Ravi Shankar - West Meets East Album 2 and 50 similar items

Catalog Number: S-36026 Condition Details: Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. Possible scuffing near bottom-center and slight discoloration on back. Text on spine is crooked. Small split in shrink near center of opening. Label design can't be confirmed because it's sealed. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Rga Piloo Dhun Rga Ananda Bhairava Six Duos (from "44" Duos") About The Record: West Meets East Album 2, is an album by Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar, released in 1968. It is the second album in a trilogy of collaborations between the two artists, after the Grammy Award-winning West Meets East (1967). The release followed Menuhin and Shankar's duet on December 10, 1967 at the United Nations in New York, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As part of his utopian ideal, international human rights was a cause long supported by Menuhin in his work, while for Indian classical music, this Human Rights Day recital marked the first time that a performance had received a worldwide television broadcast. Reflecting the celebrity status afforded the sitarist during this period, particularly as a result of his association with George Harrison of the Beatles, Shankar's activities were filmed for a documentary on his life, released as Raga in 1971, and his autobiography My Music, My Life (1968) became a bestseller. Although West Meets East, Volume 2 was another popular success for Menuhin and Shankar, their work together drew further criticism from purists in India, who considered that Shankar was westernising and thus diluting Indian classical music.