Ustad Amir Khan - Great Master Great Music - LP released in India in 1976
After the untimely death of Ustad Amir Khan many LPs and later also cassettes and CDs with recordings from the archives of All India Radio or concert recordings saw the day. Here a very beautiful one...
View ArticleUstad Amir Khan - Raga Ahir Bhairav & Raga Bageshree - LP released in India...
Here an LP with two other very beautiful recordings from the archives of All India Radio.flacmp3
View ArticleUstad Amir Khan - Memoral Evenings with Ustad Amir Khan Saheb - A box of 4...
Here a box of four cassettes with wonderful recordings from a private collection. These recordings were also released the same year as four LPs. Our dear blogger friend Bolingo posted them in mp3...
View ArticlePurabi Mukherji - Rare Compositions of Ustad Amir Khan - LP released in India...
Here a nice LP by a disciple of Ustad Amir Khan, performing some of his compositions.flacmp3
View ArticleGanesh Ramchandran Behre known as Behrebua (1890-?) - Recordings from All...
We present here some recordings by the legendary singer Behrebua, who was a direct disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and of whom one says that his music reminds listeners of the sad, doleful and very...
View ArticleUstad Faiyaz Khan (1886-1950) - Great Master Great Music - Raga Bhankar &...
Here one of my most favourite LPs with recordings - from the archives of All India Radio - by the great Ustad Faiyaz Khan. In 2011 we had already posted by him a cassette and an LP.This was the first...
View ArticleUstad Faiyaz Khan (1886-1950) - Heritage - Cassette released in India in 1999
Here some other wonderful archival recordings by the great Ustad. The Raga Todi on the first side is in Dhrupad format: first an Alap and then a Dhrupad composition in Chautal.In the near future we...
View ArticleHindustani Vocal Music - Agra Gharana - Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan...
A very dear friend, a great collector of classical Indian music and a frequent visitor to our blog, was so kind to share with us this recording. It is part of a series. Here what he said about this CD:...
View ArticleJagannath Buwa Purohit (1904-1968) - Heritage - Cassette released in India in...
Here another cassette from the excellent Heritage Series. Jagannath Buwa Purohit was a legendary singer of the Agra Gharana and a prominent student of the great Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan of our last...
View ArticleUstad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902-1968) - Ragas Kedar & Jaijaiwanti - Cassette...
Here some beautiful recordings from the archives of All India Radio (AIR). They were apparently published in 1995 or 1996 as an LP by HMV India in their PMLP series, quite beyond the end of the LP era....
View ArticleBade Ghulam Ali Khan: Raga Adana & Raga Chhayanat & Lakshmi Bai (Laxmibai)...
Here another cassette from the Heritage Series with beautiful archival recordings by two great singers of the first half of 20th century. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan needs no introduction as he is very...
View ArticleLakshmibai Jadhav (1901-1979) - Private Double CD
Here a private double CD by Laxmibai Jadhav, containing a number of her 78 rpm records from the 1930s and two longer Ragas, probably from the archives of All India Radio.The CDs were created, together...
View ArticleKeshar Bai (Kesarbai) Kerkar (1892-1977) - Heritage - Cassette released in...
We start now to post a couple of releases by the greatest female voice of India ever: Kesarbai Kerkar. She was a student of Ustad Alladiya Khan of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. We start with some rare...
View ArticleKesarbai Kerkar - Rarest of the Rare - Vol. VI - Cassette released in India...
This is part of a series of cassettes of live recordings by Kesarbai Kerkar. As far as I know, this was the first time that longer recordings by the artist were made available. As is well known,...
View ArticleKesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - Vol. 2 - Private CD
This is a private CD containing the recordings of the cassette "Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 2", published in 1985. The cassette has on side 1 Raga Tilak Kamod and on side 2 first Raga Bhimpalas and then...
View ArticleKesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - Vol. 1 - Private CD of a live...
This is a private CD containing the recordings of a live concert in 1967. This CD was again made by Denis Meyer in 2000 with recordings from a cassette from the collection of James Stevenson. Many...
View ArticleKesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - volume 3 - Private CD
This is again a private CD containing this time the recordings of the cassette "Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 5 & 6", published in 1985. As we posted already the original cassette of vol. 6 we post...
View ArticleKesarbai Kerkar - Rare Live Recordings - Vol. 4 - Private CD
This is again a private CD containing this time the recordings of the cassette "Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 3", published in 1985, plus two old records: Raga Desh (1936) & Holi Kamach (1955). This CD...
View ArticleKesarbai Kerkar - Rarest of the Rare - Vol. 4 - Live - Raga Kedar
Copy of the cover of the cassetteI have two copies of this cassette, both on CD. The first is a private CD made by our friend DM in 2001. I don't know if it was made directly from the original cassette...
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