Shamim Ahmed 1979 'Soulful Melodies On Sitar'

Here is a 1979 release of Shamim Ahmed Khan. This was posted on Oriental Traditional Music back in 2012...the year Shamim Ahmed passed away. I thought it would be nice to have a refresh and I have posted my transfer in the spirit of keeping the artist and his music alive.

A nice rendition of Ahir Bhairav that I recognised straight away before before checking the cover to see if I was right. I'm not great at guessing ragas from just listening but Ahir Bhairav is one of those iconic ones that stick out.

Label:  ‎Philips ‎– 6405 644

Tracks:
A1 - Raga Ahir Bhairav (Alap and Gat in Roopak Taal)
A2 - Dhun Mishra Kamaj (Dadra Taal)
B1 - Raga Desh (Alap, Jor, Jhalla and Gat in Teentaal)

WAV (Unaltered 16/48)

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MP3 (Cleaned 320kbps)

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 settings) then slight reduction on surface noise + normalised to -1.0db in Audacity and exported as WAV 16/48 and MP3 320kbps.