Hariprasad Chaurasia 1977 'Thumriyan Vol. II'

Here is another lovely flute LP by Hariprasad Chaurasia 1977. Unfortunately there is an ugly sticker on the cover! I got annoyed with it only after I had packaged everything up in ZIPs.. and did a basic cover up in Paint. You can copy the picture from below.

"Thumri can be described as the final phase of the chequered evolution of Hindustani music which began with the massive, dignified dhrupad and dhamar, followed by the ornate, inventive khayal and lilting, racy tappa. Distinctly erotic or devotional in content, it originated from the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh and eventually branched off into two different traditions of Lucknow and Benaras. Although thumri has broadly evolved as a vocal form, many instrumental masters of initiative and vision have successfully given a new elan to its niceties and beauties by their sheer originality and virtuosity".

Label: EMI ‎– ECSD 2781

Tracks:
A1 - Thumri Mishra Khamaj (Roopak Taal)
A2 - Thumri Pilu (Dadra Taal)
B1 - Thumri Pahadi (Kaharwa Taal)
B2 - Thumri Bhairvin (Roopak Taal)

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Digitised with: Project Essential II Turntable, Ortofon Red Stylus, recorded as WAV 16/48 in Audacity and saved unaltered (apart from track separation/info tags) as FLAC 16 Highest Level 8, and then separately edited with: Clickrepair (low settings) then slight reduction on surface noise + normalised to -1.5db in Audacity and exported as FLAC Highest Level 8 and MP3 320kbps.