The rare & never realised track here is from a tape that was found with no title by the great late Paul Minns in his attic and goes back to the "Alchemy" sessions (end 1968/beginning 1969), recorded in the Abbey Road studios by Glen Sweeney (hand drums), Paul Minns (oboe), Richard Coff (violin) and Ben Cartland (viola) – the first TEB acoustic line-up.
TEB 1968: Minns, Cartland, Sweeney and Coff. |
Just as Minns would have wanted, I've decided to call the track just "Raga In D", and it really emanates the fascinating mystery of the "Alchemy" recordings – an overall atmosphere that has miraculously been preserved for all these years, offers us an extraordinarily beautiful out-take, played live by harmonious musicians, determined in creating a well thought out sound project rooted in the classic Indian tradition.
So, the 5 Third Ear Band fans cant' be wrong! This is the purest distillation of the TEBand's music!
Download, listen & be touched by the raga at http://rapidshare.com/files/427945468/Raga_in_D.mp3
no©2010 Luca Ferrari
I'm speechless...this is Third Ear music in all its magical and touching beauty. Thanks, thanks, thanks!
ReplyDeleteMille grazie!
ReplyDeleteSpirito bono.
What can I say? Many, many thanks for this very special music, Luca As Mirco said: magical touching beauty; & as Paul said, an old friend indeed - as familiar as it is wondrously strange!
ReplyDeleteSedayne / Hallowe'en 2010
Ciao Luca, ho visto che ti hanno "linkato" in questo ottimo blog: http://nightofthepurplemoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/third-ear-band-raga-in-d-1968.html
ReplyDeleteA presto ;-)
Grazie, l'avevo già linkato nella sezione dei blogger qui a destra... Anche a me sembra un ottimo blog... Tutti i giorni alcuni lettori di Ghetto Raga provengono proprio da lì...
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