Sitar Beat music

SOME SMALL INTRODUCTION WAS GIVEN IN FIRST RADIOSHOW (INFO HERE)

HERE IS THE PLAYLIST OF THE RADIOSHOW WITH SOME EXAMPLES OF MOSTLY SITAR BEAT MUSIC WITH LINKS TO RELATED PAGES :

"Psyche van het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen.

First week of March, 2001,

Sitar (and Indian) influences in prog pop/fusion music, part 2 :

Sitar in POP MUSIC : 60's : THE "SITAR BEAT "

with some INDIAN FUSIONS & EXOTIC.

60'S STYLE :

BEATLES SONGS WITH ADDED SITAR TRACKS :

EMI

The Beatles : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band (1967) :

Tr.B1 : "Within you without you" 6 min

Article about Ravi Shankar (& The Beatles) : http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990305/iex05066.html

Article about Indian influences and The Beatles : http://thebackjigger.tripod.com/report.html

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 6,

Tr.18, Violeta de Outono : "Within You without you" 3 min

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 19, Big Jim Sullivan : She's Leaving Home" 3 min

Home Pages : http://www.bigjimsullivan.com/

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 3,

Track 13 Chim Kothari : "Eleonar Rigby" 3 min

Warner Music Ananda Shankar (cover here) (1970):

Tr.3, Light my Fire" 4 min

Tr.1,"Jumpin' Jack Flash 4 min

(links for Chim Kathar and Ananda Shankar you'll find a bit further)

This album : http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_k/ananda.html

Some audio files : http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/SoundClips/Sitar.htm

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 1,

Track 20, Lord Sitar : "I am the Walrus" 3 min

Later I bought the Lord Sitar album. It is really pop music, a bit funny act Very dancable and nice and open in atmosphere.

'BIRDS' SONGS WITH SITAR :

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 4,

Tr.9, The Folkswingers (from "Raga Rock"): "8 miles high" 3 min

About the Birds : http://members.aol.com/byrdsonlne/byrds/history.htm

About Birds Fifth dimention at http://ebni.com/byrds/lp5d.html

OTHER 60'S GROUPS :

Island Traffic : Mr.Fantasy (1967/68)

Tr.7, Utterly Simple" 3 min

Tr.11, "Paper Sun" 4 min

Tr.14, Hole in My Shoe" 3 min

Discography of Traffic : http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/2524/traffic.htm

More about Traffic you can read at http://www.gepr.net/to.html#TRAFFIC

Dave Mason/Traffic web page : http://home.att.net/~fleetwood.mac/mason/sm/h1.htm

Jim Capaldi's web site about Traffic : http://www.jimcapaldi.com/

(with a page about "hole in my shoe" : http://www.jimcapaldi.com/traffic3.htm)

The official Steve Winwood's site : http://www.stevewinwood.com/ (with links to other sites)

Melody of "hole in my shoe" in midi at http://home.clara.net/digger/sixties/starsn-r.htm (page about British sixties). Text of this song at http://www.geocities.com/dirk_busskamp/songs/more_h.html

WEA Rec. Niel: Hole in my shoe (1984) : Tr.1,8 min

A parody version from this recommended 45' from Neil (The Young Ones) is very nice.

I like his version of a Incredible String song especially.

Home pages : http://www.ironworks.com/comedy/youngone/youngone.htm

PS. The full LP I like less as the maxi single ; the maxi single is just both hippie tracks done with Caravan members,while the LP has other styles too.

Napper Music

Pretty Things : F.S.Sorrow (1968)

Track 1, "S.F.Sorrow" 3 min

Track 2, Bracelets of fingers" 4 min

Tr.4, "Private Sorrow" 4 min 60

One of the best albums of the 60's regarding to my opinion.

Pretty Things official site : http://www.prettythings.net/

Aftermath July. (1968) Track 13, "The Way" 5 min

July as a sixties band used the sitar a bit more often. Only in this track a bit more on th foreground as usual. I prefered the unreleased version (bonus track) in stead of the album version.

(Essex Rec. July : The Second of July : tr.B1, "Friendly man" 3 min)

EMI

Tomorrow featuring Keith West (1968)

Track 3, "Real life permanent dream": 4 min

PS. Tomorrow had only one track with sitar.

The played album you can find at : http://www.ziplink.net/~mputzel/tomorro1.htm

An original album cover with some additional notes you can find at :

http://www.geocities.com/afowler13/asia/tomorrow.html

The Yes-family tree contained members from Tomorrow :

http://members.aol.com/yesfamily/tree/fulltreechart.html

Steve Howe's homepage : http://www.nfte.org/Steve.Howe/

(Steve Howe's CDR : http://www.beyondsound.com/upcoming.html)

A fan page about Steve Howe : http://www.ziplink.net/~mputzel/stevehow.htm

(there are many more page to find about him, but Howe is more associated with Yes as with Tomorrow so I leave it with these ones).

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 1,

Track 10, Blonde on Blonde (1971): Spinning Wheel : 3 min

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 2, Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty :

"Visit with Ayshia" 4 min

Oficial web site : http://www.merrellfankhauser.com/

Fan Page : http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/1416/merrellfankhauser.htm

And http://merrellfankhauser.com/surfmusicnews.html (with sound fragment of latest album)

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 3, The Paper Garden : "Man do you" :4 min

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 4, State of Mickey and Tommy : I know" : 4 min

The official Mick Jones web site : http://www.somersetsongs.com/

With 'The State of Mick and Tommy' page at : http://www.somersetsongs.com/mickey.htm

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 7, Mandrake Memorial : "Dark Lady" 5 min

Purple Lant.R.

El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 8 , 1st Century : "Looking Down" 2 min 95

DANCE 60's :

Europa

"101 Strings" : The Spots, The Petards : Love is Blue (196?):

"Karma Sitar", "Strings for Ravi" 5 min

Motel Rec.

The Vampires Sound Inc./Vampiros Lesbos :

Sexadelic Dance Party (D,1969).

Track 4, "Dedicated to Love" 3 min

Track 5, "People's Playground version A" 1 min

Track 7, "Peoples Playground version B" 2 min

Track 8, "The ballad of a fair singer" 5 min 111

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 1,

Track 21, The Vampire's Sound Inc. : "Psychecontact" 3 min

Miranda's page used to be at http://members.aol.com/timothyp2/francofolder/miranda/darkeyes.html

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 1,

Tr.4, Strawberry Alarm Clock : "Black Butter - present" 2 min

Small review of group : http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-55738/sromstac.htm

Review from "Neotropic"

Paul Marshall's personal web page : http://www.paulmarshall.net/

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 14, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera : "Air" 5 min

Cover at http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000085V6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Mainstream

The Orient Express (196?).

Track 1, Fruit of the Desert, (oud track) 3 min

Tr.3, "Layla" 4 min

Tr.11,"Cobra Forever" 3 min

This group does not only have fusions with India but also other Middle East influences.

Beside the electric sitar & minitar they also used the (electric) oud. Very unique group.

One member from Iran, a Frenchman (playing the oud) and a Belgium guy.( Another simular product I have is completlely "Middle Eastern Rock Fusion" and is John Berberian & The Rock East Ensemble with his" Middle Eastern Rock" album. More about that one on another radioshow). Later I listed the item at the Middle Eastern rock page.

INDIAN. FUSIONS :

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 4,

Tr.18, Mehropaaprograjah :

"Love dance of the lemmings" 5 min

Unique track with a psychedelic Bach version combined with a more down Indian film music song. Later I found out this must be Mehrapoojah from Iran.

Purple Lant.R.

El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 4,

Tr.15, Chim Kothari (1966) : "Indian Beat" 3 min

Warner Music

Ananda Shankar (1970):

Tr.2, "Snow Flower" 4 min

Purple Lant.R.

El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 4,

Tr.10, Ananda Shankar : "Renunciation" 4 min

Purple Lant.R.

El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 5,

Tr.16, Ananda Shankar : "Cyrus" 3 min

Sound fragments from some albums you'll find when you click here.

or here http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/SoundClips/Sitar.htm

Outro :

Purple Lant.R. El.Psych.sitar Headwirlers vol 2,

Track 1, US 69 : "I am on my way" 6 min rustig

2 good releases with sitar beat, beside the first Ananda Shankar album,

with lots of Beatles covers with sitar (both are most probably by Big Jim Sullivan),

Remark about origin : http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/Discuss/00000002.htm

Lord Sitar is with much more exotic arrangements. Big Jim Sullivan is a bit more serious with its arrangements. Both releases are fine and highly enjoyable.

http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/Discuss/00000002.htm & http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/Discuss/00000063.htm

Small review in French http://perso.wanadoo.fr/scopia/exotica1.html

Big Jim Sullivanreview : http://gullbuy.com/buy/2003/7_1/sullivanbigjim.cfm &

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/artists/bigjimsullivan.htm

audio fragment : http://www.cherryred.co.uk/crzone/audio/bigjimsullivanrpm242.ram

Another version of If I were a rich man by Vibrasonic from : http://www.gethip.com/new/45/gh191.html

Sitar A-Go-Go grooves and exotic use of sitar can be heard in this release (only on LP).

It contains a demo track from The Jim Sullivan Sound, A Lord Sitar single, a great version of "We Love You" from Guy Pedersen et son Grand Orchestre (F) and much more groovy stuff. Info to order : Marthy J. Coumans

Other Sitar grooves Soundclips : http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/SoundClips/Sitar.htm

(PS. see also the Light My Fire Soundclips at http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/SoundClips/lightmylife.htm)

Other exotic recommendations at http://www.pussycatclub.org.uk/Recommendations.htm

Balsara & his singing sitars made also very pleasant sitarbeat LP's on 60's greatest hits !

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