlMkXXCEqTXwZhcTf_QioomGQGXLnsT_N1gVFUmTQ4XGCFR6nOXzhr7McOR2SWW_4hBchU-B5GFJuZpw/s2273/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20label%20A.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2273" data-original-width="2273" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfypx8OpMS0GvHIPsB0i4qWH6OCthTNJbXhAAY-pAh61PLTmO1ICzMAS5Law0We4oK856XQ8TqTXPNyqIWnr7PIRhggKapnNo9oxc3QcdhCZphqlMkXXCEqTXwZhcTf_QioomGQGXLnsT_N1gVFUmTQ4XGCFR6nOXzhr7McOR2SWW_4hBchU-B5GFJuZpw/w640-h640/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20label%20A.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVborsp75htEAsM1h6IekB_d16GPb78ibQX25p4PByFI21ikJZSdjbhUDj1q3OrKBE4LKsHwYuAaMvwZkJxn3gtd0J55elAmW5dfBkoEWhIwxVg21IVd95dFT-lu_vrIOrDqW-My1nHYg8mSHPk55HVwVWwcMIgzJA8vIOzNtcRntlII0ujx8lNAeAkObD/s2244/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20label%20B.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2244" data-original-width="2244" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVborsp75htEAsM1h6IekB_d16GPb78ibQX25p4PByFI21ikJZSdjbhUDj1q3OrKBE4LKsHwYuAaMvwZkJxn3gtd0J55elAmW5dfBkoEWhIwxVg21IVd95dFT-lu_vrIOrDqW-My1nHYg8mSHPk55HVwVWwcMIgzJA8vIOzNtcRntlII0ujx8lNAeAkObD/w640-h640/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20label%20B.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcM5lcbGBj6nlmxwEXIJQkGzT40sBHFKCidtoUw0iwoxKa62qWuxhX-YK_S-zmpal5w4t1CTvYoMD1yELDYPl06zEh2fdJvv1Tb8Qky-AsiNKvqr9iIMpP6-DPKbEXBa-Kt2L4qXRfJrNBxNY1yKA6ZQvATG7CpdtJTBJ7h2pAKNvoqzNbbqv1j_j0kIw/s354/Joshi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcM5lcbGBj6nlmxwEXIJQkGzT40sBHFKCidtoUw0iwoxKa62qWuxhX-YK_S-zmpal5w4t1CTvYoMD1yELDYPl06zEh2fdJvv1Tb8Qky-AsiNKvqr9iIMpP6-DPKbEXBa-Kt2L4qXRfJrNBxNY1yKA6ZQvATG7CpdtJTBJ7h2pAKNvoqzNbbqv1j_j0kIw/w426-h640/Joshi.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">An EP from Joshi from the following year can be found <a href="https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2021/09/india-bhimsen-joshi-raga-miyan-ki-todi.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> at the wonderful Music Republic blog, together with <a href="https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/10/india-inde-bhimsen-joshi-raag-lalit_31.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an LP from 1961</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i>Equipment used in this transfer: </i></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: courier;">Preparation:</b><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="font-family: courier;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> for 20 minutes in clean water.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Turntable: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technics SL-1200</a></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Cartridge: </b><a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at33mono" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-technica ATmono33</a></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Recorder:</b> Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 96kHz resolution using 32bit float</span></div><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/rx-elements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iZotope RX 10 Elements</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/FX3Etq/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20Bhimsen%20Joshi%202496.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 96kHz mono FLAC files (244 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/PhKDTq/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20Bhimsen%20Joshi%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz mono FLAC files (59 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/4zJwge/%5B7EPE%201234%5D%20Bhimsen%20Joshi%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps dual mono mp3 files (34 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div></span></div></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-74613610078839494982023-12-17T21:57:00.006-06:002023-12-17T22:18:40.993-06:00Omkarnath Thakur: Raga Todi and Malkauns (Columbia 33ECX 3252) an LP released in India in 1964<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here is a 1964 album by <b>Omkarnath Thakur</b> (1897-1967) an exponent of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior_gharana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gwalior gharana</a>, a tradition which dates back to 1542. He sings pieces in ragas <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todi_(raga)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Todi</a>, <a href="https://tanarang.tripod.com/english/Desi_eng.htmlhttps://tanarang.tripod.com/english/Desi_eng.html" target="_blank">Desi Todi</a>, Nilambari, Sughrai, and two in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkauns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Malkauns</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRDd2-ee2okcv1d3VxnGdfdzc6X-ilZ0wSU07xCqnGlOJGLK5Ns1XvgYVxkBdsiVbNBp6uYOadz1HKFoMSoI0Czu1jHSm9P5APB2DavsFe1IHY7rY-4PsBu54o7dkt0ImSA0zGXOZUlKoxWKeC3wro9DQwXjrlfr9DxaWlxbpWL4nhmH1ksjKCr_aCOGt/s7276/%5B33ECX%203252%5D%20front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7276" data-original-width="7225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRDd2-ee2okcv1d3VxnGdfdzc6X-ilZ0wSU07xCqnGlOJGLK5Ns1XvgYVxkBdsiVbNBp6uYOadz1HKFoMSoI0Czu1jHSm9P5APB2DavsFe1IHY7rY-4PsBu54o7dkt0ImSA0zGXOZUlKoxWKeC3wro9DQwXjrlfr9DxaWlxbpWL4nhmH1ksjKCr_aCOGt/w636-h640/%5B33ECX%203252%5D%20front.jpeg" width="636" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i>Equipment used in this transfer: </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: courier;">Preparation:</b><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="font-family: courier;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> for 20 minutes in clean water.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Turntable: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technics SL-1200</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Cartridge: </b><a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at33mono" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-technica ATmono33</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Recorder:</b> Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 96kHz resolution using 32bit float</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/rx-elements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iZotope RX 10 Elements</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/u84T5E/%5B33ECX%203252%5D%20Omkarnath%20Thakur%20-%20Raga%20Todi%20and%20Malkauns%202496.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 96kHz mono FLAC files (471 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/mT9R4n/%5B33ECX%203252%5D%20Omkarnath%20Thakur%20-%20Raga%20Todi%20and%20Malkauns%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz mono FLAC files (142 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/XgxBf4/%5B33ECX%203252%5D%20Omkarnath%20Thakur%20-%20Raga%20Todi%20and%20Malkauns%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps dual mono mp3 files (220 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div></div></div><br style="text-align: center;" /></div></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-16851315971787516322023-12-09T17:16:00.001-06:002023-12-09T17:16:45.407-06:00Bismillah Khan and VG Jog: Jugalbandi (EALP 1279) an LP recorded and released in India in 1963<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Both shehnai maestro <b>Bismillah Khan</b> and violin maestro <b>VG Jog</b> have been well-represented on this blog. Way back in February 2018 I shared a lovely 1968 <a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2018/02/bismillah-khan-and-vg-jog-shehnai-and.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jugalgandi (duet) LP</a> from these two -- here is another one, from 1963.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH4QXBRmrlKeFDd2pW0Sep4z2974xk34PCncD7bbrXabJWe7jzA4FyFx3RpabtyT3Ork8xxv9_5TisEpjpRyxKNAMEo9XaJIn6pwYssaAA02cCBSCO8vMds3Nd1xTCx7Nm9rlGRB9FULKPISQrhn1ITXXl5BsztITrEh-94KPR_AtWigfeOSkbjEiOxub/s500/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKH4QXBRmrlKeFDd2pW0Sep4z2974xk34PCncD7bbrXabJWe7jzA4FyFx3RpabtyT3Ork8xxv9_5TisEpjpRyxKNAMEo9XaJIn6pwYssaAA02cCBSCO8vMds3Nd1xTCx7Nm9rlGRB9FULKPISQrhn1ITXXl5BsztITrEh-94KPR_AtWigfeOSkbjEiOxub/w640-h638/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20front.jpeg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="598" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncO3uyrbWoqk_wb7zU7xDUO3rUozNJ6aGgac4qGDykTjf82oYqnt0Mu6ZegMPNW7vcA6AtlVcvZ7Fc9KRuW0MyrVchfX0e0kJFMHzu50Rk0uJMmiUThDdJ8IIKg8olitRNbAa7GS3o_E-Lavg4XtolVSjSXMKTq94E8yPopPGm70zlZHVGuiLzIoLuvlz/w638-h640/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20label%20A.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tWJ4DFd07JXxYr48HAgFmQ4yNKl0JEtLDe9LmcPn7dQE9TQ7sLCL0Wtyj2TIKtzxl2apQrX57n_85l6OGIObIu4wciFlZhBdOIVpjK9631UHSdXdqE6WkUOfZDCS7UMDnuFjuAxZuJu9Y9BgcGb2ABErKiNeGUoqp2SfvR3abWveGmBoqAd8ucpaLiE_/s598/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20label%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tWJ4DFd07JXxYr48HAgFmQ4yNKl0JEtLDe9LmcPn7dQE9TQ7sLCL0Wtyj2TIKtzxl2apQrX57n_85l6OGIObIu4wciFlZhBdOIVpjK9631UHSdXdqE6WkUOfZDCS7UMDnuFjuAxZuJu9Y9BgcGb2ABErKiNeGUoqp2SfvR3abWveGmBoqAd8ucpaLiE_/w638-h640/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20label%20B.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i>Equipment used in this transfer: </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: courier;">Preparation:</b><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="font-family: courier;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> for 20 minutes in clean water.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Turntable: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technics SL-1200</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Cartridge: </b><a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at33mono" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-technica ATmono33</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Recorder:</b> Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 96kHz resolution using 32bit float</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/">ClickRepair</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/8QQ7m8/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20Bismillah%20Khan%20and%20VG%20Jog%202496.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 96kHz mono FLAC files (765 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/vkU6Gh/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20Bismillah%20Khan%20and%20VG%20Jog%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz mono FLAC files (205 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR, if you are into that</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/vf3HdA/%5BEALP%201279%5D%20Bismillah%20Khan%20and%20VG%20Jog%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps dual mono mp3 files (85 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div></div></div><br /></div><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-68138470000819449262023-12-04T18:29:00.002-06:002023-12-06T01:54:45.379-06:00Amjad Ali Khan: self-titled (EMI EALP 1316) an album recorded and released in India in 1967<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> This was <b>Amjad Ali Khan</b>'s first album, released in 1967, when he was 22 years old. The tabla is performed by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samta_Prasad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samta Prasad.</a> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR8Ay4tt03VqlVAaTqX4xJ2Tm_pxFeAH1ojSrRxw9SzB_kMtLq5dTOycUpe8dF2wiZMEjRuO1x2VGds0sBQG2YKxZp1X4LQCygCBe5jHFFKsNmTA6-0WWFPpFtQyWX1_NirojD7zc-KFV7prmq1opCVvjlT0XAGtXIkGEhKBD0R4lwyDsvDWJJ-QbXyQK/s7229/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7187" data-original-width="7229" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR8Ay4tt03VqlVAaTqX4xJ2Tm_pxFeAH1ojSrRxw9SzB_kMtLq5dTOycUpe8dF2wiZMEjRuO1x2VGds0sBQG2YKxZp1X4LQCygCBe5jHFFKsNmTA6-0WWFPpFtQyWX1_NirojD7zc-KFV7prmq1opCVvjlT0XAGtXIkGEhKBD0R4lwyDsvDWJJ-QbXyQK/w640-h636/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20front.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHIPkVEo15D3AoCrGsqsUF9TFGxGTpNWhfHpMX0_jAyekRvBPUXTsW7YFRx1b58AvFbGes0Yzr533E6liUuv_Mvp7c2uES8F1cz18lV-qz0iQuUpf94pFfKDi2cfgp44nc9J73vCOS-g4VtD3C5LAYbe3DL4Golr4JKOcAWt-IJAH2Oy5y2I1Ot9gzZFS/s7328/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7300" data-original-width="7328" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHIPkVEo15D3AoCrGsqsUF9TFGxGTpNWhfHpMX0_jAyekRvBPUXTsW7YFRx1b58AvFbGes0Yzr533E6liUuv_Mvp7c2uES8F1cz18lV-qz0iQuUpf94pFfKDi2cfgp44nc9J73vCOS-g4VtD3C5LAYbe3DL4Golr4JKOcAWt-IJAH2Oy5y2I1Ot9gzZFS/w640-h638/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20back.jpg" width="640" /><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuWgHzu3GGcvF586HyIEnBtshzlkHc3CTimLuFwx8crrbu7NffNTUhLIu-ystT9SfJsA1Frmw8r0pr6F4YG8CvO6_5zszf-bj8z4crhpPd7VBN2aC7jovAMGzxltpIt1whGCYG3bGMbW5bC9oN-tXXuauuqDbKo12yQqOYZfwrp1cD72uzZoMPGVaA6am/s2563/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20label%20A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2563" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuWgHzu3GGcvF586HyIEnBtshzlkHc3CTimLuFwx8crrbu7NffNTUhLIu-ystT9SfJsA1Frmw8r0pr6F4YG8CvO6_5zszf-bj8z4crhpPd7VBN2aC7jovAMGzxltpIt1whGCYG3bGMbW5bC9oN-tXXuauuqDbKo12yQqOYZfwrp1cD72uzZoMPGVaA6am/w640-h640/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20label%20A.jpeg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JCiPQ_7BfiRD7hgl95p9H462n0xJTeCzPmiclRgZA9D2mmOv19CbciyKpT4gicNEZI9Rn_-DD7MTMTR4Jfr-qX0342RrHTVpP7779DJEtkpap_lIG-7LzRO_lhRVi_IIhCXZI43drW1S6KOu8jUsjMJkvA2MCaTHpcJnVKqseXanzgjmrTAme5svux5l/s2562/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20label%20B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="2562" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JCiPQ_7BfiRD7hgl95p9H462n0xJTeCzPmiclRgZA9D2mmOv19CbciyKpT4gicNEZI9Rn_-DD7MTMTR4Jfr-qX0342RrHTVpP7779DJEtkpap_lIG-7LzRO_lhRVi_IIhCXZI43drW1S6KOu8jUsjMJkvA2MCaTHpcJnVKqseXanzgjmrTAme5svux5l/w640-h640/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20label%20B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i>Equipment used in this transfer: </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: courier;">Preparation:</b><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="font-family: courier;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> for 20 minutes in clean water.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Turntable: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technics SL-1200</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Cartridge: </b><a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at33mono" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audio-technica ATmono33</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Recorder:</b> Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 96kHz resolution using 32bit float</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/">ClickRepair</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/n8pu8c/%5BEMI%20EALP%201613%5D%20Amjad%20Ali%20Khan%202496.zip " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 96kHz mono FLAC files (444 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/uhgBjj/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20Amjad%20Ali%20Khan%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz mono FLAC files (142 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR, if you are into that</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/AaHrsY/%5BEMI%20EALP%201316%5D%20Amjad%20Ali%20Khan%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps dual mono mp3 files (220 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div></div></div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-24391853382201185272023-11-28T22:00:00.001-06:002023-11-29T07:59:00.030-06:00GS Sachdev: Romantic Ragas (Chandi CP 104) a cassette recorded and issued in the US in 1982<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here we present a cassette by the bansuri maestro <b>GS Sachdev</b> released on his own Chandi Productions label in 1982.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e99zYV7aB8FFmXULJqdm7IT7FtgNq0JcxdYoTmXwyrVIM9k_BAMtYm1Yo4EvWorZWv3mS6SW5cdKH96QSMK5utKTUw9GxgWIB2r8HWtTkkMOcgBnGaZoLS97lgDQqs9_wPNuMmRF66rx2yWw0wd5kssN7nEUIsLSrWk_oVyLK_zW5wXamUw0VlRV05bE/s2461/IMG_20231128_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="2461" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6e99zYV7aB8FFmXULJqdm7IT7FtgNq0JcxdYoTmXwyrVIM9k_BAMtYm1Yo4EvWorZWv3mS6SW5cdKH96QSMK5utKTUw9GxgWIB2r8HWtTkkMOcgBnGaZoLS97lgDQqs9_wPNuMmRF66rx2yWw0wd5kssN7nEUIsLSrWk_oVyLK_zW5wXamUw0VlRV05bE/w640-h618/IMG_20231128_0001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFu0jek1NomMJhT85DiXuWbv_-0Do6AlTgXKNwlE6WemQY2dFpAhnToga3xdgBdNHuVEYMsxi20MscWrDpzfpfR-BejJbFOgZDHkysExrdYds5haHNu5I6m4d1kYy66jX9y6Er5_f1-p2JzTR494WbLuAvNE_oNvUhXQpPU6OjOjkR98i0TP0_1cXAkvv/s2435/IMG_20231128_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2435" data-original-width="2356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFu0jek1NomMJhT85DiXuWbv_-0Do6AlTgXKNwlE6WemQY2dFpAhnToga3xdgBdNHuVEYMsxi20MscWrDpzfpfR-BejJbFOgZDHkysExrdYds5haHNu5I6m4d1kYy66jX9y6Er5_f1-p2JzTR494WbLuAvNE_oNvUhXQpPU6OjOjkR98i0TP0_1cXAkvv/w620-h640/IMG_20231128_0002.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsND-vsrxGt4J-ChPpSv-thLyADFaQiq4EuDLds0WZA2c31ZIMibuEp9fC2CilJor08knuDgd8aQ6rBfLhQ92N8E907GRlNQMhWM0dxdmYqsqJoDlWbJ4J3GTHER-fPxXqqPyGgZfJ98exszEB987R_m8z1H_TsUJj5QLGWYP-Mqi5WhSeZtTl1KcIWrmp/s2408/IMG_20231128_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1542" data-original-width="2408" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsND-vsrxGt4J-ChPpSv-thLyADFaQiq4EuDLds0WZA2c31ZIMibuEp9fC2CilJor08knuDgd8aQ6rBfLhQ92N8E907GRlNQMhWM0dxdmYqsqJoDlWbJ4J3GTHER-fPxXqqPyGgZfJ98exszEB987R_m8z1H_TsUJj5QLGWYP-Mqi5WhSeZtTl1KcIWrmp/w640-h410/IMG_20231128_0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sachdev (1935-2018) was for many years an instructor at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA. His playing is characterized by a gentle, soulful style which never strays from a dignified atmosphere.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On tabla we have the great <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnan_Prakash_Ghosh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jnan Prakash Ghosh</a> </b>(1909-1997).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N</a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">akamichi Dragon</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt.</span></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished </span><a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Recorder: <a href="https://www.sounddevices.com/product/mixpre-6-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sound Devices MixPre6ii</a> </span><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">at 24bit/48kHz resolution</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Software: </span><a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, </span><a href="https://www.audiophileon.com/news/focal-spirit-one-s-review" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Focal Spirit One headphones</a> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">with</span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard">Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;">downloads:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/dSrseJ/%5BChandi%20CP%20104%5D%20GS%20Sachdev%20-%20Romantic%20Ragas%202448.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 48kHz FLAC files (437 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/bu3vsJ/%5BChandi%20CP%20104%5D%20GS%20Sachdev%20-%20Romantic%20Ragas%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz FLAC files (209 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR, if you are into that</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/YhwafJ/%5BChandi%20CP%20104%5D%20GS%20Sachdev%20-%20Romantic%20Ragas%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps mp3 files (119 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></span></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-23570137079850932052023-11-26T20:23:00.001-06:002023-11-26T20:23:22.187-06:00Asad Ali Khan: Maestro's Choice (Music Today A91012) a cassette recorded and issued in India in 1991<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here is a lovely cassette on the Music Today label featuring a performance by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudra_veena" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rudra veena</a> maestro <b>Asad Ali Khan</b>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJx9BOhFBSEuj_7PDQ5CIaGdjgz6qwCu4QSgHWaz5vFI6m0m0GRNABiGP12HKBqXs00lAcXKU3rcW8WldaVAgP0ydyDr3bTdJ6PJGCqK0ZbcPM3Kcx9vcVA1CuAgMvM3yMt9kdYm0Y8v4xZhM3-U47o-f6Q-96QtfjrQ2hdKgsQPhTSzUGKHMpXj-umoYU/s2372/IMG_20231126_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2364" data-original-width="2372" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJx9BOhFBSEuj_7PDQ5CIaGdjgz6qwCu4QSgHWaz5vFI6m0m0GRNABiGP12HKBqXs00lAcXKU3rcW8WldaVAgP0ydyDr3bTdJ6PJGCqK0ZbcPM3Kcx9vcVA1CuAgMvM3yMt9kdYm0Y8v4xZhM3-U47o-f6Q-96QtfjrQ2hdKgsQPhTSzUGKHMpXj-umoYU/w640-h638/IMG_20231126_0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LrJCGmFZzeVygpFAB9rBdGF5enh7tfjkQTD07z2zbKiI0HJBHM1efb4X3L5yI2NEhsf_eJwjfa5BaFlXFvc_9F2zKINuSMBEq0zZd-VgJKAqSxUmU8CnI7vJ81VczOZDPOyNjyCh2I4nOn0urlTH_iVMIsD3ItvKtrn8OmnBe9u7L8R6Pg6HwxmMHyd5/s2407/IMG_20231126_0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2407" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LrJCGmFZzeVygpFAB9rBdGF5enh7tfjkQTD07z2zbKiI0HJBHM1efb4X3L5yI2NEhsf_eJwjfa5BaFlXFvc_9F2zKINuSMBEq0zZd-VgJKAqSxUmU8CnI7vJ81VczOZDPOyNjyCh2I4nOn0urlTH_iVMIsD3ItvKtrn8OmnBe9u7L8R6Pg6HwxmMHyd5/w640-h412/IMG_20231126_0007.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Khan is a famous exponent of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrupad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dhrupad</a> style. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Dhrupad is one of the oldest forms of classical music in India, dating back to the medieval period. Its origins are often traced to the spiritual and devotional singing in the temples, evolving over centuries into a sophisticated and highly structured musical form. The word "Dhrupad" is derived from the Sanskrit words 'dhruva,' meaning fixed, and 'pada,' meaning verse. This reflects the genre's emphasis on structured compositions and fixed musical patterns.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Dhrupad is characterized by its slow and meditative pace, allowing for intricate melodic and rhythmic exploration. It is traditionally performed by a solo vocalist or instrumentalist accompanied by a percussionist. The compositions often draw from ancient Sanskrit or Hindi poetry, exploring themes of love, devotion, and spiritual contemplation.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N</a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">akamichi Dragon</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt.</span></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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font-size: x-large;">Here we have a relatively obscure cassette of a performance by shehnai maestro <b>Ramesh Khaladkar</b>. It was released on the Swarashree label, which seemed to have an arrangement with CBS Records in India.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgs8b21WIE4tYnN72I9grPISbKU1mUDjaiHTuPrirxDiud753manrvPQWd0LCN0nfQ9Q9RfwcuzZ-XJdv0DPMK3DwuVaTX6b6OoRQ3Z81qB75D-cm6l2NjPnhH-6vTKrWdPl6Z5_H4I_VS2mxcr8ZYo-YF1xUOSjjVWiYUlDa_lt1s-aWi3oCeh_nPyM7Z/s2378/%5BCBS%20XRK%2000001%5D%20front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2378" data-original-width="2273" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgs8b21WIE4tYnN72I9grPISbKU1mUDjaiHTuPrirxDiud753manrvPQWd0LCN0nfQ9Q9RfwcuzZ-XJdv0DPMK3DwuVaTX6b6OoRQ3Z81qB75D-cm6l2NjPnhH-6vTKrWdPl6Z5_H4I_VS2mxcr8ZYo-YF1xUOSjjVWiYUlDa_lt1s-aWi3oCeh_nPyM7Z/w612-h640/%5BCBS%20XRK%2000001%5D%20front.jpeg" width="612" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF16gbFCD2xRBhRGRsEa9wZrIn5TgCnAqw-ETLJLTKwT4xogU9v-E3OC4MkP5d8fIp6anFA1QTtAUYZNsPi-EATVsySbNrg7zjJ8KAkug1m5sOxBgBbNzHDhe9m70eNtMBpId8kHuv0Hd8iWb-CbeWkaKgAIWcQzyFD2zZbPJDKpUx_WQDTCMXQn48r_E/s2983/%5BCBS%20XRK%2000001%5D%20insert%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="2983" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF16gbFCD2xRBhRGRsEa9wZrIn5TgCnAqw-ETLJLTKwT4xogU9v-E3OC4MkP5d8fIp6anFA1QTtAUYZNsPi-EATVsySbNrg7zjJ8KAkug1m5sOxBgBbNzHDhe9m70eNtMBpId8kHuv0Hd8iWb-CbeWkaKgAIWcQzyFD2zZbPJDKpUx_WQDTCMXQn48r_E/w640-h478/%5BCBS%20XRK%2000001%5D%20insert%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBa9xnsX-Z3wICJAbnJZsURIldG08b5IRsV7eGPDNhVO__iod89yyNx-txJo9as3JZCN-xENJNQMDpd92EaQibU5_2oKc1JOgp_xbur0H5toTc3ItZfF8676aS-b7faZpOZGO3ILrBzIEUC1nv1qTXk7rCBe2HDTJmFcRvTqdQEuYPw-g68i0cfj7NRNvV/s2337/%5BCBS%20XRK%2000001%5D%20tape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2337" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBa9xnsX-Z3wICJAbnJZsURIldG08b5IRsV7eGPDNhVO__iod89yyNx-txJo9as3JZCN-xENJNQMDpd92EaQibU5_2oKc1JOgp_xbur0H5toTc3ItZfF8676aS-b7faZpOZGO3ILrBzIEUC1nv1qTXk7rCBe2HDTJmFcRvTqdQEuYPw-g68i0cfj7NRNvV/w640-h408/%5BCBS%20XRK%2000001%5D%20tape.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Believed to have been invented by the legendary musician Ustad Bismillah Khan's ancestors in the early 19th century, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shehnai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shehnai</a> quickly became an integral part of Indian classical and folk music. Its distinctive double-reed design and melodious, haunting tones distinguish it from other wind instruments.<br /><br />Originally crafted for outdoor performances and auspicious ceremonies, the shehnai found a special place in Indian weddings and religious festivities. Its association with celebratory occasions elevated its status as an instrument of joy and auspiciousness.<br /><br />Over the years, maestros like Ustad Bismillah Khan brought the shehnai to the global stage and it is now an accepted instrument in Hindustani classical music.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N</a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">akamichi Dragon</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt.</span></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, </span><a href="https://www.audiophileon.com/news/focal-spirit-one-s-review" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Focal Spirit One headphones</a> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">with</span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard">Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Chatur Lal</b> (1925–1965) was a legendary Indian tabla player whose virtuosity and innovation left a lasting mark on the world of classical music. He was born in Udaipur, Rajasthan and exhibited an early affinity for percussion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfxi467ApK4k3OQYa1frdphdwbOcw11CUZD3n1lvrq6edGF1dsu-fI3agM3Tf_dZPDwVaShI4zdqojkJt_Pza0vISNykJKt3MpX-UrgkdKmKJPpP844SQYz3V3IcfPaGcxryW1oj0kc91EyH_RrTvdFkwGpMB1_MVLOJwnkSTwXSNdXJORSwmnyGOl6vc/s585/%5BWP-1403%5D%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="585" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfxi467ApK4k3OQYa1frdphdwbOcw11CUZD3n1lvrq6edGF1dsu-fI3agM3Tf_dZPDwVaShI4zdqojkJt_Pza0vISNykJKt3MpX-UrgkdKmKJPpP844SQYz3V3IcfPaGcxryW1oj0kc91EyH_RrTvdFkwGpMB1_MVLOJwnkSTwXSNdXJORSwmnyGOl6vc/w640-h640/%5BWP-1403%5D%20cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One of Chatur Lal's most notable collaborations was with <b>Ravi Shankar</b>, where his rhythmic prowess complemented Shankar's sitar melodies. This partnership gained international acclaim, introducing Indian classical music to a global audience.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lal seamlessly blended traditional compositions with experimental rhythms, pushing the boundaries of the instrument. His improvisational skills were legendary, creating a dynamic and electrifying atmosphere during his performances.</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tragically, Chatur Lal's career was cut short when he passed away at the age of 40. Despite his relatively short life, his contributions to Indian classical music continue to inspire musicians.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><i>Equipment used in this transfer: </i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: courier;">Preparation:</b><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="font-family: courier;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a><span style="font-family: courier;"> for 20 minutes in pure clean water.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Turntable: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Technics SL-1200</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Cartridge: </b>Audio-technica<a href="https://eu.audio-technica.com/hifi-phono/cartridges/AT-MONO3LP"> ATmono3LP</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Recorder:</b> <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm">Sony PCM-M10</a> at 24bit/96kHz resolution</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; text-align: center;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/">ClickRepair</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/Y36q6z/%5BWP-1403%5D%20Chatur%20Lal%20-%20The%20Drums%20of%20India%20(1961)%202496%20mono%20FLAC.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 48kHz mono FLAC files (423 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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font-size: 17.6px;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/KqpaEG/%5BWP-1403%5D%20Chatur%20Lal%20-%20The%20Drums%20of%20India%20(1961)%20320%20mp3.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps mono mp3 files (132 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></div></span></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-8837406317647324722023-11-18T14:48:00.002-06:002023-11-19T11:25:52.490-06:00Firoz Dastur: In Contemplative Mood [Rhythm House 240 340] a cassette recorded and released in India in 1984<p><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><b>Firoz Dastur </b>(1919 – 2008) was a vocalist from the </span><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirana_gharana">Kirana gharana</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYwFiTiekaYYfgURXPdmerWBdAq2_ioNj6oTjK88_fA2Kdd3PbLlpG4bVBdDytZ-WnFxHuYjAO3uXPSXpM1rU00LkoOeqbWH0czmnEbVjD2rYOv7KsFJL4VpHPwLNZW3OSGD3QTYto6hIgiySIZv3WZ4YUoi4uIkCKnEIWDeVMaoNF7k0wcHgPygBJIb6/s599/R-11912154-1524603340-4868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="599" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYwFiTiekaYYfgURXPdmerWBdAq2_ioNj6oTjK88_fA2Kdd3PbLlpG4bVBdDytZ-WnFxHuYjAO3uXPSXpM1rU00LkoOeqbWH0czmnEbVjD2rYOv7KsFJL4VpHPwLNZW3OSGD3QTYto6hIgiySIZv3WZ4YUoi4uIkCKnEIWDeVMaoNF7k0wcHgPygBJIb6/w640-h626/R-11912154-1524603340-4868.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">After becoming a film star in Bollywood in the 1930s, Dastur began learning Hindustani music from <b>Krishnarao Jaokar</b>, a disciple of the legendary Khansaheb Ustad <b>Abdul Karim Khan</b>. He then took advanced training from <b>Sawai Gandharva</b>, one of the most important exponents of the Kirana Gharana.</span></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Bombay’s Rhythm House released three hour-long cassettes of his music. Here is the third. This company was known for high quality recordings and real-time duplication of their cassettes.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N</a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">akamichi Dragon</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt.</span></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished </span><a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Recorder: <a href="https://www.sounddevices.com/product/mixpre-6-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sound Devices MixPre6ii</a> </span><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">at 24bit/48kHz resolution</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Software: </span><a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, </span><a href="https://www.audiophileon.com/news/focal-spirit-one-s-review" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Focal Spirit One headphones</a> </span><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">with</span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard">Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC</a></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;">downloads:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/44MwBc/%5BRhythm%20House%20240%20340%5D%20Firoz%20Dastur%20--%20In%20Contemplative%20Mood%202448.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 48kHz FLAC files (623 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And so we begin again.</span></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Sharmistha Sen</b> is one of the few women instrumentalists to have attained prominence in Indian Classical music. Her main teachers were Ustad <b>Mushtaq Ali Khan</b>, who played in the classic dhrupad-based Jaipur Seniya style, and <b>D. T. Joshi</b>, a widely respected teacher who was a disciple of Ustad Inayat Khan.</span></p><p><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Other than this relatively obscure cassette-only release, Sen also has a CD released on the India Archive label.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy67AlZGbZeNiugszc6Cap0MxqkmE94vqUvEJk6lqp4d4KgJXHOm0dMAkS5EV8rhVEuCm9c5cZPKbG96JBCGCOS2X6F9qTZ4HMltBgIvLTYo4gm_iA-5tibL5twrDXGl0ZUr-LOUJ-zb-1mNz36h-S-Bax6e8omB4QYKaTfVorX4QyGTPMLVtTdmSRZ8O/s811/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="811" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy67AlZGbZeNiugszc6Cap0MxqkmE94vqUvEJk6lqp4d4KgJXHOm0dMAkS5EV8rhVEuCm9c5cZPKbG96JBCGCOS2X6F9qTZ4HMltBgIvLTYo4gm_iA-5tibL5twrDXGl0ZUr-LOUJ-zb-1mNz36h-S-Bax6e8omB4QYKaTfVorX4QyGTPMLVtTdmSRZ8O/w640-h628/front.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">N</a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamichi_Dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">akamichi Dragon</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt.</span></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished </span><a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Recorder: <a href="https://www.sounddevices.com/product/mixpre-6-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sound Devices MixPre6ii</a> </span><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">at 24bit/48kHz resolution</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Software: </span><a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, </span><a href="https://www.audiophileon.com/news/focal-spirit-one-s-review" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Focal Spirit One headphones</a> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">with</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard">Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC</a></span></span></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;">downloads:</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/MWncZh/%5BHMV%20STCS%2002B%206299%5D%20Sharmistha%20Sen%20--%20Classical%20Instrumental%202448.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24bit, 48kHz FLAC files (680 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>very high resolution lossless FLAC files</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/yCvv9k/%5BHMV%20STCS%2002B%206299%5D%20Sharmistha%20Sen%20--%20Classical%20Instrumental%201644.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">16bit, 44.kHz FLAC files (335 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>these lossless files can be burned to CDR, if you are into that</i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/KMbdYy/%5BHMV%20STCS%2002B%206299%5D%20Sharmistha%20Sen%20--%20Classical%20Instrumental%20320.zip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">320 kbps mp3 files (132 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="color: white;"><i>highest quality lossy mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div style="color: #262626;"><span face=""><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: #262626;"><span face=""><i><br /></i></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br /></span></span></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-21279353120206040252020-09-15T19:50:00.006-05:002022-01-19T00:31:39.667-06:00S Balachander: The Maestro and the Disciple part 1 [HTC 8143] a cassette recorded in India in 1979 and reissued in 1991<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is a transfer of a cassette released in 1979 featuring the celebrated veena maestro <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2018/01/s-balachander-magic-music-of-india.html">S Balachander</a></b> and his disciple <b>Gayathri Narayanan</b>, accompanied by <b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/364714-Umayalpuram-K-Sivaraman">UK Sivaraman</a></b> on mridangam and <b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/350232-Vikku-Vinayakram">TH Vinayakaram</a></b> on Ghatam. </span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnpoxHiDYJG1WJJKrRoQkUWFXrgePWdlUaHXVeEPHPf45yNEuFQWTVLfplTr5tfNWCgfOuIWsUnpmihM0LEygea0MGtYBtHS4fE9Jft2CdurzQqnDuGdzyhpWPhVtiy3pTUNLxqZVwj0k/s2048/%255BHMV+HTC+8143%255D+front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1982" data-original-width="2048" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnpoxHiDYJG1WJJKrRoQkUWFXrgePWdlUaHXVeEPHPf45yNEuFQWTVLfplTr5tfNWCgfOuIWsUnpmihM0LEygea0MGtYBtHS4fE9Jft2CdurzQqnDuGdzyhpWPhVtiy3pTUNLxqZVwj0k/w640-h620/%255BHMV+HTC+8143%255D+front.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUVXoLZK3jppvBqTvxt_B3eYQIrVGt9R4UZ48TmEa7LT1n4J1ovus6mozBcaoWTECAdh8nWj0YJwiN7kWsRMnKD42jL6-q7NsdXhhvqvwTb_ePuf8SikcoYruXWFrs75QUt8sGibkCNPo/s1122/%255BHMV+HTC+8143%255D+credits.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="857" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUVXoLZK3jppvBqTvxt_B3eYQIrVGt9R4UZ48TmEa7LT1n4J1ovus6mozBcaoWTECAdh8nWj0YJwiN7kWsRMnKD42jL6-q7NsdXhhvqvwTb_ePuf8SikcoYruXWFrs75QUt8sGibkCNPo/w514-h640/%255BHMV+HTC+8143%255D+credits.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: </span><a href="https://www.cassettedeck.org/nakamichi/zx-9">Nakamichi ZX-9</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt to "better than new" state by </span><a href="http://willyhermannservices.com/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Willi Hermann</a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished </span><a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Recorder: </span><a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Sony PCM-M10</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> at 24bit/96kHz resolution</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Software: </span><a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, </span><a href="https://www.audiophileon.com/news/focal-spirit-one-s-review" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Focal Spirit One headphones</a> with <a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard">Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC</a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="">downloads:</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span face=""><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/">Click here to read a good explanation of what FLAC files are and why you should be listening to them if you can</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITAFeuzaIQ4?start=128" width="560"></iframe></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-3137197643776877292020-09-15T18:45:00.003-05:002020-09-15T18:57:04.689-05:00MS Gopalakrishnan: Carnatic Violin [HTC 8152] recorded in India in 1973 and issued on cassette in 1993<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">As a followup to <a href="http://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2020/08/ms-gopalakrishnan-le-violin-de-ms.html">a recent post of a French LP by the Carnatic violinist <b>MS Gopalakrishnan</b></a>, for this post we have a cassette released in 1993 by HMV. It was recorded in 1973.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUa36XhPV6jOl5SN_Cp7fsfQ9QJWcXOskZ1ttOwAygR_BzsS2DIREYiDeU-UfDkET4gJkcRgAgAbvItV4HJCBhBfkXM-CGwEHvjs_WDHFGjGzDgWuYCEshVbKJ9I0fm-JKzsIWuwDAp8u/s1646/%255BHTC+8152%255D+MS+Gopalakrishnan+cassette+front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="1646" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUa36XhPV6jOl5SN_Cp7fsfQ9QJWcXOskZ1ttOwAygR_BzsS2DIREYiDeU-UfDkET4gJkcRgAgAbvItV4HJCBhBfkXM-CGwEHvjs_WDHFGjGzDgWuYCEshVbKJ9I0fm-JKzsIWuwDAp8u/w640-h626/%255BHTC+8152%255D+MS+Gopalakrishnan+cassette+front.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKt-677IcbMNHLExFTw8yNy6TLo5j9ysvdbX5j-M9scI4iYe3L7mXUWNFJowuG_1nUiUXCuiVPK7kDmL1CMhC0vBSHOWz2A73lAawd2KuSq06hBBhB3ZHErGp-sUimw7Jb4HM_FQFT8Bp/s1626/%255BHTC+8152%255D+MS+Gopalakrishnan+cassette+back.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="1626" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKt-677IcbMNHLExFTw8yNy6TLo5j9ysvdbX5j-M9scI4iYe3L7mXUWNFJowuG_1nUiUXCuiVPK7kDmL1CMhC0vBSHOWz2A73lAawd2KuSq06hBBhB3ZHErGp-sUimw7Jb4HM_FQFT8Bp/w640-h620/%255BHTC+8152%255D+MS+Gopalakrishnan+cassette+back.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Transfer: </span><a href="https://www.cassettedeck.org/nakamichi/zx-9">Nakamichi ZX-9</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt to "better than new" state by </span><a href="http://willyhermannservices.com/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Willi Hermann</a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished </span><a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Recorder: </span><a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Sony PCM-M10</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> at 24bit/96kHz resolution</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Software: </span><a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #660000; color: white;">Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, </span><a href="https://www.audiophileon.com/news/focal-spirit-one-s-review" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Focal Spirit One headphones</a> with <a href="https://www.schiit.com/products/asgard">Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC</a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="">downloads:</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/XvWFU9/%5BHTC%208152%5D%20MS%20Gopalakrishan%20-%20Carnatic%20Violin%202496%20FLAC.zip"><b>24bit, 96kHz FLAC files (940 MB)</b></a></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><i>highest resolution files I am capable of producing</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/yshnrf/%5BHTC%208152%5D%20MS%20Gopalakrishan%20-%20Carnatic%20Violin%201644%20FLAC%20.zip">16bit, 44.kHz FLAC files (251 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><i>after decoding to WAV files, these can be burned to CDR</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/VPAG3P/%5BHTC%208152%5D%20MS%20Gopalakrishan%20-%20Carnatic%20Violin%20320%20mp3.zip">320 kbps mp3 files (102 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><i>highest quality mp3 files possible </i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span face=""><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/">Click here to read a good explanation of what FLAC files are and why you should be listening to them if you can</a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-6083916406552998032020-09-12T17:52:00.004-05:002020-09-12T18:12:14.226-05:00Aruna Sayeeram: radio broadcast performance recorded in 2007 in Paris<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is a very well-recorded and enjoyable off-air broadcast recording from French radio of a performance by Carnatic vocalist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruna_Sairam" target="_blank">Aruna Sayeeram</a></b> (also spelled Aruna Sairam). At 42 minutes it's obviously not the entire concert, but what we have preserved by the radio wizards in Paris is really quite beautiful.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisedPtygJuE5L10QalIpybwgovHz4VpSZcU_p2rE_z1meIqMnQinGQVWH97rXUGSA2v9zgb582Eb_wp_-_rhQtc2cktb3AivIYKFhfRuK7aujgr5N9Co8FQaQxDomZ_aE_BjtJQ541wnXT/s2048/Aruna_Sairam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2026" data-original-width="2048" height="619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisedPtygJuE5L10QalIpybwgovHz4VpSZcU_p2rE_z1meIqMnQinGQVWH97rXUGSA2v9zgb582Eb_wp_-_rhQtc2cktb3AivIYKFhfRuK7aujgr5N9Co8FQaQxDomZ_aE_BjtJQ541wnXT/w625-h619/Aruna_Sairam.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Recording information:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Theatre de la Ville, Paris</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">10 november 2007</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">broadcast on France-Musiques ("Couleurs du Monde"), 27 november 2007</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">lineage : FM analogic tuner > aif > flac</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Aruna Sayeeram, vocal</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://lalgudivijayalakshmi.com" target="_blank">Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi</a>, violin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcj-A8a5dvg" target="_blank">Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan</a>, mridangam</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.simala.net/profile_others/svramani.html" target="_blank">S. V. Ramani</a>, ghatam</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0PzqdVA5kY" target="_blank">Bangalore Rajashekar</a>, morsing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1. Padam - Rama rama - Raga Bhairavi - Tala Adi (5:13)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">2. Ragam Tanam Kriti - Raga Purvi Kalyani - Tala Adi (30:58)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">3. Tillana - Raga Gambira Nattai - Tala Adi (6:06)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/VS2KD8/Aruna%20SAYEERAM%202007-11-10%20Paris%201644%20FLAC.zip" target="_blank">16bit, 44.1kHz FLAC file (242 MB)</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/Sy6yYz/Aruna%20SAYEERAM%202007-11-10%20Paris%20320%20mp3.zip" target="_blank">320kbps mp3 file (97 MB)</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jWfX8cS6Fc8?start=456" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-73200660703931863862020-08-31T21:02:00.005-05:002020-08-31T21:57:03.262-05:00MS Gopalakrishnan: Le Violin de MS Gopalakrishnan [ESP 155 548] an LP released in France in 1977<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is a lovely LP by the Carnatic violinist <b>MS Gopalakrishnan</b> which was recorded by the French label <a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/238461-Prestige-De-La-Musique-Extraeuropéenne?sort=year&sort_order=asc">Disques Esperance</a> and released in 1977. It is volume 5 of a series of LPs which were extremely well-recorded and produced.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReXelw7qWpbDG6EEhp3ElJJPUtosajH9RxoAqsVTq2WDud7my7vnw4fGpCDYFd3JvRN7Wfs9FfNLOFM-vasn3fZJjPnSvhYKoNBS4bpsM9R5HUrmDKrtDS7YIZsQYIS_CDkDei9yd9Zr4/s1585/Le+Violon+de+M.S.+Gopalakrishnan+-+front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1585" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReXelw7qWpbDG6EEhp3ElJJPUtosajH9RxoAqsVTq2WDud7my7vnw4fGpCDYFd3JvRN7Wfs9FfNLOFM-vasn3fZJjPnSvhYKoNBS4bpsM9R5HUrmDKrtDS7YIZsQYIS_CDkDei9yd9Zr4/s640/Le+Violon+de+M.S.+Gopalakrishnan+-+front.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEBaP8AN3kV7VTxn5AsLu9j13HhRR-3dgJ2em_rG2e2oSbDt8TmioiVf6h-lwguTGyVTkBwmctycqpZ_8TLN4CUh_hsMhRrmPr-HTRn-bxWvXLeQ1pj3fO2UV_k-DJYq4wJ5I9NJGp3zS/s1600/Le+Violon+de+M.S.+Gopalakrishnan+-+back.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEBaP8AN3kV7VTxn5AsLu9j13HhRR-3dgJ2em_rG2e2oSbDt8TmioiVf6h-lwguTGyVTkBwmctycqpZ_8TLN4CUh_hsMhRrmPr-HTRn-bxWvXLeQ1pj3fO2UV_k-DJYq4wJ5I9NJGp3zS/s640/Le+Violon+de+M.S.+Gopalakrishnan+-+back.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WzLWukO5CDFVI2Y6S2fQiYOjYXUz-NKOeqr0LqjMcswDTcj7DyfHT6rJB_emJ8t1zFli0S1vmWFZCXBYNMDjIFzaJ0QTsJTXjOYDxNUT16HnbhV4r8sASNZkpnvfkZ88fqqghKAaU1Lo/s1255/Le+Violon+de+M.S.+Gopalakrishnan+-+label+1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1255" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WzLWukO5CDFVI2Y6S2fQiYOjYXUz-NKOeqr0LqjMcswDTcj7DyfHT6rJB_emJ8t1zFli0S1vmWFZCXBYNMDjIFzaJ0QTsJTXjOYDxNUT16HnbhV4r8sASNZkpnvfkZ88fqqghKAaU1Lo/s640/Le+Violon+de+M.S.+Gopalakrishnan+-+label+1.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82oo_eAuNQq8vqzO7eLD1cRWAQzRFjXmKuEZErtIsVx1B5gS_lXLXeniSgesTx6ciuQQ6Qv86ZWvwDZOxlEqOmd_Qo1_oUCaHZhMOKg0Ptz3kW4corAWK_BwbdtAzbggVpbly3OuSvO1W/s430/Gopalakrishnan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="314" height="841" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82oo_eAuNQq8vqzO7eLD1cRWAQzRFjXmKuEZErtIsVx1B5gS_lXLXeniSgesTx6ciuQQ6Qv86ZWvwDZOxlEqOmd_Qo1_oUCaHZhMOKg0Ptz3kW4corAWK_BwbdtAzbggVpbly3OuSvO1W/w614-h841/Gopalakrishnan.jpg" width="614" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Obituary from "The Hindu" newspaper, January 2013:</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />M.S. Gopalakrishnan — legendary violinist known for his mastery of both the Carnatic and Hindustani systems of classical music — passed away early on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 82.<br /><br />Hailing from the celebrated Parur lineage, MSG, as he is fondly referred to in music circles, started performing as a little boy, barely eight, along with his elder brother M.S. Anantharaman, also a veteran violinist. He trained under his father Parur Sundaram Iyer.<br /><br />MSG was among the most sought-after accompanists of his generation, and had a remarkable career, accompanying stalwarts such as Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, Alathur Brothers, G.N. Balasubramaniam, Madurai Mani Iyer, M.S. Subbulakshmi, M.L. Vasanthakumari, M. Balamuralikrishna and Maharajapuram Santhanam. As an accompanist, he embellished a concert by complementing the main artist’s ideas with rare sensitivity. He would swiftly interpret the main artist’s musical expressions, and lend support in an absolutely unobtrusive manner — a quality that continues to inspire many young musicians today. <br /><br />In his career spanning 75 years, he not only broke new ground as an accompanist, but also rose to become one of the best solo violinists in the country, along with Lalgudi G. Jayaraman and T.N. Krishnan. The three are considered the ‘violin trinity’ of south Indian classical music. <br /><br />Despite enviable success and accolades that came in the form of national honours such as the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, and innumerable titles, including the ‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ title awarded by The Music Academy, Chennai, MSG remained a very simple, unassuming person. He is survived by his wife Meenakshi, daughters, M. Narmadha (violinist and prime disciple), Latha and violinist-son Suresh.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Equipment used in transfer:<br /><br />Preparation: <a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="text-decoration: none;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a> for 20 minutes in pure water<br />Turntable: Audio-technica <a href="http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/4351850e750a2f93/" style="text-decoration: none;">AT-LP-1240</a><br />Cartridge: <a href="https://hifiheaven.net/shop/Shure-M97xE-Audiophile-Phono-Cartridge?language=en&currency=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImbLtxaKs5QIVmonICh1jPQrmEAQYASABEgK6xvD_BwE" style="text-decoration: none;">Shure M97xE</a><br />Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a>.<br />Recorder: <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm" style="text-decoration: none;">Sony PCM-M10</a> at 24bit/96kHz resolution</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face="" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Monitoring: Schiit Asgard 3 DAC and preamp, Focal Spirit Pro headphones<br />Software: <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/" style="text-decoration: none;">ClickRepair</a>, <a href="https://kid3.kde.org">kid3</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="text-decoration: none;">xAct</a>.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></span><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><span face="" style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face=""><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="">downloads:</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face=""><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span face=""><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/">Click here to read a good explanation of what FLAC files are and why you should be listening to them if you can</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></span></div></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-8683361710647214752020-08-31T18:58:00.002-05:002020-08-31T19:01:05.889-05:00Brij Narayan and Kalinath Misra: live performance in Paris, 2000 (FM broadcast)<p><span style="font-size: large;">Here is another live performance, this time a 54-minute recording of Raga Multani from a french FM broadcast and featuring sarodist<b> <a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2016/10/brij-narayan-raga-lalit-stil-2711-s-78.html">Brij Narayan</a></b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrGcXdhx4BcFpqQJOY6i-1KwTft0uM-JF5i6NBj7bogE1Hmm1kayL_YBlp0bs9ZR4oRz5_6mWX7qrwBvz8O7GDZt-dBdszyON7-B-cz0xDTtJPynJjWGP3QkJWooZMeOHurcY92k6ceoB/s1280/Brijnarayan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrGcXdhx4BcFpqQJOY6i-1KwTft0uM-JF5i6NBj7bogE1Hmm1kayL_YBlp0bs9ZR4oRz5_6mWX7qrwBvz8O7GDZt-dBdszyON7-B-cz0xDTtJPynJjWGP3QkJWooZMeOHurcY92k6ceoB/s640/Brijnarayan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The information accompanying the recording (made at home by "Museum64" which was shared in 2004 is:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Pandit Brij Narayan : sarod</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Kalinat Misra : tabla</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Marie-Therese Schmitt : tanpura</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1.intro W/ interview</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">2.raga multani</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">3.outro</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Brij Narayan is Ram Narayan's son.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Radio France, Salle olivier Messian, Paris, Fr</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">October 29th 2000</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">FM > MD > HDD > FLAC</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">**upped by Museum64**</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier;">12/26/2004</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">This post only includes the music and does not include the very brief introduction and concluding remarks made by the announcer -- about two minutes of speaking has been removed.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/c6SXyg/Brij%20Narayan%202000-10-29%20Paris%2C%20France%201644%20FLAC.zip">16bit, 44.1kHz FLAC file (286 MB)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/tarBWA/Brij%20Narayan%202000-10-29%20Paris%2C%20France%20320%20mp3.zip">320kbps mp3 file (122 MB)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-84245544791638301432020-08-30T01:41:00.001-05:002020-08-30T11:07:28.272-05:00Vilayat Khan and Avtar Singh: live performance in Montreal, recorded in 1978<div><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a 145 minute recording of Vilayat Khan and Avtar Singh performing in Montreal, Canada in 1978.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">This originally surfaced in 2004 on an online torrent site devoted to live recordings. It was later reposted there with some adjustments in 2015. That is when I obtained the recording. A few days ago I made some very small adjustments to the sound (almost all in the first track) to bring out the best aspects of this performance. Hopefully some day the original reel-to-reel recording will be made available to the public. Until then we have this digital transfer of a cassette copy made of the original tape.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xabP_qcsI7b6nnUAHOVA087yTuxKQoNRWYRoPsTAjLbyW_B6iys76L6ABvLglMm6BF0ESg3TZaVQ8D6GwmOf71w-y7_Muoywwz6JshubMzSt4HYNPDZ2ssmawKJMALYkiuW1q2GH8ceb/s1226/Unknown-Photographer-5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xabP_qcsI7b6nnUAHOVA087yTuxKQoNRWYRoPsTAjLbyW_B6iys76L6ABvLglMm6BF0ESg3TZaVQ8D6GwmOf71w-y7_Muoywwz6JshubMzSt4HYNPDZ2ssmawKJMALYkiuW1q2GH8ceb/s640/Unknown-Photographer-5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Ustad Vilayat Khan - sitar and vocals</span></div><span style="font-family: courier;">Avtar Singh - tabla <br />Montreal, Quebec, Canada <br />June 30, 1978 <br /><br />soundboard recording, unknown taper<br /><br />2004 transfer and seed by (unknown)<br /><br />May 2015 reseed:<br />Retracked with minor repairs and volume adjustments<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier;">tracklist:</span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: courier;">01 Raga Marwa 57:17</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">02 Raga Bageshri 62:05 </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">03 Raga Bhairavi 26:46</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">SBD -> reel to reel -> cassette -> Sound Forge -> CD-R -> EAC -> </span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;">FLAC 8 w/align on sector boundaries </span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/NHNRQD/Vilayat%20Khan%201978-06-30%20Montreal%20FLAC%201644.zip">16bit, 44.1kHz FLAC file (905 MB)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/34ZK2h/Vilayat%20Khan%201978-06-30%20mp3%20320.zip">320kbps mp3 file (331 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E1QHCACkFNU" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-10863647240726896752020-08-23T20:32:00.002-05:002020-08-23T20:36:54.667-05:00Tagore songs over at world music village blog<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I have just posted the first of what I hope to be many LPs of <a href="https://www.worldmusicvillage.com/2020/08/kanika-banerjee-and-hemanta-mukherji.html">songs by Rabindranath Tagor</a>e over at one of our sister blogs, <a href="https://www.worldmusicvillage.com/">World Music Village</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Head on over there and enjoy what the world is offering!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKJTyPbDbBxmNEbCYrgd45mx-OHnh_B3henvcN4_AvUBr9QbipKrgEgLhBOuWCYz3i2pZm-AtfaVU2E86iHrfZTbAABwoL3bR2SLL7umX1-w50CNb35fGwwTYA3jtA2nyg_m8Lu4Bo4K0/s2048/%255BEALP+1267%255D+front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2037" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKJTyPbDbBxmNEbCYrgd45mx-OHnh_B3henvcN4_AvUBr9QbipKrgEgLhBOuWCYz3i2pZm-AtfaVU2E86iHrfZTbAABwoL3bR2SLL7umX1-w50CNb35fGwwTYA3jtA2nyg_m8Lu4Bo4K0/s640/%255BEALP+1267%255D+front.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-35564698392967711702020-08-07T00:03:00.004-05:002020-08-11T10:24:19.707-05:00Ravi Shankar: The Sounds of India [Columbia WL 119] an LP recorded in the US in 1957 and released in the US in 1958<font face="verdana" size="5">This is <b>Ravi Shankar</b>'s second full length LP album, recorded on the heels of 1956's brilliant and required "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/Ravi-Shankar-Music-Of-India-Three-Classical-Ragas-On-Sitar/release/5818293">Music of India</a>" (later retitled "Three Ragas"). </font><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmRbzQheMQTUgqMGiH830TI1SFOe_rrFHSuV7L8ZN71SoyDZ3KWNXNscGQZVD6xLLMWF-zjwmwHusfB6uQz128FLXhDXIXcEgxHKgcjCVp34K2SWkeKGhoJeTZ334yXiA3bURD2vTSLNp/s2048/%255BColumbia+WL+119%255D+front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfEpaoQdYAskMwtawqAQ1alEHcN19vniancx0q7y9wVWOmsd-fm7IePnsenLPDnfQ6bUmxIz-1bM5eUh2w72xQu8Ss7b7E49UTPoM7MA4_XTUgtvLacOXKov1NgtzPjTp6g-NXlzR-xvA/s1694/%255BColumbia+WL+119%255D+label+1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="1694" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfEpaoQdYAskMwtawqAQ1alEHcN19vniancx0q7y9wVWOmsd-fm7IePnsenLPDnfQ6bUmxIz-1bM5eUh2w72xQu8Ss7b7E49UTPoM7MA4_XTUgtvLacOXKov1NgtzPjTp6g-NXlzR-xvA/s640/%255BColumbia+WL+119%255D+label+1.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7LA4slhyceVn4arKpzBTXIqGc7VmrhEwg1v4Ukzk7ZI4Rf4YDs1wFQ1-O07ShdrquVP9eaCNWbFODqZqDaVLuJryyJWz-B2ZzcMuZv-pGoxkE-6QHkyakmzxKg7BxPnoDG2Z8dmB8Jxx/s1740/%255BColumbia+WL+119%255D+label+2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7LA4slhyceVn4arKpzBTXIqGc7VmrhEwg1v4Ukzk7ZI4Rf4YDs1wFQ1-O07ShdrquVP9eaCNWbFODqZqDaVLuJryyJWz-B2ZzcMuZv-pGoxkE-6QHkyakmzxKg7BxPnoDG2Z8dmB8Jxx/s640/%255BColumbia+WL+119%255D+label+2.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5">It was released as part of Columbia Records' series entitled "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/131266-Adventures-In-Sound?sort=year&sort_order="><b>Adventures in Sound</b></a>" which was begun in 1958 ostensibly as part of Columbia's celebrations of the 10th anniversary of their introduction of the LP. This series was one of the first to be devoted to world music on a major record label. Capitol Records would eventually produce a similar series entitled "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/323919-Capitol-Of-The-World"><b>Capitol of the World</b></a>" featuring several reissues of EMI India titles.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The album was recorded in New York in 1957 and produced by noted producer <b><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/255753-George-Avakian?type=Credits&filter_anv=0">George Avakian</a></b> (uncredited). It was released as an LP in 1958. There have been multiple reissues and cover art changes but this is the earliest available edition.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5">This was originally conceived as an educational as well as entertaining record, and there is a very basic 4-minute talk entitled "An Introduction to Indian Music" which I have edited out of this transfer. There are so many more educational resources available to the average person 62 years after this album was released that it seems pointless to include this very basic introduction. I have also edited out Ravi ji's very brief identification of the ragas and talas before each piece. I am certain these spoken parts are available on YouTube and also on the CD reissue. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5">The liner notes are by noted classical composer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Hovhaness">Alan Hovhaness</a></b>.</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5">Of interest to me is this review by Yoshi Kato of the album as part of the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die":</font></div><font face="courier"><br /><br />Ravi Shankar's <i>The Sounds Of India</i> was the ultimate mix compilation for classical Indian music, in that it was accessible, gloriously played, and inherently well informed. At a time when tracking down global musical styles took some effort, Shankar was the perfect musical ambassador, one who was already familiar to legions of listeners as both an elder friend and informal musical teacher to The Beatles (George Harrison once called him "the godfather of world music").</font></div><div><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="5">Please note two things: this is part of a journalistic genre I like to think of as, "Record Reviews Written With No Clear Evidence of the Record Having Been Listened To." More importantly, Mr Kato seems to be under the impression that the album was released in 1968 (a mistake that Wikipedia repeats). In fact, in <i>1958</i>, almost no one in the United States knew who Shankar was, and George Harrison was 15 years old and spending his days in school in Liverpool.<br /><br /></font><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Equipment used in transfer: </i></span></div><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i></i></span><span style="text-align: center;"></span><div><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Preparation:</b> <a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/">Ultrasonic cleaning</a> for 20 minutes in pure clean water.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Turntable: </b>Audio-technica <a href="http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/4351850e750a2f93/">AT-LP-1240</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Cartridge:</b><a href="https://eu.audio-technica.com/hifi-phono/cartridges/AT-MONO3LP"> ATmono3LP</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Pre-amplification: </b>Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html">Pioneer SX-780</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Recorder:</b> <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm">Sony PCM-M10</a> at 24bit/96kHz resolution</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Software:</b> <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/">ClickRepair</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/">xAct</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/8Hn6rp/%5BColumbia%20WL%20119%5D%20Ravi%20Shankar%20-%20The%20Sounds%20of%20India%20(1957)%202496%20FLAC.zip"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">24bit, 96kHz mono WAV file </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(744 MB)</span></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/39fM4z/%5BColumbia%20WL%20119%5D%20Ravi%20Shankar%20-%20The%20Sounds%20of%20India%20(1957)1644%20FLAC.zip"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">16bit, 44.1kHz mono WAV file </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(219 MB)</span></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/HMuXVz/%5BColumbia%20WL%20119%5D%20Ravi%20Shankar%20-%20The%20Sounds%20of%20India%20(1957)%20320%20mp3.zip"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">320kbps mono mp3 file </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">(114 MB)</span></a></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5LD-gWHtk_U" width="560"></iframe></div></div>
Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-29338331881544721052020-08-02T19:16:00.003-05:002020-08-08T11:45:49.241-05:00Vasant Rai and Alla Rakha Play Ragas of Meditation and Happiness [SRV 73013] an LP recorded and released in the US in 1975<font face="verdana" size="5">Vasant Rai was born in 1942 and at the age of seven began musical studies. At 16 he became one of the last disciples of <b><a href="https://www.outlookindia.com/traveller/mp/visual-escape/photo-gallery/soul-maihar-baba-allauddin-khan-band/">Allauddin "Baba" Khan</a></b>, the sarod maestro who taught four legends of Hindustani music: his son <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2018/02/ali-akbar-khan-easd-1324-lp-recorded.html">Ali Akbar Khan</a></b>, sitarists <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2015/01/ravi-shankar-music-from-india-series-no.html">Ravi Shankar</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2015/01/nikhil-banerjee-raga-desh-live-in.html">Nikhil Banerjee</a></b>, flautist <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2018/06/pannalal-ghosh-magic-flute-of-pannalal.html">Pannalal Ghosh</a></b>, and many others. </font><div><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTM-tl78YW9ibxsrwVKOF16_LlQuDkjgngnCovVx3hGA0KkBbbF9eljPyjtF8GA783ciUB-FqlB9bX8advmGlVOaYZ_aiYigHXsuzEzGc9EClTeGQseO27JYhdMLhyJm7mdGxztYCi4P_S/s2048/%255BSRV+73013+front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTM-tl78YW9ibxsrwVKOF16_LlQuDkjgngnCovVx3hGA0KkBbbF9eljPyjtF8GA783ciUB-FqlB9bX8advmGlVOaYZ_aiYigHXsuzEzGc9EClTeGQseO27JYhdMLhyJm7mdGxztYCi4P_S/s640/%255BSRV+73013+front.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGGGB2UFzQWRq-_J8N04BiQCqOSke0S3FR9QCAECiv-O3_zT9FFTpxf5ubj7WF2TsJFkI7LpDRsVdGlMls_8YFXo3RdZHXMkd3WNImwcb2bVMFfScUhh7UpiVpKwF15519jxNdBDXTQqZ/s1704/%255BSRV+73013+Label+A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="1704" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGGGB2UFzQWRq-_J8N04BiQCqOSke0S3FR9QCAECiv-O3_zT9FFTpxf5ubj7WF2TsJFkI7LpDRsVdGlMls_8YFXo3RdZHXMkd3WNImwcb2bVMFfScUhh7UpiVpKwF15519jxNdBDXTQqZ/s640/%255BSRV+73013+Label+A.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLuiUxPYJbbWzH47mW-zLfo5U9cUuihnUnFtQQaNSsfOMkgBObM-yqsRb_m42ykdo-p14TVkawroa4emP78Uf-FLbTneGVttGdkvkZ-b25T9DVjuhWP_Vy9kc07Cz5k4utQQzfL436TuS/s1656/%255BSRV+73013+Label+B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1656" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLuiUxPYJbbWzH47mW-zLfo5U9cUuihnUnFtQQaNSsfOMkgBObM-yqsRb_m42ykdo-p14TVkawroa4emP78Uf-FLbTneGVttGdkvkZ-b25T9DVjuhWP_Vy9kc07Cz5k4utQQzfL436TuS/s640/%255BSRV+73013+Label+B.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><font face="verdana" size="5">Rai died at the relatively young age of 43, and left only a handful of classical albums which supplement several "fusion" LPs. His collaborations with musicians such as <b>Don Cherry</b>, <b>Carlos Santana</b>, <b>John McLaughlin</b>, and the "world-fusion" band <b>Oregon</b> continue to bring new listeners to his body of recorded work.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2020/01/alla-rakha-tabla-wps-21458-lp-recorded.html">Alla Rakha</a></b><font face="verdana" size="5"> (1919-2000) was one of the towering figures of 20th century music. His collaborations with <b>Ravi Shankar</b> were legendary, but his tabla work was more than just as a partner to Ravi ji. His students included his son, <b>Zakir Hussain</b>.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Equipment used in transfer:<br /><br />Preparation: <a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="text-decoration: none;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a> for 20 minutes in pure clean water<br />Turntable: Audio-technica <a href="http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/4351850e750a2f93/" style="text-decoration: none;">AT-LP-1240</a><br />Cartridge: <a href="https://hifiheaven.net/shop/Shure-M97xE-Audiophile-Phono-Cartridge?language=en&currency=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImbLtxaKs5QIVmonICh1jPQrmEAQYASABEgK6xvD_BwE" style="text-decoration: none;">Shure M97xE</a><br />Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a>.<br />Recorder: <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm" style="text-decoration: none;">Sony PCM-M10</a> at 24bit/96kHz resolution<br />Software: <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/" style="text-decoration: none;">ClickRepair</a>, <a href="https://kid3.kde.org">kid3</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="text-decoration: none;">xAct</a>.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"> </span><br /><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">downloads:</span></div><span style="font-size: 17.600000381469727px;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/h6KfGq/%5BSRV%2073013%5D%20Vasant%20Rai%20and%20Alla%20Rakha%20Play%20Rags%20of%20Meditation%20and%20Happiness%20(1975)%202496%20FLAC.zip">24bit, 96kHz FLAC files (774 MB)</a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; 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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gFp_yVjnQ44" width="560"></iframe></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-48966658388213141302020-08-01T23:49:00.004-05:002020-08-02T09:51:24.471-05:00Sandhya Mukherjee: Geetashree [ECSD 2602] an LP recorded and released in India in 1980<font face="verdana" size="5">For this post we have a delightful LP by Sandhya Mukherjee. Although she is best known for her work in the Mumbai and Bengali film industry, she has recorded several LPS of classical music. </font><div><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="5">Born in 1931, she first began studies under <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2018/02/at-kanan-7epe-1002-ep-released-in-india.html">A.T. Kanan</a></b> and subsequently became a disciple of the great <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2016/11/bade-ghulam-ali-khan-ealp-1265-lp.html">Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.</a></b></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="5">Please see the photos for track listing and accompanists.</font></div><div><font face="verdana" size="5"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Fi4g6KXij-R8iMNLANIqlVXxRmVOtFJHK8pxylbGgqdHhtOPIouvG0t6HtBrsQ-mn18-KJnqWt76Iv8JKYEUbEp6T1_WZck7G07eFSGMoU2hdtfqRH_nRg0rfsbU-9KBUM7N99eML-qw/s2048/%255BECSD+2602%255D+front.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Fi4g6KXij-R8iMNLANIqlVXxRmVOtFJHK8pxylbGgqdHhtOPIouvG0t6HtBrsQ-mn18-KJnqWt76Iv8JKYEUbEp6T1_WZck7G07eFSGMoU2hdtfqRH_nRg0rfsbU-9KBUM7N99eML-qw/s640/%255BECSD+2602%255D+front.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t2duBDGik7Y" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-77180577583399392842020-07-28T23:23:00.000-05:002020-07-28T23:23:40.134-05:00Amjad Ali Khan and Abhijit Banerjee live in Ottawa, Canada on July 6, 1990<span style="font-size: large;">For this post we are able to experience music which was performed almost exactly 30 years ago in the capital city of Canada, by sarodist <b>Amjad Ali Khan</b> and tabla maestro <b>Abhijit Banerjee</b> in front of an appreciative audience.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, the person providing the live sound that night was able to capture this performance onto audio cassette tape and share it with others in 2005 on the file sharing site named "Dimeadozen" which allows only previously unreleased live recordings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><b>Ustad Amjad Ali Khan</b> - sarod</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">July 6, 1990</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Southam Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">2005 transfer and seed by (unknown)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">June 2016 reseed by zootype:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">01 Raga Bihag: Alap 27:03</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><b>Ustad Amjad Ali Khan</b> comes from a long line of master musicians in India. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">He plays the fretless lute, the sarod. He is considered to be </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">one of the top sarod players in India, along with <b><a href="https://aacm.org/">Ustad Ali Akbar Khan</a> </b></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhadev_Das_Gupta" style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><b>Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta</b></a><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">a disciple of the great <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnan_Prakash_Ghosh"><b>Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh</b></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">including<b> <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/660458-Kanai-Dutta">Kanai Datta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Ghosh">Shankar Ghosh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhil_Ghosh">Nikhil Ghosh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anindo_Chatterjee">Anindo Chatterjee</a>, </b></span><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><a href="https://tabla.org/pt-samir-chatterjee">Samir Chatterjee</a>,</b><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"> and </span><b style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gINWHz9QvF0">Sanjay Mukherjee</a>.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Amjad was in a good mood that day and in top form. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">He seemed to have a lot of tuning problems though </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">and I have cut out the fairly extensive tuning segments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The Bihag Gat starts and almost immediately there was a tape flip </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">and at the same time they started tuning again so it worked out. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">I just faded it in as they are tuning and they launch immediately into the gat. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">This is the complete show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The level was set a little low so it's a bit hissy in quieter parts </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">but excellent quality and performance. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">(I prefer lower levels and some hiss to distortion anyway.) </span></div>
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-47623676464279733712020-04-10T12:06:00.001-05:002020-08-02T14:10:45.934-05:00The "Oriental Traditional Music" blog is back in a new home<b style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As many of you know, it's been more than a year since Axel Elbin died. He was a great soul who ran the "Oriental Traditional Music on LP and Cassette" blog. He was also a commercial dealer in Indian Classical LPs and CDs -- quite a few of the posts here are transfers of LPs I purchased from him.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Since the links which he hosted at adrive have now expired, a dedicated group of individuals, led by Gary Pro from Seattle, have come together to host a mirror site. This site will look, act, and feel like the old site, with the exception that there will be no new posts.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b><br />Louis Farrugia, Daniel Fuchs, and I [Gary Pro] have worked to preserve this important library of incredible music.<br /><br />A clone of Oriental Traditional Music from LPs & Cassettes, with all of the audio files, can now be found here:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><b><br /><a href="http://www.rudraveena.org/theBlog/oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.com/index.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.rudraveena.org/theBlog/oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.com/index.html</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It does not work exactly like the original. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The little triangle zip expanders [on the years and months, in the index] do not work, so click the link [name of year, or month] next to it, instead.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This outstanding library must be preserved.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I [Gary Pro] encourage anyone, to use a website copier, such as HTTrack, do download the</span> Whole <span style="font-size: large;">site, which includes this blog clone. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I may be told to take it down, in the future.</span></b></span></div>
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-87648939750750725182020-03-03T15:20:00.002-06:002020-03-04T02:31:57.352-06:00Budhaditya Mukherjee: Soulful Melodies on Sitar Strings [Magnasound C4HI0067] a cassette recorded and released in India in 1989Up next is a cassette from the ever-variable Magnasound label. Frequently these cassettes have one side which is distorted or otherwise unfortunate -- here we can hear that side A sounds much better than side B, although both are very listenable.<br />
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Mukherjee should need no introduction. He is certainly one of the very top sitarists alive today. He hasn't made a point in spending a lot of time seeking fame outside of India, which means that he doesn't have the name recognition he deserves.<br />
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Raga Basant Mukhari with two compositions in teentaal<br />
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890840604465360033.post-49853543571522522392020-01-09T01:17:00.006-06:002020-08-22T16:11:08.241-05:00Alla Rakha: Tabla! [WPS-21458] an LP recorded and released in the US in 1969<span style="font-size: large;"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Alla Rakha</b> (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) should be familiar to most readers of this blog.</span></span><br />
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<i><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Alla Rakha</strong>, Alla also spelled <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Allah</strong>, originally <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Allarakha Qureshi Khansaheb</strong>, also known as <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A.R. Qureshi</strong>, byname <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Abbaji</strong>, (born April 29, 1919, Phagwal, Jammu, India—died February 3, 2000, Mumbai), Indian <span id="ref1167404" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>tabla player, widely acknowledged in his day as one of the finest in India. As a regular accompanist of Indian sitar virtuoso<b> <span id="ref1167406" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Ravi Shankar </b>in the 1960s and ’70s, he was largely responsible for developing interest in the tabla among non-Indian audiences. He traced his lineage to the Punjab <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">gharana</span> (community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style).</i></div>
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<i>"Despite opposition from his family, Alla Rakha left home at age 12 to learn tabla under the great master (<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ustad</span>) <b>Mian Qadir Baksh</b>. He also trained under Ashik Ali Khan, a vocalist admired especially for his mastery of the <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">khayal</span> Hindustani song repertoire. Alla Rakha joined All India Radio at Lahore as a staff artist in 1936, and in 1938 he was transferred to Bombay (now Mumbai) as a senior percussionist. Initially he had a difficult time proving himself, but soon his command of the tabla—displayed through outstanding technique and tone production—impressed both the connoisseur and the layperson alike. In 1943 Alla Rakha left All India Radio to work in film music. Using his family name,<b> A.R. Qureshi</b>, he composed sound tracks and served as musical director for numerous movies.</i></div>
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<i>"By 1958 he had become disenchanted with the film industry and left that arena to focus on classical music. Also that year he toured internationally with Shankar, and the two artists subsequently developed a musical partnership that lasted nearly three decades. Especially as Shankar’s counterpart, Alla Rakha played a key role in raising worldwide awareness of the tabla and of Indian classical music as a whole. In addition to Shankar, Alla Rakha teamed with other virtuosic musicians, such as sarod master <b>Ali Akbar Khan</b>, to perform playfully competitive duets known as jugalbandis.</i></div>
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<i>"Aside from his work with Indian classical musicians, Alla Rakha notably collaborated with American jazz drummer <b>Buddy Rich</b> to create the album <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rich à la Rakha</span> (1968), a pioneering experiment in the type of cross-cultural musical fusion that became increasingly popular later in the 20th century."</i></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tabla: <b>Alla Rakha </b></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sitar: <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2017/11/shamim-ahmed-and-zakir-hussain-three.html">Shamim Ahmed</a></b></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pakhawaj: <b>Taranath Ramroa</b></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Liner notes: <b><a href="https://www.flatblackandclassical.com/2018/01/lakshmi-shankar-voice-of-lakshmi.html">Lakshmi Shankar</a></b></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Producer:<b> Richard Bock</b></span></div>
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<span face="" style="color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 17.600000381469727px;">Equipment used in transfer:<br /><br />Preparation: <a href="http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/diy-ultrasonic-cleaner.512659/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Ultrasonic cleaning</a> for 20 minutes in pure clean water<br />Turntable: Audio-technica <a href="http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/4351850e750a2f93/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">AT-LP-1240</a><br />Cartridge: <a href="https://hifiheaven.net/shop/Shure-M97xE-Audiophile-Phono-Cartridge?language=en&currency=USD&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImbLtxaKs5QIVmonICh1jPQrmEAQYASABEgK6xvD_BwE" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Shure M97xE</a><br />Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished <a href="http://www.highfidelityreview.com/pioneer-sx-780-receiver.html" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Pioneer SX-780</a>.<br />Recorder: <a href="http://kenrockwell.com/audio/sony/pcm-m10.htm" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Sony PCM-M10</a> at 24bit/96kHz resolution<br />Software: <a href="http://www.audacityteam.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">Audacity</a>, <a href="http://www.clickrepair.net/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">ClickRepair</a>, and <a href="http://xact.scottcbrown.org/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">xAct</a>.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/g6VbQc/%5BWPS-21458%5D%20Alla%20Rakha%20-%20Tabla!%20(1969)%202496%20FLAC.zip"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>24bit, 96kHz FLAC files (735 MB)</b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/nNptfb/%5BWPS-21458%5D%20Alla%20Rakha%20-%20Tabla!%20(1969)%201644%20FLAC.zip"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>16bit, 44.kHz FLAC files (202 MB)</b></span></a></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><i>after decoding to WAV files, these can be burned to CDR</i></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.adrive.com/public/qkJ367/%5BWPS-21458%5D%20Alla%20Rakha%20-%20Tabla!%20(1969)%20320%20mp3.zip"><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>320 kbps mp3 files (100 MB)</b></span></a></div>
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<span face="" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/" style="color: #bbdd99; text-decoration: none;">A good explanation of what FLAC files are and why you should be listening to them if you can.</a></span><br />
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Please note — my scanner has been not working well with my new laptop. I can only scan once each time before I have to quit and restart. Each time I scan a cover I need to do it 4 times and then merge the photos using Photoshop (Windows uses can use a different application). The back cover and label scans will be forthcoming soon! Thank you for your patience!</div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>
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