Russian bootlegs

[pokester]

this russian friend send my an "x-ray" record ....... did any else every seen this or got one.

there was a underground movement of pressing bootlegs on old x-ray pictures..
play like crap but looks great.

mine is a big bang jazz record (glenn miller i think)

[Col Wolfe]

more importantly, what's the X-ray of? A skull or ribcage would be cool...

[Tommo of Sprowston]

I read about these in David Remnick's excellent book on Russia in the 80s, 'Lenin's Tomb' - fantastic to think you've laid your hands on one. They seem totally in keeping with the bizarre nature of most of what I read about the country. And frankly, who cares what they sound like!

[Sie Vulture]

What a fantastic item, part of history... who cares what it sounds like...

Nice one Pokester, you truly are the king of diggers..

[soundsville]

How's this for an idea? Personalised x-ray records!!

D

[Lord Thames]

'Voodoo Party' coming out of an x-ray of yer own skull? Ooh, yes please!

[united states of audio]

Sounds like something that might be released on Mr Hopkinson's label

[ladyboygrimsby]

Quote[/b] (Tommo of Sprowston @ June 11 2004,12:52)]I read about these in David Remnick's excellent book on Russia in the 80s, 'Lenin's Tomb' - fantastic to think you've laid your hands on one. They seem totally in keeping with the bizarre nature of most of what I read about the country. And frankly, who cares what they sound like!

I DJed there last year (I'm going out there again later in the year). It's mad. I got taken to a record shop in Moscow, a 2nd hand store, near a university. There were loads of album sleeves painted on the walls outside, but really random ones, which made it even odder. The shop was manned by these big hausfraus with worrying facial hair, and crazy old Russian jazz and rock'n'roll bods. I found a good Danish disco record in there

[Mr_Hopkinson]

Quote[/b] (united states of audio @ June 11 2004,23:05)]Sounds like something that might be released on Mr Hopkinson's label

i wish !

[pokester]

Quote[/b] (Col Wolfe @ June 11 2004,12:48)]more importantly, what's the X-ray of?  A skull or ribcage would be cool...

yep it's a small piece of ribcage i think.


would be cool if it was andre williams

[mokka]

i guess russia's records are pretty untapped. much to do with their lettering i guess. all the record pressing plants had also different cover art teams so same record may look different . anyhow, keep your eys open for this   there's alot of them floating about, its an Alla Pugatsova instrumental album, with crazy russian moog-synth and massive drums.

[the old hayes]

i've got that one, have i played it you? slightly over-rated- definitly not worth the $$$'s it went for on ebay a little while back.. one (looong) track is ripe for an 'edit' tho

[Tommo of Sprowston]

Quote[/b] (mokka @ June 13 2004,20:49)]its an Alla Pugatsova instrumental album, with crazy russian moog-synth and massive drums.

I think I'd have been tempted by this if I'd clapped eyes on it in my local Oxfam on the strength of the song titles alone - 'Be Beyond A Fuss Of Life' indeed! Strangely good advice which we could all do well to follow.

[mokka]

no mr. hayes you have not. only heard the mp3's. deffo in need of a bit of editing (or playing doubles ).

do you guys bump into a lot of eastern european records in uk? i mean, on the street level, not somewhere like resolution records.

[Rich Hero]

Quote[/b] (mokka @ June 21 2004,10:17)]do you guys bump into a lot of eastern european records in uk? i mean, on the street level, not somewhere like resolution records.

Not generally (unless you happen to be Wayne). But there are large Greek and Turkish communities in the country and the Polish Air Force flew out of the UK during WWII so there's a healthy number of Poles too, therefore Eastern European records do crop up occasionally alongside the Mantovani and Mrs Mills in the charities. Locomotiv GT seems to be the commonest, in my experience.