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Ravi Shankar 11/18/1973

SHOWID 650049

Set I

Raga Kaushi Kanada
Tabla solo in rupak taal

Set II


Set III


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Joe (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   original lineage: fm > reel-to-reel (mono, 1st gen) > wav > flac additional lineage: flac ->...
Jack Warner (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   FMR>R>FLAC
Daniel (4/0) / View   original lineage: fm > reel-to-reel (mono, 1st gen) > wav > flac additional lineage: flac ->...
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.”