Ilaiyaraaja

[kanthmba]

any sources for malayalam audio cds of raja sir?
searching for bhagyadevatha and kadha thudarunnu

 

[Ambio]

I would like to thank the OP for starting this thread. I probably have few hundred songs of Illayarajah and regularly used to submit the database to iTunes and Jriver. It is sad that no one really keeping an archive for all Indian music. Many of the great songs with unnamed recording engineers work gone unnoticed. It is unfortunate they are not receiving the due credit.

I have even written to the Tamil Nadu government urging them to create a database and archive all Indian songs but as expected didn't even receive an acknowledgment. Once, Illayaraja did mention that most of the audio rights belongs to the producers and now probably would be lost forever.

Lastly, no thanks to MP3 and the societies attitude new audio CDs are no longer available in Msia. I guess, I have to live with poor iTunes and YouTube audio quality for the latest songs.

 

[murali_n]

Hi all,

Photo of my brother when he met Raja sir at Mumbai some years ago, :yahoo::clapping:

N.Murali

 

[Audio_Freek]

Hi all,

Photo of my brother when he met Raja sir at Mumbai some years ago, :yahoo::clapping:

N.Murali

No Words to Express:clapping: Meeting the Musical GOD, My Life time dream

 

[matbhuvi]

In CDs, Oriental recording is much superior to Inreco, Lahari, RPG, Saregama, AGI etc. How it is in Vinyl? Starting to collect the vinyl now. Is Echo recording better than other's?

 

[nivedhya]

I saw everybody here is die hard fan of Ilayaraja and also there is a question by one person how to get Ilayarja Muthusamy's DTS CD.On this subject I want to say further.

This gentleman Ilayaraja Muthusamy has done a tremandous job of converting Maestro's songs to 5.1 DTS. To which extent means Maestro has permitted to use his name with him.I bought 10 of them sometimes back each costing Rs.100 which is nothing for the pain he has taken and the Quality he has given.

Quality is awesome.Particularly 'Idhayakoil,Udayageetham,Agni Natchatram' But everything is great.

One example I will remind which will say the quality. You would not have forgotten Priya movie's 'Darling darling darling' song at theater in stereophonic in those days.That will be the effect now in 5.1

I met this gentleman who has crossed 50 and working tirelessly to spread Maestro's real worth as well as real audio.We all think MP3 is audio. Just hear these CD's you will know the difference.

Just call this person and he goes to any extent to help you if you are a real Music Lover especially Maestro's fan.

 

[nivedhya]

Guitar & Violin will speak in Maestros' hands.

Similarly tabla will speak with MSV

 

[matbhuvi]

Saregama has released lossless version of good number of albums. Good chance for us grab some. There are some classic MSV, TMS albums as well. Happy hunting

 

[pakecc]

Lossless @50 Rs each song. And MP3 @ 9 Rs .

 

[Naturelover]

Saregama has released lossless version of good number of albums. Good chance for us grab some. There are some classic MSV, TMS albums as well. Happy hunting

Do go through threads before deciding on buying

Saregama Audio Quality
Saregama Revival series

 

[sunder]

I saw everybody here is die hard fan of Ilayaraja and also there is a question by one person how to get Ilayarja Muthusamy's DTS CD.On this subject I want to say further.

This gentleman Ilayaraja Muthusamy has done a tremandous job of converting Maestro's songs to 5.1 DTS. To which extent means Maestro has permitted to use his name with him.I bought 10 of them sometimes back each costing Rs.100 which is nothing for the pain he has taken and the Quality he has given.

Quality is awesome.Particularly 'Idhayakoil,Udayageetham,Agni Natchatram' But everything is great.

One example I will remind which will say the quality. You would not have forgotten Priya movie's 'Darling darling darling' song at theater in stereophonic in those days.That will be the effect now in 5.1

I met this gentleman who has crossed 50 and working tirelessly to spread Maestro's real worth as well as real audio.We all think MP3 is audio. Just hear these CD's you will know the difference.

Just call this person and he goes to any extent to help you if you are a real Music Lover especially Maestro's fan.

nivedhya, where to see the album titles of Muthusamy? Are they available online? Do you have the list of albums with song names? Thank you.

 

[pakecc]

Hi, did anyone have purchased the CD online from Inrec ' Priya / Jhonny /Kali' . If so, how is the sound quality. Also I could see some illayaraja's CD IN AMAZON like hits of illayaraja/ voices of Ilayaraja / Mano and Malaysia Vasudevan sings for Illayaraja. If so, pls confirm the sound quality as these CDs are priced at 50/- each. Out of 14 songs in each CD, even if 4 or 5 songs comes out with good SQ, I would rip,to lossless format.

Regards

 

[visvan1970]

I ordered a collection pack (Ilaiyaraaja - The passion of the early years) and it comes with 4 CDs. They contain songs from films like Johnny, Guru, Priya, Annakili, etc. I need to thank visvan sir for sharing the link.

I have listened to a couple of CDs from that pack and the recording quality is decent for few tracks, average for some and superb for other tracks. I found Guru and Priya recording quality to be top notch. Naturally it would be unfair to expect the tracks recorded in early and mid 80's to have the recording quality of the current ones. Of course there are few exceptions to that.

A little bit off the topic here. I wanted to share my thoughts on this topic of recording quality. It may not be correct or acceptable for others, but perhaps I want to register here. If you are not convinced with my points here, please accept my apologies in advance. I am personally not comfortable when few of us (at least Ilaiyaraja fans) keep harping about the recording quality of the old songs recorded in early/mid 80s. The moment we start comparing with the modern recordings, we will only end up with disappointment. May be, we (including myself) are inherently assuming that the recording quality of the 80s should match or reflect the stature of the hi-fi audio components we currently own. My very personal opinion is that we shouldn't assume that way.

In my case, I just wanted to listen Ilayaraja's compositions irrespective of how well it was recorded and I wanted to hear them through an audio CD rather than through mp3. I will say the mp3 tracks of those tracks recorded in 80s sound very much horrible.

Hope I am not offending anyone.

Truly Well said ji. thanks

 

[sunder]

Fortunately we Indians have the Gems of Indian musicians and Treasure of Indian Musics in Classical as well as in Cinema music songs. UNFORTUNATELY, we have the recordings of most of our music were recorded as INEFFECTUALLY by the INEFFICIENT sound engineers in the Golden Times of 60's & 70's! so, we are unlucky. Very Very few old time recordings are exemplary.

 

[nanacp76]

Here are few friends,

Putham Puthu Kaalai-Alaigal Oivathillai
Mottamaadi Mottamaadi-Anjali
Keladi En -Gopura Vaasalile
Andhi Mazhai Pozhigiradhu-Raja Parvai
Punjai Undu Nanjai Undu-Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
Pazha Mudhir Cholai-Varusham 16
Azhagaaga Siriththathu-December Pookal
Naadam En Jeevaney-Kaadal Oviyam
Orru Vittu Orru Vandhu-Karagattakaran

 

[matbhuvi]

I find Anjali as one of the best recorded Albums of IR in terms of DR and staging. This is from Alai osai cd. Anyone else felt so?

 

[sarith]

I find Anjali as one of the best recorded Albums of IR in terms of DR and staging. This is from Alai osai cd. Anyone else felt so?

Me too. I have Oriental IR collection CD, not the whole Anjali album.. http://www.hifivision.com/music/58649-tamil-hindi-film-songs-good-bass.html#post654878

 

[gnanasekhar]

My favorites
Sangeetha Megam - Udhaya Geetham
Megam Kottattum - Enakkul Oruvan
Yen Iniya Pon Nilave - Moodu Pani
Vaanengum Thanga Vin meengal - Moontram Pirai
Keall Thentrale - Nengathai Killathey
Uravenum Puthia Vaanil - Nengathai Killathey
Illaya Nila Pozhigirathey - Payanangal Mudivathillai

 

[navarannan]

Hi

Is the mp3 songs released by Agimusic available anywhere?

 

[indy70]

I have quite a few of IR's Oriental CDs. They are really well recorded like My Dear Marthandan, Vetri Vizha, Mouna Ragam, Payanangal mudivathillai etc.,

Playing it in a Good CD Player sounds awesome.

But yes, some recordings are not up to the mark like Tik Tik Tik. Great songs but horrible recording.