Shankar Family & Friends – Shankar Family & Friends LP Coloured Vinyl

Shankar Family & Friends – Shankar Family & Friends

World-renowned Indian musician Ravi Shankar’s Shankar Family & Friends was originally released in 1974. Produced by George Harrison, this was one of the first album releases on Dark Horse Records. Its East-meets-West musical styles puts Western musicians such as Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voorman, and Nicky Hopkins side-by-side with Indianmusic pioneers Alla Rakha, Ashish Khan, Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia. The album contains the first single issued on Dark Horse, “I Am Missing You,” featuring Lakshmi Shankar on vocals backed by a full Western rock band. Out of print for many years, the album was last reissued on CD in 2010 as part of the Collaborations boxset. Dark Horse is proud to present the original album remastered and reissued as a standalone release for the first time on orchid purple color vinyl.

Tracklist:
A1 I Am Missing You
A2 Kahān Gayelavā Shyām Saloné
A3 Supané Mé Āyé Preetam Sainyā
A4 I Am Missing You (Reprise)
A5 Jaya Jagadish Haré
Dream, Nightmare & Dawn
B1 Overture
Part One: Dream
B2 Festivity & Joy
B3 Love - Dance Ecstasy
Part Two: Nightmare
B4 Lust (Rāga Chandrakauns)
B5 Dispute & Violence
B6 Dispute & Violence
B7 Despair & Sorrow (Rāga Marwā)
Part Three: Dawn
B8 Awakening
B9 Peace & Hope (Rāga Bhatiyār)

Label: Dark Horse Records
Released: 1974/2023