Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak

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{{Infobox album
| name = Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak
| type = ep
| artist = [[Moheener Ghoraguli]]
| cover = Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak, Moheener Ghoraguli (cover).jpg
| released = {{Start date|1977}}
| recorded = 1976-1977
| venue = [[Kolkata]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Baul]]-[[jazz]]|[[Rock music|rock]]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=11|s=35}}
| label = [[Gathani Records|Gathani]]
| producer =
| next_title = [[Ajaana UDonto bostu ba Aw-Oo-Baw]]
| next_year = 1978
}}
'''''Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak''''' (''{{Lang-bn|সংবিগ্ন পাখিকূল ও কলকাতা বিষয়ক}}'', ''Anxious Feathers and Thematic Kolkata'') is the debut album by the Bengali [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Moheener Ghoraguli]].{{r|Conviction}} It was released in 1977 by [[Gathani Records]].{{r|ABTP}} It was recorded at a local studio in Kolkata during their formation period from 1976 to 1977. The band at the time consisted of [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]] (vocals, lead guitar, saxophone), [[Biswanath Chattopadhyay]] (drums, bass, violin), [[Pradip Chatterjee]] (bass, flute), [[Ranjon Ghoshal]] (emcee, visuals, media relations), [[Abraham Mazumdar]] (vocals, piano, violin), [[Tapas Das]] (vocals, guitar), [[Tapesh Bandopadhyay]] (vocals, guitar).{{r|Ojha}} Gautam also served as the band's primary songwriter, though he contributed only one track on the album credited to the band collectively and other tracks were written by Ranjon, Tapas and Tapesh.

The album takes a city name [[Kolkata]], the capital of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], and featuring artwork of moonlit night sketch of the city designed by Ranjon, Sarmistha Chatterjee and Sangeeta Ghoshal.{{sfn|Ghoshal|1977|pp=2}}

Two of its songs, "Shangbigno Pakhikul" and "Haay, Bhalobasi" remade and reissue in their collaborative albums ''[[Jhora Somoyer Gaan]]'' (1996) and ''[[Maya (Moheener Ghoraguli album)|Maya]]'' (1997) respectively. Where "Haay, Bhalobasi" became long-term mainstays of the band's live setlist. Since its release, the album has been hailed as a [[baul]]-[[jazz]] album in the Bengali music scene.

==Release==
The album was released as an [[Extended play]] (EP) [[7 inch|7-inch]] [[45-rpm]] record with both sides contains two songs.{{r|Discogs}}

[[File:Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak, Moheener Ghoraguli.jpg|thumb|Album Track Names and Credits]]

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| total_length = 6:14

| title1 = Bheshe Ashey Kolkata
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = [[Ranjon Ghoshal]], [[Tapas Das]], [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]]
| music1 = [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]], Tapas
| extra1 = Tapas, [[Tapesh Bandyopadhyay]]
| length1 = 2:21

| title2 = Maroon Sondhyalok
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Ranjon, Gautam, Tapas
| music2 = Gautam
| extra2 = Gautam Chattopadhyay<br/>
<small>Backing: Tapas, Tapesh, [[Pradip Chatterjee]] & Ranjon<br/>
Chorous: Gautam, Ranjon, Pradip & Biswanath Chattopadhyay</small>
| length2 = 3:53
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| total_length = 5:21

| title1 = Shangbigno Pakhikul
| note1 =
| lyrics1 = Ranjon
| music1 = Gautam
| extra1 = Tapesh, Tapas
| length1 = 2:03

| title2 = Haay, Bhalobasi
| note2 =
| lyrics2 = Ranjon, Tapas, Tapesh, Gautam, content by all members

| music2 = Gautam
| extra2 = Tapesh, Tapas
| length2 = 3:18
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Abraham Mazumdar]] – vocals, [[piano]], [[violin]]
* [[Biswanath Chattopadhyay]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Bass guitar|base]], violin, guitar
* [[Tapas Das]] – vocal ({{small|1, 4}}), [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Gautam Chattopadhyay]] – vocals ({{small|2}}), [[Lead guitar|lead]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[saxophone]]
* [[Pradip Chatterjee]] – vocals ({{small|2}}), base
* [[Tapesh Bandyopadhyay]] – vocals ({{small|1, 3, 4}})
* [[Ranjon Ghoshal]] – vocals ({{small|2}})

;Production
* Sushant Bandopadhyay – [[Audio engineer|engineering]]
* Tarun Bagachi – acoustic assistance
* Asim Datto – acoustic assistance
* [[Ranjon Ghoshal]] – media conduct, front cover design
* Sarmistha Chatterjee – front cover design
* Sangeeta Ghoshal – front cover design

==References==
{{Reflist|3|refs=
<ref name="Conviction">{{cite news |author1=Rokanuzzaman |title=Moheener Ghoraguli: Wild Horses of Musical Conviction |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-177439 |access-date=23 July 2019 |publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=13 March 2011 |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418052111/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-177439 |archive-date=18 April 2019 |url-status = live}}</ref>

<ref name="ABTP">{{cite book |editor1-last=Ghoshal |editor1-first=Ranjon |title=Abaar Bochhor Trish Pawre |date=5 January 2008 |page=11 |language=Bengali}}</ref>

<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |title=Moheener Ghoraguli - Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13308436 |website=Discogs |publisher=[[Discogs]] |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-date=31 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831015607/https://www.discogs.com/release/13308436 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Ojha">{{cite news |last1=Ojha |first1=Satadru |title=Song of the stallion |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Song-of-the-stallion/articleshow/4681928.cms |access-date=28 December 2020 |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=21 June 2009 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228185113/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Song-of-the-stallion/articleshow/4681928.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

;Citations
* {{cite book |last=Ghoshal |first=Ranjon |author-link=Ranjon Ghoshal |year=1977 |title=Shongbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak |script-title=bn:সংবিগ্ন পাখিকুল ও কলকাতাবিষয়ক |url=http://moheenerghoraguli.hpage.com/get_file.php?id=2182931&vnr=493822 |location=[[Kolkata]] |publisher=The Radiant Process |pages=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001348/http://moheenerghoraguli.hpage.com/get_file.php?id=2182931&vnr=493822 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status =live }}

==External links==
*{{Internet Archive film |ShongbignoPakhikulOKolkataBishayak}}
*{{Discogs release}}
*{{MusicBrainz release|mbid=b1c482a5-8e7f-41b1-84b3-4dbbb44ad9e7}}

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[[Category:Kolkata in popular culture]]

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