Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak (Bengali: সংবিগ্ন পাখিকূল ও কলকাতা বিষয়ক, Anxious Feathers and Thematic Kolkata) is the debut album by the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli.[1] It was released in 1977 by Gathani Records.[2] It was recorded at a local studio in Kolkata during their formation period from 1976 to 1977. The band at the time consisted of Gautam Chattopadhyay (vocals, lead guitar, saxophone), Biswanath Chattopadhyay (drums, bass, violin), Pradip Chatterjee (bass, flute), Ranjon Ghoshal (emcee, visuals, media relations), Abraham Mazumdar (vocals, piano, violin), Tapas Das (vocals, guitar), Tapesh Bandopadhyay (vocals, guitar).[3] Gautam also served as the band's primary songwriter, though he contributed only one track on the album credited to the band collectively and other tracks were written by Ranjon, Tapas and Tapesh.
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976-1977 | |||
| Venue | Kolkata | |||
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| Length | 11:35 | |||
| Label | Gathani | |||
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The album takes a city name Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, and featuring artwork of moonlit night sketch of the city designed by Ranjon, Sarmistha Chatterjee and Sangeeta Ghoshal.[4]
Two of its songs, "Shangbigno Pakhikul" and "Haay, Bhalobasi" remade and reissue in their collaborative albums Jhora Somoyer Gaan (1996) and Maya (1997) respectively. Where "Haay, Bhalobasi" became long-term mainstays of the band's live setlist. Since its release, the album has been hailed as a baul-jazz album in the Bengali music scene.[citation needed]
Release edit
The album was released as an Extended play (EP) 7-inch 45-rpm record with both sides contains two songs.[5]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Bheshe Ashey Kolkata" | Ranjon Ghoshal, Tapas Das, Gautam Chattopadhyay | Gautam Chattopadhyay, Tapas | Tapas, Tapesh Bandyopadhyay | 2:21 |
| 2. | "Maroon Sondhyalok" | Ranjon, Gautam, Tapas | Gautam | Gautam Chattopadhyay Backing: Tapas, Tapesh, Pradip Chatterjee & Ranjon Chorous: Gautam, Ranjon, Pradip & Biswanath Chattopadhyay | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 6:14 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Shangbigno Pakhikul" | Ranjon | Gautam | Tapesh, Tapas | 2:03 |
| 2. | "Haay, Bhalobasi" | Ranjon, Tapas, Tapesh, Gautam, content by all members | Gautam | Tapesh, Tapas | 3:18 |
| Total length: | 5:21 | ||||
Personnel edit
- Abraham Mazumdar – vocals, piano, violin
- Biswanath Chattopadhyay – drums, base, violin, guitar
- Tapas Das – vocal (1, 4), rhythm guitar
- Gautam Chattopadhyay – vocals (2), lead, acoustic guitar, saxophone
- Pradip Chatterjee – vocals (2), base
- Tapesh Bandyopadhyay – vocals (1, 3, 4)
- Ranjon Ghoshal – vocals (2)
- Production
- Sushant Bandopadhyay – engineering
- Tarun Bagachi – acoustic assistance
- Asim Datto – acoustic assistance
- Ranjon Ghoshal – media conduct, front cover design
- Sarmistha Chatterjee – front cover design
- Sangeeta Ghoshal – front cover design
References edit
- ^ Rokanuzzaman (13 March 2011). "Moheener Ghoraguli: Wild Horses of Musical Conviction". Dhaka: The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ Ghoshal, Ranjon, ed. (5 January 2008). Abaar Bochhor Trish Pawre (in Bengali). p. 11.
- ^ Ojha, Satadru (21 June 2009). "Song of the stallion". Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Ghoshal 1977, pp. 2.
- ^ "Moheener Ghoraguli - Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak". Discogs. Discogs. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- Citations
- Ghoshal, Ranjon (1977). Shongbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak সংবিগ্ন পাখিকুল ও কলকাতাবিষয়ক. Kolkata: The Radiant Process. p. 8. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
External links edit
- Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak at MusicBrainz