Thursday 4 February 2010

S.D. Burman: Talash (1969)

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Talash

Here's one that's been requested a few times lately; quite rightly so as it's a good score. SD Burman composing and RD Burman arranging; frequently a winning combination. And 'Talash' is no exception.

'Kitni Akeli' is my current favourite track; a lovely lounge-jazz number sung by Lata. Asha's two contributions are ace as well: 'Mera Kya Sanam' (very reminsicent of some other song... anyone?) is bouncy pop with a slight Latin twist, and 'Kar Le Pyar' is one of those wonderfully sexy sounding cabaret numbers you instinctively know will be performed by Helen on screen. And that's hardly ever bad.

Also worth mentioning is that the soundtrack features SD singing one of his own songs. Which I think he might have done on occasion; 'Meri Duniya Hai Maa' is however the only one I've heard.

Track listing:
1. Sachin Dev Burman: Meri Duniya Hai Maa
2. Lata Mangeshkar: Kitni Akeli
3. Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi & Chorus: Aaj Ko Junili Raat Ma
4. Asha Bhosle & Mahendra Kapoor: Mera Kya Sanam
5. Asha Bhosle: Kar Le Pyar
6. Lata Mangeshkar & Mohd. Rafi: Palkon Ke Peechhe Se
7. Lata Mangeshkar: Khai Hai Re Hamne Qasam
8. Manna Dey: Tere Naina Talash Karen

13 comments:

  1. MFT3F4 February 2010 at 00:21:00 CET

    http://lix.in/-76abcc

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  2. Steve4 February 2010 at 01:21:00 CET

    Thanks.. Awesome album..The Asha songs are of course superb and Aaj ko junili raat ma is one of my fav Lata songs.

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  3. Anonymous4 February 2010 at 02:10:00 CET

    This is a great album. Great score by SDB. Thanks PC

    Warm Regds / Babu

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  4. litlgrey4 February 2010 at 03:54:00 CET

    SD sings! Dang!

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  5. viz4 February 2010 at 07:58:00 CET

    Now this is what I call a score... cool, hip, urbane yet very Indian! Thanx PC! Incidentally, this movie when released was the costliest movie made in those times, and promoted as such.
    Waiting for the notification on forthcoming releases!
    Cheers!

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  6. memsaab5 February 2010 at 02:03:00 CET

    SD singing is one of my FAVORITE things. Let me know if you want more of it :)

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  7. Mister Naidu22 February 2010 at 01:06:00 CET

    Thanks, PC...excellent album featuring 2 Helen songs...nice.

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  8. Anonymous23 February 2010 at 00:49:00 CET

    Hey PC

    Getting inspiration from your blog, I have started ripping my vinyl collection and posting them to my blog.
    Please check out - www.bhangad.com
    I will be posting Hindi records as well as some rare 45s and LPs. Please link me up with your blog. Thanks!

    Regards
    Harshi :)

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  9. music23 February 2010 at 12:47:00 CET

    asha is my all time fav. and kar le pyar is superb ilove it

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  10. Shubha5 April 2010 at 10:51:00 CEST

    Very nice album. Haven't you heard the SDB songs sung byhim then? Famous ones are the ones in Bandini, Aradhana, Guide and Sujata

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  11. MFT3F5 April 2010 at 16:27:00 CEST

    Ah yes, you're right, I've heard him sing on Aradhana as well.

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  12. Archie5 February 2017 at 12:29:00 CET

    This is a lovely soundtrack. As you have rightly said, SD & RD, collaborating together, produced great results.

    If you have heard the song 'dekhiye saahiibo' from Teesri Manzil (composed by RD Burman), there is a phrase in the 1st & 3rd interludes, that is the genesis of the song 'mera kya sanam'. The passage from Teesri Manzil is via Manohari Singh's saxophone in the 1st interlude & Asha Bhonsle's vocals in the 3rd.

    I'm unable to download this soundtrack. If it is not too inconvenient, can this link be made workable again.

    Many many thanks for all the goodies that you have shared here.

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  13. MFT3F5 February 2017 at 13:22:00 CET

    Expired links aren't being renewed anymore, sorry about that. Thanks for the info re. Mera Kya Sanam though.

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