Shankar Jaikishan & Rais Khan — Raga Kalavati

from Raga Jazz Style (1968)

Still combing through the Megaupload-related carnage among the blogs..and so, so bummed to see that the great (now mythical) Holy Warbles is among those fallen. Such a brimming archive of the world’s sounds… now silenced.

I grabbed this mind-blowing album some time ago from Holy Warbles… let this post serve as a sort of impromptu wake for one of the greatest music blogs on the internet. May it be reincarnated somewhere soon.

Doug at WFMU’s Give the Drummer Some played a full three-hour warbling tribute set this morning—check it out. (audio should be up later today)

Ajda Pekkan — Kaderimin Oyunu

b/w Kimler Geldi Kimler Geçti (1973) 

Wah-wah pedals meet Istanbuli strings in this psychedelic track sung by the enchanting Ajda Pekkan, the superstar of Turkish pop music. This is from the good old days, before she got all that work done and posed with Chippendales. (Turkish google image search)

This track features on the compilation Turkish Freakout: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980. Well worth picking up, over at Holy Warbles.