But that is an excellent track, indeed.

If I ever direct a movie, this one will surely be in the soundtrack

And you’ll know who to credit as your music supervisor.

This LP was a great favourite of ours (my brother’s & mine) as soon as it came out. She did a good cover of ‘Fever’ and ‘Sunny’ too.

Susan, awesome! Do you still have your copy, or any records for that matter?

Now the wikipedia for “California Dreamin” under the covers section needs to updated. Very nice find!!!

And I thought this was going to be our little secret.

How many languages has she sung in? Anyone kept a score?

Wiki says 16.

Here’s a Bengali? one I like.

Love that intro!

Do you have her covers of your hometown people, Kingston Trio? One of them is the ultimate uncle soundtrack — Scotch and Soda. It’s buried somewhere in my parents’ house.

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Not only do I own it, but, if you’re reading this, one of its tracks is playing out of your speakers right now.

great find DJ.

Thanks khoof and, um, \m/ o_o \m/!

Wow! Had to take someone far removed from CA, in dress and gegraphy, to get the dreaming right.

Word.

Hari om hari Hari om hari one way ticket to the moon

That’s the spirit!

Just… wow. Thanks for sharing this.

Triliana, when do we get to hear your cover?

BTW, any liner notes on the rhythm section?

I’m glad you asked. I’ll have to fire up the ole scanner and post the pics.

The thing I like about Usha Uthup is that she doesn’t have a complex singing western songs in a sari. She really does rock.

My kind of auntie!

that khybermail joint is pretty sick as well.

Do you have that on wax? Haven’t gotten my drrrty paws on that one quite yet. I started a remix of a Sohail Rana track I found on a Pakistani International Airlines LP.

I thought I was a music collector but your efforts put my “dedication” to shame.

Eh, living with your parents has its perks. I appreciate the sentiment (and now having my own place.)

Incidently, I grew up in Africa and our family knew Usha’s sister, Indru, very well. She too has a beautiful voice like Usha but never sang professionally. Talent runs deep in that family.

Amazing! Is she still singing? I’d love to find out more about her sister. Can you email me?

This is wonderful! Thanks so much! I love the photographs of the old phonographs in Shah’s music center.

I would have loved to have grabbed of those for myself, but the new carry-on limits all but scuttled that dream. Photos will have to suffice.

No download? I was hoping that since there’s clearly no way we can buy this and it’s available nowhere else that you’d offer it for download

I guess it’s time to call your travel agent, Claire. @=)

i love that little vocal hiccup she does in “ca li huh fornia”…brilliant!

I’d say it’s more a squeak but I love it just the same.

Those pictures could have been taken on my own record shopping excursions on Free School Street/ Mirza Ghalib in Kolkata… I would tell you to check it out, but you would probably grab the stuff I want.

Another brownie with a turntable? Enchanté. Perhaps a DJ battle is in order?

Those pictures could have been taken on my own record shopping excursions on Free School Street/ Mirza Ghalib in Kolkata… I would tell you to check it out, but you would probably grab the stuff I want.

(it’s FANTASTIC, by the way)