Tag: vinyl
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The “Archive of Popular Music” Series
The series started in 1987 with a little-known line called “Rock Archive,” which had just three LPs: Deep Purple — Smoke on the Water, Elton John — Your Song, and…
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Aquarium — Thirst (1987)
One of the first 7-inch rock albums legally published on Melodiya, recorded by Tropillo. About a year after 10 arrows, Alexander Florensky was asked to design another record — this…
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Melodiya and its Plants in USSR
Most of the technically complex goods in the Soviet Union were copied from the Europeans, Americans and Japanese. In rare cases it was licensed, like Zhiguli cars, but often it…
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MOZG: A Pioneer in Compact Disc Production in the USSR
I started at the Moscow Gramzapis Plant (MOZG) in 1978, just two months after it opened. The plant was actively hiring for different departments and labs. I already had experience…