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As far as I know, this two song single is the only record released by Mathura Kumar Das playing instrumental Bollywood covers on the clavioline. But if you go on YouTube you will find dozens of videos of songs recorded by him – all with the same record cover as the one posted above. My guess is that there is a cassette only release and the person who uploaded the songs to YouTube used the photo of the single. But that’s just a guess. There are also a few live clips that look like they were recorded somewhat recently.
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Catalog number MSP 103 on Mayur of India. Released 1981.
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♬ Kar Le Pyaar Kar Le Ke Din Hai Yahi
Of all of the Bollywood Steel Guitar singles that I have – and I have A LOT – this one might be the most obscure. The only information I have been able to find on this record is what little the sleeve has to offer, which isn’t much. The song titles are not even listed, not even on the record itself.
Luckily, the song is a fairly well know Bollywood tune: “Kar Le Pyaar Kar Le Ke Din Hai Yahi” sung by Asha Bhosle from the 1969 film Talash.
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Many thanks to Florian Pittner for playing “Name That Tune” for me.
Catalog number 134 on Bharati Record of Calcutta – now Kolkata – India. No release date listed.
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♬ Aap Ko Pahle Bhi-Tum Haseen Main Jawan
Vipin Reshamia – also seen as Reshammiya – is from India.
He is credited as being the first music director to incorporate electronic instruments into Indian film music under the baton of music composers such as Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Shankar-Jaikishan. He is also the father of singer and actor Himesh Reshammiya. He has worked with several music directors such as R. D. Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Shankar Jaikishan and his son Himesh.
Vipin released two singles – one in 1969 and one in 1970 – both titled Musiguns and contain covers of film songs performed on the organ.
Catalog number EMOE 2013 on Odeon / EMI of India. Released 1970.
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With a backing band called “His Bullets”, you would expect at least a hint of Spaghetti Western music. Unfortunately, that is not the case with this record.
The only thing I can tell you about Rakesh Nath & His Bullets, is that they recorded this single and an album called “Musical Ripples” that came out a year after the single.
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Catalog number 2308-3532 on Inreco of Kolkata, India. Released 1979.
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♬ Sujan Majhi Re / সুজন মাঝি রে
Senkar Kumar Sarkar was, to the best of my knowledge, from India. This is his sole recording, released by the Ashoka label – which was in business from as early as 1940 and lasted to the early 1980s. Yet, there are only a handful of releases listed on their Discogs page. There must be more records out there…
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Catalog number 45-JCP 2058 / 7XLE 9782 on Ashoka Record of Calcutta, India. Released 1979.
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India is not the first place that comes to mind when you think about Christian Rock, but Christianity is the third largest religious group behind Hinduism and Islam. It’s only about 2.3 percent. But that percentage of the current population of India – roughly 1.4 billion – is still well over 30 million.
The band consisted of Kamy Melvani, Hugh Peters, Lionel Satya and Lawrence Vincent. Other than that, I have not found anything else about the band.
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Catalog number S/EMPE 101 on EMI of India, released 1981.
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Contrary to what the cover may convey, this is not a Bollywood Bluegrass album. Regrettably, that genre has yet to materialize. The banjo is only featured on one song on this album.
The only information I have been able to find about Jayanti & Honey, is that they released one other album – “Hits of 1987” – that was only available on cassette.
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Catalog number VBLP 1002 on Venus Records & Tapes Mfg. Co. of India. Released 1985.
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♬ Aaji Mote Laagena Nida / ଅଜି ମୋଟେ ଲାଗେନା ନିଡ
I have always been fascinated by languages and fonts – especially non-Latin characters.
There are 22 official languages in India – which does not include English. This record was recorded in Odia – formerly known as Oriya – which is the official language in the eastern state of Odisha.
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Catalog number GRE 1152 on Gathani Records of Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. Released 1983.
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Mukesh Karia released three singles of instrumental versions of film songs.on the Gathani label between 1977 and 1979.
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Catalog number S/GRE 1079 on Gathani Records of Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. Released 1979.
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How could I resist that cover, right?
I haven’t been able to find anything on Milan Deb. He did record at least one other single for the Senola label that was die cut to look like an apple. And with the exception of Deb’s two singles and one other LP of Bengali folk songs by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, Senola had only been active in the 1930s, releasing 78 RPM records.
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Catalog number EQS 1005 on Senola of Calcutta – now Kolkata – India. Released 1980.
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