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Rahul Dev Burman: Mukti (1976)
I have on occasion toyed with the idea of putting together a compilation of RD Burman instrumentals. It would, inevitably, be a fantastic collection, and 'Dance Music' from 'Mukti'[review] would be one...
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Rahul Dev Burman: Mr. Romeo (1973)
Full LP version of a score previously posted as an EP, so some of you might be familiar with some of the songs. Breezy, fun and pretty darn wonderful all the way through; if you're on the lookout for a...
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Lata Mangeshkar: Songs For Children
A while back, I was asked by a reader if I could recommend some Bollywood songs aimed at kids. At the time I couldn't, but being a parent myself, the request did pique my curiosity. I've always had a...
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Ravindra Jain: Safed Haathi (1977)
More kid's stuff, this time the score to an Indian children's movie. A rare thing, apparently. 'Safed Haathi' is another LP I picked up (cheaply) out of curiosity more than anything; Ravindra Jain is a...
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Biddu: Star (1982)
The first time I saw Biddu's name on a Bollywood soundtrack, I was somewhat surprised. I had been totally unaware of his career other than that as a very successful UK pop producer; to me he was...
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Kalyanji Anandji/Biddu: What A Wonder… Feroz Khan's Qurbani In English (1980)
I've never been able to find out whose idea it was to make an English language version of the 'Qurbani' soundtrack, nor the reason for it. Biddu's involvement might have played a part; one can imagine...
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Laxmikant Pyarelal: Naatak (1974)
A Laxmikant Pyarelal score from 1974 (in addition to 1973, their best year I think) sporting a wonderfully cool cover; I couldn't resist picking this one up. 'Naatak' may not be quite on par with some...
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Bappi Lahiri: Surakksha (1979)
From what I've heard from those in the know, 'Surakksha' is the soundtrack on which Bappi Lahiri went from merely dabbling in disco to being the first Indian music director to fully embrace it. If...
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Rahul Dev Burman: Deewaar (1975)
It shouldn't have come as a surprise to me, but it did. Collecting and listening to Bollywood soundtracks for more than a decade, blogging about them for four years; it wasn't until after I'd completed...
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Bappi Lahiri: Pasand Apni Apni (1983)
I didn't plan on this one. I had presumptively pegged 'Pasand Apni Apni' as a dime-a-dozen, bland, mid-80s Bappi Lahiri soundtrack not really worth bothering with. And it was Sharon Prabhakar I was...
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Bappi Lahiri: Kamla (1984)
And another. This one's a very different sounding score from what is usually expected from Bappi Lahiri though; there's nothing bombastic or cheesy or even loud to be found on 'Kamla'. Perhaps it was...
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Ravi: Dharkan (1972)
Here's one from Ravi. Never the most ingenious of music directors, and more often than not I find his scores a bit dull; this soundtrack is however an exception. 'Dharkan' boasts a delightfully wistful...
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Laxmikant Pyarelal: Jalte Badan (1973)
'Jalte Badan'[review]; a film about the perils of drug addiction. They tend to be quite fun. I don't know if the Bollywood ones were made with sincere intentions in mind or if they (too) were just...
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Chitragupta: Pyar Ka Sapna (1969) / Kalyanji Anandji: Apradh (1972) / Sonik...
I consider the one album I have by Chitragupta to be fairly good, but he has never been a music director I've put much effort into pursuing. At least not until I saw a clip of Helen in 'Pyar Ka...
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Sachin Dev Burman: Nau Do Gyarah (1957)
Most of the Sachin Dev Burman scores I have are from the 1960s and 70s. Considering his career dates as far back as the 1930s, chances are I've missed a prior trick or two; the price I pay for being...
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Bappi Lahiri: Paapi (1975)
The odd thing I found when researching 'Paapi'[review][2] on the Internet is that it's usually dated 1977, suggesting there was an unusually long lapse between the recording of the soundtrack (I had to...
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Rahul Dev Burman: Aaj Raat Ko / R.D. Burman's Best (1975)
It confused me, initially, that I couldn't find mention of a Burman-scored film entitled 'Aaj Raat Ko' on any movie web site anywhere. But then I discovered that while made (or at least shot) in 1975,...
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Nitin Mangesh: Aafat (1976)
Both 'Aafat' and its musical director Nitin Mangesh were unknown to me until a follower of MFT3F's Facebook page gave me a heads-up; I was intrigued and therefore pleased to find a copy of this not...
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Rajesh Roshan: Vishwanath (1978)
I posted 'Vishwanath' as an EP a while back; I liked it so much I wanted to find the LP. Which I now have. It offers three different takes on 'Jab Jab, Jo Jo Hona Hai' (I still like Lata Mangeshkar's...
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Rahul Dev Burman: Nikammaa (1976)
Here's one more with a somewhat vague history. From what I'm able to make out, there was no film entitled 'Nikammaa' released in or around 1976, the year given on this soundtrack LP. There is however...
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