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Panchabeats is OUT and AVAILABLE.... Its a double cassette pack... CDs are not out as yet
Just got it... Will have a detailed post in the evening...

The songlist might not attract hardcore pancham fans as the songs included are all popular ones, but for any Panchamfan, Panchambeats is a worth buy for its content in the form of Pancham, Asha and Gulzar conversation from MSY before the songs (have checked just a couple of initial songs, might have some other recordings too)... HMV and Gulzar has given All Pancham fans a fantastic gift in the form of Excerpts of Meri Sangeet Yatra...

Here is the Song list

Cassette 1 :

1. Pancham's Introduction.. out of the world introduction of Pancham... "shuru karein...1 2 3 4" singing his signature tune (the prelude of aaja meri jaan)

2. Gulzar's tribute

"Pancham tumhare ek dil ki dhadkan band huee, aur tum laakho dilo me dhadkane lage
bahut achha lagta hai jab log tumhare marfat mujhe yaad karte hain
aur main tumhari marfat unse baat karta hoon
wo mujhe tumhara saga dost samajhte hain, kyonki mera dil ab bhi tumhari taal pe dhadakta hai"

3. Raat Chupchaap chali
4. Tere bina jiya jaaye na
5. Ghaer jayegi tar jaygi
6. Abke na saawan barse
7. Golmaal hai bhai
8. Masterji ki aagayi chitthi
9. Dhanno ki aankho me
10. O Maajhi re
11. Jaane kya soch kar
12. Tere bina zindagi se koi

Cassette 2 :

1. Do naina aur ek kahani
2. Roz roz daali daali
3. Mera kuchh saamaan
4. Chaand churake laaya hoon
5. Beeti na bitai raina
6. Chhoti si kahani se
7. Do naino me aansoo bhare hain
8. Aapki aankhon me kuchh
9. Phir se aaiyo badra
10. Naam gum jaayega



To clarify doubts of few fans (who have listened to Meri Sangeet Yatra)
Panchambeats is not exactly Meri Sangeet Yatra.. It can be called an
improvised version of MSY. I have listened original MSY for more that 100
times but Panchambeats has a few value additions in terms of improvisation.

1. Tere bina jiya jaaye na - it starts with Lata version (as in original
MSY) but just after a few lines we hear Kishore's version.... it doesn't
have any stanza's but Kishore's version makes it a wise decision(one of the
mostly demanded song on this forum in recent past).. I believe this was
included/suggested by Debu da (who have already done this in "Ghar" classic
series)

2. Beeti na bitaye raina - There was a small piece humming in the film
(Lata solo).. The conversation starts with this piece and continues with
this piece in the background of conversation (not in original MSY)

3. Tere bina zindagi - Starts with Hindi version but after a few lines,
Pancham's bangla number "Jete Jete" takes over and included as complete
song. (as in the commentary, gulzar saab says "Tere bina" was inspired by a
bangla song of Pancham-Gauri Prasanna Majumdar)

4. O maajhi re - Extended version

5. Ab ke na saawan barse - Starts with conversation and RD says "Baap ka
maal bahut udaya main, and they discuss that Abke na saawan barse was based
on SDB's song... Pancham beats features clip of that bangla song in SDB's
voice (was not in original MSY)

6. Do naino me aanso bhare hain - This features FILM version of the song
(Lata singing without instruments) and this is followed by Pancham's
rendition of bangla song on the same tune...