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From the Editor
I am pleased to present our annual issue – The Record News (TRN-2008) to all
the members, wellwishers and friends of ‘Society of Indian Record Collectors’
[SIRC]. In addition to Mumbai and Pune, record collectors at small and remote
places such as Amravati and Nanded are doing very well and they do meet once
in a month to listen to old music from gramophone discs. Solapur unit has been
broadcasting radio programs from local radio station for last five years. Public
reading library in Solapur has now provided for storage and listening room for the
old discs. This model could be used nationwide for the preservation of old discs
for posterity. Hope the records will be in better care in the public domain.
With the advent of technology, it has become simpler to store large amount of
data in compact size media like CD’s, MP3 discs and now high density hard
drives. As a result, there is a danger of an existence of the shellac and vinyl
records. SIRC members therefore have the responsibility to store and preserve
the original disc records for posterity. With the help support and co-operation of
‘Underscore Records’, we have released another CD in the series ‘Living music
from the past’ – ‘Madhavrao Walavalkar’ featuring 20 Marathi stage songs
recorded in 1927.
This issue contains ten more articles on gramophone celebrities with the total of
50 articles in all. A special feature on Mr. G. N. Joshi of HMV has been included
on the occasion of his birth centenary. Also included are the bio-discographies of
Kamla Jharia, Miss Angurbala and Miss Indubala – trio of Bengali music. In
addition, lists of known 78’s of Kumari Juthika Roy and Miss Akhtaribai
Fayzabadi alias Begum Akhtar have been included. Record collectors and music
lovers shall find them useful.
- Suresh Chandvankar
- Editor
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From The Editor 03
SIRC News from Mumbai and chapters 04
Gramophone celebrities – parts 41-50 05
Life and records of Mr. G. N. Joshi 20
Life and records of Kamla Jharia 25
Life and records of Angurbala 30
Life and records of Indubala 35
Discography of Juthika Roy 51
Discography of Akhataribai Fyzabadi 57
List of SIRC Members 64
Contents of the back issues of ‘The Record News’ 68
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Front page picture: ‘Record covers of Gramophone Celebrities’.
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