With Andrew Lloyd Webber getting in on the act, and Bollywood films making it into ... more
Leicester Square, India's film music has finally moved centre stage. But as DJ Ritu points out in her liner-notes to The Rough Guide to Bollywood, it's been a long haul to get it there. "My English India is no longer a secret," she confides with relief. The tracks she and her colleague Bhagwant Sagoo have compiled offer a comprehensive survey of Bollywood's music from the 1960s up till today: what's striking is how frequently the same few voices crop up behind the multitudinous faces to be seen on screen. The voice of Kishore Kumar--India's answer to Al Bowlly--recalls a bygone musical age of graceful elegance. Asha Bhosle shows how a voice can change, chameleon-like, to suit the needs of the moment: in one track she radiates raunchy sleaze, in another dreamy seduction, yet the shaping of the phrases remains recognisably her own. Meanwhile her sister Lata Mangeshkar is to be heard duetting with a variety of male singers. On some of these tracks the boxy acoustics betray the venerable age of the recordings, while on others you can feel the atmosphere of the club all around you. That's where these tracks have been tried and tested, and that's where they will now be most appreciated. For a different take on these same singers, check out Manteca's I Love Bollywood. Sugar-coated escapism rules OK! --Michael Church
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Chand Mera Dil (Mohamed Rafi) Chal Ud Jare Panchhi (Mohammed Rafi) Taarif Karun Kya Uski ... more
(Mohammed Rafi) Dil Ka Bhanwar Kare Pukar (Mohammed Rafi) Yeh Ladka Hai Allah (Mohammed Rafi) Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (Mohammed Rafi) Rut Hai Milan Ki (Mohammed Rafi) Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho (Mohammed Rafi) Pardesiyon Se Na Ankhiyan Milana (Mohammed Rafi) Babul Ki Duayen Leti Ja (Mohammed Rafi) Woh Hain Zara Khafa Khafa (Mohammed Rafi) Nain Lad Jai Hai (Mohammed Rafi) Jo Baat Tujh Mein Hai (Mohammed Rafi) Aaj Mausam Bada Be-Iman Hai (Mohammed Rafi) Wadiyan Mera Daman (Mohammed Rafi) Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (Mohammed Rafi)
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Advantages: Good Songs, Nice Music, Clear Sound Disadvantages: None
The CD 'RoughGuidetoBollywoodGold' is an audio CD produced by the RoughGuide Ltd, a Company based at London, UK owned by Pearson PLC .This is a company which initially started to publish books on travel and it has added publication of books on Music and production of CDs in the recent past. The company does have worldwide distribution and this helps in procurement of either the books or CDs produced by hem at any place in the World.
The CD 'RoughGuidetoBollywoodGold' seems to be basically produced for those Indians and other people staying out side India. This becomes evident from the Commentary given in the CD about the performers and their career details. This CD is produced by the company under the guidance of Ritu a famous DJ in UK. She has handpicked the numbers of this sound track in enhanced format to make it complete CD ...
Advantages: great selection, good variety Disadvantages: somehow mistitled, mostly traditional stuff
RoughGuide, best known for their budget travel guides, has been steadily expanding in other areas, and has been responsible for quite a few musical "guides" over the years.
This 1998 album, marketed as "RoughGuideto the Music of Eastern Europe", does pretty much exactly what is says on the package: provides quite a wide ranging overview of folk and (occasionally) folk-inspired music of Eastern Europe. This is an album that pretty much started my liking for "world music" coming from my part of the world, and despite its age it remains a good compilation which really does showcase the variety of what's on offer quite well.
One thing that this "RoughGuide" album needs is perhaps a better definition of what is considered Eastern Europe: this is a surprisingly woolly category (I always remember somebody commenting than Poland ...
Advantages: Chatty, friendly style. Informative Disadvantages: Not a technical 'manual'
terms of disadvantages, if you want an all-singing, all-dancing 'technical manual' with photos and diagrams, this isn't for you.
I'd recommend The RoughGuideto Pregnancy and Birth highly and if you're about to join the Kid Club you'd be well served in picking up a copy.
NB - I have reviewed the 2nd Edition, 2006. ...
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