(1872-1937)
Abdul Karim Khan: A list of 78 rpm recordings
Songs reproduced from 78rpm sources in CD format are identified as follows:
* Chairman’s Choice-Great Memories, EMI CD-CMC 1-82519/20, vol. 1 [1994]
** Golden Milestones: Abdul Karim Khan, Saregama/RPG CDNF 150481 [2003]
[One side of a 7-inch disc plays for approx. 1 min-40 sec; for a 10-inch disc, approx. 2 min-30 sec, and for a 12-inch disc, approx. 4 mins.]
Rec. Feb. 1905, Gramophone Concert Records (Bombay):
[32 recordings: 15, 7-inch; 10, 10-inch; and 7, 12-inch records]
1 7” Bhimpalasi – ab tum dhiraj dharo
2 7” Pilu thumri – soch samaj nadan
*3 7” Des – paiyan parun sis nevaun
*4 7” Jogia – (jhaptal) ram hari ka bhed na payo
*5 7” Sohni tarana
*6 7” Bhupali – tum hamsan jan bol pikha
*7 7” Tilang thumri – paniyan bharan main kaise jaun
*8 7” Kafi thumri – dadukha bole morva sor karta hai
*9 7” Sarang tarana
*10 7” Zila thumri – more karat dharat gai bhagani
*11 7” Shankara tarana
*12 7” Jhinjhoti bhajan – more giridhar gopal
*13 7” Basant – aindi aindi gail gail dolat
*14 7” Bahar – karson le aye gadua
*15 7” Jaunpuri tarana – (jhaptal)
16 10” Multani – (tintal) kangan mundariya mori
— 10” [Bageshri tarana] – [not issued]
17 10” Khyal – (ektal) pyare ke gar lagun
18 10” Tarana – (ektal)
*19 10” Lalat – piya piya rat re papiyara
*20 10” Sarang – (jhaptal) ghan gagan garjat brindabani
*21 10” Khamaj – (jhaptal) sudhi bisri gai aj apne gunanko
22 10” Bahar tarana – (tintal)
*23 10” Hindol – (tintal) mori ankhiyon men parat gulal
*24 10” Sugharai – (tintal) nanadiya more maike radha pujat hai
*25 12” Malhar – (ektal) karim nam tero
*26 12” Malhar – (tintal) barsan lagi re badriya
*27 12” Bhairavi thumri – kana tore dvare basiya bajaye
— 12” [Bageshri tarana] – [not issued]
*28 12” Dadra gazal – (dadra) tark ulfat bhi hai aur vasl ka ikrar bhi hai
*29 12” Malkauns – paglagan de
30 12” Malkauns tarana
Rec. March 1934, Ruby Record Company, Bombay:
[Harmonium: Shankarrao Kapileshwari, Tabla: Shamsuddin Khan,
Tanpuras: Balkrishna Kapileshwari, Dashrath Buwa Mule]
**31 12” Basant – (ektal) ab maine man dekheri
**32 12” Basant – (tintal) phagava brija dekhana ko chalori
**33 10” Anand bhairavi – ugicha ka kanta ganjila (Muka Nayak) (re-recorded twice later)
34 10” Sindhi kafi – (ektal) nacha sundari karun kopa
35 12” Jhinjhoti thumri – (adatal) piya bin nahin avata chain
**36 12” Bhairavi thumri – (ektal) jamuna ke tira kanha
Rec. Feb. 1935, Odeon (Bombay):
**37 12” Bhimpalashri – prema seva sharana (Manapaman)
**38 12” Sarparda – gopala mori karuna
39 12” Shudha kalyan – maundara baju re (drut)
40 12” Gujri todi – begun guna ga (drut)
**41 12” Malkauns – piran jani dekhi (vilambit)
**42 12” Shudha pilu – socha samajha naadaan
43 12” Mishra kafi – bavari dama de gayo
**44 12” Gara thumri – jadu bhareli kaun albeli
**45 12” Tilang thumri – (tintal) sajana tuma kaheko
— Anand bhairavi – ugicha ka kanta ganjila (Muka Nayak) [2nd recording, 33 above]
— Sindhi kafi – (ektal) nacha sundari karun kopa [34 above]
46 12” Devgandhar – chandrika hi janu baire (Manapaman)
**47 12” Bilawal – pyara nazara nahin
Rec. April 1935, Odeon (Bombay):
48 12” Abhogi kanada – bangala rangila mai
— Paraj – we janji aye [test pressing-not issued]
Rec. 22 Dec. 1935, Odeon (Bombay):
49 12” Nari bahar – de hata ya sharanagata
50 12” Jaunpuri – prem bhaven jiva jagiya natala
51 12” Adana – bandhan va bandho re
52 12” Malkauns bhajan – atana rama payin man leeg vege
53 12” Khamaj bhajan – tari tari re ram rayi
54 12” Mishra Zhangla – (tintal) ram nagariya men kaise jaiyon
55 12” Gujri todi tarana – dim dara dina
**56 12” Jogiya thumri – piya milan ki asha
57 12” Karaharapriya – ramani samana ineveru (Kannada)
58 12” Saveri – inthanera chinna (Kannada)
— Anand bhairavi – ugicha ka kanta ganjila (Muka Nayak) [3rd recording, see 33 above]
Rec. 22 Dec. 1936, Odeon (Bombay):
59 10” BEEN solo: Darbari Kanada
60 10” BEEN solo: Pilu
61 12” Lalat – bhavda banada jobana
**62 12” Shankara – aaj suhaga
63 12” Gauri – atahi prachundana
64 12” Marwa tarana – dir dir dir ta nom
65 12” Patdeep – dhana dhana dhari
66 12” Darbari kanada – jhanak jhanak va more
Acknowledgements
All lovers of the music of Abdul Karim Khan are indebted to Michael Kinnear, whose book provides invaluable information on all aspects of the singer’s life, contemporaries, and recordings. This is the definitive discography, and a model for other scholars. A review of the book is given below.
Sawai Gandharva accompanying Abdul Karim Khan
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