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Laxmikant-Pyarelal Vinyl Records

Laxmikant Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Sharma formed the most prolific composing partnership Hindi cinema has ever seen. From their debut with Parasmani (1963) and the breakthrough of Dosti (1964) to the late 1990s, the duo scored roughly five hundred films and won seven Filmfare Awards. Both were working musicians first — Laxmikant a mandolin player, Pyarelal a violinist who wrote their famously dense orchestral arrangements — and their long partnerships with lyricist Anand Bakshi and singers Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar defined the mainstream Hindi film song for three decades.

The Laxmikant-Pyarelal vinyl catalogue

Because they scored so much, so consistently, Laxmikant-Pyarelal are everywhere in the Indian vinyl era — this is our largest single-composer collection. The 1960s and 1970s soundtracks came out mainly on HMV: Dosti, Milan, Bobby, Amar Akbar Anthony, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Sargam. By the 1980s their hits also appeared on Music India and other labels — Hero, Ram Lakhan, Tezaab. The title international diggers chase hardest is Karz (1980), whose "Om Shanti Om" sequence made it a staple of Bollywood-funk want lists. Between those landmarks sit dozens of lesser-known scores that reward anyone who enjoys digging beyond the obvious. Alongside the LPs sit 45 rpm EPs and HMV hit compilations — useful entry points for collectors who want the songs without hunting the scarcer soundtrack originals — and the painted-poster sleeve art of their 1970s peak is a pleasure of the format in itself.

Buying from this collection

Every record is graded honestly, vinyl and sleeve assessed separately, and copies missing original jackets are clearly flagged. We ship worldwide from Bengaluru in rigid, record-safe packaging. With a catalogue this deep our stock changes constantly — if a specific film is missing today, ask us to watch for it.

Frequently Asked Questions

**Which Laxmikant-Pyarelal LPs do collectors chase most?** Karz leads international want lists for its disco-funk arrangements, while Bobby and Amar Akbar Anthony remain the classic-era favourites. Early titles like Dosti and Parasmani are harder to find as clean first pressings simply because those copies are now sixty years old. **Are their records easy to find given how many films they scored?** The big hits were pressed in large numbers, so this is one of the most accessible composer catalogues to start collecting — the challenge is condition, not availability. Later 1980s pressings are common; clean 1960s HMV originals with intact sleeves take more patience and carry a premium.