Below I describe
briefly Hindi Film Geet Kosh and
Listeners' Bulletin. For details, please visit
So far, 5 volumes of
Hindi Film Geet Kosh have
been published, one for each decade starting from 1931, the first year
of Hindi
talkies. In the Geet Kosh, there is one entry for each movie which
includes
year with other censor details, names of artists, director, producer
and
production company, opening line of every song with respective
singer(s),
lyricist(s), music director(s). Gramophone disc/CD/MC numbers are also
included
wherever available.
GEET
KOSH |
DECADE |
PAGES |
NUMBER
OF |
APPROX.
|
PRICE
|
PRICE
|
VOLUME - I |
1931-40 |
726 |
931 |
9,000 |
$25 |
$32 |
VOLUME - II |
1941-50 |
786 |
1,236 |
11,000 |
$28 |
$35 |
VOLUME - III |
1951-60 |
744 |
1,160 |
9,000 |
$23 |
$30 |
VOLUME - IV |
1961-70 |
668 |
1,007 |
7,000 |
$25 |
$32 |
VOLUME - V |
1971-80 |
828 |
1,327 |
8,000 |
$28 |
$35 |
HINDI
|
1981-99 |
482 42 80 40 50 54 52 60 |
3,381 |
--- |
$70** |
$78** |
HINDI
TALKIE |
1931-87, |
100 |
7,000 |
--- |
$18** |
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AIRMAIL POSTAGE FOR
GEET KOSH VOLUMES IS $23 PER
BOOK; SEAMAIL POSTAGE IS $13 EACH.
** THE PRICE FOR
FILMOGRAPHY AND INDEX INCLUDES
AIRMAIL POSTAGE.
FULL
LYRICS |
PRICE
|
PRICE |
MUKESH |
$40 |
$47 |
KUNDAN LAL SAIGAL |
$48 |
$55 |
Each book is sent by
Registered Mail from Kanpur,
India.
LISTENERS' BULLETIN
is a periodical newspaper
(9" x 11" size) that carries articles and accounts of interviews and
correspondence with well-known and not-so-well-known lyricists,
singers, music
directors, and others. It is published 4 times a year. Each issue is
priced at
US $2 per copy including Air Mail. You can subscribe to it for its
forthcoming
10 by paying $20.
Please contact me for a sample copy.
As of
January 2009, there are a total of 139 old issues
available going back
to October 1971. The price for the whole bound set is US $100 for the
Deluxe
Edition (including Air Mail charge). For the Leather-Bound Edition of
this set,
the price is $110.
An updated subject
and name index is available for
download here LISTENERS' BULLETIN
INDEX. Current
owners of LB will find it extremely useful. Prospective buyers can look
at the
wealth of subjects and the names of scores of movie people covered.
Index of
Contents is updated every time with the publication of new issue of the
Bulletin. Complete set of Bulletins published till date is
provided to
the interested music lovers.
Volume-VI [1981-85],
Volume-VII [1986-90], etc. of
the series are in preparation.
In order to
learn more any of these items, you
may visit the Hindi Film Geet Kosh page
If you are
in US or Canada, you should send the
money to me by personal check (or other means) in my name in US funds.
Canadian
orders, please add US$3.50 per check.
Please
contact me by email or snail mail for
further information.
Surjit Singh
My email is
surjit_singh@yahoo.com
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Surjit Singh