Various – Лауреаты Фестиваля Весенние Ритмы. Тбилиси-80

Definitely worth checking out if interested in Behind-the-iron-curtain rock scene of early 80´s.
The music sounds more seventies than eighties to my ears, actually. Some synthesizers are there, which is a good thing.
Some of the the bands are quite progressive (Labyrinth, Autograph,Gunesh), while some lean more towards "pop"-rock (Mashina Vremeni)
There are both instrumental and vocal tracks here. Even a violin-laden Country and western track is among the various performances included on this double album. Hilarious! It goes up to hyperspeed towards the end, and is presented as "a Georgian (Grusian) song" - interesting!
Gunnar Graps and Magnetic band sing a mid-tempo blues and a funky rock number in Estonian.
The group "75" starts the third side with some uptempo drumming and horns, but the track dissolves into some kind of Georgian folk-singing-type thing. Then the song changes again this time into a semi-funky pop groove with unexpected rythmical changes, percussion and horns dominating. Next is a slow instrumental ballad part, with a quirky synth/flute solo, and were not even halfway through the track! More male choir singing before a boogie woogie "climax".
All of a sudden, out of nowhere a heavy psych-funk break with dramatic syncopated piano, bass, drums and horn pattern.
Now wah-wah guitar comes in with hectic drums and a soviet-style horn fanfare, then more choir singing.
The highly collectable band "Gunesh" perform a "Turkmenian folk song". Sounds absolutely killer. Easily the best track on here.
Heavy psych-folk-prog with impossible time signatures.
"Integral" finishes the set with a "Tatar folk song", a rather bland effort, not really "rock" at all, with singing and flute.
Seems like this is the only released vinyl output (2 tracks) of the Georgian progressive band "Labyrinth".
My copy (Aprelevskii 1981) has red labels on LP-1 and pink labels on LP-2, the sides are numbered 1 & 2 on both LP´s.