Shakti - A Handful of Beauty (1977) {Sony Japan}

Posted By: tiburon
Date: Jan. 23, 2020

Shakti - A Handful of Beauty (1977) {Sony Japan}
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 236MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 128MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Ethnic Fusion

Shakti headed for the safer confines of a London recording studio on its second album, minus R. Raghavan and minus some of the volatile energy that they generated on their debut record. They were, however, a more integrated, more subtle ensemble now, exploring quieter, more lyrical corners of their East-West fusion, with L. Shankar's spectacular violin and Zakir Hussain's tabla taking the solo foreground as much as, if not more than, McLaughlin's acoustic guitar. With the exception of an arrangement of a traditional South Indian piece "Kriti," McLaughlin and Shankar contribute all of the compositions, which lean even more heavily toward South Indian music with reminders of McLaughlin's Western roots. As a whole, this is less accessible to McLaughlin's jazz-rock flock than the first Shakti album, but still fascinating for contemporary listeners with a yen for world music, as well as curious stragglers from the classical Indian world dominated by Ravi Shankar (another indefatigable champion of East-West fusions).
Track List
01. La Dance Du Bonheur (J.McLaughlin-L.Shankar)
02. Lady L (L.Shankar)
03. India (J.McLaughlin-L.Shankar)
04. Kriti (Traditional South Indian Composition arr. by J.McLaughlin-L.Shankar)
05. Isis (J.McLaughlin-L.Shankar)
06. Two Sisters (J.McLaughlin)

musicians
John McLaughlin - Acoustic Guitar
L.Shankar - Violin
Zakir Hussain - Tabla
T.H.Vinayakram (Vikku) - Ghatam (claypot) and Mdidangam

Produced by John McLaughlin


Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 23. August 2009, 17:59

Shakti with John McLaughlin / A handful of beauty

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Track 1

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Track 6

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foobar2000 1.3.13 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2020-01-23 14:30:27

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Analyzed: Shakti with John McLaughlin / A handful of beauty
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -2.74 dB -17.62 dB 4:53 01-La danse du bonheur
DR15 -3.71 dB -21.45 dB 7:29 02-Lady L
DR15 -3.57 dB -22.91 dB 12:39 03-India
DR13 -4.52 dB -21.59 dB 3:01 04-Kriti
DR15 -3.18 dB -21.38 dB 15:15 05-Isis
DR10 -7.54 dB -23.92 dB 4:43 06-Two sisters
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