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PERLICH in Toronto's NOW
MAGAZINE, aug 17, 2006 Countless
collections of Indian film music have been issued in recent years, but the
new Bombay Connection series, put together by
soundtrack-savvy collector/dealer Edo Bouman , is the
most promising yet. Compiled with the Bollywood beat junkie in mind, Volume
1 , subtitled Funk From Bollywood Action Thrillers
1977-1984 , avoids previous comped classics to deliver the wildly
thumpin' and bumpin' joints you need, lifted from the most sought-after
LPs by R.D Burman , Kalyanji-Anandji , Laxmikant-Pyarelal
and others. It also comes packaged with colour film stills and
informed track-by-track annotation. Volume 2: Bombshell Baby Of
Bombay is an equally snazzy selection documenting nightclub jazz,
surf and rock 'n' roll between 1959 and 72, and includes Shankar-Jaikishan
's Gumnaam classic Jan Pahechan Ho recycled for the opening
sequence of Ghost World. Get both.
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