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On reading the standard writeups on early sound recording in India, one might get the impression that early sound recordists were trained by foreign technicians who brought the equipment. Not on Poona! Shankaarao Damle talks:

Now you know!


Bharat Lata Bulo C Rani 07

Listen to the very first song in this collection of Girdharilal Vishwakarma of Jodhpur.

http://hindi-films-songs.com/main/glv-155.html

I am hearing ghughroos in this song. This is the earliest song in which I have heard them. So, if somebody makes a list of ghunghroo songs and fails to mention this song, you know what to do.

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Listen to Cobra Girl (1963) 

The earliest (perhaps the only one) mentioning Coachvaan

Listen to wapas43-06a-hum-kochvan.mp3

Now you know!


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