| The Music of India | Sharan Rani | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | World Pacific | ST 1418 | [none] | instrument |
| Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival | Ravi Shankar | Digital Media | 3 | | Warner Classics | | 724356691957 | instrument |
| New Acoustic Swing Duo | Han Bennink & Willem Breuker | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Instant Composers Pool | ICP 001 | [none] | instrument (as “banya”), instrument |
| In Search of the Lost Chord | The Moody Blues | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Deram | DES 18017 | [none] | instrument |
| The Sounds Of India | Ravi Shankar | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | Columbia | 9296, CL 2496, PC 9296, PC9296 | | instrument |
| Wheatfield Soul | The Guess Who | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Nimbus 9 Records | NNS 102 | [none] | instrument (as “tablas”) |
| Dŵr | Huw Jones | 7" Vinyl | 2 | | Sain | SAIN 1 | [none] | instrument |
| Page One | New Jazz Trio | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | MPS | MPS 15 276 ST | [none] | instrument |
| Y Brawd Houdini | Mike Stevens | 7" Vinyl | 4 | | Sain | SAIN 4 | [none] | instrument |
| Cottonwoodhill | Brainticket | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | Bellaphon | BLPS 19019 | [none] | instrument |
| פלסטלינה | אריק איינשטיין ושלום חנוך | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | הגר, פונודור | 12184 | | instrument |
| Classical Vocal | Kishori Amonkar | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | His Master’s Voice | ECSD 2702 | | instrument |
| Triniterre | Plume et le Docteur Landry | 12" Vinyl | 13 | | Les Disques Zodiaque | ZO 6905, ZO-6905 | [none] | instrument |
| Icarus | Paul Winter Consort | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Epic | KE 31643 | [none] | instrument |
| The Sounds of India | Ravi Shankar | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | CBS | S 62427 | [none] | instrument |
| Vasantrao Deshpande | Vasantrao Deshpande | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | His Master’s Voice | ECSD 2716, ECSD. 2716 | | instrument |
| Dixie Chicken | Little Feat | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Warner Bros. Records | BS 2686 | [none] | instrument |
| The Essence of Mystery | Alphonse Mouzon | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Blue Note | BN-LA059-F | | instrument |
| Don't Cry Now | Linda Ronstadt | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Asylum Records | SD 5064 | [none] | instrument |
| Essenza | Claudio Rocchi | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Ariston | AR/LP/12112 | [none] | instrument |
| Astral Traveling | Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes | Vinyl | 6 | | Flying Dutchman | FD-10163 | | instrument |
| Takin My Time | Bonnie Raitt | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | | | | instrument |
| Takin My Time | Bonnie Raitt | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Warner Bros. Records | BS 2729 | | instrument |
| What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits | The Doobie Brothers | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Warner Bros. Records | W 2750 | | instrument |
| Enchanting Melodies | Bhimsen Joshi | 12" Vinyl | 2 | | His Master’s Voice | EASD 1515 | | instrument |
| Drum Ode | Dave Liebman | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | ECM Records | ECM 1046 ST | | instrument |
| Father Time | Frank Tusa | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | enja | Enja 2056 | | instrument |
| Watercourse Way | Shadowfax | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Passport Records | PPSD 98013 | | instrument |
| Mandingo Griot Society | Mandingo Griot Society with special guest Don Cherry | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Flying Fish Records | FF-076 | [none] | instrument |
| Out of the Woods | Oregon | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Elektra | ELK 52101 | | instrument |
| Star Peace | Droids | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Barclay | 90.173 | [none] | instrument |
| Dark Day | Fred Anderson Quartet | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | Message Records | 0004 | [none] | instrument (as “tabla-drums”) |
| Actions / Humus – The Life Exploring Force | Don Cherry, Krzysztof Penderecki; The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | Everest Records | 3484 | 076637348419 | instrument |
| Disco Deewane | Nazia Hassan | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | EMI Music India | PEASD 12751 | | instrument |
| Somewhere in England | George Harrison | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Dark Horse Records | DH 56 870, WB 56 870 | [none] | instrument |
| Ki | 喜多郎 | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | CANYON | C28R0083 | [none] | instrument |
| Mighty Rhythm | Mandingo Griot Society | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Flying Fish Records | 269, FF 269 | [none] | instrument |
| Ruhe vor dem Sturm | Georg Danzer | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Atom | 500 041 | [none] | instrument |
| Primeval Waltz | Moisten Before Use | Cassette | 7 | | Fragment | Clump 1 | [none] | instrument |
| World-Music-Meeting | 山本邦山, Charlie Mariano, Juan José Mosalini, Krzesimir Dębski, Alfred 23 Harth, Karl Berger, Peter Kowald, Ken Johnson, Ponda O'Bryan, Trilok Gurtu, Barry Altschul | 12" Vinyl + 7" Vinyl | 4 + 1 | | Eigelstein Musikproduktion | ES 2024 | | instrument |
| Spirits | Keith Jarrett | 2×CD | 12 + 14 | | ECM Records | 829 467-2, ECM 1333/34 | 042282946720 | instrument |
| Classical Vocal | Jitendra Abhisheki | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | His Master’s Voice | PSLP 1366 | | instrument |
| Exploded View | Steve Tibbetts | CD | 9 | | ECM Records | 1335, 831 109-2 | 042283110922 | instrument |
| Dixie Chicken | Little Feat | CD | 10 | | Warner Bros. Records | 2686-2 | 075992727020 | instrument |
| Explorations | Subroto Roy Chowdhury, Steve Lacy | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | jazzpoint | jp 1020 | | instrument |
| Making Music | Zakir Hussain | CD | 8 | | ECM Records | 831 544-2, ECM 1349 | 042283154421 | instrument |
| Making Music | Zakir Hussain | CD | 8 | | ECM Records | 831 544-2, ECM 1349 | 042283154421 | instrument |
| The Blind Leading the Naked | Violent Femmes | (unknown) | 14 | | Slash | 9 25340-4 | 075992534048 | instrument (as “Arabic table”) |
| Everything | Bangles | CD | 13 | | Columbia | CK 44056 | 074644405620 | instrument |
| Rāg Ahir Bhairav | Hariprasad Chaurasia | CD | 2 | | Nimbus Records | NI 5111 | 083603511128 | instrument |
| Στον Σείριο υπάρχουνε παιδιά | Μάνος Χατζιδάκις | 2×CD | 17 + 16 | | Σείριος | plex2137-8 | [none] | instrument |
| The Sounds of India | Ravi Shankar | CD | 5 | | Columbia | CK 9296 | 074640929625 | instrument |
| Rāg Jhiñjhoṭī & Rāg Pīlū | Imrat Khan, Wajahat Khan & Shafaatullah Khan | CD | 2 | | Nimbus Records | NI 5195 | 083603519520 | instrument |
| Road | Paul Winter Consort | CD | 8 | | A&M Records | CD 0826 | | instrument |
| Tracks We Leave | William Eaton | CD | 16 | | Canyon Records | CR-7008 | 729337270084 | instrument |
| Ya Habib | The Sabri Brothers | CD | 4 | | Real World , Caroline Records | 91346-2, CAROL 2311-2 | 017046231121 | instrument |
| The Rutles | The Rutles | CD | 20 | | Rhino | R2 75760 | 081227576028 | instrument |
| Dixie Chicken | Little Feat | (unknown) | 10 | | | | | instrument |
| Don't Cry Now | Linda Ronstadt | CD | 10 | | Asylum Records | 5064-2 | 081227981976 | instrument |
| Sappho de Mytilène | Angélique Ionatos & Nena Venetsanou | CD | 18 | | Auvidis Tempo | A 6168 | 3298490530115 | instrument |
| Superstition | Siouxsie and the Banshees | CD | 11 | | Geffen Records | GEFD-24387 | 720642438725 | instrument |
| Όταν σου λέω πορτοκάλι, να βγαίνεις | Χάρης & Πάνος Κατσιμίχας | CD | 10 | | Minos‐EMI | 1701382 | [none] | instrument |
| In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall | Miles Davis | 2×CD | 2 + 2 | | Sony Records | SRCS 5722~3 | 766928086723 | instrument |
| Anindo and His Tabla | Anindo Chatterjee | 2×CD | 4 + 3 | | Audiorec Limited | | | instrument |
| Instruments of Peace | Marty Haugen | CD | 10 | | GIA WindWorks | CD-258 | | instrument |
| Living Magic | Trilok Gurtu | CD | 7 | | CMP Records | CMP CD 50 | 044351005024 | instrument |
| Rāg Bhimpalāsi | Hariprasad Chaurasia, Fazal Qureshi | CD | 2 | | Nimbus Records | NI 5298 | 083603529826 | instrument |
| Sarod | Ustad Amjad Ali Khan & Zakir Hussain | CD | 2 | | Moment! Records | MRCD 1005 | [none] | instrument |
| Silk | Sheila Chandra | CD | 10 | | Shanachie | 64035 | 016351643520 | instrument |
| Sitar | Prof. Debu Chaudhuri | CD | 2 | | India Archive Music | IAM-CD 1002 ADD | 731838100227 | instrument |
| Πάλι μπρος | Οπισθοδρομικοί | 12" Vinyl | 13 | | Polydor | 511 220-1 | | instrument |
| Cycles | David Darling | CD | 7 | | ECM Records | ECM 1219 | 781182121928 | instrument |
| Rain Tree Crow | Rain Tree Crow | CD | 12 | | Virgin | 86252 | 5012981265922 | instrument |
| Hit to Death in the Future Head | The Flaming Lips | CD | 11 | | Warner Bros. Records | 9 26838-2 | 075992683821 | instrument |
| Bon Voyage | Frankfurter Kurorchester | CD | 19 | | RillenWerke | 9214 | 0718751185524 | instrument |
| Devotional and Love Songs | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party | CD | 10 | | Caroline Records , Real World | CAROL 2300-2 | 017046230025 | instrument |
| Distant Borders | Glen Helgeson | CD | 11 | | World Disc Music | CDM22 | [none] | instrument |
| Raga Jaijaivanti | Ustad Vilayat Khan | CD | 3 | | India Archive Music | IAM CD 1010 | 724357982825 | instrument |
| Roots in the Sky | Oregon | CD | 9 | | Discovery Records | 71005 | 010467100526 | instrument |
| Summerlust | Cecilio and Kapono | (unknown) | 10 | | C&K Hui | C & K H0999, C&KH-0999 | | instrument |
| Wonderwall Music | George Harrison | CD | 19 | | Capitol Records | CDP 7 98706 2 | 077779870622 | instrument |
| Menuhin meets Shankar | Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin | CD | 5 | | EMI Angel | CDC7490702 | | instrument |
| Inde du Nord | Amjad Ali Khan | CD | 6 | | Ocora | C 560011 | 3149025058607 | instrument |
| Debut | Björk | CD | 11 | | One Little Indian Records | TPLP 31 CD | 5016958018825 | instrument |
| Debut | Björk | CD | 11 | | Elektra | 9 61468-2 | 075596146821 | instrument |
| Debut | Björk | CD | 11 | | Mother Records | 519715-2 | 731451971525 | instrument |
| Debut | Björk | CD | 12 | | One Little Indian Records | tplp 31 cdx | 5016958020620 | instrument |
| Καθρέφτες | Κώστας Καλδάρας & Ελένη Τσαλιγοπούλου | CD | 11 | | Ακτή | AKT 475621 2 | [none] | instrument |
| Princess of the Sea | Chris Hinze, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Shafqat Ali Khan, Raghunath Seth | CD | 7 | | Keytone Records | KYT 767 CD | 8713094767002 | instrument |
| Veloz hacia su sino | Jorge Pardo | CD | 12 | | Nuevos Medios | 15 629 CD | [none] | instrument |
| Rwanda | Cécile Kayirebwa | CD | 11 | | Globe Style | CDORBD 083 | 029667308328 | instrument |
| Tribute to Germany | Ustad Amjad Ali Khan | (unknown) | 3 | | | | | instrument |
| One Step Ahead of the Spider | MC 900 Ft Jesus | CD | 10 | | American Recordings | 9 45560-2 | 093624556022 | instrument |
| Seize the Time | Fun-da-mental | 2×CD | 7 + 7 | | Nation Records | NATCD 33 | 5018560003329 | instrument (as “tablas”) |
| 龍虎の拳2 イメージアルバム | 新世界楽曲雑技団 | CD | 15 | | SCITRON , PONY CANYON | PCCB-00156 | | instrument |
| Lifeforms | The Future Sound of London | CD | 7 | | Virgin | VSCDT 1484 | 724389237320 | instrument |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | Mike Oldfield | CD | 17 | | | | | instrument |
| Lifeforms | The Future Sound of London | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Astralwerks | ASW 6114-1 | | instrument |
| Live in Pécs 1985 | Nico | Cassette | 14 | | Bahia Music | MKB 021 | [none] | instrument |
| Madar | Jan Garbarek, Anouar Brahem, Shaukat Hussain | CD | 9 | | ECM Records | ECM 1515 | 731451907524 | instrument |