Looking for Bhajan tape: Jagjit and Chitra Singh "Samarpan" - Please Help

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I can't seem to find this cassette tape anywhere. If it was ever released as CD that is better, but I don't think it is available as CD.

It was made by Jagjit and Chitra Singh for ISKCON in 1983.
The title is "Samarpan"

If anyone knows where I can purchase this tape new, or has an original in very good condition that they would sell me, I would greatly appreciate it.

I know it was re-released on CD as "Krishna - Bhajans", but I don't want that version. Specifically I'm looking for the original "Samarpan".

Thank you very much
Hare Krishna

- Eric (SriDharma)
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  • Hare Krishna!

    The Samarpan tape CAN be purchased on Krishnaculture.com. However, I would speak to a person there to find out the EXACT tracks on the album, as the info on the website can be misleading.

    The Samarpan tape had incredible history since 1983, when the bhajans were first rendered. It was originally recorded for ISKCON's Golden Avatara tape collection in Mumbai. It featured Prabhupada pranama mantras, Vaisnava pranama, Radha and Krsna pranam, Panca Tattva pranam, and the harer nama verse for the "sloka" track. The songs featured were He Govinda He Gopala (Nanak), Jaya Madhava Madana Murari* (trad.), Sabse Unchi Prem Sagai* (Surdas), Raga Puriya Dhansri Kirtan*, Yasomati Nandana* (Bhaktivinoda Thakura), Jaya Radha Madhava* (Bhaktivinoda Thakura), Bhaja Hu Re Mana (Govinda Das Kaviraja), and Raga Bhairavi Kirtan*. The asterisk(*) songs feature mahamantra.

    Later, in 1993, a music company bought rights to these songs and to give more "all-rounder Hindu appeal", they cut Prabhupada, Radha, Panca Tattva pranams, as well as many many mahamantras. I remember purchasing Samarpan from my local ISKCON temple in Chicago, and what I got was not the original, but a poorly edited version of Samarpan.

    I do, however, have the original tape, but it's not in great quality. If you are still interested, I can send you the unedited tracks.

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