Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Sohail Rana - "Khyber Mail" [1970] @256 (pakistan psychfolk)

Hello everybody! i remembered the day i first listen this album! i am sure you will like that album..i am not good on writting so copy paste here: Sohail Rana, who is the son of renowned Urdu poet, Rana Akbar Abadi, was born in his native city, Agra, Uttar Pardesh, India, to a highly literary, academic and respectable family. They all migrated to Pakistan after partition. Years passed by and Sohail Rana successfully completed his primary and secondary school education in Hyderabad, Sind, Pakistan. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the university of Karachi through D.J. Science College initially. Later he received his final B.A. degree from National College, Karachi. Sohail Rana met read more here This album is like a candy :)

Harvest Time/Sohail Rana ....
Cobra Away/Sohail Rana .......
Saat Maatray/Sohail Rana .....

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18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Totally unexpected discovery. Decided to give it a listen on a whim, and was very pleasantly surprised.

Anonymous said...

Hi there,
Ive been looking for this album for a very long time. Anyway you can tell me on how to get my hands on all of the classic tracks ? I can introduce you to some more Pakistani music, if you like.

Anonymous said...

Hello,
please, please, please, please, please, could you upload this one again.

Thanks

Jassa

Anonymous said...

I have been looking for this LP, or Cassette for many years, can anyone get me a copy even on a CD if possible ?

Zain Jeewanjee 408-997-7718
( pakistanimusic.com )

Anonymous said...

I have been looking for his LP or Cassette Kyabar Mail since ages, anyone one know where I could buy it from ?

Its the greatest instrumental LP in Pakistans History, tears ahead of his time.

Zain Jeewanjee
www.pakistanimusic.com

Anonymous said...

Hi, I've heard excerpts from this at a friends place, seems mindblowing. Is there any chance for a re-up ??? Would be fantastic, thanks !

Anonymous said...

for those who want to download this album can also download it from a peer2peer software by the name of soulseek www.slsknet.org/download.html

just type in sohail rana or khyber mail in the search bar and u'll get the whole album. lots of users on the soulseek have shared this album.

Anonymous said...

the link is'nt working, can someone post a new link to it. thanks!

there's a collection of Indian garage bands from 60s&70s called Simla Beats. Can it be found on this blog?

isabelbc said...

new link: http://lix.in/-3209eb

isabelbc said...

Hello Siddhartha,
I'll post "Simla Beats" soon in the forum http://pnfforum.com/
:o)

isabelbc said...

V.A. - Simla Beat 1970-1971 (India)
part1: http://lix.in/-39b6be
Part2: http://lix.in/-3b3d5f
part3: http://lix.in/-3e4aa1
from: http://pnfforum.com/index.php?topic=7072.0

Salman said...

Can you please tell me where can I download the mp3s of this album?

isabelbc said...

Hello Salman,

Look comment above, new link: http://lix.in/-3209eb

Enjoy! :o)

Anonymous said...

Hi all. Can someone offer a gift to me?? i want MP3 of all of Khyber mail by sohail rana..my e mail is shaibee@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

300 us dollar on ebay 28.01.2010

http://cgi.ebay.de/Khybermail-Sohail-Rana-Lp-Made-In-Pakistan-sitar-funk_W0QQitemZ370319854126QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?hash=item5638c88a2e

karachikhatmal said...

this is an amazing share! thank you so much...

Jo/No said...

This record has recently been re-issued by the great Finders Keepers imprint, and is now widely available on both LP and CD

http://boomkat.com/vinyl/396828-sohail-rana-khyber-mail

I love the Sohail Rana contribuition to their earlier Pomegranates comp, which I've posted myself over at

www.jonosaudio.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

original pressing on ebay....

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190576298562

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