Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan – in Concert 1972 Mint SAPDO 1002
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Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan – in Concert 1972
Harrisongs Ltd.
SAPDO 1002
SAP 103 and SAP 104
Mint - great conidition all round
2x LP gatefold Sleeve
Indian /Classical Hindustani
Apple
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In Concert 1972 is a double live album by sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and sarodya Ali Akbar Khan, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It was recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, New York City, in October 1972, and is a noted example of the two Hindustani classical musicians' celebrated jugalbandi (duet) style of playing. With accompaniment from tabla player Alla Rakha, the performance reflects the two artists' sorrow at the recent death of their revered guru, and Khan's father, Allauddin Khan. The latter was responsible for many innovations in Indian music during the twentieth century, including the call-and-response dialogue that musicians such as Shankar, Khan and Rakha popularised among Western audiences in the 1960s.
The album features three ragas, including "Raga Sindhi Bhairavi", which Ali Akbar Khan had previously interpreted on his landmark recording Music of India (1955). In Concert 1972 has received critical acclaim; Ken Hunt of Gramophone magazine describes it as a "sometimes smouldering, sometimes fiery, masterpiece" and "the living, fire-breathing embodiment of one of the greatest partnerships ever forged in Hindustani [classical music]".[1]
Produced by George Harrison, Zakir Hussain and Phil McDonald, the album was the final Shankar-related release on the Beatles' Apple label, following his and Harrison's work together on Raga and The Concert for Bangladesh. Apple reissued In Concert in 1996 and 2004, reuniting the 50-minute "Raga Manj Khamaj", which had previously been split over two LP sides.
Apple Records issued In Concert 1972 in January 1973 in the United States (as Apple SVBB 3396),[50] and three months later in Britain (as Apple SAPDO 1002).[19] Billboard magazine carried an Apple trade ad with a tagline beginning: "Within the small community of Brilliantly Gifted Musicians there exists an even smaller world of Masters. Two of these masters recently joined together in concert …"[51]
Side one
"Raga Hem Bihag" – 25:17
Side two
"Raga Manj Khamaj (Part One)" – 26:16
Side three
"Raga Manj Khamaj (Part Two)" – 25:06
Side four
"Raga Sindhi Bhairavi" – 25:20
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