ANANDA SHANKAR – DEBUT LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1970 ORIG ROCK PSYCH SITAR JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH

Ananda Shankar
(Reprise Records  1970  RSLP6398  Original Reprise Steamboat Labels)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

G&L Fully Laminated Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Original Poly Lined Inner Sleeve with no splits

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality – the very last track has some light crackles)

Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 – 26 March 1999) was an Indian sitar player, singer, and composer whose music blended Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to dancer and choreographer Tanusree Shankar.

Ananda Shankar is the debut album by the Indian musician Ananda Shankar, the son of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and the nephew of the Indian classicalmusician Ravi Shankar. It was released in 1970 on the Reprise record label. 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. Consisting mainly of instrumental recordings featuring sitar and Moog synthesizer, it includes a cover version of the Rolling Stones’ 1968 hit song “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and a thirteen-minute Indian-style piece titled “Sagar (The Ocean)”.