November 28, 2023

GS Sachdev: Romantic Ragas (Chandi CP 104) a cassette recorded and issued in the US in 1982

Here we present a cassette by the bansuri maestro GS Sachdev released on his own Chandi Productions label in 1982.






Sachdev (1935-2018) was for many years an instructor at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA. His playing is characterized by a gentle, soulful style which never strays from a dignified atmosphere.

On tabla we have the great Jnan Prakash Ghosh (1909-1997).



Transfer: Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck, extensively refurbished and rebuilt.

Pre-amplification: Vintage refurbished Pioneer SX-780.
Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6ii at 24bit/48kHz resolution
Software: Audacity and xAct.
Monitoring: Digital line out from a MacBook, Focal Spirit One headphones with Schitt Audio Asgard headphone preamp with 4490 DAC



downloads:

very high resolution lossless FLAC files


these lossless files can be burned to CDR, if you are into that


highest quality lossy mp3 files possible 




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3 comments:

  1. BTNovember 29, 2023 at 2:11 AM

    Excellent! Thank-you.

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  2. Vijay YogiDecember 2, 2023 at 8:58 PM

    Thank you Richard. I have been missing your uploads for some time. I thank you from bottom of my heart for taking so much of efforts and making such clean recordings and very nicely scanned covers. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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  3. AnonymousDecember 23, 2023 at 1:50 PM

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