Vilayat Khan 1979 'The Brilliance Of Sound'

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This is a 1979 Indian release by Ustad Vilayat Khan. I think this LP was never digitised or re-released on CD. Ustad Vilayat Khan is quite an interesting character. He was determined personally to become one of the best sitarists in history, leaving a legacy behind. To a large extent this has been accomplished. There are many many disciples of his school. He also made several modifications to the sitar - creating what is known as the Vilayat Khan style of sitar. Effectively he sacrifices some of the range of his instrument for better performance and more flexibility with meend and ornamentation - as he was focused on melodic expression of raga. Vilayat Khan was originally trained in a vocal tradition 'Gayaki Ang' and therefore is well know for adopting this style on sitar.

Note: I'm not sure why the tone falls gradually towards the end of side A and the opposite effect on Side B. This seems to be a fault in the actual recording - either in the original tapes or master cutting process.

His Master's Voice ‎– ECSD 2828

Tracks:
A1 Raga Ghara
B1 Sindhi Bhairavi
B2 Punjabi Dhun

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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, and then separately edited with: Clickrepair (low settings) then slight reduction on surface noise + normalised to -1.5db in Audacity and exported as FLAC and MP3 320kbps.