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Ravi Shankar   11/18/1973

Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Source original lineage:
fm > reel-to-reel (mono, 1st gen) > wav > flac

additional lineage:
flac -> wav -> click repair (click and buzz removal) -> audacity (EQ, minimal compression, DC offset, normalization) -> flac (xAct) -> torrent -> you
Checksums #MD5 checksums generated by xACT 2.38 on 2017-02-06 04:05:23 +0000

43cfd90dfa58c3ef8e12c4876be60a52 *01 introduction by RS.flac
efffcec7f137ce7623bedca45bfb5798 *02 Raga Kaushi Kanada.flac
4bb1a18c95e4f95c77f7a42897a91b21 *03 tabla solo in rupak taal .flac
a0ebcc8664eeed6f02cebb8d765d6bdd *fingerprint.ffp.txt
(null) *md5sum.md5
a8517c0244b346137240a6e9e5db7f5e *Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha Khan 1973-11-18 Paris info.txt

;flac fingerprints generated by xACT 2.38 on 2017-02-06 03:59:23 +0000

01 introduction by RS.flac:e2079d3a635d17bfca4ab3cfbb811def
02 Raga Kaushi Kanada.flac:91010be844fa580ae117554bd9947bcf
03 tabla solo in rupak taal .flac:4ab9d0294018ef8ba431ae438c006c9a
Media
Notes The original audio files, recorded by the reclusive, somewhat mysterious man known only as “The French Gentleman,” were in mono and were brickwalled. I was extremely concerned about possible severe distortion, but after removing clicks and ticks with the excellent app “ClickRepair,” and then amplifying the file by -6dB and applying much more aggressive EQ than usual, I was able to get a very nice sounding result. There is mid-range warmth and very little distortion.

Unfortunately, the broadcast seemed to be live in real time and the broadcast was concluded before Alla Rakha’s tabla solo (as well as the rest of the concert) could be broadcast. Maybe somewhere in Paris, in the archives of the national broadcaster, there is the complete concert — but that would have required an engineer at the concert with a recorder as well as the desire to document this wonderful music.

This was recorded in 1973 by “The French Gentleman” and audio restoration was undertaken by Richard. The files were provided by Dimeadozen member “UncleMeat.”
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Owned by Daniel · Last Updated Feb 5, 2026