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- Release Date: May 24, 2002
- Label: RPM (UK)
- UPC: 5013929524224
- WAPI (Tower ID): 106134888
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #103898 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #30767 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #20426 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Sitar Beat" by Big Jim Sullivan to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Sitar Beat"Browse more products related to "Big Jim Sullivan"Product noteSITAR BEAT is the first album recorded by British guitar god, Big Jim Sullivan. It includes Sullivan's instrumental take on the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home" and Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Title NoteSITAR BEAT is the first album recorded by British guitar god, Big Jim Sullivan. It includes Sullivan's instrumental take on the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home" and Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Album DescriptionTop British session guitarist Jim Sullivan was not a novice to the sitar when he recorded this instrumental album in 1968, having studied it seriously and established himself as the only non-Indian session musician who could play the instrument on U.K. recordings. The record still sounds like rather cheesy East-meets-West … go-go, though. Covers of then-current rock faves like "A Whiter Shade of Pale," "Sunshine Superman," and the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home" and (of course) "Within You, Without You" share space with three Sullivan originals, with John McLaughlin playing some session guitar. The rock covers are basically instrumental rearrangements that save for the sitar fit into the usual 1960s pop/rock background mood music format, though "She's Leaving Home" is changed to fit more Indian rhythms. Sullivan's original compositions (even the one titled "Flower Power") are more Indian in flavor, though nothing to set alongside your Ravi Shankar LPs, with "The Koan" buttressed by a nice jazzy breeze. The 2002 RPM CD reissue adds not only lengthy historical liner notes but also six cuts from music library discs on the De Wolfe label, four from the 1966 LP The Wild One and the other two from 1967's Sounds of India. Though these were only produced as sources of incidental music for TV and movies, actually they're more enjoyable than the Sitar Beat album proper. The quartet of tunes from The Wild One contains some pretty dynamite Swinging London jazz blues organ grooves, particularly "Pageing Sullivan," with Jimmy Page also on guitar; the two numbers from Sounds of India are relatively straightforward Indian sitar arrangements. ~ Richie Unterberger If You Enjoy "Sitar Beat (Import) (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Sitar Beat (Import) (CD)" by Big Jim Sullivan (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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