‘RAVI SHANKAR IN NEW YORK’ VERY RARE HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL REEL TAPES

‘RAVI SHANKAR IN NEW YORK’
VERY RARE HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL
BY RAVI SHANKAR, 4 TRACK STEREO REEL TAPE

RAGA BAIRAGA
A morning raga, created by Ravi Shankar, which has become quite popular. Pentatonic scale uses Hated second and seventh with no third and no sixth. Gat in Rupaktal (seven beats).

NATA BHARIRAVI
A morning raga—originally of Karnatic origin. Uses flared third, sixth, and seventh. Gat in slow and medium tintal (sixteen beats).

RAGA MARWA
An evening raga with flated second (little sharper) and augmented fourth. Alap, Jor and Gat in medium and fast tintal (sixteen beats).
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Ravi Shankar India’s sitarist
and composer with Alla Rakha,
Tabla assisted by Shyam Bhutnagar
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NOTE
The first pre recorded reel-to-reel tapes were introduced in the United States in 1949. EMI started selling pre-recorded tapes in Great Britain. The tapes were twin-sided and mono (2 tracks) and were duplicated in real time on modified EMI BTR2 recorders. EMI released 2-track “stereo sonic” tapes, although the catalog took longer to be published. Since these EMI tapes were much more expensive than a vinyl LP record, sales were poor still, EMI released over 300 “stereo sonic” titles. Then they introduced their Twin Packs, which contained the equivalent of two LP albums but playing at 3.75ips.

The heyday of pre recorded reel tapes was the mid-1960s, but after the introduction of less complicated cassette tapes and 8-track tapes, the number of albums released on pre recorded reel tape dropped dramatically despite their superior sound quality. By the latter 1960s, their retail prices were considerably higher than competing formats, and musical genres were limited to those most likely to appeal to well-heeled audiophiles willing to contend with the cumbersome threading of open-reel tape.

The introduction of the Dolby noise-reduction system narrowed the performance gap between cassettes and open-reel, and by 1976 pre recorded open-reel offerings had almost completely disappeared, even from record stores and audio equipment shops.

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Tape in very good condition.
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