{"id":343,"date":"2012-03-29T18:25:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hansadutta.com\/krsnatunes\/?p=343"},"modified":"2012-03-29T18:30:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:30:12","slug":"lose-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hansadutta.com\/krsnatunes\/2012\/03\/29\/lose-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing to Lose But All to Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Back in 1978 Hansadutta composed the lyrics to “The Holy Name”<\/a> as a poem offering to Srila Prabhupada for Vyasapuja, the occasion of the anniversary of the spiritual master’s appearance. He later sang it on his LP cover “Nothing to Lose But All to Gain”, released the same year.<\/p>\n

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Photo of Hansadutta used on the "Nothing to Lose" cover circa 1978<\/p><\/div>That album has been critiqued as weird and very weird by some old record collectors, but Ink Mathematics<\/a> has this to say about it:<\/p>\n

I am going to hit you with a barrage of posts this week and this first one features an album that my friend Day (Vintage Vinyl Revival) lent to me the other week after I had heard a few songs off it. This album, “nothing to lose but all to gain”, 1978, by Hansadutta Swami, has me somewhat hypnotized and I find myself putting it on over and over. It’s strange, that is for sure, but there is something comforting, fascinating, and completely original in the country-like jams and warbling\/rambling\/repetitious vocals. Hansadutta was once a very important person in the Hare Krishna movement and this album is rich with lyrical references to Krsna and is performed by devotee musicians, so on its’ own it stands as being unique. It’s a shame that is has yet to be available on cd… the album has a very relevant and modern feel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t have the LP, and I haven’t been able to find all the tracks. So if anyone out there has them, and wants to share, please send me an