ENOCH DANIELS
Eventide Echoes
Hit Songs From the Silver Screen
1979

S/MOCEC 4170, LP record
ŠEMI/ Gramophone Company of India 		 SIDE I
1.  awara hoon (Awara)
2.  more saiyanji utrenge paar (Uran Khatola)
3.  katate hain dukh men yeh din (Parchhain)
4.  janewala se mulaqat (Amar)
5.  yeh zindagi usi ki hai (Anarkali)
6. ham kitna roe (Shin Shinaki-Boola Boo)

SIDE II
1.  aayega aanewala (Mahal)
2.  uthaye ja unke sitam (Andaz)
3.  bachpan ke din bhula na dena (Deedar)
4.  mujhpe ilzam-e-bewafai hai (Yasmin)
5.  tod diya dil mera (Andaz)
6.  mohe bhool gaye sanwariya (Baiju Bawra)

Liner Notes:

Eventide - the word at once conjures up a picture of a quiet evening in all its sombre charm. The westward sun signals the approaching end of day. But its pace looks a wee bit halting - as though the day is dragging its feet and refuses to fade away! That is what one is apt to feel , gazing at the slowly setting sun. "Au revoir" one whispers, cherishing hopes for a better, brighter and happier tomorrow. Now comes the time when the scattered cows gather again, homeward bound; the birds wring their way back to their nests, and your mind turns from work to yearned rest. Back home, as you relax, a thousand memories of the day that is done come crowding to your mind and induce a rare mood of nostalgia.

The same rare mood of nostalgia will grow on you as you relax and listen to this marvel of a disc. Aptly titled Eventide Echoes, the disc, through the instrumental versions of twelve great film songs, unfolds a variety of moods - ranging from the profound and poignant to the sublime and sensuous. The films that featured them belong to the past. But the songs, with their sheer beauty and perennial appeal, have continued to haunt the sensitive connoisseurs - they will so for a long time. What is more, the tunes heard here reveal all the magic of the voices which sang them and all the talent and imagination of the composers who set them to music.

Small wonder this - because it is Enoch Daniels who has done it - and done it a second time! For who does not know of his first venture VINTAGE WINE, which has proved such a tremendous hit?

What makes  Eventide Echoes doubly evocative is its unique musical arrangement. it speaks of his supreme ingenuity that Enoch Daniels has harnessed to full advantage the complex resources of several Indian and Western instruments. Their differing timbres and resonances just do not seem to matter. You have to listen to believe this. He substitutes his accordion for the original vocal strains and his orchestral ensemble comprising electric organ, Spanish guitar, bass, mandolins, sitar, tabla, tambourines, maracas and many other small percussion instruments combines to make an impact that is truly abiding. The blending of the singers skills and the composers fancies, which distinguish the original songs, are recreated to perfection in this disc. The repertoire is sure to create and sustain insatiable urge among the connoisseurs to hear the disc again and again.