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01. Va - Indranil Bhattacharya (sitar) c.1959
02. Va - Mahboob Ali (shehnai) c.1939
03. Va - Amir Hussain Khan (tabla) Madhavrao Alkutrar (pakhawaj) 1950
04. Va - Rajamanickam Pillai (violin) 1938
05. Va - Narayandas Mansukhram (kashta-tarang) 1930
06. Va - Bundu Khan (sarangi) c.1939
07. Va - T. Balaram (clarionet) 1935
08. Va - Ambade Brothers (sitar and jalatarang) 1936
09. Va - Hamid Hussain (sarangi) c.1940
10. Va - Rahim Baksh (been) 1909
11. Va - Vithal More (sundri) c.1935
12. Va - Venu (saraswati vina) c.1910
13. Va - Imdad Khan (sitar) 1904
14. Va - Allauddin Khan (sarod) 1935
15. Va - Master Mohan (kazoo, jalatarang, piano) c.1940
16. Va - Ahmedjan Thirkhawa (tabla) c.1940
17. Va - Palladam Sanjeeva Rao (flute) 1932
18. Va - Faqir Habib Khan (vichitra vina) 1938
19. Va - TN Rajaratnam Pillai (nadaswaram) 1939
20. Va - Brahma Sri T. Appadurai Aiyengar (jalatarang) 1908
21. Va - Professor Kaukub (sarod) 1909
22. Va - Master Soman (dilruba) c.1932
23. Va - Mehta Braham Das (harmonium) 1909
24. Va - Mr. K Arumuga Mudaliar (banjo-mandolin) 1929
25. Va - Sri Salil Kumar Mittra (violin) 1945
26. Va - Professor Ghosh (whistle) c.1925
ARTIST
TITLE
Indian Talking Machine Part Two: Instrumental Gems From The 78rpm Era
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SF 131LP SF 131LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/20/2026

This double LP of instrumental Hindustani, Carnatic and folk 78rpm shellac records from India comes with a full color 12-page insert of gramophone record ephemera, shops, labels, manufacturing details and graphics. The LPs feature over 25 artists recorded between 1904 and 1959 playing a panoply of instruments: jalatarang, dilruba, sarod, clarionet, pakhawaj, violin, been, kazoo, shehnai, tabla, sarangi, sitar, vina and more. Artists include Imdad Khan (the first sitarist ever recorded), Ahmedjan Thirkhawa, Bundu Khan, Amir Hussain, Allauddin Khan (who taught Ravi Shankar), and others both forgotten and revered. The Indian classical instrumental tradition is one of incredible proficiency and expressiveness using instruments and techniques created over generations that seem to perfectly and uniquely compliment Indian culture, landscape and tradition. Sympathetic strings resonate inside sitars and sarangis to manifest shimmering reverberant spiritual spaces; horns, reeds and flutes extend the range, volume and melodic inventiveness of the voice; a mind-boggling array of elaborately turned percussion instruments allow for rhythms as complex or as simple as the flowing Ganges River. Classical music in India was perhaps at its height during the 78rpm period as the raj era was ending and the world was globalizing. 2LP gatefold with 12-page full color booklet insert. Produced by Robert Millis (Climax Golden Twins/Victrola Favorites) and features never reissued recordings and is the long-anticipated follow up to the Indian Talking Machine book/CD (Sublime Frequencies 099), which was also produced by Millis from his collection of 78rpm records and ephemera.