ABOUT THIS ITEM

"Khyber Mail" is a concept album designed to invoke images and sounds of a high speed Pakistani freight train travelling from Karachi to Peshawar, dominated by Sohail Rana's whining and addictive electric keyboard and a motoric rhythm section of beaty percussion and sitars, introducing a form of radical patchwork pop and mechanical music to a warm receptive audience. By combining the folk music of the Sindh and the Punjab with maverick sounds, signatures and rhythms, "Khyber Mail" marks a landmark shift in the Pakistani pop industry, kick-starting a lengthy career for one of its best loved musical patrons while setting a challenging new standard for the 'plugged-in' Lollywood pop scene that would explode at the turn of the decade.

Original vinyl copies of "Khyber Mail" command prices in excess of £300 on certain internet auction sites, if you’re lucky enough to come across one.