Padmavati Shaligram - An All India Radio Release - Cassette released in India in 1994

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Ghulam Husain Khan - Sitar Nawaz - LP released in India in 1974

Here a rare LP by a brilliant Sitar master, who was quite well known in the West through his LP released in France in 1968 which we had posted in 2013. See there for more information on the artist.

He also had one side on an Unesco LP released in 1972, recorded probably at the same time as the French LP.

This LP I also bought  two or three years ago from the same German record seller as the one in the previous post. I'm sure that he himself bought it in India. It was quite expensive though it was not in the best condition. It seems to have been used very much and has some bad bumps..

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Buddhadev Das Gupta (1 February 1933 - 15 January 2018) - In his memory an LP released in India in 1984

Here we offer in the memory of the great artist another release, his first and only LP.

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Bundo Khan (1880-1955) - Sarangi Nawaz - LP released in Pakistan in 1974

Bundo (Bundu) Khan was one of or perhaps the greatest Sarangi player of 20th century. He had a very particular style and played also on a very particular Sarangi.

We posted in 2012 a broadcast on him:

http://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.de/2012/04/sarangi-legend-ustad-bundu-khan-1880.html

The same year we also posted some more recordings:

http://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.de/2012/04/ustad-bundu-khan-1880-1955-more.html

Interesting information on the artist you can find under the first of these links.

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Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) - Two concerts at WDR, Cologne, Germany in 1985 & 1991

CD 1 & Scans - wave

CD 2 - wave

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Many thanks to KF for the recordings and covers.

Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) at WDR, Cologne, Germany - Broadcasts recorded 1971, 1975 and 1984

CD 1:

Raga Bageshri (27.11.1971)

This recording was published by Chhanda Dhara on CD:
Nikhil Banerjee - Alltime Classics - CD 1 (SNCD 701/02)
(now no longer available)

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CD 2:

Raga Pilu (17.8.1975)

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CD 3:

Raga Desh (studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984)

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CD 4:

Raga Mishra Khamaj

Ragas Pilu & Suha Sugharai (10.11.1984)

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CD 5:

Commentaries on Indian music given by Nikhil Banerjee
after the studio recording of Raga Desh (see CD 3)

(studio recording by WDR on 10.11.1984. Moderator: Jan Reichow)

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Many thanks to KF for the recordings and the covers.

Mohammad Shareef Khan Poonchwale (1926-1980) - Some Vichitra Veena Recordings

As the great Sitar and Vichitra Veena master Ustad Mohammad Shareef Khan Poonchwale (1926-1980) has still not got the attention by music lovers he deserves and especially his mastery over the difficult and rare Vichitra Veena is very little known, we post here some recordings, orginally posted by Dr. Ashfaq Ali Khan (Holistic Khan) in his wonderful treasure troves on esnips and mediafire. The original folders don't seem to be available anymore in the internet. Earlier we posted the only Vichitra Veena LP by the artist here. 

1. Raga Aimen (31:23)

2. Raga Darbari (18:16)

3. Pilu Thumri (13:05)

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On the artist see  our earlier posts:

http://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.de/search/label/Mohammad%20Sharif%20Khan%20Poonchhwala

and also:

http://www.thefridaytimes.com/15042011/page25.shtml

See also our earlier Vichitra Veena posts:
http://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.de/search/label/Vichitra%20Veena

Vilayat Khan - Sitar - A Treasure from Solomon's Mines SME 1/2 - Very rare Indian LP from 1956

This is a very rare LP from an Indian label called "A Treasure from Solomon's Mines". According to the liner notes the date of publication is 1956. The label apparently published in the second half of the 1950s a couple of LPs (the very first LPs published in India), for example in 1957 one by Ram Narayan (SME 3/4).
There had been in the internet already links to download this record, but unfortunately with very poor sound quality. The files we present here are from a broken LP, which a friend was able to restore. The result is much more satisfying then the files found in the internet. There are still some cracks, but otherwise the music has good sound quality.

Side 1:
Raga Rageshari (Rageshri) (11:14)

Side 2:
Raga Pilu (11:20)

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