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| 4.0 excellent | Robbit | May 6th 16 |
Let's face it. Ravi Shankar was pretty much the closest that he could be to "rock star" status as an Eastern musician in the late 60s and early 70s. This virtuoso sitar player from India was one of key ambassadors for Eastern music during this time, thanks in part to an early endorsement from The Beatles. He would later appear at Woodstock to play in front of half a million music fans. This made perfect sense at the time given the influence that Indian music had upon Rock music during the Psychedelic era. This album is a wonderful introduction to Ravi & Indian music in general. His teaching narratives throughout the album are geared to help Western listeners understand the mechanics of this genre. The longer droning passages might wear upon the nerves of the uninitiated. However, those who can grasp the brilliance of Ravi's improvisations with fully acknowledge what a prodigious talent he displays here.
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| 5.0 classic | Britch2tiger | May 29th 15 |
Even though this album hasn't shown much of a difference in playing compared to Ravi's first album, Three Ragas, this album places us into a realm where Mr. Shankar personally introduces it's listeners into the world to Hindustani classical music, one of the foundations of music that gave birth to the psychedelia genre. This is one of the few psychedelia albums that deserved to be considered a "classic" for how it attempts to educate it's listeners in what goes into these compositions, as well as playing such structures w/ such a flow that, I dare say, is unrivaled.
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| 4.5 superb | thedoors55 | October 20th 11 |
I can't pronounce any of the names, but trust me when it comes to indian music him and george harison
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| 5.0 classic | Denis | September 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | KuyJuk | July 16th 20 |
| 3.0 good | OSEL | March 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | 8genre | November 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | July 16th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | random | July 1st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | unkle | November 6th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Iai EMERITUS | May 21st 10 |
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