Omkarnath Thakur 78rpms

Omkarnath Thakur (1897-1967)

List of 78 rpm recordings (Columbia Records)

01 1934-35     VE-1013      Deskar                   – jhanjhariya jhanake
                                         Champak                 – aya manga jai ho

02 1934-35     VE-1014      Nilambari              – mitava balama va
                                          Sugharai                – mai kantha mora

03 1934-35     VE-1015      Mira bhajan            – raja thara dungariya
                                         Shayda gazal          – sharusharuma hoon samjhyo

04 1934-35     VE-1016      (G.) Todi                 – asthai:garava bhai sanga lage      MP3 Excerpt
                                       (G.) Todi                  – jalada

05 1938-39 GE-3117 Shudha kalyan – asthai: bola na lage
Shudha kalyan – jalada

06 1938-39 GE-3132 Vande mataram

07 1938-39 GE3135 Tilang – asthai: nandiya kaise nira bharun
Tilang – jalada

08 1938-39 GE 3143 Brindabani sarang – nraja tera dungariya para
Brindabani sarang – drut

09 1938-39 GE 3144 Shudha Nat – asthai: karata ho mose neha ki
Shudha Nat – drut

10 1938-39 BEX-201 Multani – surajan matavala
Bangiya kafi – vande mataram

11 1940-41     GE-3178       Tankeshri               – malana la chuna chuna kaliya
                                          Tankeshri               – drut

12 1940-41    GE-3187       Deshi todi              – kadama ki chhaya
                                           Deshi todi              – drut

13 1948         BEX-270        Malkauns               – pira na jani
14 1948         BEX-271        Malkauns               – paga ghungara band mira nachi re

15 1948         ?                     Surdas bhajan       – maiyya mori mai nahin

16 1961         SEDE 3302EP Kabir bhajan         – re din kaise katihai
                                           Kabir bhajan          – amar vaha desawa

17 1961        33EC 3751 (LP) Devgiri                 – ya bana pyara
                                            Mira bhajan          – jogi mat jaa

1964 33ECX3252 Todi/Malkauns

1971 33ECX 3301 "Sangeet Martand"

1973 33ECX 3303 A lecture on raga Bilawal

Acknowledgements:

Dr Pradeep Dixit, Vagageyakar Pujjya Pandit Omkarnathji Thakur (Hindi), pp. 122-24, reprinted inThe Record News (the journal of the Society of Indian Record Collectors), 16 (Oct 1994): 49.

Alain Danielou, A Catalogue of Recorded Classical and Traditional Indian Music. Paris: Unesco, 1952, pp. 96-97.

Karl-Michael Schneider's list of LP recordings