Slip-Disc was a Bombay rock club visited by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page in 1972, and this freewheeling compilation examines the effect that rock has had on Indian music, adding random examples of Indian influences on the west. The best tracks are all from India in the early 1970s. There’s Anandar Shankar’s furious sitar and synth treatment of Jumpin’ Jack Flash – a reminder that Ravi Shankar’s nephew was a Rolling Stones fan who used to jam with Jimi Hendrix – and a cheerful, no-nonsense cover of Born to Be Wild from Indian band the Savages. From Bollywood, there’s Asha Puthli covering Marvin Gaye and, as a bonus track on the CD, the great Asha Bhosle’s excursion into psychedelia with her massive hit Dum Maro Dum, from the film Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The songs from outside India are not always such fun, and include a Henry Mancini soundtrack and Big Jim Sullivan’s sitar treatment of Donovan.
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