Radha Krsna Temple

In May 1971 an eponymously titled album was released by Radha Krishna Temple (London) on Apple Records produced by George Harrison, featuring devotional Hare Krishna music. The band on the recordings consisted of Harrison on harmonium, guitar and bass; Tamal Krishna Goswami on flute; Harivilas, Yamuna, Jivananda, Lilavati and Yogesvara on lead vocals; and assembled Hare Krishna devotees on backing vocals, mridanga and kartals. In addition, Alan White played drums on the debut single, while John Barham supplied the orchestral arrangement for "Govinda". Another devotee, Mukunda Goswami (as Makunda Das Adhikary), originally a jazz musician himself, was credited with arranging the traditional songs. Two singles were released from the album ""Hare Krishna Mantra" backed by "Prayer to the Spiritual Masters" was issued on 22 August 1969 in the United States, and 29 August in Britain. After the single's surprise success in the UK (where it peaked at number 12), "Govinda" was released as a follow-up on 6 March 1970 (24 March in the United States), with "Govinda Jai Jai" − often spelt as "Govinda Jaya Jaya" − on the B-side. This second single likewise made the British top 30, peaking at number 23.

Links to Peel
Peel himself who was not a Hare Krishna devotee, played some of the tracks from the album, with its spirtuality and pro-vegetarian philosophy, which Peel could relate to, as he himself was a believer of the hippie movement and a vegetarian during that time. The album was found later in John Peel's Record Collection: R. Interestingly Peel's record label Dandelion Records, had Bill Oddie singing a Hare Krishna parody called "Harry Krishna", which was the B-side to "On Ilkla Moor Baht’at". Not surprisingly it failed to reach the charts.==Sessions == The band did not make any sessions.

Other Shows Played
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1970
 * 21 March 1970: Govinda (LP - The Radha Krsna Temple) Apple SAPCOR 18