Ravi
Shankar
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Shankar
Family & Friends | Ravi
Shankar's Music Festival From India
SHANKAR FAMILY
& FRIENDS
Recorded primarily in Los Angeles in Mid-Late March of 1973*, Shankar
Family & Friends is a unique collaboration between members of the
Shankar family such as Ravi's sister-in-law
Lakshmi and son Shubho, some of the best musicians from India
that previously performed at the concerts for Bangladesh and on the
Wonderwall soundtrack such as Alla
Rakha, Ashish Khan, Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia,
and Western musician friends from England and the USA including: Tom
Scott, Emil Richards, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner. All
performing as one cohesive unit provide a unique blend of some of the
best elements of Eastern and Western music. A jazz arranger and
composer, Scott had previously worked with Harihar Rao, a former
student of Shankar's and now an ethnomusicologist at UCLA. These
sessions marked the first time that Harrison and Scott worked
together.
The album cover consists of a group photograph taken at A&M
Studios that highlights the album's East-meets-West theme. Shankar
sports a baritone saxophone, Harrison sits behind a small drum, while
most of the other musicians have swapped their regular instrument for
the opposite culture's near equivalent: Keltner plays another hand
drum, whereas Rakha holds a pair of drumsticks; bass player Voormann
has a tamboura, Sharma a Western-style violin, and Chaurasia a bass
flute. Shankar Family & Friends peaked at number 176 on the
Billboard 200 in America, but failed to place on Britain's album
chart, then just a top 50.
*Eight Arms To Hold You by Chip Madinger and Mark Easter (updated
pdf edition, 2018)
Shankar
Family & Friends LP
Catalog
#: Dark Horse SP 22002, released 1974 October 07 (U.S. promo) [ front
cover | side 1 label | side
2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse SP 22002, released 1974 October 07 (U.S.) [ side
1 label | side
2 label | insert
(musicians & lyrics) ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse SP 22002, released 1974 (Canada promo) [ side 1
label | side 2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse SP 22002, released 1974 (Canada) [ back
cover credits | side
1 label |
side 2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark
Horse AMLH-22002, released 1974 December 20 (U.K.) [side
one label | side
two label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse
AMLH.22002 E, released 1974 (U.K.) [side
A label | side
B label ]
Catalog
#: Dark Horse AMLH-22002, released 1974 (India) [ LP
back cover |
insert musicians | side
one label | side
two label ]
Catalog
#: Dark Horse 88357-I,
released 1974 (Spain) [ LP
back cover | side
1 label | side
2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse 985.006,
released 1974 (France) [ LP
front cover with I'm Missing You sticker | LP
back cover credits | face
A label | face B label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse SLAM 22002, released 1974 (Italy) [ side 1
label | side 2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse EMK 72002, released 1974 (Italy) [cassette]
Catalog #: A&M
AM 219, released 1975 (Greece) [ LP
front cover | LP
back cover | LP
back cover credits | side
one label | side
two label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse AML-221,
released 1974 (Japan) [ front
with OBI strip and vinyl |
LP
package layout photo ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse L
35317, released 1974 (Australia)
Catalog #: Dark Horse SLAM-006,
released 1974 (Mexico) [ LP
front cover with promo sticker for Te Estoy Perdiendo
single | LP
back cover ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse LPS-88.374,
released 1974 (Venezuela) [ LP
front cover | LP
back cover | LP
back cover credits | side
A label | side
B label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse DHL-13002,
released 1974 (Brazil) [ LP
back cover ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse 6048, released 1974 (Argentina)
Catalog #: Dark Horse 8046, released 1975 (Argentina) [
LP front cover | LP
back cover | side
A label | side B label ]
Shankar Family & Friends ads and promotion
East
& West meet on Shankar Family & Friends white ad,
Rolling Stone 1974 September 26 issue
East
& West meet on Shankar Family & Friends ad with extra
text, 1974 September
Harmony
Hut album ad from The Record, Hackensack, NJ: 1974 November 29
Shankar
Family & Friends press book cover
Tim
Hogan's (editor of Cash Box) favorites from 1974 - 7th favorite
album of the year
Shankar Family & Friends CD (Collaborations Disc 3)
Catalog #: Dark Horse CD, released 2010 [ CD
label ]
SHANKAR FAMILY
& FRIENDS PERSONNEL:
Ravi Shankar - voice, chorus vocal, sitar, surbahar, moog
synthesizer
Lakshmi Shankar -vocals, backing vocals, chorus vocal, swarmandal
Shubho Shankar - sitar
Jitendra Abhisheki - vocals
Alla
Rakha - pakhavaj, tabla
Ashish
Khan - chorus voice, sarod, swarmandal
Kamala Chakravarty - backing vocals, chorus
vocal
Shivkumar Sharma - backing vocals, chorus voice, santoor, shaker
Harihar Rao - voice, dholak
Sharad Kumar - chorus voice, flute
Nodu Mullick - kartal, tambura
Krishna Temple - kartal
Fakir Muhammad - tambura
L. Subramaniam - violin
Hari Chaurasia - flute, cowbells
G. Sachdev - flute
Palghat Raghu - mridingam
Pranesh Khan - dholak
Hari Georgeson (George Harrison) - autoharp, acoustic guitar, electric
guitar
Billy
Shears (Ringo Starr) - drums
Klaus
Voormann - bass guitar
Billy
Preston - organ
Nicky
Hopkins - piano
Tom
Scott - boehm flute, saxophones, clapper
David Bromberg - electric guitar
Jim
Keltner - drums
Emil
Richards - marimbas, percussion
Vini Poncia - tambourine
Paul Beaver - moog synthesizer
Ray Kramer - cello
W. Webb - esraj
Dennis Budimir - acoustic guitar
Al Casey - mandolin
Ronald Cohen - sarangi
George Ruckert - sarod
Bobby Bruce - electric violin
Gordon Swift - electric violin
Ray Pizzi - bassoon
Gene Cipriano - oboe
Ed Shaunessey - drums
Fred Teague - organ
Malcolm Cecil - moog synthesizer
Robert Margouleff - moog synthesizer
Indian Musical Instruments: page
1 | page 2
| page 3 | page
4
Note: Click on Side 1 heading below for lyrics and Side 2 heading for
the ballet story
SIDE 1:
Songs on Lord Krishna
1. I Am
Missing You (3:42)
sung by: Lakshmi Shankar
2. Kahān Gayelavā Shyām Saloné (2:53)
sung by: Lakshmi Shankar
3. Supané Mé Āyé Preetam Sainyā (4:13)
sung by: Lakshmi Shankar
4. I Am Missing You reprise (4:02)
sung by: Lakshmi Shankar
5. Jaya Jagadish Haré (4:54)
sung by Jitendra Abhisheki & chorus
All music composed and
arranged by Ravi Shankar, except "I Am Missing You" arranged by George
Harrison.
All lyrics (except Jaya Jagadish Haré) by Ravi Shankar
SIDE
2: Dream, Nightmare & Dawn - Music for a Ballet by Ravi Shankar
1. Overture
(2:33)
Part One - Dream:
2. Festivity & Joy (3:56)
3. Love - Dance Ecstasy (3:13)
Part Two - Nightmare:
4. Lust (Rāga Chandrakauns) (3:13)
5. Dispute & Violence (2:43)
6. Disillusionment & Frustration (2:51)
7. Despair & Sorrow (Rāga Marwā) (3:04)
Part Three - Dawn:
8. Awakening (3:05)
9. Peace & Hope (Rāga Bhatiyār) (4:30)
Shankar
Family & Friends 8-Track tape
Catalog
#: Dark Horse 8T-22002,
released October 7, 1975 (U.S.) [ front
in box | back
in box | front
end ]
PROGRAM
1 - 12:16
1. I Am Missing You
2. Kahān
Gayelavā Shyām Saloné
3. Supané
Mé Āyé Preetam Sainyā
4. I Am Missing You (Reprise) (Part 1)
PROGRAM
2 - 12:16
1. I Am Missing You
(Reprise) (Part 2)
2. Jaya
Jagadish Haré
Dream,
Nightmare & Dawn - Music For A Ballet
3. Overture
Part
One: Dream
4. Festivity & Joy (Beginning)
PROGRAM
3 - 12:16
Part
One: Dream
1. Festivity & Joy
(Conclusion)
2.
Love - Dance Ecstasy
Part Two: Nightmare
3. Lust
4. Dispute & Violence
5. Disillusionment & Frustration (Beginning)
PROGRAM
4 - 12:16
Part
Two: Nightmare
1. Disillusionment
& Frustration (Conclusion)
2. Despair
& Sorrow
Part Three: Dawn
3. Awakening
4. Peace & Hope
All music composed and
arranged by Ravi Shankar
Timings listed above are from the CD.
Highlights on the A&M Dark Horse album are: I Am Missing You,
Supané Mé Āyé Preetam Sainyā, I Am Missing You reprise,
Dispute & Violence and Despair & Sorrow (Rāga
Marwā).
Produced by George Harrison
Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA: 1973 Mid-Late March (3 days)
Recording Engineer: Norman Kinney
Remix Engineer: Gary Kellgren
Remixed at the Record Plant, Los Angeles
Art Direction: Fabio Nicoli
Design: Jack Katz, Nick Marshall
Front cover photo: Jan Steward
Back cover photo: Kumar Shankar
SHANKAR FAMILY & FRIENDS ALBUM REVIEWS
Shankar
Family & Friends album review from Cash Box: 1974 October 05
Album
review by Tom Von Malder from The Daily Herald: 1974 October 18
Album
review (with Splinter and John Lennon) from Oakland Tribune:
1974 October 20
Album
review by Peter J. Barsocchini from The Times, San Mateo, CA: 1974
November 09
Album
review by Robert Scott from Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Indiana:
1974 November 14
SINGLES
- SHANKAR FAMILY & FRIENDS
Catalog #: Dark Horse DH 10001 (promo), released 1974 November 06 (U.S.) [
stereo
| mono
]
Catalog #: Dark Horse DH 10001 (promo), released 1974 (Canada) [ side
1 (stereo) | side
2 (mono) ]
SIDE 1:
I Am Missing You [stereo] (3:42)
SIDE
2:
I Am Missing You [mono] (3:41)
Mono side is a fold down of the stereo mix.
Catalog #: Dark Horse DH 10001, released
1974 November 06 (U.S.) [ picture
sleeve A | picture sleeve B | label A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse DH 10001, released 1974 November 06 (Canada) [ label
A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse AMS 7133, released 1974 September 13 (U.K.) [ picture
sleeve | picture
sleeve with horses | promo
A | label
1 | label
2 ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse 13.758-A, released 1974 (Spain) [ picture
sleeve | label
1 | label
2 ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse 8E 006-96-280 G, released 1974 (Portugal) [ picture
sleeve front | picture
sleeve back | label A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse AMS 7133, released 1974 (Belgium/U.K.) [ Dutch
picture sleeve | label 1 | label 2 ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse 13 758 AT, released 1974 (Holland) [ picture sleeve
| label A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse AM 45066, released 1974 (Italy) [ picture sleeve |
label A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse K-5729, released 1974 (Australia) [ side
A in festival sleeve | label A | label
B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse K-5729, released 1974 (New Zealand) [ label
A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse AM-229, released 1974 (Japan) [ picture sleeve
| promo white label A without Dark Horse logo
| promo white label B ]
Catalog #: Dark
Horse AM-229, released 1974 (Japan) [ picture sleeve | insert |
label A | label B ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse S7DH-11002, released 1974 (Brazil) [ side B
in sleeve | label
A | label
B ]
SIDE A:
I Am Missing You
SIDE B:
Lust
Jack
Breschard's (editor of Cash Box) favorites from 1974 - 1st favorite
single of the year
Catalog
#: Dark Horse 625.025, released 1974 (France) [
white label test pressing | picture sleeve ]
Catalog
#: Dark Horse 625.025, released
1974 (France) [ picture sleeve
I'Missing You with Om logo ]
Catalog
#: Dark Horse
625.025,
released 1974
December 03?
(France) [
picture sleeve
front I'm
Missing You
with Hare
Krshna wording
| picture
sleeve back
| label
A | label
B ]
SIDE A:
I Am Missing You
SIDE B:
I Am
Missing You (reprise)
RAVI
SHANKAR'S MUSIC FESTIVAL FROM INDIA
Ravi Shankar's Music Festival From India LP
Catalog
#: Dark Horse SP 22007, released 1976 February 06 (U.S. promo) [ side 1
label | side 2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse SP 22007, released 1976 February 06 (U.S.) [ side
1 label | side
2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse 27.087-I , released 1976 (Spain) [ front cover | front
Produced by George Harrison credit | back cover | back
cover credits | side
1 label | side 2 label ]
Catalog #: Dark Horse ?, released 1976 (Argentina) [ promo
LP photo ]
RAVI
SHANKAR'S MUSIC FESTIVAL FROM INDIA ALBUM ADS
Melodie
Tapes & Records store album ad from Fort Collins
Coloradoan: 1976 March 11
RAVI SHANKAR'S MUSIC FESTIVAL FROM INDIA ALBUM REVIEWS
Ravi
Shankar's Music Festival From India album review from Cash Box, 1976
February 21
Review
by Ernie Torres from Tampa Times: 1976 March 24
RAVI
SHANKAR'S MUSIC FESTIVAL FROM INDIA CONCERT NEWS &
REVIEWS
Concert
ad from The Province, Vancouver, BC: 1976 March 19
Concert
announcement from The Central New Jersey Home News, New Brunswick, NJ:
1976 March 28
Concert
review of Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin from San Francisco Examiner:
1976 April 05
Concert
announcement from Wisconsin State Journal: 1976 April 17
Concert
review by Randy Hutton from Calgary Herald: 1976 May 03
Concert
announcement from The Record, Hackensack, NJ: 1976 August 05
Ravi
Shankar's Music Festival From India CD (Collaborations
Disc 2)
Catalog
#: Dark Horse CD, released 2010 [ CD
label ]
Front Cover Photo - Top Row: Left to Right.
Kamalesh Maitra: sarod, madal, tabla tarang, duggi
tarang, and ek tara
Satyadev Pawar: violin
Harihar Rao: kartal, manjira, dholak, vocals and gub
gubi
Viji Shankar: vocals and tanpura
Lakshmi Shankar: lead vocals and swaramandal
Kamala Chakravarty:
vocals and tanpura
T.V. Gopalkrishnan: mridagam, khanjira and vocals
L. Subramaniam: violin
Kumar Shankar: recording and remix engineer
Kartick Kumar: sitar
Bottom Row: Left to Right.
Gopal Keeshan Veenkar: vichitra veena and vocals
Anant Lal: shahnai
Rijram Desad: pakhawaj, nal, nagada, madal tarang,
huduk, and duff
Alla Rakha: tabla
Ravi Shankar: composer, conductor and arranger
George Harrison: producer
Shivkumar Sharma: santoor, kanoon and vocals
Hariprasad Chaurasia: flutes
Sultan Khan: sarangi
SIDE
1:
1. Vandana
(2:39)
Invocation in praise of Ganesha, Saraswati, Guru, Nada, Yoga,
Pranayam, Chakras, and Kundalini in Adital (4,4) 8 beats
2. Dhamar (5:23)
Raga Vasanta, Tala Dhamar (5,5,4) 14 beats. An old form of singing,
originated in Braja area (birth place of Krishna), depicting the
colour festival (Holi) in Spring, showing Krishna in a playful and
dancing mood with his Gopis (maidens), to the enjoyment of the
village folk.
3A. Tarana (3:50)
Raga Kirwani, Tala Ektal (4,4,2,2) 12 beats. Taranas are
sung using sound syllables as text.
3B. Chaturang (2:03)
Raga Yaman Kalyan, Tala Teental (4,4,4,4) 16 beats. This is a song
composition which has four 'Angas' (body or part).
1) Words or lyrics. 2) Using the names of the notes Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
Dha Ni (counterparts of Do Re Me etc.) 3) Tarana. 4) The sound
syllables used for the drums.
4. Raga Jait (9:48)
In Rupak Tal (3,2,2) 7 beats. A composition in the evening raga for
the instrumental ensemble.
SIDE
2:
5.
Kajri (4:51)
Folk melody of the rainy season played on Shahnai, Tala
Kaharwa (4,4) 8 beats.
6. Bhajan (3:55)
In Dadra Tal (3,3) 6 beats. This is a style of Bhajan
(devotional songs) where the group of singers repeat each
line after the lead. This song is in praise of the Lord
Krishna.
Lead vocalist: Lakshmi Shankar
7. Naderdani (4:42)
A contemporary composition for voice and instruments
(4,4,4,4) 16 beats.
8. Dehati (10:07)
Composition for voice and instruments inspired by regional
folk melodies and rhythms from India.
Timings
listed above are from the CD.
Highlights on the A&M Dark Horse album are Raga
Jait and Naderdani.
Recorded from "Ye Drawing Room" F.P.S.H.O.T.,
Oxfordshire, England: 1974 August-Mid September
Phil MacDonald co-recording engineer on Raga
Jait and Naderdani.
Special thanks to Molly and Joan and Pete and Harry and Joe and Ted
and Donna and Jimmy Custance.
Also the "IMP" Henley on Thames.
All music composed and arranged by Ravi Shankar.
All songs published by Anourag Music, administered by St. Rose Music
Publishing Co., Inc.
Ravi
Shankar's Music Festival From India - Live At The Royal
Albert Hall DVD (Collaborations
Disc 4)
Catalog
#: Dark Horse DVD, released 2010 [ DVD
label ]
Recorded Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London: 1974 September
23
CONCERT
FILM SOUNDTRACK:
1.
introduction by George Harrison (1:30)
An extremely nervous George Harrison introduces Ravi
and the group.
2. Hymns From The Vedas (1:10)
This has no musicial accompaniment. This consists of
chants only.
3. Tappa (Raga Khamaj) (3:32)
Instrumental.
4. Tarana (Raga Kirwani)
(4:11)
A track from side 1 of the album with female &
male vocals.
5.
Raga Jait (8:40)
An instrumental from side 1 of the album.
6. Vilambit Gat, Drut Gat and Jhala
(Raga Yaman Kahjan) (25:52)
An extended instrumental raga.
7. Naderdani (4:40)
A track from side 2 of the album.
8.
Krishna
Krishna Bhajan
(based on Raga
Pancham-se-gara) (4:02)
A tribute to
Krishna with
female &
male vocals.
9. Dehati (10:57)
The closing track from side 2 of the album.
CONCERT
AUDIO RECORDINGS
FROM THE DVD:
1.
introduction by
Ravi Shankar
(1:05)
Ravi introduces the
musicians.
2. Vandana
(2:45)
The opening track
from the album.
3. Alap/Noom
Toom/Jor (Raga
Abhogi) (7:21)
With female
& male vocals.
4. Dhamar
(Raga Vasanta)
(5:55)
A track from side 1
of the album with
female & male
vocals.
5.
Khyal
(Raga Kedara)
(5:56)
With female
& male
vocals.
6. Tarana
(Raga
Kirwani)/Chaturanga
(Raga Yaman
Kahjan)
(6:22)
A more
complete
version of the
medley from
side 1 of the
album.
7. Kajri
(8:53)
A longer
version of the
instrumental
from side 2 of
the album.
8.
Pallavi/Thani
Avarthanam
(Raga
Bilahari)
(13:38)
An
instrumental.
9. Thumri
(Mishra Piloo)
(8:29)
With
female vocals.
10. Raga
Mala
[based on Raga
Khamaj]
(36:24)
An extended
instrumental
raga.
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