June 9, 2020
Mumbai: Around 11000 unexposed musical gems from Gauhar Jaan , Ghulam Ali , Lata Mangeshkar, M.S Subbulakshmi and others will soon made to available listeners on all digital platforms by Saregama.
The list also includes Janki Bai, D.K. Roy, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi amongst many others. These tracks belong to earlier part of the century and range from film to non- film music across various genres and languages.
This was a mammoth exercise taken upon by Saregama which involved extensive research, listening, and manual cleaning of each of these tracks for the best listening experience, Saregaama Indian said here. Each and every track was heard and converted from physical tapes into a digital format. Every song was also updated with relevant information about the artiste, composer, film, etc. for ease of access by the listeners.
The project was initiated 4 months back, and completed during the lockdown while adhering to the rules of remote working. All employees across the county coordinated to complete this project from their homes and finished the project even before the decided deadline.
Commenting on the latest addition, Mr. Vikram Mehra, Managing Director, Saregama India, said, “We have painstakingly digitized unexposed 11,000 additional tracks in over 12 languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and more. This is our attempt to preserve our country’s music legacy for future generations.”
–India News Stream


