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Nice Ussr Flexi
Topic Started: Nov 7 2015, 09:03 AM (270 Views)
pierroferrero
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As you know it. The first beatles music issued in the USSR was on the LP musical caleidoscope. Then an EP imported from Bulgaria was available in Soviet Union. The first record with only beatles material pressed in the USSR were blue flexi discs in 1974.
These records are strangely not very sought after even if they are quite part of history.
I'm going to talk you about my copies. Indeed they are wearing stamps on them. These stamps writes LTSR biblioteka. LTSR biblioteka wad the name of the lithuanian national library during the Soviet Union. They also have LNB nurasyta Stamps. LNB is the actual name of the lithuanian national library.
It seems that these records used to be own by the national library and then have been written off of it (nurasyta).
I do not know much more of them. I am wondering if they could have been stocked at the National library as legal deposit or in ordered to be borrowed by lithuanian.
Regarding at their excellent state I would not be surprised if they would have been part of legal deposit. I ve found on the Internet that the lithuanian national library during the Soviet Union used to perform legal deposit.

In order to improve my knowledge about these things I've send an email to a lithuanian librarian. Waiting more news from him. Wil let you know.

I bought these two records for 3€ each. And thanks to this stamps I find them so thrilling.
Do you share my enthusiasm?

https://flic.kr/p/AaEphC
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servi
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Interesting. Here is a website which has a lot of info on USSR flexis and vinyl: http://beatlesvinyl.com.ua/pages/rus_O.html
Actually the first Beatles releases in the USSR were so called records-on-bones, ilegally cut flexi disc made from old x-ray photographs. There is also a 2 volume book on the Russian releases incl. an EP.
I think the collectors value of USSR releases in the west is quite low at the moment because of their semi-legal or illegal status. Also most were probably released in huge quantities. Then the sound quality of the early ones is often bad. Finally, there is a terrible number of variatons for labels and sleeves and pressing plants.
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admiral halsey
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The nice thing about these discs is that the tracks on them are unusual choices and give me an opportunity to get album tracks on 7".

I'm at work so can't check. But, I have four with lp tracks from Sgt pepper, Abbey Road and let it be.

AH
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pierroferrero
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You're right Servi I forgot to talk about x rays. I would love to get one of them. It seems quit impossible to find no?
I listened at them attentively and I would say that sound was not as terrible as I expected it concerning 1974 URSS flexi.
The number of melodyia variations is absolutely terrific! Actually I have a question concerning of them you may be able to answer me. What could be considered as the really first press of musical caleidoscope? The blue union state labelled one?

You're right admiral quite unusual track listing but also enjoyable IMO
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socorro
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I've never see any of the x-ray flexis but they sound quite cool. The Soviet records I am looking for are officially released instructional LPs from 1983 and 1990, used in the schools to teach English and music. They are described in the site linked above and the Maus book, but I've never seen copies.

I wonder if part of the challenge is that lots of old school materials were discarded when the USSR broke apart.
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servi
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here is some info from the bbc website on the Xray discs http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19827438
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