Ravi Shankar - Shankar Family and Friends - 180g 33RPM - LP

A Lost Classic in Audiophile Sound for the First Time: Ravi Shankar and George Harrison's Shankar Family & Friends Weds Eastern and Western Music 

Sourced from the Original Master Tapes and Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies: Mobile Fidelity's 180g 33RPM Vinyl LP of 1974 Album Features Remarkable Airiness and Aura

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe

Produced by George Harrison, Shankar Family & Friends is an almost-forgotten masterwork — an emotional and sonic pact on which two like-minded souls unite musical styles, cultures, and sounds in wondrous fashion. It’s also the second album Harrison’s Dark Horse Records released, setting the tone for the label and precedent for a friendship that lasted the remainder of Harrison’s life. 

Sourced from the original analog tapes, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, and pressed at RTI, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g LP presents the album in restored sound that illustrates the beauty of the playing, compositions, and chemistry. Yet it does so much more in the transparent way it showcases the textures, spiritualism, and breadth of compositions primarily recorded by Harrison, Shankar, and an array of distinguished guests at A&M Studios. The inviting aura, generous spaciousness, and well-defined tonalities on this pressing combine to take the music to transcendent heights. Then there’s the brilliant playing itself.  

I Am Missing You
Kahān Gayelavā Shyām Saloné
Supané Mé Āyé Preetam Sainyā
I Am Missing You (Reprise)
Jaya Jagadish Haré
Dream, Nightmare & Dawn (Music for a Ballet):
Overture
Festivity & Joy
Love-Dance Ecstasy
Lust (Rāga Chandrakauns)
Dispute & Violence
Disillusionment & Frustration
Despair & Sorrow (Rāga Marwā)
Awakening
Peace & Hope (Rāga Bhatiyār)