August 12, 2017

Shamim Ahmed Khan: A Delectable Treat in Ragas [Magnasound C4HI0068] a cassette recorded and released in India in 1989

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Shamim Ahmed Khan (1938-2012) was a disciple of Ravi Shankar . He seemed to be on excellent terms with his teacher and followed him to Cali...
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August 5, 2017

Alathur Brothers: Carnatic Vocal (All India Radio recording) [HTC 03B 8184] A Cassette recorded in India in 1963 and released in India in 1991

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The Alathur Brothers , just like the Ramones, were not actually brothers. They consisted of vocalists Sivasubramaniya Iyer (1916-65) and Sri...
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August 3, 2017

Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia: Yugal Bandi [ECSD 2747] an LP recorded in Sweden in 1973 and released in India in 1975

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Here is an interesting example of a recording made in Sweden while these two artists were on tour there. It was subsequently released in Ind...
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July 31, 2017

MS Subbulakshmi: Surdas Bhajans [PSLP 1391] an LP recorded and released in India in 1986 - fresh remaster

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Surdas  was a 15th century poet, reportedly blind, who is renowned for his many poems about the life of Lord Krishna. The  Murty Classical L...
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July 30, 2017

TR Mahalingam: Album de Nuit [Stil 0312 S 78] An album recorded in France in 1978 and released in France in 1981 - a fresh remaster

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There have been four or five requests for a re-upload of this album, originally posted to this blog back in April 2015. I decided to remast...
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