VERY RARE SEALED PACK ‘WEST MEETS EAST’ HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL BY RAVI SHANKAR & YEHUDI MENUHIN

VERY RARE SEALED PACK
‘WEST MEETS EAST’
HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL
BY RAVI SHANKAR & YEHUDI MENUHIN
4 TRACK STEREO REEL TAPE
(ANGEL LABEL-V1S- 36026-1968)

There are very few Hindustani classical albums were released in reel to reel tapes format around 1960 to 1970. Long play records are available but this music on reel tapes is extremely rare. ‘West meets east’ by Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin was released in 1968. Excellent condition. Original sealed pack. Collector’s item. Available for genuine buyers @ mussiclovers. Fixed price. Shipping possible*
Only 1 copy available.

Title- ‘West Meets East’
Format- 4 Track Reel Tape
Style- Hindusthani Classical
Condition- Sealed
Reel Size- 7”
Speed – 3 ¾ Ips
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Track list

Position Title/Credits Duration

A1 Raga Piloo 14:37

A2 Dhun 6:19

B1 Raga Ananda Bhairava 15:31

6 Duos (From “44 Duos”)

Composed By – Bartók

B2 No. 28 Sorrow
No. 31 New Years Greeting
No. 33 Harvest Song 5:15

B3 No. 36 Bagpipes
No. 41 Scherzo
No. 42 Arabian Song 3:24
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Credits
Sitar – Ravi Shankar (Tracks: A1 to B1)
Tabla – Alla Rakha (Tracks: A1 to B1)
Tambura – Kamala Chakravarti
(Tracks: A1, A2), Nodu Mullick (Tracks: B1)
Violin – Nell Gotovsky (Tracks: B2, B3),
Yehudi Menuhin (Tracks: A1, B2, B3)

Note – The first pre recorded reel-to-reel tapes were introduced in the United States in 1949. EMI started selling pre-recorded tapes in Great Britain. The tapes were twin-sided and mono (2 tracks) and were duplicated in real time on modified EMI BTR2 recorders. EMI released 2-track “stereo sonic” tapes, although the catalog took longer to be published. Since these EMI tapes were much more expensive than a vinyl LP record, sales were poor still, EMI released over 300 “stereo sonic” titles. Then they introduced their Twin Packs, which contained the equivalent of two LP albums but playing at 3.75 ips.

The heyday of pre recorded reel tapes was the mid-1960s, but after the introduction of less complicated cassette tapes and 8-track tapes, the number of albums released on pre recorded reel tape dropped dramatically despite their superior sound quality. By the latter 1960s, their retail prices were considerably higher than competing formats, and musical genres were limited to those most likely to appeal to well-heeled audiophiles willing to contend with the cumbersome threading of open-reel tape.

The introduction of the Dolby noise-reduction system narrowed the performance gap between cassettes and open-reel, and by 1976 pre recorded open-reel offerings had almost completely disappeared, even from record stores and audio equipment shops.