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Following the success of the first Sitar Beat compilation CD, a collection of Indian and Indian-inspried European funky selections from the 60s and 70s, the crew knew they had to come deep for the sequel. So for Volume 2, they go straight to heart of India with some of the rarest, and best tracks recorded between the years of 1970 and 1984. Nearly all of these tracks are appearing on CD for the first time. Sixteen tracks of rare and funky Indian flavor, blending heavy beats with the sounds of the sitar and the inimitable vocal sounds of beloved Indian singers such as the ubiquitous Asha Bhosle and producers/songwriters like Kalyanji Ananji and R. D. Burman. Most of the tracks are culled from Bollywood sound tracks from the 70s and early 80s. Enormously popular, often wild and packed with action and romance, these films put the intense music of star composers like Burman and Kalyanji & Anandji at the forefront. The strange, psychedelic sounds possess their own cultural mish-mash of flavors - combining traditional Indian instrumentation and melodies with film music's intensity, and incorporating styles from American/Western music from about 5 years or so behind the trend. All this to say - expect funk, psychedelic rock, disco and proto-electro to jump out from the grooves of Sitar Beat Volume 2 and hit you harder than a mouth full of spicy masala. This is soul from the Sub-continent at it's best!
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Record 1
Side A:
1. Babla & His Orchestra - 'The Witness'
2. Kalyanji Anandji feat. Asha Bhosle - 'Awara Sadiyon Se'
3. S.D. Narang - 'Everybody Dance With Me'
4. Kalyanji Anandji feat. Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi - 'Wada Karle Sajna'
Side B:
5. Kalyanji Anandji feat. Asha Bhosle - 'Nigahon Ka Adaon Ka'
6. R.D. Burman - 'Freak Out Music'
7. Laxmikant Pyarelal - 'Dushmun Title Music'
8. Kalyanji Anandji feat. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle & Mahendra Kapoor - 'Pyar Zindagi Hai'
Record 2
Side C:
9. Usha Khanna - 'Tera Jasia Pyara Koi Nahin'
10. Hemant Bhosle feat. Asha Bhosle - 'Phir Teri Yaad'
11. Ajit Singh feat. Asha Bhosle - 'Main Akeli Raat Jawan'
12. Laxmikant Pyarelal feat. Amit Kumar & Shailendra Singh - 'Bekaraar Bekaraar Bekaraar Kiya'
Side D:
13. R.D. Burman feat. Asha Bhosle - 'Aaj Mera Dil'
14. Laxmikant Pyarelal feat. Mohd. Rafi & Chorus - 'Dard-E-Dil'
15. Keith Kanga - 'Butterfly (Version Two)'
16. Kalyanji Anandji feat. Amit Kumar, Kanchan & Chorus - 'Laila O Laila'
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