''A Handful of Beauty'' is the second
studio album
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released by the
world fusion band
Shakti
In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect, and rep ...
in 1976.
Track listing
# "La Danse du Bonheur" (
John McLaughlin John or Jon McLaughlin may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra
* Jon McLaughlin (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
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,
Lakshminarayana Shankar
Lakshminarayana Shankar (born 26 April 1950), better known as L. Shankar, Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian violinist, singer and composer.
Early life, family and education
Shankar was born in Madras, India, and raised in Ceylon (current-d ...
) – 4:48
# "Lady L" (Shankar) – 7:23
# "India" (McLaughlin, Shankar) – 12:31
# "Kriti" – 2:58
# "Isis" (McLaughlin, Shankar) – 15:11
# "Two Sisters" (McLaughlin) – 4:41
Personnel
Musicians
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* ...
– percussion, tabla
*
John McLaughlin John or Jon McLaughlin may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John McLaughlin (musician) (born 1942), English jazz fusion guitarist, member of Mahavishnu Orchestra
* Jon McLaughlin (musician) (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
* John McLaugh ...
– acoustic guitar, guitar, arranger, producer
*
Lakshminarayana Shankar
Lakshminarayana Shankar (born 26 April 1950), better known as L. Shankar, Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian violinist, singer and composer.
Early life, family and education
Shankar was born in Madras, India, and raised in Ceylon (current-d ...
– violin, arranger, vocals
*
Vikku Vinayakram
Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram (born 11 August 1942), also known as Vikku Vinayakram, is an Indian percussionist. He is also known as the God of ''ghatam''. He plays Carnatic music with the ''ghatam'', an earthen pot, and is credited with popula ...
– percussion, vocals
Technical
*Dennis MacKay – engineer
*Steven Berkowitz – assistant
*
Stephen W Tayler
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– assistant
*Richard Laird – photography
Chart performance
References
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Shakti (band) albums
1976 albums
Columbia Records albums