Paul Horn Inside The Taj Mahal, Vol. 1-2 CD

Digitally remastered by Greg Calbi (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).

In 2001, 32 years after their original release, Transparent Music requested and received permission to combine two of Paul Horn's greatest CDs into one CD. Inside the Taj Mahal I & II is, just as the title states, two masterpieces in one CD. It is one of the most dynamic two-fers ever. These albums have lost nothing over the years -- they still sound as radical and cutting-edge as ever. They are as gentle and serene as ever, too. While electronics, synths, processors, and dozens of other gadgets have made e-music and minimalism the great styles that they are, these albums remind listeners that simplicity is the teacher of complexity. This CD is in a league of its own -- still. That statement speaks for itself. ~ Jim Brenholts

Paul Horn is the ultimate world musician, a sound traveler without peer.Inside the Taj Mahal is acknowledged as being the seminal album that gave Paul Horn the title ... Father of New Age Music. When it came on the scene, it opened a door for music with a more peaceful or spiritual essence. It revolutionized the direction of music for years to come. His two Taj Mahal recordings, made over twenty years apart in the legendary shrine, are his most famous and successful. For the first time, these landmark works are collected together on a single CD, available here.

Includes liner notes by Paul Horn and John Schaefer.

Recorded in the Taj Mahal, India on April 25, 1968.

2 LPs on 1 CD: INSIDE THE TAJ MAHAL (1968)/INSIDE THE TAJ MAHAL 2 (1989).

Personnel: Paul Horn (flute, auto flute, bass flute, ti-tze); Saad Ullah Khan (vocals).

INSIDE THE TAJ MAHAL:

Engineer: John Archer.

INSIDE THE TAJ MAHAL 2: