Los Angeles · 1972-09-23

0:00[harmonium, mṛdaṅga, karatālas] [break]

0:00Prabhupāda: play like this... [plays mṛdaṅga] Can you play like this...

Instrumental setup and sound check

0:50[plays mṛdaṅga, vocalises beat]

0:50All right. [indistinct]

1:03Devotee: it takes me a long time. [plays harmonium, mṛdaṅga, karatālas] Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct] again.

2:06Prabhupāda: This is not good.

2:31Devotee: All right I think [indistinct]. [plays harmonium, mṛdaṅga, karatālas] nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

Chanting Nitai Guna Mani verse one

4:19Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Do you want to play [indistinct].

4:24Prabhupāda: Eh? Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Would you like to play mṛdaṅga over later? [break] Play? [brief background chatter] You can play karatālas very softly, little. [taṁburā tunes up]

5:25nitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār .. maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī.. guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanīnitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanīnitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanīnitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanīnitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

9:08[2nd verse]

9:08premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśeḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāsepremer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśeḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāsenitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanīnitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

Chanting Nitai Guna Mani verse two

11:50nitāi guṇa.. premer vanyā loiyā nitāi āilā gauḍa-deśeḍubilo bhakata-gaṇa dīna hīna bhāse[3rd verse]

12:39dīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāche..durlabha prema sabākāre jācedīna hīna patita pāmara nāhi bāchebrahmār durlabha prema sabākāre jācenitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanīnitāi guṇa-maṇi āmār nitāi guṇa-maṇiāniyā premera vanyā bhāsāilo avanī

Chanting Nitai Guna Mani verse three

15:04Let us see.

Testing mridanga and recording equipment

15:10By playing mṛdaṅga how it comes. [break] Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I used up all the... ...having tracks. Eh?

15:14Devotee: I’m having room. [plays mṛdaṅga]

15:18Prabhupāda: All right, let me see. Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct].

15:33Devotee: This is [indistinct] [plays mṛdaṅga] Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I didn’t bring the [indistinct] cord.

15:34Devotee (2): What is it? Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I’ll go and get it. There’s a cord that reaches in there and I didn’t bring it because I wasn’t expecting it, I have to go and get it. [plays mṛdaṅga]

17:38Prabhupāda: Play with me.

Discussion on tamboura and tuning

20:15[clapping, tapping karatālas and mṛdaṅga]

20:15Kṛṣṇa-kānti: I figured out how to do it while I was gone. So don’t think we’ll put in the mṛdaṅga right now. [indistinct] but we shall do nicely tomorrow [indistinct].

20:32Kṛṣṇa-kānti: [indistinct] today that I have to erase the taṁburā. Yes, taṁburā is not nice. Kṛṣṇa-kānti: No, it’s not necessary, okay. Beyond the tune, you have to make according to the tune then it will be. [plays mṛdaṅga] .

22:03Why don’t you practice?

Mridanga practice and recording session

22:22[indistinct]

22:22Make a record and practice [indistinct]. [vocalises required beat] [plays mṛdaṅga] Kṛṣṇa-kānti: Try it [indistinct] began. [plays mṛdaṅga followed by karatālas] Okay you can play, you can play.

30:43Devotee: Put it on?

30:43Prabhupāda: Yes, can you play?

30:43Devotee: Yes. [end]