Tag: the beatles
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Who is Kolya Vasin?
Kolya Vasin was a music collector, underground concerts manager and one of the main popularizers of the Beatles‘ creative work inside the USSR and Russia, born on August 24, 1945. He…
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The Beatles — Magical Mystery Tour
In 1991, the Soviet bootleg label Antrop released its own version of Magical Mystery Tour. This edition combined the album with Yellow Submarine, though the two records were later separated and sold…
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The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Russian Sgt. Pepper’s cover is full of quirky local touches that set it apart from the original. The text on the bass drum was localized while keeping the original style. Designer…
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The Beatles — Revolver
The AnTrop version of the Revolver sleeve was almost entirely rebuilt. The faces were redrawn, photos were either replaced or repositioned, and the cross-hatching is slightly lighter than on the original. John…
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The Beatles — Rubber Soul
Although the album officially hit the market on March 5, 1992, every cover displays the year 1991 — suggesting that the artwork was finalized long before the record’s release.
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The Beatles — Help
There are two known versions of the cover: one with the English title HELP! and another with the Cyrillic “ПОМОГИ” (“Help” in Russian). The image was mirrored, and the band members’ heads…
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The Beatles — Yellow Submarine
The original Yellow Submarine cover, built from Heinz Edelmann’s whimsical illustrations, took on a distinctly local twist in Antrop’s 1991 release (catalog no. П91 00137).
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The Beatles — White Album
For Andrei Tropillo, the Beatles’ “White Album” was the pinnacle — especially the song Blackbird — so when he started releasing his own versions of legendary albums in 1991, he…
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How Yellow Submarine Changed Soviet Animation
Did you know that Yellow Submarine was only shown in the USSR once in 1975, but the Beatles had a noticeable influence on Soviet cartoons? They’re so psychedelic! The Box…