Old Goan Gold
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Old Goan Gold is a music album by Remo Fernandes
and released in 1985. It consists of songs in Konkani and Portuguese
. Alisha Chinai
has also performed in the album.
The album, which was released on Remo's own record label, Goana Records, contains songs which Remo had grown up listening to on the radio and in his father's record collection; nostalgic songs which he could not find in record shops anymore. It was initially released on audio cassettes, with side A in Konkani, and side B in Portuguese.
The album comprises traditional songs together with four originals, three in Konkani, and one in Portuguese. The original songs are: : the mando
Panch Vorsam (sung by Alisha & Remo and composed by Remo for Shyam Benegal
's film Trikaal
), Soiri, Konkani (a theme song for the Konkani movement of 1985
), and Fado Goa. Soiri was originally a poem written by Dr. Manohar Rai Sardesai
, set to music by Remo.
Old Goan Gold was recorded during the monsoons and released during the Christmas season of 1985. It was the first Goan album to be released in Japan, by Meta Records, Tokyo. Remo recorded the songs on a four-track cassette Portastudio
recorder in his home. In this album, Remo played all the instruments, sang all voices (except the tracks with Alisha), and was the only composer of its music and lyrics. He engineered the recording and mixing and designed the album covers.
Konkani
Portuguese
Remo Fernandes
Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes, more popularly known as Remo Fernandes is a pop/rock/Indian fusion artist and playback singer from the state of Goa, India. His musical work is a fusion of many different cultures and styles he's been exposed to as a child in Goa and in his later travels...
and released in 1985. It consists of songs in Konkani and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
. Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai in Gujarati family and an Indian pop singer known for her several albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.-Career:...
has also performed in the album.
The album, which was released on Remo's own record label, Goana Records, contains songs which Remo had grown up listening to on the radio and in his father's record collection; nostalgic songs which he could not find in record shops anymore. It was initially released on audio cassettes, with side A in Konkani, and side B in Portuguese.
The album comprises traditional songs together with four originals, three in Konkani, and one in Portuguese. The original songs are: : the mando
Mando (music)
Mando or Manddo is a musical form that evolved during the 19th and 20th century among Goan Catholics of Goa, India. It represents the meeting point of Indian and western musical traditions. The music has elements of both Indian and western culture. The males wear formal coats, showing Portuguese...
Panch Vorsam (sung by Alisha & Remo and composed by Remo for Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...
's film Trikaal
Trikaal
Trikal is an Indian movie written and directed by Shyam Benegal, set in Goa during the early 1960s Period. The film starred yester years actress, Leela Naidu, in a comeback role after many decades....
), Soiri, Konkani (a theme song for the Konkani movement of 1985
Konkani language agitation
The Konkani language agitations were a series of agitations that happened in the Indian state of Goa during the post-Independence period...
), and Fado Goa. Soiri was originally a poem written by Dr. Manohar Rai Sardesai
Manohar Rai Sardesai
Dr. Manohar Rai Sardesai was a Konkani Poet from Goa. He had earned his Docteur des Lettres Françaises for his thesis "L'image de l'Inde en France" He has been credited for an upsurge of Modern Konkani Poetry.-References:...
, set to music by Remo.
Old Goan Gold was recorded during the monsoons and released during the Christmas season of 1985. It was the first Goan album to be released in Japan, by Meta Records, Tokyo. Remo recorded the songs on a four-track cassette Portastudio
Portastudio
The TASCAM Portastudio was the world's first four track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.When the original Portastudio 144 made its debut in 1979 it was a revolutionary creative tool...
recorder in his home. In this album, Remo played all the instruments, sang all voices (except the tracks with Alisha), and was the only composer of its music and lyrics. He engineered the recording and mixing and designed the album covers.
Track listing
The album consists of 15 tracks and runs for 59 min 48 sec.Konkani
- DulpodDulpodDulpod is a Goan dance song with quick rhythm and themes from everyday Goan life. The plural of dulpod in Konkani is dulpodam. The dulpod is a folk song, anonymous, freely improvised, and sometimes lacking in thematic unity. The tunes of the dulpod are usually in the six-eight measure, though the...
s - Goan Traditional - Panch Vorsam
- KuxttobaKuxttobaKuxttoba was a Goan who rebelled against the Portuguese rule. He was a member of the Salekar branch of the Rane family. Information about his birth, the reason and the course of his rebellion and the manner of his end are vague. He did rebel as an individual against the rule of the Portuguese in...
- Goan Traditional - Soiri
- Rajan & PremaRajan and PremaRajan and Prema is a traditional Konkani duet. The music and lyrics for this song were written by Antoninho de Souza.This is a song sung by two lovers, Rajan and Prema. Prema is upset to know that Rajan must travel to Bombay for a job. Rajan convinces Prema that he is committed to her and proposes...
- Adeus
- Konkani
Portuguese
- Historia Duma Mulher - Brazilian
- Minha Joia - Brazilian
- Saudades Do Sertao - Portuguese
- CoimbraCoimbraCoimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
- Portuguese - FadoFadoFado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar, Rui Vieira Nery, states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best...
Goa - Portuguese - Papa Maezinha - Brazilian
- Porque Foste Na Vida - Brazilian
- Guitarrada - Portuguese Traditional