Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak

Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak (Bengali: সংবিগ্ন পাখিকূল ও কলকাতা বিষয়ক, Anxious Feathers and Thematic Kolkata) is the debut album by the Bengali rock band Moheener Ghoraguli.^[1] It was released in 1977 by Gathani Records.^[2] 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).^[3] 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.

Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak
EP by Moheener Ghoraguli
Released	1977 (1977)
Recorded	1976–1977
Venue	Kolkata
Genre	Baul-jazz rock
Length	11:35
Label	Gathani
Moheener Ghoraguli chronology
Shangbigno Pakhikul O Kolkata Bishayak (1977) Ajaana UDonto bostu ba Aw-Oo-Baw (1978)

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.^[4]

Two of its songs, "Shangbigno Pakhikul" and "Haay, Bhalobasi" remade and reissue in their collaborative albums Jhora Somoyer Gaan (1996) and 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.^{[citation needed]}

Release

The album was released as an Extended play (EP) 7-inch 45-rpm record with both sides contains two songs.^[5]

Album Track Names and Credits

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Bheshe Ashey Kolkata"	Ranjon Ghoshal, Tapas Das, Gautam Chattopadhyay	Gautam Chattopadhyay, Tapas	Tapas, Tapesh Bandyopadhyay	2:21
2.	"Maroon Sondhyalok"	Ranjon, Gautam, Tapas	Gautam	Gautam Chattopadhyay Backing: Tapas, Tapesh, Pradip Chatterjee & Ranjon Chorous: Gautam, Ranjon, Pradip & Biswanath Chattopadhyay	3:53
Total length:					6:14

Side two

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Shangbigno Pakhikul"	Ranjon	Gautam	Tapesh, Tapas	2:03
2.	"Haay, Bhalobasi"	Ranjon, Tapas, Tapesh, Gautam, content by all members	Gautam	Tapesh, Tapas	3:18
Total length:					5:21

Personnel

• Abraham Mazumdar – vocals, piano, violin
• Biswanath Chattopadhyay – drums, bass, violin, guitar
• Tapas Das – vocal (1, 4), rhythm guitar
• Gautam Chattopadhyay – vocals (2), lead, acoustic guitar, saxophone
• Pradip Chatterjee – vocals (2), base
• Tapesh Bandyopadhyay – vocals (1, 3, 4)
• Ranjon Ghoshal – vocals (2)

Production

• Sushant Bandopadhyay – 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