Performer: | The Folkswingers |
Title: | Raga Rock |
Country: | US |
Released: | 1966 |
Style: | Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock |
Category: | Jazz / Rock / Funk, Soul / Blues / Folk, Country |
Rating: | 4.3 ✦ |
Other format: | AUD RA AA MPC TTA VOX DTS |
Complete your The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao collection.
Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock. Featuring the cream of LA's session players alongside sitar virtuoso Harihar Rao (Ravi Shankar's senior disciple), it was originally released in 1966 and makes its long-overdue CD debut here, showing itself to be the first and best ‘sitarsploitation’ album ever recorded.
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Funk, Soul, Blues, Folk, World, & Country. Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock.
Raga rock is rock or pop music with a pronounced Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar and tabla. In addition, rock music from the 1960s and 1970s that incorporates South Asian musical influences and instruments, along with Western ideas of the Indian subcontinent, is often regarded as raga rock.
Album by The Folkswingers. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Folkswingers feat. Harihar Rao. is a cover of. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Beatles (1965).
The album fuses Indian music with Western rock and electronic music, and was among the first works in the rock genre by an Indian musician. The Folkswingers featuring Harihar Rao. Fallout Records.
A1 | Paint It, BlackWritten-By – Jagger / Richard* |
2:35 |
A2 | Eight Miles HighWritten-By – Crosby*, Clark*, McGuinn* |
2:52 |
A3 | Dona, DonaWritten-By – Secunda*, Secunda* |
2:10 |
A4 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)Written-By – Lennon / McCartney* |
2:07 |
A5 | Along Comes MaryWritten-By – Tandyn Almer |
2:45 |
A6 | Time Won't Let MeWritten-By – C. Kelley*, T. King* |
2:14 |
B1 | Shapes Of ThingsWritten-By – McCarty*, Relf*, Smith* |
2:20 |
B2 | Hey JoeWritten-By – Dino Valenti |
2:44 |
B3 | KicksWritten-By – B. Mann / C. Weill* |
2:25 |
B4 | Homeward BoundWritten-By – P. Simon* |
2:42 |
B5 | Grim Reaper Of LoveWritten-By – A Nichal*, C. Portz* |
2:23 |
B6 | Raga RockWritten-By – G. Tipton* |
2:25 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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WPS-21846 | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao - Raga Rock (LP, Album) | World Pacific Records | WPS-21846 | US | 1966 |
WPS-21846 | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao - Raga Rock (LP, Album) | World Pacific Records | WPS-21846 | Canada | 1966 |
WP 1846 | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao - Raga Rock (LP, Album, Mono) | World Pacific Records | WP 1846 | US | 1966 |
WPS-2184BL. 08770 | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao - Raga Rock (LP, Album) | Philips | WPS-2184BL. 08770 | New Zealand | Unknown |
FOCD2039 | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao | The Folkswingers Featuring Harihar Rao - Raga Rock (CD, Album, RE) | Fallout | FOCD2039 | UK | 2007 |