Wednesday, February 27, 2002

R.D. Burman on eBay.
YEH TO KAMAAL HO GAYA (note: link will become stale once the auction is over). R. D. Burman seems to be a regular favourite in dance clubs here. Cool and funky accompany the description of every item of his that goes for bids:
Indian Soundtracks are weird. Though they are weird they not always deliver what one expects so here's two really cool ones... If you're disappointed you're probably ready to see a docter but I'll refund. These are very danceable ones with good cool songs, rhythms, that late seventies disco-beat, effects and loads of basic weirdness. This is 'Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya'. Music by R.D Burman. Sleeve is VG+ cause of slight weear amd sticker. Record, from 1982, is NM. I've played this one in a club... Three songs I used in a very funky go go way to everybody's satisfaction!...
Nice bit about Indian soundtracks there. And in case you are wondering what the gradings mean, here goes:
VG+: a record which has a noticeable scratch or two. Still plays well and still a good playing copy.
NM: a record which, though it may have been played now and then, is in excellent visual condition with no visible flaws. Flawless. {aka Near Mint}

Another one, from the same person. This is BOND 303 (note: link will become stale once the auction is over):
Indian Soundtracks are weird. Though they are weird they not always deliver what one expects so here's two really cool ones... If you're disappointed you're probably ready to see a docter but I'll refund. These are very danceable ones with good cool songs, rhythms, that late seventies disco-beat, effects and loads of basic weirdness. This is 'Bond 303'. Music by R.D Burman. Must be a very funny Indian James Bond rip off. There's three instrumentals here of which two are loaded with very heavy moog sounds! Wow! Also some funky danceable tracks. The real thing too! Sleeve is VG+ cause of slight wear and a small pricestickerremovaldamage plus somebody wrote ABC up front. See scan! Record, from 1984, is NM. I've played this one in a club... Three songs I used in a very funky go go way to everybody's satisfaction!

Another auction has four of his LPs (no fancy descriptions though): RAJA RANI, ABHILASHA, MEHBOOBA, BIWI O BIWI (note: link will become stale once the auction is over).

Two tape combinations going out.(note: links will become stale once the auctions are over).

  • ASHANTI/SUGANDH: The first in the combo is R. D. Burman's work:This great late period soundtrack by R.D. Burman mixes everything from cheap direct-to-video synth licks with 70s slapping bass grooves , 60s bongos, sex moans, Group la-la-las, 80s scratching, to Hawaii five-o horn arrangements and island carribeana and the second is by Bappi Lahiri, the disco composer of the 80s:The tape's flipside has the soundtrack to Sughandh by Bappi Lahiri. There are a few mystical trippy numbers here ...the greatest bollywood disco tune I've come across {yeh disco ka bukhar} Genius! The next is a bit more mellow with some cool horn arrangements{Din bhi khile}

  • VIDHAATA/SHAKTI: HMV/RPG (Catalog Number SPHO 820486)Another great Bollywood Twofer cassettes features music by Kalyanji Anandji and Lyrics by Anand Bakshi to the film Vidhaata. This one is nuts! Great studio trickery, weird synth effects and an inimitable vocal cackle. A must for fans for the weird end of the bollywood soundtrack industry. Side two features R.D. Burman's soundtrack to Shakti with lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Though slightly more subdued, the tracks feature much of Burman's patented synth pop arrangements...

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