Trip to Faisalabad
During my short trip to Pakistan in January 2006, I got a tip from Arfat Malik, a Nusratforver team member from Libya to check Nusrat’s collection at a shop in Faisalabad.
Shopping at Aminpoor Bazaar:
The Rahmat Gramophone House (RGH) is a well known shop in Faisalabad and I had no trouble getting its address. The shop is located at Aminpoor Bazar, which is one of the eight roads that collapse at the clock tower (Ghanta Ghar) like an octopus.
After getting to the main shop, that had an old Gramophone sitting at the display, I was told that they only sell audio cassettes and they have a second shop a few meters away, that sells the CDs and DVDs. After buying the entire Qawwali collection produced by RGH from their next shop, I came to know that they also have a big collection of Ghazals and Geets that were also produced by RGH. I also saw a huge number of CDs that were produced by other companies. I was also disappointed after learning that the entire Qawwali recordings at RGH is not complete, since lots of albums are only available in cassettes at their other shop and they were not sure if they will ever be available in CD format.
As I was interested in knowing more about the recordings, I got their studio address where most of Nusrat albums were recorded.
RGH Studio:
The studio is located far from the central congested business area on Jaranwala Road. I found the studio with very little trouble, which is located behind an acid factory, at street number 8 in Nemat Colony, around 10 minutes drive from the D-ground. (more…)
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