Bevan Robinson, Hettie Johnson and James Meyer "rescued" this collection from Andy Muir's home after he passed. It remained in Bevan's care until she passed it to me in May of 2010, prior to moving to India, for the purpose of preserving and sharing it. Betty Grant, a friend of Andy Muir, had earlier made a copy of the entire set or a large portion of it, and has used those copies to listen to personally or to share with other Baba-lovers. Betty told me she had given some of these copies to various people. A few of the original tapes from this collection were donated by Bevan to the Sheriar Foundation, most notably those in which Meher Baba

was present in 1956. Many, but not all, of these recordings are also to be found in the Meher Center archives. Note in particular that the entire James May series of recordings from 1972 is included, in physically pristine form on reel-to-reel tapes, in this collection, including possibly, one in this series that is missing from the Center collection. No documentation of conditions or restrictions has been found connected with this series in the Muir collection as of 10 May 2010; however, severe restrictions are noted for the Center collection.

Stephen Sakellarios, 5/9/10

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Content

Mehera: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972; PA-001A
Mehera J. Irani
Side A
1. Mehera's "Jai Baba" (Repeated)
2. "I was fourteen..."
3. Mehera's mother Daulatmai. Her first meeting with Meher Baba and how she obeyed Him.
4. Traveling to Sakori
5. The first four Glimpses
6. Freni's Wedding
7. The First Darshan
8. Some Instructions
9. Prasad
10. The Call

Mehera: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972; PA-001B
Mehera J. Irani
Side B
1. Staying at Meherabad
2. "I will make you like Babajan"
3. The story of the two gold rings

Mehera: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-002A
Mehera J. Irani
Side A
1. Tulsadas
2. Mira
3. Three names
4. A true lover
5. Suldas

Mehera: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-002B
Mehera J. Irani
Side B
1. Suldas (cont Side A)
2. Second well at Meherazad
3. Budjas
4. Mehera and Meheru relate some New Life adventures

Mehera: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-003A
Mehera J. Irani
Side A
1. New Life Adventures (cont Side B, PA-002B).
2. Mehera and Meheru relate: Caravan stories, "Chilled to the bone..."
3. Monkeys
4. "Haridwar"
5. "Baba was the backbone..."
6. Communists
7. Mehera's idea
8. Dehra Dun and the house at Dehra Dun

Mehera: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-003B
Mehera J. Irani
Side B
1. Side One continued. This ends New Life adventures.
2. "Now in Meherazad..." Mehera tells of days at Meherazad with Baba
3. Climbing the hills
4. "Baba loves all humanity..."
5. Beloved Baba

Mani playing sitar, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-004A
Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. Mani's story of Begum Aktar
2. Prabhu
3. Papeia
4. Mira, "With Eyes Open"
5 Instrumental
6. Meher Baba…God is Love…Avatar
7. Instrumental

Mani playing sitar, October 1972, PA-004B
Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. Mani's story of Begum Aktar
2. Prabhu
3. Papeia
4. Mira, "With Eyes Open"
5 Instrumental
6. Meher Baba…God is Love…Avatar
7. Instrumental

Mani playing sitar, October 1972, PA-005A
Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. Hari Paramatma
2. Seven Names of God
3. Song, composed by Baba under the "nom de plume" Homa

Mani playing sitar, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-005B
Side B
1. Meher Baba…God is Love…Avatar
2. Instrumental
3. Exercise
4. Majnun/Leila
5. Begin the Beguine

Mani playing sitar, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-006A
Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. Instrumental
2. Meher Baba, Hari
3. "What Can I Say?" a ghazal by Semab
4. Whoa
5. Gopichand-Raja

Mani playing sitar, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-006B
Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. Story of Gopichand-Raja
2. Song (untitled)
3. Prabhu
4. Exercise (take2)
5. Instrumental (Nothing Comes)
6. Song (untitled)

Mani playing sitar, October 1972, PA-007A
Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. Instrumental
2. Bhiksha
3. "My Concern is Only with God"
4. Instrumental-Vocal (untitled)

Mani playing sitar, October 1972, PA-007B
Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. Side A (continued)
2. Radha
3. Come Home Beloved

Mani: Stories from Her Life, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-008A
Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. Least expected
2. "The brunt would come on mother..."
3. Seeing father and mother
4. School days
5. One more year
6. The court case
7. Shireen's acceptance
8. A tif
9. He (Sheriar) knew from the first
10. Early visits

Mani: Stories from Her Life, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-008B
Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. A game of checkers with Gustadji. ( This ends the tape of the early days. The rest of Side B contains short stories Mani related to a group of lovers outside Mandali Hall.)
2. The plays
3. Duties
4. "Satchidananda"
5. When it comes from the Source
6. Mani's birthday
7. An incident at dinner
8. A tasty stew
9. Meela
10. Baba's clap
11. Collective working
12. Postponement of breaking of Silence
13. Because of love
14. "I don't want stones around Me."

Naja, The Early Days with Merwan, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-009A
Naja Behramji Irani
Side A
Naja talks of the early days before Babajan's kiss and after.

Naja, The Early Days with Merwan, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-009B
Naja Behramji Irani
Side B
(cont.) Naja talks of the early days before Babajan's kiss and after.

Dr. Goher, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-010A
Dr. Goher Irani
Side A
1. During childhood
2. Some instructions
3. Different jobs
4. "Baba won't take me..."
5. About Meher Baba's physical illness

Dr. Goher, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-010B
Dr. Goher Irani
Side B
More about Meher Baba's physical illness (also with Arnavaz Dadachanji)

Arnavaz: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-011A
Arnavas Dadachanji
Side A
1. The outside world has no idea
2. The wandering mind (what to do)
3. The analogy of the jar

Rano: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-012A
Rano Gayley
Side A
1. Rano meets Meher Baba
2. The picture Nonny bought
3. Your dear daughter
4. Marseille
5. Zurich
6. Episode of the birds
7. Atlantic crossing
8. California and the movies
9. The ashram at Nasik
10. Urdu lessons

Rano: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-012B
Rano Gayley
Side B
(Side A cont.)

Rano: Her life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-013B
Rano Gayley
Side A
1. Kaka's lectures
2. The front door
3. Different temperaments
4. An experience
5. Going to Cannes: orders
6. "Not for me..."
7. Testing
8. To hear the kettles sing
9. An incident
10. Arguing
11. Froth
12. Autumn of '38: Blue Bus tours

Rano, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-013B
Rano Gayley
Side B
1. Blue Bus tours (cont. Side A)
2. Kashmir
3. Different kinds of orders
4. Giving the most
5. Getting on the airplane
6. Bangalore: a play
7. Nonny's physical death
8. By train or bus?
9. Sugar cane juice

Rano: Her Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-014A
Rano Gayley
Side A
1. Kulu Valley (cont. Side B, PA-0013B)
2. Small families
3. Praise/blame
4. The Edge of the New Life
5. Hyderabad

Rano: Her Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-014B
Rano Gayley
Side B
1. Daily doings
2. Instructions
3. An operation
4. Myrtle Beach 1952
5. The accident
6. Difficulty of obedience
7. England, Switzerland
8. God Speaks chart
9. 1956 accident

Rano: Her Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-015A
Rano Gayley
Side A
1. 1956 accident
2. Gustadji's last days
3. Meher Baba's health after 1958
4. Rano's illness
5. non-existent
6. Rano's work
7. Poona, Jim Reeves, the movies
8. 1968
9. So many indications
10. He will always be there
11. "Now it is time for you to carry on..."

Rano: Her Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972; PA-015B
Rano Gayley
Side B
1. Irene Coneybeare
2. The shawl
3. Medicines
4. Feast or famine
5. What time is it?
6. Rano as doctor
7. Detailed description of "The Ten Circles Chart"
8. The last embrace

Mani on the New Life, Interviewed by Don Stevens, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-016A
Mani S. Irani
Note: This is one of three recordings made of this interview. it was made with Don's permission. From this interview and the ones Don has taken of Mehera and Eruch (which are not a part of this series), Don is composing a book entitled "Tales of the New Life."
Side A
1. "The New Life is to be lived..."
2. The ones who stayed behind
3. Notes from the diary

Mani on the New Life, Interviewed by Don Stevens, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-016B
Mani S. Irani
Note: This is one of three recordings made of this interview. it was made with Don's permission. From this interview and the ones Don has taken of Mehera and Eruch (which are not a part of this series), Don is composing a book entitled "Tales of the New Life."
Side B
1. The wear to Meher Baba's neck
2. Meela
3. More notes
4. Visiting the zoo
5. Absolutely alert
6. Pleasing Baba
7. The New Life song
8. Being cheerful
9. No compromise
10. Blossom

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-017A
Eruch Jessawala
Side A
1. Dr. Daulat Singh
2. The greatest jeweler and the greatest thief
3. Gustadji and mangoes

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-017B
Eruch Jessawala
Side B
1. A flag station
2. "Our life with Meher Baba..."
3. 1956 accident and after

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-018A
Eruch Jessawala
Side A
1. Side B, PA-017B (continued)
2. Sugar cane juice
3. Starting as interpreter
4. Giving up the board
5. Longing
6. "Baba being Baba is all in all to me."
7. The blind woman

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-018B
Eruch Jessawala
Side B
1. Side I continued
2. Two sights
3. Eruch's cousin
4. Good man/God-man
5. How Eruch lives now
6. Dentures
7. Slush

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-019A
Eruch Jessawala
Side A
1. How Eruch came to Meher Baba
2. 1 August 1938
3. The sale of the property

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-019B
Eruch Jessawala
Side B
1. Being with Meher Baba
2. Bangalore
3. Poona
4. To follow
5. Daaman
6. Rome airport

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-020A
Eruch Jessawala
Side A
1. The husband and the wife
2. How the king loves Ram
3. The necklace and the castle
4. Royal robes
5. Bhalul the Wise: The Necklace and the Castle

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-020B
Eruch Jessawala
Side B
About Gustadji
1. His coming to Sai Baba
2. Starved/stuffed
3. Upasni Maharaj
4. Upasni gave Gustadji to Meher Baba
_________
5. The man at the Tomb
6. Mani--Bah Bah Black Sheep
7. The wall between heaven and hell
8. The sheep and the shepherd
9. Mani's story of Begum Aktar

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-021A
Eruch Jessawala
Side A
1. Story of the doves
2. Mannonash
3. Eunuch

Eruch: His life with Baba, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-021B
Eruch Jessawala
Side B
1. The lad who humbled the king
2. The shepherd
3. Traveling with Meher Baba
4. In the military compartment
5. Meher Baba helps out His mandali

Eruch/Mani: Their lives with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-022A
Eruch Jessawala and Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. PA-021B (Side B continued)
2. Leave your buffalos
3. Nilkanthwala mast
4. The mad ashram
5. Hunting masts
6. Mohammed
7. Mast Hotel

Eruch/Mani: Their lives with Baba, Meherazad, November 1972, PA-022B
Eruch Jessawala and Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. The saint
2. His coming back
3. The mast who recognized Meher Baba
4. The mast Donkin found
5. The Majzoob
6. Sound

Eruch/Mani: Their lives with Baba, Meherazad, November 1972, PA-023A
Eruch Jessawala and Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. Ninety-nine murders
2. Bound: hand and foot
3. Don't keep it
4. Dr. Donkin and the horsewala
5. Narod

Eruch/Mani: Their lives with Baba, Meherazad, November 1972, PA-023B
Eruch Jessawala and Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. Animals
2. Meher Baba's giving
3. Charades
4. Shop talk
5. Norina's friend
6. What is God?
7. Some explanations
8. Real spirituality
9. What have I gained?

Eruch/Mani: Their lives with Baba Meherazad, November 1972, PA-024A
Eruch Jessawala and Mani S. Irani
Side A
1. What have I gained? (cont. PA-023B, Side B)
2. About sadhus and such
3. Be here
4. Good man/God-Man
5. Jim Reeves
6. Not meeting Meher Baba's expectations
7. Symbol of the Kali Yuga

Eruch/Mani: Their lives with Baba Meherazad, November 1972, PA-024B
Eruch Jessawala and Mani S. Irani
Side B
1. Narod
2. The first letter of the alphabet
3. Two buddhist monks

Padri, Meherazad, September 1972, PA-025A
Padri (Ferandoon Driver)
Side A
1. Sidhu sings, "Meher Baba God-Man"
2. Padri starts, "You've got to obey the King."
3. Happy Valley incident
4. Snakes
5. Leper story
6. Questions and answers
7. The inspectors

Padri, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-025B
Padri (Feradoon Driver)
Side B
1. On obedience
2. Railway ticket
3. Half-baked masters
4. Reactions of masts
5. Darshan on the sly
6. Upasni Maharaj
7. Got to know the mood

Padri, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-026A
Padri (Feradoon Driver)
Side A
1. Knowing the mood (cont. from Side B, PA-025B)
2. No mental gymnastics
3. Meditation
4. Following Baba
5. Grace of the Master: three examples
6. Sanskaras
7. How can the drop embrace the Ocean?
8. Three kinds of yogis
9. An incident concerning two yogis

Padri, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-026B
Padri (Feradoon Driver)
Side B
1. The white bull and the white horse
2. There is no second chance
3. Early/late
4. How to obey the master, how to act
5. On fasting
6. Direct orders
7. Slaves quarrel
8. Ritual vs. code of conduct

Padri, Meherabad, September 1972, PA-027A
Padri (Feradoon Driver)
Side A
1. Prayer
2. The cabin Padri built

Pendu: His Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-028A
Pendu (Aspandiar Rustom Irani)
Side A
1. Early days
2. The marriage at Ahmednagar
3. Drinking water
4. 1925 begging
5. 1956 accident
6. Night duty
7. Nelms

Pendu: His Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-028B
Pendu (Aspandiar Rustom Irani)
Side B
1. Nelms (cont. Side A)
2. Life at Meherabad (1925)
3. Cricket
4. The women
5. 21 March 1925
6.The dispensary

Pendu: His Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-029A
Pendu (Aspandiar Rustom Irani)
Side A
1. Dispensary (cont. PA-028, Side B)
2. "How did you meet Baba?"
3. "Why come to Me?"--Upasni Maharaj
4. We will call Him Meher Baba
5. My father signed me over to Him
6. Walke'
7. 1954 September Sahavas
8. New Life begging
9. Dr. Donkin
10. Babajan

Pendu: His Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-029B
Pendu (Aspandiar Rustom Irani)
Side B
1. Babajan (cont. Side A)
2. Two beedies
3. Tajuddin Baba and Narayan Maharaj
4. Babajan
5. "I am going to visit my brother..."
6. Pendu's mother
7. Working at Meherabad

Bhau: His Life with Baba, Meherazad, October 19, 1972; PA-030A
Vir Singh (Bhau) Kalchuri
Side A
1. How Bhau came to Meher Baba
2. Disturbance/smoothly
3. "Even God does not care for me."
4. Meher Baba's first order to Bhau
5. From studying law to writing plays
6. Ghazals in Hindi
7. Bhau's book

Bhau: His LIfe with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-030B
Vir Singh (Bhau) Kalchuri
Side B
1. Bhau's book (Side A continued)
2. Night watch
3. Incident at Meherabad 1925
4. Toka 1927-8
5. The boy
6. Soda water
7. The lid

Bhau: His LIfe with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-031A
Vir Singh (Bhau) Kalchuri
Side A
1. How Bhau came to Meher Baba
2. Disturbance/smoothly
3. "Even God does not care for me."
4. Meher Baba's first order to Bhau
5. From studying law to writing plays
6. Ghazals in Hindi
7. Bhau's book

Bhau: His LIfe with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-031B
Vir Singh (Bhau) Kalchuri
Side B
1. Bhau's book (Side A continued)
2. Night watch
3. Incident at Meherabad 1925
4. Toka 1927-8
5. The boy
6. Soda water
7. The lid

Bhau: His LIfe with Baba, Meherazad, October 1972, PA-032A
Vir Singh (Bhau) Kalchuri
Side A
1. The lid (PA-030B, Side B continued)
2. Kindness/cruelty
3. Five minutes
4. About the Nightwatchmen
5. Hungry at midnight
6. A feast
7. The taxi driver
8. Chanji

Ivy Duce: Discusses Destructive Cults; PA-033A
Destructive cults and reads from Patrick’s book, “Let Our Children Go”

Ivy Duce: Discusses Destructive Cults; PA-033B
Destructive cults and reads from Patrick’s book, “Let Our Children Go”
Note: Cont. from Side A

Ivy Duce: On Initiation, 1974, PA-034A
Ivy Duce

Lud: His Life with Baba, Meher Center, July 18, 1975; PA-035A
Lud Dimpfl; Intro by Elizabeth Patterson

Lud: His Life with Baba, Meher Center, July 18, 1975; PA-035B
Lud Dimpfl; Intro by Elizabeth Patterson.

Christmas Program, Sufi Center, San Francisco, 1971; PA-036A
Sufism Reoriented

Christmas Program, Sufi Center, San Francisco, 1971; PA-036B
Sufism Reoriented

Duce: Her LIfe with Baba; PA-037A
Ivy Duce

Duce: Her Life with Baba; PA-037B
Ivy Duce

Adi K. Irani/Meherji Karkaria at Meher Center, March 12 & 14, 1970; PA-038A
Side A
Adi K. Irani & Meherjee Karkaria
Note: Adi’s talk is at the kitchen [on Meher Center]--9:00 a.m.

Adi K. Irani/Meherji Karkaria at Meher Center, March 14, 1970; PA-038B
Adi K. Irani & Meherjee Karkaria
Side B
1. Adi at the kitchen--9:00 a.m., 3/12/70, concluded.
2. At the Barn: 3:30 p.m., 3/14/70 (Part two)
3. Adi: talk
4. Three songs:
"Begin the Beguine", James Meyer, voice, Bob Brown, guitar
"Hey Love": Gil Alvarado, voice, Mike, guitar
"The Avatar is Come": Larry, voice and guitar
5. The Prayer of Repentance

Mehera, St. Mira, Meherazad, October 10, 1972; PA-039A
Mehera J. Irani

Aloba, His Life with Baba, Meherazad, September 2, 1972; PA-039B
Aloba (Ali Akbar Shapurazman)
Note: Appears to be audio developed for a film

Doug Dickey: Songs for Peggy and Andy Muir; PA-040A
Music: Doug Dickey

Bill LePage, Reads from his upcoming book, July 9, 1976, PA-041A
Bill LePage
Note: Reading from a manuscript of his forthcoming book, “Not We, but One; Meher Baba on Life, Living and Love”, (stories from the Mandali)
0-50 Introductory remarks
50-200 The Old Mohammedan and the train
250-400 How the Taj Mahal was built
410-500 Children and discipleship
550-800 Rabia of Basra
810-900 Mani's story of Baba as the invisible shepherd

Liz Sacalis & Virginia Saddowski; PA-042A
Liz Sacalis & Virginia Saddowski

Liz Sacalis & Virginia Saddowski; PA-042B
Liz Sacalis & Virginia Saddowski

Bilil Eaton: Her Life with Baba; PA-043A
Bili Eaton

Bilil Eaton: Her Life with Baba; PA-043B
Bili Eaton

Lynn Ott: HIs Life with Baba, May 1980, PA-044A
Lynn Ott

Lynn Ott: His Life with Baba, May 1980, PA-044B
Lynn Ott

Prayer of Repentance; Choral music; Sufi Choir; PA-045A
Sufism Reoriented
Note: Introductory comment by Andy Muir

Andy and Peggy Muir, Their Lives with Baba, Meher Center; PA-046A
Andy and Peggy Muir
Note: Elizabeth Patterson and Ana Rosa in attendance.

Andy and Peggy Muir, Their Lives with Baba, Meher Center; PA-046B
Andy and Peggy Muir
Note: Elizabeth Patterson and Ana Rosa in attendance.

Meher Baba Birthday Celebration, 1978; PA-047A
Various devotees

Meher Baba Birthday Celebration, 1978 PA-047B
Various devotees

Eruch and Mani: Their Lives with Baba, Meherazad; PA-048
Note: This tape became jammed twice, and portions of the original recording were lost both times. However, most, or a significant portion, of the part that was lost was retained electronically during the course of five recording passes. Those passes have been edited together into the final version that is preserved here as "PA-048A".

Adi K. Irani, His Life with Baba, Jane Haynes’ house, March 1970; PA-049A
Adi K. Irani

Adi K. Irani, His Life with Baba, Jane Haynes’ house, March 1970; PA-049B
Adi K. Irani

Leatrice Johnson: Her First Meeting with Baba; PA-050A
Leatrice Johnson

Leatrice Johnson: Her First Meeting with Baba; PA-05B
Leatrice Johnson