:zoviet*france:* - Popular Soviet Songs And Youth Music
Label:
Catalog#:
STCD 024
Format:
3 x CD
Country:
Netherlands
Released:
1994
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Industrial,
Experimental,
Ambient
Notes
Originally released in 1985 on Singing Ringing/Red Rhino as a double cassette in a ceramic container with special packaging.
This was originally released in 1994 with a round felt piece on front and back of the set with a Soviet miltary pin holding the whole set together. The front round felt piece has the title of the release and the artist printed on it. The set contains 3 CDs with felt glued to the print side & the music on the other side, and 3 CDs with track information on the printed side & a side long high pitched tone on the other side.
Re-released in 1995 without felt glued onto the CDs, and without the extra "blank" CDs - there are two versions of this release: one with two brown round stiff felt pieces and Soviet military pin as per the original Staalplaat release color scheme, and one with two grey round soft felt pieces with a different Soviet military pin.
Re-released again in 2004 (once again without felt glued onto the CDs, and without the extra "blank" CDs) with two brown round stiff felt pieces and Soviet military pin once again in the same color scheme as the first Staalplaat issue. The discs have different artwork than the previous CD releases, and CDs 1 & 2 are switched.
The felt covered CDs wouldn't play except in a portable discman, so I decided to try to peel the felt off of the CDs. After pulling and tugging on the felt, the CD snapped in half, right in my hands! So I tried to excahnge the package at the shop I bought it from, only to be told "that is what happens when you buy 'art'".