Tuesday 27 February 2018

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande 1984 'Introducing… Ashwini Bhide'

This is Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande's only LP released in 1984 (as far as I know). I am really fond of Hindustani Vocal music, but don't have as many Vocal LPs as I do Instrumental. I wanted to share this LP as I don't think it is very common. Ashwini has a sweet voice. She would have been around 24 in this recording.

Courtesy of Wiki: "Born in Mumbai into a family with strong musical traditions, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande started her early classical training under the guidance of Narayanrao Datar. She then completed her Sangeet Visharad from the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. Since then, Dr. Bhide-Deshpande has been under the tutelage of her mother Smt. Manik Bhide, who has been instilling in her the intricacies and traditions of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. Dr. Bhide-Deshpande also received guidance from, Pt. Ratnakar Pai until his death in 2009".

Label: EMI ‎– ECSD 2973

Tracks:
A1 - Raga Yaman
B1 - Raga Tilak Kamod
B2 - Bhajan Meerabai

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 WAV 16/48, and then separately edited with: Clickrepair (low setting) then slight reduction on surface noise + normalised to -2.0db in Audacity and exported as WAV 16/48 and MP3 320kbps.
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6 comments:

  1. PS28 February 2018 at 00:04

    Wow Kirrin, fantastic share ! Many thanks !

    Regards,
    PS.

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  2. ljf1 March 2018 at 16:08

    Dear Kirrin
    Many thanks for releasing this gem from a very youthful looking (and sounding) Ashwini. For those who know only her more mature work, this is a great addition. I particularly like the last track the bhajan.

    I'm not aware that this was ever re-released on CD, but given Saregama's style, it may well have been as a compilation. From her website, it looks like there may have been another HMV India LP release in 1988 "Ashwini Bhide Sings" with Kedar, Khambavati & Bhoop-Nat, which again I've not seen in CD release. Keep up the good work

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  3. Rory15 December 2018 at 06:59

    Beautiful singer, saw her in concert, and it was great.

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  4. Vinayak Vaidya13 December 2021 at 01:36

    Excellent record- I too have

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  5. Unknown6 April 2022 at 22:37

    Please check Link is not working

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  6. Anonymous20 May 2023 at 12:12

    The links are not working. Could you please update them ?

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