Wednesday 28 March 2018

Jaya Bose & Himangshu Biswas ‎1968 'Sitar & Flute'

Hello Friends, as promised here is the other 1968 album by Jaya Bose (A.K.A Joya Biswas) with Himangshu Biswas on Bansuri (who also played on the LP I posted not long ago with Dulal Roy on Santoor). That's it! Short and sweet. Feel free to comment on the artists or the music - or anything music related :-)

Label: His Master's Voice ‎– ECLP 2372

Tracks:
A1 - Raga Alahia Bilaval (Alap, Jhalla and Gat in Teentaal)
B1 - Raga Desh (Gat In Dipchandi)
B2 - Bhatiali - Dhun


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.
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9 comments:

  1. Unknown28 March 2018 at 07:57

    This is my first time posing a post on your blog and I first just wanted to say that your work is appreciated beyond words by myself and the many others who visit this site.

    Perhaps the article below might give you some insight into Joya (Jaya) Biswas (nee Bose). She talks about her 10 year training with Ravi Shankar and her experience of him.

    The link is: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Master-of-music-and-diplomacy/articleshow/17606512.cms

    I am wondering if Himanshu and Joya Biswas were married. Himanshu Biswas was a long-time music director/arranger for Hindusthan Records and had a long-term association with one of the company's leading recording artists, the late Ramkumar Chatterjee. Ramkumar's son, Srikumar, holds Joya Biswas in great esteem and sings regularly at her annual memorial concert held in Pondicherry. It's just a theory....

    Thanks again for the fantastic work.

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    1. Kirrin28 March 2018 at 09:56

      Thanks for the article. Please feel free to post any time. I enjoy reading and discussing the music and artists. I'm not sure about the marriage - could be so - but there is just so much mystery and almost nothing online haha.

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  2. Anonymous28 March 2018 at 10:54

    Another gem Kirrin! thank you.

    https://www.discogs.com/release/3577112-Sitar-Flute/images

    Great tabla from Afaq Hussain Khan again.

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  3. Anonymous28 March 2018 at 17:56

    Many thanks Kirrin for another LP of Jaya Biswas! These are certainly rare to find LPs! Really appreciate your generosity in sharing them!

    cheers,
    PS.

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    1. Kirrin29 March 2018 at 15:47

      Thanks PS. I have been putting 'rare' in the post headlines for LPs where there are 2 or less physical copies for purchase on the internet. But indeed nearly all the posts are recordings not accessible without a fairly moderate investment in the LP and quality playing equipment at home. Also, there is the risk of the International post system. I've had a few irreplaceable items get lost in the post. It's such a tragedy when this happens as there is only a finite number of copies available and each loss or damage reduces this number... So thank you again for listening to the posts - validating all the time it takes to collect and digitize the works. It would be a shame if I were the only person to benefit from my collection.

      Kirrin

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  4. shantiwan22 April 2018 at 17:13

    I was very fortune to get this LP. Really wonderfull music and recording from comparatively less known names.

    Thanks for all your efforts on all other posts.

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  5. Anonymous13 May 2018 at 02:00

    Wonderful recording, thank you for sharing it and many others. Do you know if Joya and Himangshu Biswas were husband and wife, or related in some way?

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  7. shan14 August 2019 at 15:49

    When every music is available in you tube by Himanhu Biswas Jaya Bose duet blocked...?

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