Begum Akhtar - Lost Horizons - Ghazals - ECSD 2776 - (Condition 85-90%) - LP Record

Akhtari Bai Faizabadi (7 October 1914 – 30 October 1974), also known as Begum Akhtar (Mustri Bai), was an Indian actress and singer. Dubbed "Mallika-e-Ghazal" (Queen of Ghazals), she is regarded as one of the greatest singers of ghazal, dadra, and thumri genres of Hindustani classical music.

Akhtari Bai Faizabadi was born on 7 October 1914 to Asghar Hussain, a lawyer and his second wife Mushtari.[3] He subsequently disowned her and his twin daughters Zohra and Bibbi (Akhtar).Akhtar received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and was awarded Padma Shri and later, Padma Bhushan, posthumously by the government of India.Akhtar was barely seven when she was captivated by the music of Chandra Bai, an artist attached to a touring theatre group. However at her uncle's insistence she was sent to train under Ustad Imdad Khan, the great sarangi exponent from Patna, and later under Ata Mohammed Khan of Patiala. Later, she travelled to Calcutta with her mother and learnt music from classical stalwarts like Mohammad Khan, Abdul Waheed Khan of Lahore, and finally she became the disciple of Ustad Jhande Khan.

Her first public performance was at the age of fifteen. The famous poet Sarojini Naidu appreciated her singing during a concert which was organised in the aid of victims of the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. This encouraged her to continue singing ghazals with more enthusiasm. She cut her first disc for the Megaphone Record Company, at that time. A number of gramophone records were released carrying her ghazals, dadras, thumris, etc. She was amongst the early female singers to give public concert, and break away from singing in mehfils or private gatherings, and in time came to be known as Mallika-e-Ghazal (Queen of Ghazal).

Record Details

Title

Begum Akhtar Lost Horizons Ghazals - ECSD 2776

Artists

Mohd. Ahmed Khan, Sultan Khan, Babu Singh, Raghunath Seth & Rij Ram Desad

Lyric

Firaq Gorakhpuri, Fana Nizami Kanpuri, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Amir Qazalbash, Khumar Barabankvi Shaz Tamkanat

Singer

Begum Akhtar

Music

Murli Manohar Swarup

Instuments

Tabla, Sarangi, Harmonium, Flute & Santoor

Genre

Ghazals

Releasing Year

1977

Language

Urdu 

Label

HMV

Made In

India

Manufacture

The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd.

Serial No.

ECSD 2776

Side One

• Sar Men Sauda Bhi Nahin Dil Men Tamanna Bhi Nahin

Begum Akhtar

• Mere Chehre Se Gham Aashkara Nahin

Begum Akhtar

• Subah Ke Dard Ko Raton Ki Jalan Ko Bhoolen

Begum Akhtar

• Unki Berukhi Men Bhi Iltefak Shamil Hai

Begum Akhtar

Side Two

• Jhunjhlae Hain Lajae Hain Phir Muskurae Hain

Begum Akhtar

• Jab Bhi Nazam-E-Maikada Badla Gaya

Begum Akhtar

• Mere Naseeb Ne Jab Mujh Se Intaqaam Liya

Begum Akhtar

Specification

Size

12 Inches

Speed

33 RPM

Record Condition

85-90%

Cover Condition

Excellent