The Indian Record Shop

I stopped by The Indian Record Shop [1428 Gerrard St East in Toronto] and picked up two interesting releases. The first was an R. D. Burman collection entitled "Soulful Hits", part of Golden Collection series. The fellow behind the counter told me that it contains some of Burman's last recordings. Included from 1994 is Yeh Safar from "1942- A Love Story" and Khamosh Sa Afsana from the film "Libaas". It's all sounds mighty fine to my ears especially when the voice of Asha Bhosle leaves the speakers and circles the room.

The store also had a selection of vinyl and an lp by The Peter Moss Sound seemed to be a suitable purchase. "Eastern Avenue - Boney M Instrumental Hits" is it's name. What caught my attention (apart from the stock photo cover art) is that it features sitar, santoor, tabla and mandolin and plenty o'synths. Oh yeah, they also perform the psych tune "My Friend Jack". You might know the song by Smoke "My friend Jack eats sugar lumps/What wonderful things he sees", so goes part of the lyrics. No way I could pass this one by.

The album dates from 1981 and was released on the Multitone Records label out of Uxbridge, Middlesex. It sounds like a library release. Perhaps a little dry sounding but a nice east meets west project.

Nada as far as web goes, apart from folks selling this record or a listing of another Bollywood hits lp by the same outfit, perhaps someone could shed some light?