Reasonably Rare Lata Songs - Not Available Easily

Thanks a lot madhvi

YVW Pinky...

Oh ! I got it now !!
Never mind...a small grace period may be allowed .....so 71 is ok !!


Sri

A perfectly sweet, melodious and lovely song - sung by Lata and Hemant Kumar - this song was a rare composition for Hindi films by the famous composer duo Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy, who were like the Shankar-Jaikishan of Tamil films - churning out a large number of popular hits, year after year.

Laut gaya gham ka zamana, Lata_Hemant Kumar, Naya admi 1956, ViswanathanRamamoorthy_RajinderKrishan
CD rip courtesy mohd2004
3:22 ; 128 kbps

The end of the first antara (verse) features Lata and Hemant Kumar singing 'in harmony' on different octaves - a feature which is relatively rarely used in our music.


Sri

This one is a lovely Jaidev number :

Subah ka intezar kaise karen, Lata, Joru ka bhai 1955, Jaidev_Sahir
CD rip - courtesy Talaikya - HF
3:15 ; 128 kbps


Sri

thanks to talaikya and sri for reuploading.

Lakshmi

Today, I somehow remembered this song.....and thought I should share it. Such a loveable song - pleasant, soothing, romantic, melodious and soft - from the great partnership of Lata Mangeshkar and music director C Ramchandra. The composer sings this duet with his favourite singer...and goes by his surname 'Chitalkar' as was his practice.

I simply love the 'mood' of this song !

Phir wohi chand wohi gham, Lata_Chitalkar, Baarish 1957, C Ramchandra_RajinderKrishan, CD
3:22 ; 128 kbps

Many years later (7, to be precise) Rajinder Krishan would use the same mukhda (first line) with just one change - replacing the word 'chand' with the word 'shaam' - and we had that famous solo of Talat Mahmood from the film Jahan Ara - 'Phir wohi shaam wohi gham, wohi tanhaai hai' !


Sri

This is a nice, lively number from 1951 - Lata's voice was so charmingly nice in that era. This one is a duet with Suraiya.

Bedard shikari, Lata_Suraiya, Sanam 1951, Husnlal Bhagatram_Qamar Jalalabadi
2:33, 128 kbps
from HF


Sri

Here is a nice, sad song - from the film Black cat (1959), sung by Lata - in her inimitable style.

This version is the extended film version - and is much clearer in sound quality compared to the audio CD.

Sitare raah takte hain, Lata, Black cat 1959, N Dutta_Jan Nissar Akhtar, VCD
4:11 ; 128 kbps


Sri

Million Thanks Sri for this excellent Janisar Akhtar-Lata-NDutta combo. Its really a crisp audio and now I can replace the CD version with this one. A real pity that HMV/RPG wallas are giving music lovers all worthless versions of the old songs , editing sound and degarading music quality when they can provide these film versions. I think there is no music lover now in HMV/RPG

You're welcome, Mohd - it;s only because of committed members like yourself who can appreciate going to any length to get a better quality version of a good song....that's it's worthwhile to upload such songs!!

HMV may suffer from a peculiar situation - they have the audio rights to the songs - but their own versions have been poorly stored and have degenerated - while some films have been preserved better by their producers. So, the film's soundtrack may have better audio quality, but that source is out of reach for HMV who do not own those rights.On the other hand, the producers may have a better audio version - but cannot release it because they do not hold the audio rights - which is why we are seeing 'video' releases rather than audio ones from their side.

We have to depend on members like ourselves to hunt through various sources and find the best available track. But many times, even after finding a track with decent sound quality, I feel that the songs that I heard in my younger days on the radio or on gramophone records were of better quality....I only hope that someone, someday will be able to re-master all these treasures and give us back the original sound quality !!

Sri

Sri: Thank you for some wonderful numbers in excellent quality one can find. Thank you also for the background information.

most welcome, akbaralibhai !!

Sri thank you for the short snippets that you provide along with the songs... enjoyed listening to the song once again with the info. Any other instance that you remember when the singers sing on different octaves?

something somewhat similar in the first few notes of 'zameen se hamen aasmaan par' - rafi and asha - from adalat (madan mohan)

sri