Shankar Family & Friends – Shankar Family & Friends CD

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.

Tracklist:
1. I Am Missing You (2022 Remaster) 
2. Kahan Gayelava Shyam Salone (2022 Remaster) 
3. Supane Me Aye Preetam Sainya (2022 Remaster) 
4. I Am Missing You (Reprise) [2022 Remaster] 
5. Jaya Jagadish Hare (2022 Remaster) 
6. Overture (2022 Remaster) 
7. Part One: Dream Festivity & Joy (2022 Remaster) 
8. Love – Dance Ecstasy (2022 Remaster) 
9. Part Two: Nightmare Lust (2022 Remaster) 
10. Dispute & Violence (2022 Remaster) 
11. Disillisionment & Frustration (2022 Remaster) 
12. Despair & Sorrow (2022 Remaster) 
13. Part Three: Dawn Awakening (2022 Remaster) 
14. Peace & Hope (2022 Remaster)

Label: Dark Horse Records
Released: 1974/2023