It's widely available in good sound on several CDs, so it's not a rarity - but the colorful label and the challenge in changing the phonograph cartridge to be able to play a 78rpm disk make it a fun experience to listen to once in a while. I have a few Hindusthan 78s including a really lovely one by KL Saigal. Originally beginning as Hindusthan Records in 1932, it survives to this day (if selling digital downloads for pennies counts as surviving). This is the first LP on the blog from the Indian Record Manufacturing Company (" INRECO") which was based in Calcutta. The first post featured an album released by EMI in 1965 with accompaniment by the great violinist VG Jog. Our LP today is our second offering from vocalist Manik Varma (1926-96), a member of the Kirana Gharana. I boosted some midrange frequencies and was able to remove most of the remaining groove noise without affecting the music in any way. This is a remaster of an old post from the halcyon days of early 2015. Srinivasa Rao.Īt times the close harmonies are reminiscent of heavily applied reverb, but I think the heartfelt singing of MSS shines through. (Thank you Ken for your wonderful record store!) This delightful LP, rescued from my local record shop which just recently placed on their shelves a small but choice selection of Indian vinyl, was recorded in 1986 by EMI and features vocal support from Radha Viswanathan. MS Subbulakshmi was one of the most prolific and popular singers of bhajans, or Hindi devotional songs. The Murty Classical Library of India has published a lovely collection of some of the earliest known manuscripts of Surdas' poetry and the book is well worth searching out.
Surdas was a 15th century poet, reportedly blind, who is renowned for his many poems about the life of Lord Krishna.
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