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  • Immanuel Velikovsky – Oedipus And Akhnaton
    Immanuel Velikovsky – Oedipus And Akhnaton
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    “Was Oedipus, the parricide who sired children by his mother, a product of the subconscious mind as Freud thought? Was he a mythological figure? Or was he a real, historical […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ethan Hoffman – Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla
    Ethan Hoffman – Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla
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    “Gathers photographs of prison inmates, guards, and visitors, and provides a detailed look at prison life and selected individuals” University Of Missouri Press, 1986 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Edwin Black – War Against The Weak
    Edwin Black – War Against The Weak
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    “War Against the Weak is the gripping chronicle documenting how American corporate philanthropies launched a national campaign of ethnic cleansing in the United States, helped found and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Michael Kirby – Happenings (1st Edition)
    Michael Kirby – Happenings (1st Edition)
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    “Here is the first book about the most exciting new theatre-and-art form of this decade. It contains a comprehensive introduction; the working scripts of the fourteen most significant [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Cheng-Tsu Wu – Chink: A Documentary History Of Anti-Chinese Prejudice In America
    Cheng-Tsu Wu – Chink: A Documentary History Of Anti-Chinese Prejudice In America
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    “The contents of this compendium, which presents a bit of the history of the racial prejudice against the Chinese, are organized in four chapters. Chapter 1, “Institutionalization of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Malcolm Wells – Underground Designs
    Malcolm Wells – Underground Designs
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    “Architectural designs accompany a discussion of the various aspects of and recent improvements in building homes and businesses underground” Self-published, 1977 staple-bound [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • New American Nudes
    New American Nudes
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    Survey of American nude photography of the late 70’s & early 80’s. Morgan & Morgan, 1981 Softcover edition. Some scuffing to wraps, light wear at edges.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Megamurals & Supergraphics
    Megamurals & Supergraphics
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    “The mural movement is one of the most positive and beautiful legacies of the spirit and change of the 60’s. Psychadelic art never survived, but street painting did, and now […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Mushrooms Of North America
    Mushrooms Of North America
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    “A comprehensive guide to finding, identifying and collecting edible wild mushrooms, with pictorial keys and illustrated glossary.” Dutton, 1979 Softcover edition, third printing. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Le Corbusier – Journey To The East
    Le Corbusier – Journey To The East
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    “This is the legendary travel diary that the twenty-four-year-old Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) kept during his formative journey through Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe in [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Larry Dean Olsen – Outdoor Survival Skills
    Larry Dean Olsen – Outdoor Survival Skills
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    “Outdoor Survival Skills has taught three generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Divine Feminine: The Biblical Imagery Of God As Female
    The Divine Feminine: The Biblical Imagery Of God As Female
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    “Examines the use of male and female imagery in the Bible and argues that the Bible does not describe God in only masculine terms” Crossroad, 1991 Softcover edition. Light [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • How To Survive And Excel In Prison (Within And Without)
    How To Survive And Excel In Prison (Within And Without)
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    “A self-help book that is targeted for three major groups. First, the contents of the book is designed to encourage those that are incarcerated to utilize the positive resources that […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Thomas Macauly: Sculptural Views On Perceptual Ambiguity
    Thomas Macauly: Sculptural Views On Perceptual Ambiguity
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    Exhibition catalog from the Dayton Art Institute’s exhibition on the minimal sculptural work of Thomas Macauly. Dayton Art Institute, 1986 Softcover edition. Light corner & edgewear.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Timothy Leary – Flashbacks (1st edition)
    Timothy Leary – Flashbacks (1st edition)
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    “Dr. Timothy Leary’s passion affected an entire culture and influenced modern world history. Flashbacks, Leary’s own account of his career as “an accomplished clinical [...]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Dada Performance
    Dada Performance
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    “One of the most controversial and ironic of twentieth-century modernisms, Dada swept through the arts after the shock of World War I, when poets, painters, filmmakers, and performers [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • David McGowan – Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon
    David McGowan – Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon
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    “Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gary Webb – The Killing Game
    Gary Webb – The Killing Game
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    “Gary Webb had an inborn journalistic tendency to track down corruption and expose it. For over thirty-four years, he wrote stories about corruption from county, state, and federal levels. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Moholy-Nagy: Experiment In Totality
    Moholy-Nagy: Experiment In Totality
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    “This biography of the Constructivist leader Laszlo Moholy-Nagy illustrates his difficult yet victorious struggle for a total approach to seeing-teaching-creating. The account encompasses [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Renee Riese Hubert – Surrealism And The Book
    Renee Riese Hubert – Surrealism And The Book
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    “This is the first book-length study of the unique collaborations between surrealist painters and authors that resulted in illustrated books. Hubert examines the interrelationships between [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Paul Scheerbart – The Perpetual Motion Machine
    Paul Scheerbart – The Perpetual Motion Machine
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    “In the last days of 1907, the German novelist and exponent of glass architecture Paul Scheerbart embarked upon an attempt to invent a perpetual motion machine. For the next two […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History Of LSD
    Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History Of LSD
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    “Few events have had a more profound impact on the social and cultural upheavals of the Sixties than the psychedelic revolution spawned by the spread of LSD. This book for […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control
    Mind Control, World Control: The Encyclopedia of Mind Control
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    “Mind Control is a little known and a highly controversial topic today. Veteran author and investigator Jim Keith uncovers a surprising amount of information on the technology, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Lorrain – Masks In The Tapestry
    Jean Lorrain – Masks In The Tapestry
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    “Jean Lorrain, one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement, was a master of the conte cruel. Presented here, for the first time in English, are ten such tales: […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Karl Ove Knausgaard – In The Land Of The Cyclops
    Karl Ove Knausgaard – In The Land Of The Cyclops
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    “In his first essay collection to be published in English, the New York Times bestselling author of the My Struggle series Karl Ove Knausgaard explores art, philosophy, and literature with [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Lorrain – The Soul-Drinker
    Jean Lorrain – The Soul-Drinker
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    “No other writer of the fin-de-siècle period undertook a more elaborate exploration of perversities and abnormalities than Jean Lorrain, and no one else went as far afield in the search [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Roland Barthes – Incidents
    Roland Barthes – Incidents
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    “In 1979, just after having written skeptically on the question of whether a journal was worth keeping “with a view to publication,” Roland Barthes began to keep an intimate [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations Of Fascism In America
    The Essential Mae Brussell: Investigations Of Fascism In America
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    “”Mae’s work may be more relevant now than in her heyday. Like those of many other freedom fighters throughout history, the ghost of Mae Brussell will never rest till justice [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Complete Manual Of Suicide (Japanese Language Text!)
    The Complete Manual Of Suicide (Japanese Language Text!)
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    “The Complete Manual of Suicide (完全自殺マニュアル, Kanzen Jisatsu Manyuaru, lit. Complete Suicide Manual) is a Japanese book written by Wataru Tsurumi. He is the writer on the problem of [...]

    GENRE:
  • Jim Keith – Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
    Jim Keith – Mass Control: Engineering Human Consciousness
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    “Here stands the New Man. His conception of reality is a dance of electronic images fired into his forebrain, a gossamer construction of his masters, designed so that he will […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Owsley And Me: My LSD Family
    Owsley And Me: My LSD Family
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    “Owsley and Me is a love story set against the background of the Psychedelic Revolution of the ’60s. Owsley “Bear” Stanley met her in Berkeley in 1965, when LSD was […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Edges Of The Rainbow: LGBTQ Japan
    Edges Of The Rainbow: LGBTQ Japan
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    “An intimate photographic glimpse into the queer world behind the closed doors of modern Japanese society. The LGBTQ community in Japan has faced its challenges. Even as some religious and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Out Of Darkness: Exploring Satanism & Ritual Abuse
    Out Of Darkness: Exploring Satanism & Ritual Abuse
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    “Brings together the testimony of psychiatrists, theologians, an FBI agent, and two survivors of ritual abuse to provide a balanced look at the network of satanic cults in existence [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Remote Viewing Secrets: A Handbook
    Remote Viewing Secrets: A Handbook
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    “Remote viewing is not simply using psychic ability to obtain information. It is using scientific protocol to develop and extend that ability so that ordinary people can learn to do […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gary Webb – Dark Alliance
    Gary Webb – Dark Alliance
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    “In August 1996, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb stunned the world with a series of articles in the San Jose Mercury News reporting the results of his year-long investigation [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nicholas Schou – Orange Sunshine (1st edition)
    Nicholas Schou – Orange Sunshine (1st edition)
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    “Dubbed the “Hippie Mafia,” the Brotherhood began in the mid-1960s as a small band of peace-loving, adventure-seeking surfers in Southern California. After discovering LSD, they [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Albert Hofmann – LSD: My Problem Child
    Albert Hofmann – LSD: My Problem Child
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    “Credited with synthesizing and discovering the psychedelic effects of LSD, Hofmann traces the path of the drug from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Snuggly Satanicon
    The Snuggly Satanicon
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    “The current volume, edited and translated from the French by Brian Stableford, brings together fourteen stories composed in the thriving tradition of “literary Satanism” that was pioneered [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* – Wondrous Music Of India (South)
    Mrinalini Sarabhai With Chathunni Panicker And The Southern India Darpana Co. Of Dancers And Musicians* – Wondrous Music Of India (South)
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    Sealed copy! South Indian – various tracks of flute music, vocal & classical, ragas, etc Label: Request Records – SRLP 8076 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US NM/VG+  Sealed

    GENRE: Indian
  • Ustad Amjad Ali Khan* ‎– Raga Priyadarshini – A Tribute
    Ustad Amjad Ali Khan* ‎– Raga Priyadarshini – A Tribute
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    Wonderful sarod & tabla raga. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD. 3117, His Master’s Voice – ECSD 3117 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: India Released: 1984 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Debu Chaudhuri – Debu’s Sitar – India’s Debu – Sitar Maestro
    Debu Chaudhuri – Debu’s Sitar – India’s Debu – Sitar Maestro
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    A impressionistic sitar album. Fantastic and immersive. Label: ABK Productions – ABK2001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: US VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Amjad Ali Khan – Prisoner Of Conscience
    Amjad Ali Khan – Prisoner Of Conscience
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    Incredible sarod ragas. 2 side lengths – Tilak Kamod & Shahana. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD 2864, His Master’s Voice – ECSD. 2864 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Pandit Narayanrao Vyas – Enchanting Music From Pandit Narayanrao Vyas
    Pandit Narayanrao Vyas – Enchanting Music From Pandit Narayanrao Vyas
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    Melodious and serene vocal ragas. Label: All India Radio – PMLP 3023, His Master’s Voice – PMLP. 3023 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1984 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ‎– Soul Of The Sarod
    Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ‎– Soul Of The Sarod
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    Very rare 80s recording – The sarod, tabla & tanpura together in a playful and somber 2 side length pieces. Label: Oriental Records – BGRP 1041 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo […]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan* ‎– Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan
    Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan* ‎– Khansahib Abdul Karim Khan
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    Legendary Indian classical vocalist. This album is monumental. A collection of 78s from 1932-1935 – incredible Label: Columbia – 33ECX. 3251 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: India Released: [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Parween Sultana ‎– Sings Rare Melodies
    Parween Sultana ‎– Sings Rare Melodies
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    “Parween Sultana’s voice soars, and this album of two ragas is great evidence. If you love Hindustani vocal acrobatics, Sultana will not disappoint!” – Adam_A, discogs [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Himangshu Biswas ‎– Santoor
    Himangshu Biswas ‎– Santoor
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    Santoor & tabla LP – wonderful pieces here. The santoor playing is incredible! Label: Music India – 2393 812 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1981 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Ali Akbar Khan* – Raga: Ahir Bhairav / Raga: Durgeshwari
    Ustad Ali Akbar Khan* – Raga: Ahir Bhairav / Raga: Durgeshwari
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    A beautiful and ethereal album of sarod & tabla. Label: His Master’s Voice – EASD 1391, His Master’s Voice – EASD.1391 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: India Released: [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Jagannath & Party ‎– Shehnai
    Jagannath & Party ‎– Shehnai
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    Large band album, shehnai led. Label: Music India – 2393 833 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: India Released: 1982 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Maestro Ali Akbar Khan*, Swapan Chaudhuri ‎– Artistic Sound Of Sarod
    Maestro Ali Akbar Khan*, Swapan Chaudhuri ‎– Artistic Sound Of Sarod
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    Sarod masterwork from Ali Akbar Khan along with tabla from Swapan Chaudhuri & tambouras from Shefali Nag & Daniel Paul Karp. Label: Chhanda Dhara – SP 10685 Format: Vinyl, LP […]

    GENRE: Indian
  • V/A – Guru Ramdas Rakho Sarnaee
    V/A – Guru Ramdas Rakho Sarnaee
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    Sikh LP that commemorates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the holy city of Amritsar. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD 3009 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1977 […]

    GENRE: Indian
  • Chitti Babu – The Sound Of Veena
    Chitti Babu – The Sound Of Veena
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    A bit of a sad sounding one from Chitti Babu… “A much more plaintive album for the most part than we usually get from Chitti Babu. And again, there are […]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Shujaat Khan & Sławomir Kulpowicz ‎– Live On Tour In Poland
    Shujaat Khan & Sławomir Kulpowicz ‎– Live On Tour In Poland
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    Sitarist Shujaat Khan meets Polish pianist Slawomir Kulpowicz – live. Label: Poljazz – PSJ-123 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Promo, Special Edition Country: Poland Released: 1984 [...]

    GENRE: Indian
  • Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan* ‎– Sitar Ecstasy (Indian Pressing)
    Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan* ‎– Sitar Ecstasy (Indian Pressing)
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    “Khan’s second-last LP and one of the last recordings he’d make for almost two decades, it’s a very good of his skills with the sitar. His renditions of two ragas […]

    GENRE: Indian
  • V/A – Folk Music Of India
    V/A – Folk Music Of India
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    Various Indian music styles highlighted by the USA’s greatest gov agency – FOLKWAYS. Label: Folkways Records – FE 4409 Series: Ethnic Folkways Library Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Ustad Amjad Ali Khan – Raga Shree
    Ustad Amjad Ali Khan – Raga Shree
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    Album length raga, Shree. Label: EMI – ECSD 2542 Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo Country: India Released: 1976 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Kumar Gandharva – Kumar Gandharva
    Kumar Gandharva – Kumar Gandharva
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    Vocal album of the prolific Kumar Gandharva. Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD. 2734 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1974 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indian
  • Pt. Shivkumar Sharma ‎– The Heavenly Sound Of Santoor
    Pt. Shivkumar Sharma ‎– The Heavenly Sound Of Santoor
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    Another beautiful album of santoor! Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD 2784 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: India Released: 1977 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Indian
  • Ustad Munir Khan & Zamir Ahmad Khan ‎– Raga Darbari Kanada – Raga Shahana / Raga Bhimpalashri – Raga Des
    Ustad Munir Khan & Zamir Ahmad Khan ‎– Raga Darbari Kanada – Raga Shahana / Raga Bhimpalashri – Raga Des
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    Sarangi, tabla & tanpura ragas. Label: Ime Records – IME 1002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 1980 VG+/VG

    GENRE: Hindustani, Indian
  • Gurbachan Singh Sachdev* ‎– Incantations
    Gurbachan Singh Sachdev* ‎– Incantations
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    Bansuri champion, Gurbachan Singh Sachdev with a wonderful flute album. Label: Arion – ARN 33 745 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1983 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indian