Love Gone Away

\"Love Gone Away\" is a track by Indian-American violinist Shankar (born Lakshminarayana Shankar). The composition appears as the fourth track on Side B of the 1979 studio album Touch Me There. Released on November 1979 under Zappa Records, the album adopted a 12\" vinyl LP format. The label operated under the direction of musician Frank Zappa, who also contributed production oversight to the project.

The track runs for 3 minutes and 33 seconds. Shankar performed violin as the lead instrument, accompanied by an ensemble that included Western and Indian classical elements. The album blended jazz-fusion, Carnatic music, and progressive rock, reflecting Shankar’s cross-cultural approach. Recording sessions occurred in Los Angeles, California, with engineering handled by studio personnel associated with Zappa’s production team.

Touch Me There marked Shankar’s second solo release under Zappa Records, following his 1977 debut Shankar Family & Friends. The album’s artwork featured a surrealist design consistent with Zappa Records’ visual style of the period. No commercial singles derived from the album, and detailed chart performance remains undocumented in primary sources. The track \"Love Gone Away\" exemplifies Shankar’s fusion of Indian raga scales with electric instrumentation, a hallmark of his collaborative work during the late 1970s.

Limited contemporary reviews exist for the album, though later retrospectives note its role in introducing South Asian classical motifs to Western progressive audiences. The original vinyl pressing included liner notes credited to Frank Zappa, though their content focused broadly on the album’s conceptual themes rather than individual tracks. Reissues or digital remasters of Touch Me There have not been officially confirmed as of the latest available records.