Rare Asha Songs, Add On Options

[Priya]

Hello friends,
The forum seems rather inactive for the most part these days. Where is everyone?
I am starting a new thread of rare Asha songs--of course the definition of rare is relative but I go by own std (how pompous) of what I have rarely heard in the last 20 yrs of my Asha journey and what I never see in compilations.
Am going to ul a few of such songs that I have (most of them courtesy a dear friend) and also request quite a few
Do join in and add songs and discuss those uled.
The first is from the 1954 film Bazuband--music is by Mohammed Shafi and lyrics by Prem Dhavan. The song is credited to Asha and Hridaynath--the first of their few duets. Till I checked the credits in the VN bk I thot it was another woman but obviously he must have been a boy when Asha was barely past 20.
Ummeed hai at least some of U may not have heard this one.

PS Talkzji if U are there I cannot do better than mp3pro cd quality--U can reconvert to 128 and it will be allright.

[Priya]

Hello friends,
Moving into a different mode or shall we say mood--Asha's Melancholic Magic. So much is written and speculated about Asha and cabaret, Asha and fun songs or naughtiness, Asha and the classical, Asha and the folk but the sad song has always been considered the undisputed territory of her didi. True Asha has not sung as many sad songs as Lata but the ones she has sung merit recognition and credit. Here is one I love.
Aapki batein aapki kasme sab jhoothe afsane hain
Aapse humne pyaar kiya, hum bhi kaise diwane hain....
Film – Kala Samundar
Music – N Dutta
Lyrics – Anand Bakshi
Year - 1962
N Dutte seems such an underrated MD--all the songs I have heard of his till now are beautiful--maybe they lack a certain element of brilliance but they are very much above average. And he really has given Asha some wonderful gems.
Check this out
P

[mohd2004]

Hello friends,
Moving into a different mode or shall we say mood--Asha's Melancholic Magic. So much is written and speculated about Asha and cabaret, Asha and fun songs or naughtiness, Asha and the classical, Asha and the folk but the sad song has always been considered the undisputed territory of her didi. True Asha has not sung as many sad songs as Lata but the ones she has sung merit recognition and credit. Here is one I love.
Aapki batein aapki kasme sab jhoothe afsane hain
Aapse humne pyaar kiya, hum bhi kaise diwane hain....
Film – Kala Samundar
Music – N Dutta
Lyrics – Anand Bakshi
Year - 1962
N Dutte seems such an underrated MD--all the songs I have heard of his till now are beautiful--maybe they lack a certain element of brilliance but they are very much above average. And he really has given Asha some wonderful gems.
Check this out
P

Thanks Priyaji for the songs. Really amazing that the Kala Samandar song does not appear in any of her albums issued by RPG. Really a superb song from N. Dutta and this reminds me of his excellent ghazal composed by him and beautifully sung by Ashaji--Tang aa chuke hain kashmakash-e-zindagi se ham, which is also a great number not included under her Albums.