''Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak'' (', ''Anxious Feathers and Thematic Kolkata'') is the debut album by the Bengali

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band Moheener Ghoraguli. It was released in 1977 by Gathani Records. It was recorded at a local studio in Kolkata during their formation period from 1976 to 1977. The band at the time consisted of

Gautam Chattopadhyay Gautam Chattopadhyay (1 June 1949 – 20 June 1999) was an Indian Bengali singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. In 1975, as a leader he founded the progressive rock band Moheener Ghoraguli with Tapas Das, Abraham Mazumdar, Pradip Chatt ...

(vocals, lead guitar, saxophone), Biswanath Chattopadhyay (drums, bass, violin), Pradip Chatterjee (bass, flute),

Ranjon Ghoshal Ranjon Ghoshal ( bn, রঞ্জন ঘোষাল; 7 June 1955 – 9 July 2020) was an Indian theatre director and musician. He was a member of the Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli, and ran an advertising agency, Mareech Advertising in Ban ...

(emcee, visuals, media relations),

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(vocals, piano, violin),

Tapas Das Tapas Bapi Das (also known as Bapida, or its variations Bapi Da, Bapi-da, (22 September 1954 – 25 June 2023) was an Indian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli establi ...

(vocals, guitar), Tapesh Bandopadhyay (vocals, guitar). Gautam also served as the band's primary songwriter, though he contributed only one track on the album credited to the band collectively and other tracks were written by Ranjon, Tapas and Tapesh. The album takes a city name

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, the capital of the Indian state of

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, and featuring artwork of moonlit night sketch of the city designed by Ranjon, Sarmistha Chatterjee and Sangeeta Ghoshal. Two of its songs, "Shangbigno Pakhikul" and "Haay, Bhalobasi" remade and reissue in their collaborative albums '' Jhora Somoyer Gaan'' (1996) and ''

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'' (1997) respectively. Where "Haay, Bhalobasi" became long-term mainstays of the band's live setlist. Since its release, the album has been hailed as a

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album in the Bengali music scene.

Release

The album was released as an

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(EP)

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45-rpm record with both sides contains two songs.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals,

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* Biswanath Chattopadhyay –

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, base, violin, guitar *

– vocal (),

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– vocals (),

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* Pradip Chatterjee – vocals (), base * Tapesh Bandyopadhyay – vocals () *

– vocals () ;Production * Sushant Bandopadhyay –

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* Tarun Bagachi – acoustic assistance * Asim Datto – acoustic assistance *

– media conduct, front cover design * Sarmistha Chatterjee – front cover design * Sangeeta Ghoshal – front cover design

References

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External links

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