This album was released following the craze for mystical (to many) Indian music bought on by The Beatles visit in the 1960's to the continent.
There are just two LONG tracks, each is a Raga. A Raga is the most basic form of Indian music based on a fixed tone sequence upon which the performer elaborates. A Raga expresses a mood and often played at a specific time of the day - rhythm is provided by the instrument, the Tabla.
This album has two Raga's
SIDE A: An evening Raga expressing sorrow of unfulfilled love
SIDE B: An early morning Raga when guests are departing
DEBABRATA CHAUDHURI & FAIYAZ KHAN - Sitar Music Meditations
Music For Pleasure
Cat# MFP-A 9014
1968
Australian release
Cover is in very good condition, no writing, no seam splits, no tears with only light edge wear from normal handling. For no reason other than nostalgia, I have included the original MFP paper sleeve but the vinyl is inserted into a brand new plastic sleeve.
New inner plastic liner sleeve
Vinyl record is in good condition, visually inspected under a white halogen light source and I can see some very light ~ light marks or scratches on both sides. Just looking at the vinyl can be deceptive and I then played this release ENTIRELY, both sides, and there are no signficant issues with surface noise (although at times it is slightly more elevated than normal) or click/pops.
New outer protective sleeve
TRACKS: Raga Maru-Behag, Raga Aheer Bhairab
