Ravi Shankar - India's Master Musician (LP, Album, RP, Roc) (Very Good (VG))

Released Year: 1963
Media Condition: Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)

Comments:
Light scuffing on media, jacket has light discoloration. Ask for pics, ultrasonically cleaned and resleeved in a rice paper inner. ships with care in a whiplash mailer from a brick and mortar record store.

Notes:

The above track list reflects the record's actual track sequence and matches the LP labels.

The track list on the record and labels are  incorrect, reversing the two sides. The back cover  represents  the intended track listing, consistent with the 1958 and 1965 releases of this material, as listed below:

A1.   Raga Puriya Dhanashri
A2.   Raga Charu Keshi
B1.   Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival Of Colors)
B2.   Dhun (Folk Airs)
B3.   Mishra Piloo, In Thumri Style

A look at the runout matrix numbers hints at how  this could have happened.
The 1958 pressing has matrix numbers such that the A side is incrementally higher than the B side.
This release has crossed out text in the runouts. Text in square brackets represents the crossed out characters:
1: 3035-[AB
2: [3036-B 3034-A
Thus, a mastering engineer going by matrix numbers referencing the tapes could easily have associated the lower number with Side A, ending up backwards. He probably filled out the forms for the labels which were subsequently printed to that specification.

Thus we end up with a correctly labeled side mixup!

The 1963 Mono mastering as well as the 1999 Angel CD also proliferate the same track mix-up.

First cat.nr. on labels, second on spine and back cover.

Track List:
A1. Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival Of Colors) 7:08
A2. Dhun (Folk Airs) 6:25
A3. Mishra Piloo, In Thumbri Style 12:05
B1. Raga Puriya Dhanashri 11:16
B2. Raga Charu Keshi 13:30

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout 3035-B ST-1422 3035 B
Matrix / Runout ST-1422 3034-A
Matrix / Runout 3034-A-2 (etched) A1 R (Stamped)
Matrix / Runout 3035-B-2 A3 (etched)