''In London'' is a

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Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

ian

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

. It was published on

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in 1964, originally with the title ''India's Master Musician / Recorded in London''. In the late 1990s, Squires Productions was commissioned to

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the album for

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; Wayne Hileman was the

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. Angel Records published the remastered album on 26 January 1999 under the shortened title ''In London''.

Personnel

*Ravi Shankar,

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

*Kanai Dutt,

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Nodu Mullick Nodu Mullick was a musician and instrument-maker from Calcutta, India. Pandit Ravi Shankar commissioned multiple sitars from him, and they were Shankar's primary performance instrument starting in 1961. Mullick accompanied Shankar on tanpura ...

, tambura *Richard Bock,

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Track listing

References

1964 albums Ravi Shankar albums Angel Records albums World Pacific Records albums Albums produced by Richard Bock (producer) {{1960s-album-stub