Amjad Ali Khan- King of Ragas Raga of Kings,EMI (Gramaphone co of India)- ECSD2824-1979

A magical performance by Amajad Ali Khan , one of the eminent masters of Hindustani classical instrumental music.. in one of his finest performances as yet unreissued to my knowledge... i ripped this for a few other friends , and may as well share it here ,it is so good.

A-1-Alap) Jor,Jhala A-2-Gat) Madhiyalaya Tritaal
 B-1-Gat)Ektaal B-2-Gat)Tritaal
Amjad Ali Khan-Sarod
Sabir Khan-tabla

very decent rip , record VG+, minimal cleaning or processing Downsampled from wavs @48-24, to 44-16 Encoded @FLAC level 6 Enjoy!!!

go here for an mp3 rip of a cassette version of this same record

Le Santur de O.M.Chourasiya-ESP,FR- 165-543 1981

Another esperance lp...

An understated, spare, numinous, magical performance by santoor master O.M.Prakash Chourasiya.. one of my very favourites.


This seems to have been the very first release by Chourasiya.


Le Santur de O.M.Chourasiya-ESP,FR- 165-543 1981
Side A- Raga Chandra Neel


Side B-Dhun


O.M-Prakash Chourasiya-Santur (Santoor)


Mukunda N Bhale-Tabla


Dileep Bhagwut- tanpura

Pt Chourasiya's website, and Discography
Enjoy!

3 Vilayat Khan LP's,from the late 60's

Here are a few favourites( all out of print as far as i can tell ) by the great Bengali Sitar master Vilayat khan-(1928-2004), someone perhaps unjustly overshadowed in the west by better known more sophisticated peers such as Ravi Shankar , and Nikil Banjeree.
theres a real rawness , and risk taking edge to the playing that i find most congenial . trance and ecstatic euphoria , enjoyably punctuated by moments of ..chaos... which are rare in this music.
the playing goes a long way beyond mere melodic embroidery...



















The Genius of Vilayat Khan- Ealp -1266-(1966)

A-1-Raga Ahir Bhairav
B-1-Raga

Vilayat Khan-Sitar
Mohammad Ahmad-Tabla



















Music from India series- Vilayat Khan-EMI India lp,ASD 2460-(1969)

A- Raga Jaijaiwanti
B- Raga Rageshree

Vilayat Khan-Sitar
Shanta Prasad-Tabla




















.....And best of all!

Vilayat Khan- Music of India HMV /world record Club/lp S/CE 3068

Vilayat Khan-Sitar
Imrat Khan-Surbahar, Sitar
Shanta Prasad-tabla


A-1- Raga Suha Surai
B-1- Raga Thumree Piloo


NB
These were all originally posted (by me) , at SFRP's Classical Indian thread... Not too long ago...

Down sampled from 48 hz-24 BIT , to normal 16 bit Flacs ...
minimal processing used...


ENJOY!!

more info about V.Khan

A Wonderful , rare Jgalbandi lp with Bismillah Khan , can be found here

ESP-155538-Le Sarangi de Ram Narayan lp 1976

Another Masterpiece on the Esperance label By the much venerated Legendary Rajasthani musician Ram Narayan ,a master improviser and the man who single handily rescued the Sarangi from the obscurity of mere vocal accompaniment. Originally released on the Swedish Amigo label in 1974 (also briefly on CD) ESP-155538-Le Sarangi de Ram Narayan lp 1976 Raga Puria Kalyan A-Alap B-Gap Ram Narayan-Sarangi Suresh Talwalkar-Tabla Hans Isgren- Tampura ENJOY!!

Here is a short clip from You tube , which has a few great Narayan clips , and much more in the Genre(S).

La Vina de S.Balachander-E.S.P (Disques d'esperance-Fr) 1978

Before moving back to the currently ,recently established fascinating threads .
i thought Id introduce another great passion (sneak in) .. one of the Best recordings by the Great Carnatic master of the Vina ,S.Balachander

This is such an extraordinary performance.


Balachander is a master Improviser who in this long raga, pushes the Harmonic boundaries of this genre.
At times the tunings seem deliberately flat ,and ragged ,defying convention and the listeners expectations.

Seat of the pants stuff that will rivet the open minded,from first to last.
Anyone interested in Improvisation , should hear this genuinely challenging gem.


Guaranteed to broaden the horizon of even the most steadfast Jazz-a-centric,Ethno-phobe!

La Vina-De S.Balchander- ESP 165510-LP 1978

RAGA MAYAMALAVGAULA

A-ALAPANA ET THANAM
B-kRITI MERUSAMANA ADITALA


S.Balachander-Vina
Krishnamurthy-Mridangam
Joanne-tanpura

This is long out of print as are most items on the late lamented Other Esp label, a few have been reissued elsewhere.

Heres a link to a great 4 part documentary about Balachander on you-tube

A real pity that this music is often caricatured as the provenance of Hippies , or new age aural wallpaper.