August 5, 2017

Alathur Brothers: Carnatic Vocal (All India Radio recording) [HTC 03B 8184] A Cassette recorded in India in 1963 and released in India in 1991

The Alathur Brothers, just like the Ramones, were not actually brothers. They consisted of vocalists Sivasubramaniya Iyer (1916-65) and Srinivasa Iyer (1911-80) who trained under Sivasubramaniya's father Alathur Venkatesa Iyer.

This is a recording of a concert broadcast on All India Radio and recorded on April 8, 1963.






Side one:
1 Vidulaku Mrokkeda (raga: Mayamalavagaula; tala: Adi)
2 Rama Neepi raga: Kedaram; tala: Adi)

Side two:
1 Kanta Tava (raga: Athana; tala: Adi)
2 Cherarvademira (raga: Ritigaula; tala: Desadi)
3 Tillana (raga: Behag; tala: Adi)
4 Visveswar Darsan (raga: Sindubhairavi; tala: Rupakam)

TS Tatachar: violin
MS Ramaiah: mridangam
S Seshagiri Das: kanjira

 Equipment used in this transfer:
Cassette Deck: Teac W890R (azimuth was carefully adjusted for each side)
Preamp: Parasound PHP 850
Recorder: Edirol R-09HR
Software: Audacity and xAct



(the highest resolution I am capable of producing; 
suitable for a player capable of playing high resolution files)

(after decoding to WAV, suitable for burning to CD)

(highest possible quality mp3 file; 
suitable for listening on a portable player)
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 5, 2017 at 5:24 AM

    Dear Richard,

    First of all my compliments for the wonderful blog you are running! I really enjoy the choice of music you make available. Unfortunately, the two FLAC files for the Alathur brothers posting do not download: when clicking on the links, all I get from Adrive is an html file. I would be grateful for the repair of these links.

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    1. RichardAugust 5, 2017 at 1:26 PM

      Thanks for letting me know. Very interesting. i will re-upload and see.

      In the meantime, anyone who has already downloaded the "html" file can do this: change the extension from ".html" to ".zip" and then decompress the zip file and you will get a properly named perfectly functioning audio file and scans.

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    2. RichardAugust 5, 2017 at 5:42 PM

      Ok, I have verified that all three links in the post are working properly and downloading zip files as expected. Thanks for keeping an eye on things,!

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  2. Dr. Prasad S. BurangeAugust 6, 2017 at 8:58 AM

    It worked well for me! Thanks Richard for a nicer addition to my library! I appreciate your dedication towards making the Indian Classical Music lovers richer each day!

    Regards,

    Prasad

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  3. sai ganeshJanuary 25, 2018 at 12:43 AM

    Alathur Brothers with M S Ramaih and Sheshagiri .. Wow. Thank you very much :-)

    Regards,
    Saiganesh

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  4. Pokri PokiOctober 3, 2019 at 7:55 AM

    Richard - in context of this post, you may find these recordings interesting
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJbs3F-JojQ

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