This week found some time to collect a few,
Not very often you could spot few many Rare Records and god saved some for me, this week. ofcourse it made a dig on my pocket.But no worries..
A good collection of Shri Rabindranath Tagore's plays, that too, 3 78RPM albums with fresh records, a 12" 78 rpm of an Indian artist, Ghazal disc by Peara Saheb (secord Indian to record after Gaur Khan at the HMV Dum dum plant),few Ep records of Illayaraja,which I was looking for years....etc.
1.
For the first time in may years of collecting records, I could get a 12" 78 RPM of an Indian artist. So far collected were mostly symphonic work and audio books of shakspere,keats, kelly etc...
Arist: Great G.N. Balasubramaniyam(may be his first recording as 12" 78 RPM were stopped in early 20s.)
Serial#.HT123 and HT125
2. 10" 78 RPM albums of Tagore ( 3 Albums , 16 discs in mint condition)
1. Shyama - An Opera By Tagore, Tagore Centenary 1961. P11941-P11946 (6 discs)
Artwork Paritosh Sen
Directed By Santosh Sen Gupta
Liner Notes Birendra Banerji
Vocals Alpana Roy, Banani Ghosh, Chimnoy Chatterji, Hemant Mukherji*, Kanika Banerji*, Purabi Mukerji, Santosh Sen Gupta, Sumitra Sen, Tarun Banerji*
2. kal mrigaya - An Opera By Tagore, Tagore Centenary 1961. P11952-P11955 (4 discs)
3. Cannot read the title, as it is bengali(some one pl help) - An Opera By Tagore, Tagore Centenary 1961. P11958-P11963 (6 discs)
3.Palladam Sanjeeva Rao - English Note-78 rpm (Made in England). May be one of the first recorded try of an Indian classical musician to try a western note using Flue and Mridhangam.
4. Very rare: "Gazal" by Peara Saheb (early Indian music) Year 1912 ( second artist to get a press at Gramophone Company pressing plant in Calcutta after Gaur Khan)
Song :Jum Bars Bars Ker Dukh Ham Ko Na D
5. 1964 Ishaara - Kalyanji Anandji [2 discs]
6. Haridas (1944 ) - Manmadha Leelayai Vendrar Undo.... T.Bagavathar.
7. few ep records of Illayaraaja
