Red Wave: 4 Underground Bands from the USSR - Big Time double LP 1986 - VG++/VG+

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Here as another unique Soviet-related offer is a rare double album of underground material recorded just prior to Mikhail Gorbachev's development of the glasnost and perestroika policies.  Red Wave: 4 Underground Bands from the USSR is a 1986 album released in the U.S. that showcases the talents of the bands Aquarium (avant-garde), Kino (jazz rock), Alisa (noise rock), and Strange Games (poetic punk) that had received no sanction from the Soviet government.  Hence this is the bands' first appearance on an "official" release anywhere, and it stands as an interesting historical document regarding what was being recorded in the Russian underground at the time.  All four bands were recorded by the album's producer, Joanna Stingray, in Leningrad in December 1985.  Some of the bands (particularly Aquarium) gained official status with the Soviet government in the years between this album's release and the collapse of the USSR in December 1991, so it's especially unique to hear what they recorded prior to producing records for the state-run Melodiya label.

Records have rarely been played or handled and offer excellent sound quality throughout, rating VG++.  Jacket has a light scuff in the upper right hand corner of the front of the gatefold, rating VG+.  The records come with lyric inserts (with one song lyric apiece in Russian; the rest are translated into English) as well as a photo spread of each of the bands and their members inside the gatefold.  Be sure to look for my other Soviet listings, from classical to avant-garde, and happy bidding!

 

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