Doxa. Stay away from the Dark Side a.k.a. Completism!!!! #12 was an odd mixture of BtB and Satanica Side 1 1. She Smiled Sweetly 2. Connection 3. Yesterday's Papers 4. Cool, Calm and Collected 5. Something Happened To Me Yesterday Side 2 1. Miss Amanda Jones 2. In Another Land 3. 2000 Light Years From Home 4. She's a Rainbow 5. Sing This All Together
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Doxa. Yeap. That one. There were at least 3 reissues of that title. The last one was in the very beginning of 90s. That one is "extra rare" - less than 5000 units and the logo of the Melodia was different. The one you posted looks like one of the first pressings. #5 also had several reissues. One of the most curios was the first pressing sold in Ukraine. The cover of the LP was da
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Doxa Thanx, I’ll drink that beer later today. Cheers. Those two LPs are very interesting. I can tell you a bit more. #4 - Play With Fire was issued in mono. However they were using stereo versions of some songs as starting point. On early issues of this LP "Time Is On My Side" is almost drums free and "Play With Fire" is without tambourine. This was due to the “phase”
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SwayStones Thanx. No, there was no official soviet LP of the Stones till mid 80’s. Even those issued later were illegal, no copyright. I recon a funny note on the inner apple – “Record is presented by collector XYZ” or “Recorded from FM radio”. I have no idea on the origin (matrix) and how LPs were pressed. But I am sure that the Stones didn’t receive a penny from those LPs. There were impor
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SwayStones OK, I’ll jump out of read only on this board (I've been around for a long long years standing in the shadow ;-)) and try to give you some inner look about Stones and Beatles in the former USSR. This is just my personal experience. Both bands were very popular, though Stones were in the shadow for most of the time. There is an urban legend that one member of the USSR governmen
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