Ravi Shankar - Shankar Family & Friends (Remastered) (Purple Vinyl)

World-renowned Indian musician Ravi Shankar’s Shankar Family & Friends was originally released in 1974. Produced by George Harrison, this was one of the first album releases on Dark Horse Records. Its East-meets- West musical styles puts Western musicians such as Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Jim Keltner, Klaus Voorman, and Nicky Hopkins side-by-side with Indianmusic pioneers Alla Rakha, Ashish Khan, Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia. The album contains the first single issued on Dark Horse, “I Am Missing You,” featuring Lakshmi Shankar on vocals backed by a full Western rock band. Out of print for many years, the album was last reissued on CD in 2010 as part of the Collaborations boxset. Dark Horse is proud to present the original album remastered and reissued as a standalone release for the first time on CD and orchid purple colour vinyl.

1. I Am Missing You

2. Kahan Gayelava Shyam Salone

3. Supane Me Aye Preetam Sainya

4. I Am Missing You (Reprise)

5. Overture 6. Part One: Dream Festivity & Joy

7. Love – Dance Ecstasy

8. Part Two: Nightmare Lust

9. Dispute & Violence

10. Disillusionment & Frustration

11. Despair & Sorrow

12. Part Three: Dawn Awakening

13. Peace & Hope