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  • Audio CD (May 24, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: 1968
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: EMI Int'l
  • ASIN: B00000J21O
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #83,441 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. If I Were a Rich Man
2. Emerald City
3. Tomorrow's People
4. Daydream Believer
5. Like Nobody Else
6. I Am the Walrus
7. In a Dream
8. Eleanor Rigby
9. I Can See for Miles
10. Blue Jay Way
11. Black Is Black

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Reissue of the sole album by space age pop/ lounge act Lord Sitar, originally released on Capitol in 1968. 11 tracks, including covers of numerous top pop hits of the day, like 'Black Is Black', 'Daydream Believer', 'I Am The Walrus', 'I Can See For Miles' and 'Eleanor Rigby'. All tracks are digitally remastered. 1999 release.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sitar Rock!, July 16, 2001
By "beatleiain" (LONDON, UK United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
What a wonderful album this is. As someone who has only heard the sitar thanks to George Harrison, this album is a revelation. The tracks on the album demonstrate the range of this magical instrument from simple melodies to psychedelic oriental workouts. All the tracks on the album are very familiar in their original forms, but you will hear them in a whole new light with these arrangements. The Who go Sitar anyone?? So kick back, chill out and mellow to the mystical sound of the sitar.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Who Is Lord Sitar?, January 21, 2005
The Lord Sitar project was conceived, produced, directed and arranged by John Hawkins for Zonophone/EMI in 1968 and infused western pop music with the eastern flavour of the sitar. It is really a pop album but has come to classed as psych/freakbeat by a new generation of musical explorers, and that suits the music fine, especially on the songs that fall most naturally into that category, such as the splendid I Can See For Miles, once heard never forgotten.
Some of the album is filler composed by John Hawkins or from obscure sources, and Emerald City is puzzling as the tune sounds like Beethoven's Ode To Joy and therefore recalls A Clockwork Orange rather than The Wizard Of Oz. Apparently this was a hit for the Seekers. Other pieces, though, such as If I Were A Rich Man and Daydream Believer (which may have been the single at the time) work wonderfully well.
The previous year Big Jim Sullivan had made a more serious album called Sitar Beat that had delved more deeply into the jazz possibilities of such a fusion on some tracks and had included John McLaughlin on guitar; and the same year John Mayer and Joe Harriott had released their landmark Indo Jazz Fusions sessions. The sitar became a fashionable instrument for the hipper groups to use to add coloration to their records, and so as the novelty eventually wore off the sitar largely disappeared from popular culture until Kula Shaker came along.
Jim Sullivan was one of the few to study the instrument in depth and could play with the genuine tonality the instrument demanded for the music to stay in tune. Another was George Harrison, whose composition Blue Jay Way is included here. John Hawkins' sleeve notes end with the question, "Who is Lord Sitar?", and previously hint that he may in fact be George Harrison, but it actually was Jim Sullivan, anonymous as he was contracted to Polydor at the time. Supporting musicians included Chriss Karen (tabla) and Ronnie Verel. When asked about the theory that the sitar was George Harrison playing, Sullivan enigmatically replied, probably tongue in cheek, "Perhaps it was on some tracks?"
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3.0 out of 5 stars For fans only...., March 7, 2006
Very strange record. A bunch of 60's pop songs, arranged with trumpets, and a Sitar on the melody. Some songs really sound like rubbish, but some are nearly fantastic. If you're deep into "border" rock music, you'll definetely enjoy that incredible The Who's "I can see for miles", or that funny "Black is black". Enjoy....

Mario Bertola
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