Tuesday 4 February 2014

Rahul Dev Burman: Chor-Police (1982)

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Chor-Police

As regular readers will know, I tend to approach Bollywood soundtracks made after 1980 with a fair amount of scepticism. Even RD Burman ones; and that would be my only excuse for not having paid attention to 'Chor-Police' earlier. I should have, because this is a pretty good album.

It begins magnificently with 'Aaj Mera Dil', full of bubbly synth sounds, choppy drumming, fantastic breaks, and a partly voice-manipulated Asha Bhosle. The tribal sounding 'Meri Jawani Hai' follows; more synths, more quirky percussion as well as strings feature on this one. Great songs both. Flipping the record over (it's a 45 rpm mini-album) and proceedings take a turn for the lighter... still pleasant though. The chirpy 'Atkan Batkan' sounds like it might have been made for comedic effect (animal noises will do that) or possibly it's a children's song, and both 'Tumse Milke' and 'Tum Kaho' are lovely.

One big complaint: They didn't include the film's incredible title music. Damn.

Track listing:
1. Asha Bhosle: Aaj Mera Dil
2. Asha Bhosle & Chorus: Meri Jawani Hai
3. Asha Bhosle, Vinod Sehgal & Chorus: Atkan Batkan
4. Lata Mangeshkar: Tumse Milke
5. Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Suresh Wadkar & Vanita Sharma: Tum Kaho

12 comments:

  1. MFT3F4 February 2014 at 12:50:00 CET

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  2. litlgrey4 February 2014 at 13:29:00 CET

    Thanks, pc!

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  3. gabrujat4 February 2014 at 17:36:00 CET

    great uplaod PC though i have vinyl rip of the same but ur rip is far better. waiting Laxmi Pyare score.
    vikram singh

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  4. Timmy4 February 2014 at 21:29:00 CET

    Mostly a grand exploration in thr realm of stupendedniss!

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  5. Anonymous4 February 2014 at 22:12:00 CET

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  6. MFT3F4 February 2014 at 22:17:00 CET

    Glad you approve Greta!

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  7. Unknown6 February 2014 at 14:00:00 CET

    thanks PC for this rip

    i have also same LP
    but your LP rip is awesome

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  8. kmria7 February 2014 at 04:06:00 CET

    thanks!!!

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  9. Anonymous18 August 2014 at 11:06:00 CEST

    Hi...any chance to get more pancham album? seriously looking for "Adhoora Aadmi", "Awaara Baap" & "Shiva Ka Insaaf"

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  10. MFT3F18 August 2014 at 11:08:00 CEST

    Nope, don't have those.

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  11. Ion29 October 2017 at 23:27:00 CET

    HOW CAN I DOWNLOAD ?

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  12. MFT3F29 October 2017 at 23:35:00 CET

    Link in the first comment. Although I can't guarantee it still works; this is a pretty old post.

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