Record Albums

Record Albums

Asian music record albums A: 12.375" X 12.375" "Music for Balinese Shadow Play: Gender Wayang from Teges Kanyin Pliatan Bali Recorded in Bali by Robert E. Brown" Cover is white with large black and gold image if Balinese shadow puppet head. The title is in gold along the right side. B: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" "Cho-ga: Tantric and Ritual Music of Tibet" Published by Dorje Ling 1974. Paper album cover which opens like a book. The front is blue with a color photograph of Buddhist altar. The altar has dragons on the sides and top. In the center is a seated buddha. Silver cups are lined up in front of the altar. The cover opens and there are photos of Tibetan Buddhist monks in residence in India. Along the right side is a listing of the songs performed. On the back in yellow lettering is an explanation of the music and the title and recording history. In the blue background is a lighter blue sanskrit text. These songs were recorded between 1969 - 70 at the monasteries of Gyuto and Gymed the three great Gelugpa monasteries of Drepung Ganden and Sera and at Namgyal Dratsang. C: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" "Tibetan Buddhism Tantras of Gyuto: Mahakala" White cover with black lettering. In the center is a small reproduction of a Tantric Buddhist diety. It is a 18th century t'anka poster of Makakala the Great Black Lord of Trancending Awareness. The record was produced by Nonsuch Records 1973. Recorded at Gyuto Tantric college Dalhousie Himachal Pradash by David Lewiston. On the back is a history of the songs and this type of Tibetan Buddhism. D: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" "Traditional Folk Dances of Japan" Folkways Records 1959. Black cover has red tinted black and white photograph of man playing flute. The title is in white at the top and above that in dark lettering is "Introductory Notes by Mary L. Evans Ethnic Folkways Library FE 4356." On the back is part of the front label with the title in dark lettering and a list of songs in white. Separate flier with description notes . E: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" "Folk Music of Japan" Produced by Ethnic Folkways Records 1952. Black cover with pasted over paper with pink column on right and title in black with recorded by Edward Norbeck Ethnic Folkways Library Harold Courlander General Editior. Two thirds of the cover is a black nad white reproduction of Japanese print by Utamaro of a man and a woman. Separate Flier notes. F: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" " Japan: its Music and Its People" Produced by Desto records. Front cover is glossy orange with white and black circular designs. In the center a portion is whited out; the title is in black and purple and there is a black wood block print of a Japanese building a color illustration of a Japanese festival; a color Kirin in a square with a chrysanthemum in upper left corner. Created and told by Christobel Weerasinghe and sponsored by World Federation of United Nations Associations. Five folksongs on the album. G: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" "The Tale of the Shining Princess" produced by Caedmon Records 1982. Adapted by Sally Fisher from a translation by Donald Keene. Read by Lillian Gish with Music by Michael Karp. It is based on traditional Japanese music. The Front cover is from an 18th century illustration of Taketori ( The Bamboo Cutter). The title is in black. H: Record Album 12.375" X 12.375" "Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music" Produced by CBS Records 1981. Paper cover that opens into book like section. Front is glossy beige and the center has a color Chinese painting "Plum Blossoms by Moonlight" by Ma Yuen. Title is in red vertical letters on grey olive or pink panels on either side of the painting. On the back cover are listed the sons an essay on Chinese art and a reproduction of "Illustrations of Poems" by Tang Yin. I: Record Album 10.125" X 10.125" "Love Songs" in Chinese produced by Art -Tune Hong Kong. 33 1/3 RPM. Front cover is black with red and gold hearts. Chinese characters in white with red hearts in each one across the front. Number is ATC - 260.

1998.083.003