| Description | Copy of the first tape of songs recorded for 'Snowballs in Calcutta'. Kali Dasgupta performs Indian folk songs from North Bengal and explains the stories recounted in the songs
Track 1: test tone 0.09 mins
Track 2: recording of part of 'Love the One You're With' 0.33 mins
Track 3: Charles Parker introduces the recordings 0.15 mins
Track 4: Charles Parker continues to introduce the recordings 0.25 mins
Track 5: Kali Dasgupta tunes his instrument and introduces the first of his four songs from North Bengal. He describes the meaning of the lyrics of the song, which is about a woman's protest about her marriage to a violent husband and her difficult life, and performs the first song 4.58 mins
Track 6: Kali Dasgupta performs the second song, from North Bengal 3.04 mins
Track 7: Kali Dasgupta introduces the second song and explains the meaning of the lyrics of the second song, about the oppression of women, and the condition of women in society, and repeats the performance of the second song 3.42 mins
Track 8: Charles Parker introduces retakes of the Bengali love songs and Kali Dasgupta performs the second song again 5.55 mins
Track 9: Kali Dasgupta introduces the third song with a different rhythm, and explains the meaning of the lyrics which concern a woman who has married for a second time, which is unusual in patriarchal Hindu society, to a violent man 4.48 mins
Track 10: Kali Dasgupta repeats his performance of the third song 3.03 mins
Total: 26.55 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF573E0717580 |