RARE: Nastia Poliakova (????? ????????) 78rpm Russian Gypsy on 10" Seva #906 V+
$
70
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Description
Side A: Lyubee Menya (Love Me)
Side 2: Skajee Dushoyu Otkrovennoy (Confession)
Songs are in Russian.
Record has scuffs and needs cleaning. No scratches. Slight chipping at the rim but not on recorded grooves. Looks to be V+
Please NOTE: I am not a record collector nor can I play 78's, so the ratings given are my best guess based on visual examination only and using the VJM rating system as a guide.
“V+ is an average condition 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled the finish somewhat. Wear is moderate but playing is generally free from distortion. Surface noise not overly pronounced.”
From Time Magazine 29 Dec 1930: Music: Gypsy Singer
Before the War most typical of the gay luxuriance of Moscow was Yar's famed restaurant where gypsies sang and danced. A favorite at Yar's was Singer Anastasia (Nastia) Poliakova whose deep, dark voice perfectly suited the purely emotional substance, the rambling, improvised style of gypsy songs. After the revolution Poliakova went to sing in a Paris cafe. This year she is in the U. S. to submit her informal, indefinable talent to the test of formal concerts.
From "The Life and Death of gypsy singers in America" (Alla Ktorova}:
"When Anastasia sang, it can not be put into words.” says Marusia Sava. “After all, she was already a very old, fat woman ... But when she began to sing, then gave birth to a magical world that listening made you forget about everything ...”
"Deep, true connoisseurs of gypsy singing wrote that the secret of genius Nastya Polyakova, her extraordinary power over the audience rooted in its hidden spiritual genius, singular fatal emotion and unsolved still valid, unique to the special representatives of the special people.”
The genetic genius of Nastya Polyakova, the special flavor of her singing and soulful intonation, was so powerful that she stired the souls of all, starting with the uneducated public, and ending with the representatives of the nobility.
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