There is a CD compilation on Luaka Bop entitled " The South Indian Film
Music of Vijaya Anand: Dance Raja Dance." Its the first in the "Asia
Classics" series. This music is all over the place and features
instrumentation such as strings, tablas, banjos, guitars and drum machines.
Its incredibly cheesy but its guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
After owning it for years, I still can't believe it.
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quoted 5 lines From: johnb@allmusic.com (John Bush)>From: johnb@allmusic.com (John Bush)
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: (idm) Offtopic: Indian Film Music
>Date: Thu, Apr 23, 1998, 1:43 PM
>quoted 9 lines Anybody wanna give me the dope on good compilations, books, etc. of Indian>Anybody wanna give me the dope on good compilations, books, etc. of Indian
>filmi music? I've heard a few tracks by the big names -- Lata Mangeshkar,
>Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle -- and I want to get best-of's on the major artists
>as well as any kind of proper, retrospective-type compilation, older
>material (i.e. '40s-'70s) preferred. Any help would be appreciated...
>Thanks.
>
>.JohnBush.
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