Dying Stories of Purani Dilli: The Last Music Seller of the Family (EP-03)

In the third episode of Dying Stories of Purani Dilli, we visit Shah Music Centre in the Meena Bazaar area of Old Delhi. Syed Zafar Shah, the present owner, is the third generation who is keeping the legacy alive of selling rare form of music and still selling the gramophones.
But, Zafar makes it a point that no one in the family works in the same business after him. In the music centre, you’ll find Mohammad Rafi in more than 10 languages. Baharon pool barsau can be found in English “we hail from different lands”. The most expensive record is Pink Floyd’s 70 RPM which costs around ₹1,00,000.
Kishore Kumar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Floyd are the most sort after records and Zafar feels that people are slowly drifting towards gramophone and old records. Music in old way needs to be enjoyed in a certain way and there’s a difference between listening on analog and digital.
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[@userKK2023]

When I was in Class 12 (in 2007), my engineering drawing teacher told that Old Delhi mein ek shop hai jahan Rafi Sahab ke English gaane milte hain.

[@gurdeepaulakh1451]

Thanks sir for your contribution to save Indian music.

[@audiomasterbestqualitysoun5016]

Pehle logon ke pass music share karne ke liye bada platform nahi tha. KZbin aur music Sites ne aise logon ki band baja di hai. inka main kaam recording ka hai. Sound Quality to inki recording mai kabhi mil hi nahi sakti. Ye paise bhi jyada lete the aur Song ki Sound Quality Poor karke Aur Song ki lines cut karke recording karte the. Taaki koi dusre ke pass achchi Quality aur full song na ho kisi se share karne ke liye. Haan inke pass collection achcha hai. Par aaj ke time mai in jaise bahut bade bade collectors hain jo youtube jaisi sites par free mai rare Song aur rare movies upload karke Logon ki free mai help kar rahe hain.

[@saikatbose8370]

Rafi saab is a huge legend. But it's a fact after kishore Kumar no one was more popular even today .

[@aparnamehta7036]

One of the best episodes in this series so far

[@arungera4041]

Very well made Thanks for sharing

[@mukeshgoyal5560]

Great information 🙏🙏

[@octatech6591]

Ending lines were emotional.

[@Umarrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

It's okay, my dad is right but in the right way I will take the Shah Music Centre. Which wouldn't affect things. He didn't mention his daughter but I will do it being his daughter.

[@RajaRaja-oz5sj]

Bahut Achcha Laga bhai

[@rajibkumarsanyal7783]

Wonderful collection! Sir, do you sell cassette deck in running condition, kindly let me know

[@MOHD_RAFI_MUSEUM]

Excellent

[@kolkatakakalakar]

I wish to go in past when music and it's source was pure. Modernization is killing good stuff.

[@rohitrawat9486]

Deep knowledge hai bhai ko.

[@ranjibborah3274]

Mujhe Yee samajme nehi aaya ki. " religion ki hisab se ye Apka music business bandh / ya Kam hua hey" Mugal ke jamana Mey Sangeet ke upar jadya Dhyan deta tha.Abhi kya problem hey?

[@bhupindersandhu5373]

Nice discussion

[@blaster1093]

Nice video. I want to visit this record store someday. Wonder how much is that "Anpadh" LP hanging on the wall.

[@CalcuttaNotebook]

Very endearing. Loved it. Does this shop still exist? What would be the best way to reach out to Sued bhai?

[@safar-e-rafi]

Nice sir

[@atharv7562]

Cool

[@hassnainshah9112]

Love From Sialkot Punjab Pakistan

[@sadikkhan-pd1dq]

good collection. Nw peoples are demading new technilogy digital media. so no much customer avsilsbe to sustain this bussiness.....

[@vintagevinyllove]

I also have a hobby to collect all these kind of vintage music player & records & I make a good collection.

[@lyndonsequeira4245]

What Has Religion To Do With Music, If Mohammad Rafi Had to Bring Religion In Between He Would Never Be The Best Playback Singer, Anyways It's Good To Collect Records Today's Generation Wants Music Free.

[@amitaggarwal2414]

Very nice

[@madanmadanlalsonisoni7397]

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[@pappunepal1370]

Bhai namaskar kay app kay dukan par recoad mill shaktha hai tho aap apna address bhej do

[@SAMBHOG_SE_SAMADHI_KI_OOR]

good evening sir 78 rpm per kawwali ke records mil jayenge?

[@odiasurabhi1417]

MILTE HEA.

[@munawarali5578]

if i want to record's tile by number especially 78rpm, can you tell that

[@baldevsingh3049]

Bhai sahib gramophone ka ret btao

[@Jk-sy2ym]

Jis religon mein music 🎶 nahi vo kya ka religon ? Qawwali kya hai ? Music form ni hai ? Music is everywhere aazan hoti hai uski bhi ek lai hoti hai namaz bhi ek lai mein padhi jaati hai kya hai ye music form . Rockstar movie mein Jordan jab ghar se nikalta hai to masjid mein kya krta hai ? Music bhai music ke bina zindigi ni hai religon toh phir bhi bohot door ki baat hai . Music ❤️❤️

[@sekhabdulhamid5270]

Salam Bhai

[@munawarali5578]

mein is website par records numbers add karta hoon, agar aap ke paas records detail hai to pls bhejen

[@IndoreJunction]

i want to buy in quntity somthing 250/300 records required pls reply

[@trendingstatus3813]

Sir mujhe cassette lena hai no do

[@vikastst0762]

Om🙏❤🕉💚💫👌💥👏

[@anshulsingh9896]

can you provide the address of the shop

[@mohitbhalotia8864]

Inke prices kitne h machine ke jisme ye tapes chalate h

[@sumitsharma5484]

How come RELIGION get in way while earlier he quoted about Rafi and Nusrat 😐?

[@AbdulNarayanDsoza]

thats because he is brainwashed by Mulla's

[@jayaryavarta9230]

आपने अपनी विरासत को आँगे बढ़ाया और आज भी जिंदा रक्खा, हम चाहते आप बिजनिस बहुत आँगे तक जाए। सर क्या होम डिलवरी से rec भेज सकते है मुझे भी चाहिए

[@ayushijain8389]

Where is your shop ?

[@satishkumar-jm5yn]

Time machine .

[@shamsherinamdar1048]

Rafi sahab ki TARIF se dil bhar aaya

[@susantaratha3018]

Gramphone rate botiye contak number dejiy

[@SADABHAHARPUNJABI]

Muj record lene hai contect numb de

[@shamsherinamdar1048]

Asslamualykum bhai ,mai RAFI RATAN PURSKAAR SAMMANIT HUN AUR AAPKA WHATSAPP NO MIL SAKTA HAI

[@wohdinokiyadein487]

mujhe audio cassette cahiye

[@avigyavegashunyata1108]

RD burman is not original.. atleast not all of his music. people want that music because RD Burman's music is originally taken from american, english bands from the 60s, 70s such as The beatles, Abba etc.. RD Burman just stole the tunes and just wrote romantic hingi lyrics on top of it. we gave him National Awards. what a shame.

[@ankitelectronic9408]

Shope address

[@omji63]

Rajasthani folk songs chahiye

[@gopalkrishnadubey6822]

ये शाप कहाँ पर है

[@munawarali5578]

do you have record of nirlaaj

[@trikaldarshijayate802]

Yes I have

[@arvindjoshi2436]

RECORD SUNANA AAJ BHI BAHOT HI ACHHA LAGATA HAI RECORD BHI MILATA HAI PAR PIN MILATA NAHI HAI YE MAJABURI HO GAI HAI KYA KARE ??

[@munawarali5578]

there are many songs of hindi film songs which are not complete in records but complete in film, why company did not

[@debarghyaroy9948]

Because HMV is a rotten company- 1. They edited the songs on record to fit maximum songs and even today they have not released the unedited versions digitally. Example--Kishore's Rimjhim gire saawan, O majhi re. Most often the 45 rpm records had shorter versions of the songs. You have chances of getting the original on 33 rpms but sometimes they used cropped songs even here, usually on compilations. So it's best to go for OSTs. 2. They never used the technology available around the world at that time for better sound quality even though they were present in many countries. While stereo recordings with amazing quality from the late fifties in the US could give cheap digital mp3s a run, HMV still used horrible recorders till mid eighties - even then many albums were mono in the same label. 3. Besides, HMV had nothing called quality control. Even if the original recording of a track is stereo, they used mono tracks on many releases if not all. The travesty continues even today. Example - The tracks of Kudrat are stereo on record but mono on CD and mp3.

[@gyanendrasingh7900]

Kudrat, Des Pardes, Kala Patthar and many others original recording was in STEREO but on cassettes and CDs was recorded in MONO. I don't know why HMV did this ? KALA PATTHAR and KUDRAT the original STEREO recording was not very effective. In HUM KISI SE KAM NAHI the Medly and Qawwali was recorded in STEREO, but other were in MONO. On LP it is mentioned SIDE A STEREO and SIDE B MONO. May this is the only Hindi movie where the songs recorded in STERE and MONO. But on CD you'll find all tracks in MONO.

[@md.ehteshamuddinkhan9741]

Analog has better quality than digital.

[@GauravKothari]

Religion doesn't allow music....😂😂

[@john48132]

Kar he de wo bat aakhir me, mentally blocked people they are...

[@syednabeelanwar46]

@@john48132 abe gadhe agar koi education se aage apni life change karna chah raha hai to tujhe kya problem hai be andhbakht.

[@justcametocomment]

I don't know why the heck religion is not getting evolved along with the world, Not talking about Islam as a particular religion but all religions in general. I was once told that you can not sing and dance because the religion does not allow so, I simply asked them "Allah miyaan khud bole ya maulaana sahab ne bataya" He replied "Maulana sahab bataye" To which I said "Phir theek hain nacho gao koi gal ni" I am really amused that how can a religion stop people from enjoying and celebrating the art when the very founders of Urdu poetry and Sufism are from that religion only. Actually, the problem is with these maulvis and priests of different religions who mold and interpret religion as per their need and interest.

[@syednabeelanwar46]

@@john48132 gadhe the aur tum gadhe hi rahoge. Not ur mistake u guys r brought up like that . Go show your prejudice some where else .

[@syednabeelanwar46]

@@john48132 tu 🐷 aur rahega . Teri galti nahi hai.

[@aslammohd5929]

Allah jisko chahta hai izzat deta hai.

[@odiasurabhi1417]

ODIA LANGUAGE MEA BHI MD RAFI GA A HEA.

[@SureshChoudhary-iy8nz]

Sir i saw your video 5 time

[@SureshChoudhary-iy8nz]

Good job Sir

[@amandeepsingh1014]

Mjhe rakh lo

[@Salimansari-oi5vg]

MUJHE 500 600 RECORDS LENE HAI HINDI URDU 78 rpm

[@nilesh1558]

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[@abhishekshukla4135]

Why the hell is Hindustan Times hel;l bent on promoting and sympathizing only Muslims ? Not Good for Hindusthan!

[@AmaniKumar-hp7de]

Contect num

[@nYxkYx]

Syed aapko Mukhtar Sahab ki kahani dekhni chahiye. KZbin pe hai. Had Anhad ke naam se. Aapki jo mushkilat hai Mauseeqi aur Islam ko le kar shayad dur ho jayeein

[@2007rakeshjoshi]

जब तुम्हारे धर्म मे म्यूजिक अलाव ही नही है तो तेरे दादा तेरा बाप और तू इसमे झक क्यों मरा रहा है ?कितना ही मान सम्मान दे दो तुम लोगो को रहोगे पंचर छाप ही ।

[@ashutoshranjan1999]

ठीक है मानता हूँ कि वो पंचर छाप हैं मगर पूरी वीडियो देखने के बाद उनके बातचीत के लहज़े से ऐसा लग की वो पढ़े लिखे हैं। मगर महोदय आपका कमेंट पढ़ने के बाद ऐसा लगा कि आप पंचर छाप लायक भी नहीं हैं क्योंकि पंचर वाले को भी अपनी दुकान चलाने के लिए बातचीत का लहज़ा आना चाहिए, और आपको तो वो आता ही नहीं।

[@manojgupta-hy8fc]

Religion !! Wtf

[@odiasurabhi1417]

I HAVE RECORDS COLLECTION. 789 44 300 29.

[@surjitindora5935]

l.p Ka Kya reat h

[@surjitindora5935]

kirapya speaks Babar batayn

[@susheelgeorge964]

Religion doesn't allow music..😂😂 Feer to A R Rehman sahab ko ise banaana band kardena chahiye.. Pakistan aur UAE ka kya hoga..

[@tarafderfilms8673]

Religion?????🙄 Kuch bhi...

[@ashuthefitnesspro]

Abe o tujhe kisne kaha islam mai music allowed nahi hai... Prophet Daud ka naam suna hai kbhi... Tujhe mazhab ki jankari he nahi... Sirf jahalat hai nothing else 🤔🤔🤔

[@justcametocomment]

I don't know why the heck religion is not getting evolved along with the world, Not talking about Islam as a particular religion but all religions in general. I was once told that you can not sing and dance because the religion does not allow so, I simply asked them "Allah miyaan khud bole ya maulaana sahab ne bataya" He replied "Maulana sahab bataye" To which I said "Phir theek hain nacho gao koi gal ni" I am really amused that how can a religion stop people from enjoying and celebrating the art when the very founders of Urdu poetry and Sufism are from that religion only. Actually, the problem is with these maulvis and priests of different religions who mold and interpret religion as per their need and interest.

[@munawarali5578]

aap kisi ko jante hoon jis ke paas information ho pls contact number bhjen