Omar Khorshid- Rhythms Of The Orient

There are certain artists I like a lot, and as previously mentioned, Omar Khorshid is most definitely one of them. Here's 1974's 'Rhythm Of The Orient' with a classic Rashid Distribution cover and the original release of 'Guitar El Chark'. It's a great record (and a sound file gifted by a friend) and it's here.

Куд Кочо Рацин

Another of my digitizing projects is the stack of Balkan 'folk' 45's that's accumulated, and here's a good one. Macedonians doing 'Folk Dances For The Zurla & Drum'. I'm a huge fan of anything involving reeds, and the Macedonians do it well, from bagpipes to the simple zurla. (A convenient visiting expert was helpful in explaining some of the finer points of the instruments which was quite interesting indeed.) Преземете the tracks here.

Bairaag

Apologies for the lag on this post, it's been busy with a last minute trip and some issues with storage volume. Excuses aside, it's all sorted and we're back on it. A recent project has been the ripping of some Bollywood vinyl, and here's the start of that- 'Bairaag', from 1976. Kalyanji Anadji in charge of the music, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshka and Mahendra Kapoor on the vocals- you can't go wrong. Better yet, the film stars the very lovely Leena Chandavarkar who's first husband died in an accidental shooting and who's second husband was the much older Kishore Kumar, all of which is fantastically Bollywood. Enjoy the music here.

Discostan 1 Year Anniversary!

Come on down!

A delay....

Sorry friends, storage space issues. It will be fixed by this time next week as soon as a little burst of travel is over. There's good stuff waiting to be uploaded, and the digitization of the Bollywood vinyl has started in earnest, so be prepared. In the meantime, enjoy this. The first minute and a half is a bizarre collection of stills, but then it gets going and does it ever get going......