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Well, that was probably the case in Leningrad and maybe Moscow, but definitely not the rest of the USSR (1/6th of the world's land at that moment). And the situ

Well, that was probably the case in Leningrad and maybe Moscow, but definitely not the rest of the USSR (1/6th of the world's land at that moment). And the situation was not that grave. There was even a magazine printed as blue plastic LPs called Krugozor, with rock bands. I owned a collection of many rock bands on tapes, and no one chased me for that. There was completely otherer problem - Soviet music was banned in the US, you could not buy LP of Pesnyary anywhere in the US.

pvg 11y ago
Krugozor/Kolobok are from the mid to late 60s, after these things were first invented and traded in the 50s. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Грампластинка#.D0.9A.D1.83.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B0.D1.80.D0.BD.D1.8B.D0.B5_.D0.BF.D0.BB.D0.B0.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B8.D0.BD.D0.BA.D0.B8._.C2.AB.D0.9C.D1.83.D0.B7.D1.8B.D0.BA.D0.B0_.D0.BD.D0.B0_.D1.80.D1.91.D0.B1.D1.80.D0.B0.D1.85.C2.BB https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Грампластинка#.D0.9A.D1.83.D1....
- ommunist 11y ago
  Pink Floyd are the 70-ies, if memory serves. I had tape of the Dark Side of the Moon in 1977. That is a bit late, yes, but could any US resident claim ownership of the 1976 Belarusian single of the year in 1980? http://youtu.be/0rHjakawG8M http://youtu.be/0rHjakawG8M
  - pvg 11y ago
    What does that have to do with the article? It sounds like a classic case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes
    - ommunist 11y ago
      The article claims the hunger for American bands among the Soviet teenagers and describes the exotic method for satiating it. I only pointed that situation was more complicated. There were 'voices of freedom' and anticommunism from one side and propaganda from the other. And yes, thank you for the link. Just this week I suggested Mr Simmons - the black American cyber cop is better to leave the US if he wants to land a better professional future.
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  - PerfectDlite 11y ago
    > could any US resident claim ownership of the 1976 Belarusian single of the year in 1980? Could any US resident claim ownership of the 1996 North Korea single of the year? No? Blame The Censorship!
BEEdwards 11y ago
Maybe you didn't read the article or make it to the end, but it pretty clearly states that the time frame for this was 1950-1958 and then it became obsolete as technology changed and restrictions where eased. Not saying your point is wrong, just your complaining that the article doesn't cover things outside it's scope.
Roboprog 11y ago
US Censorship of foreign music would be an interesting follow up to this article. I don't know anything about it, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen...
- ommunist 11y ago
  It is more like market-embedded trait, than actual censorship. I was much surprised, how music landscape of the US is much less diverse than that of the UK.

pvg 11y ago

Krugozor/Kolobok are from the mid to late 60s, after these things were first invented and traded in the 50s. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Грампластинка#.D0.9A.D1.83.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B0.D1.80.D0.BD.D1.8B.D0.B5_.D0.BF.D0.BB.D0.B0.D1.81.D1.82.D0.B8.D0.BD.D0.BA.D0.B8._.C2.AB.D0.9C.D1.83.D0.B7.D1.8B.D0.BA.D0.B0_.D0.BD.D0.B0_.D1.80.D1.91.D0.B1.D1.80.D0.B0.D1.85.C2.BB https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Грампластинка#.D0.9A.D1.83.D1....

ommunist 11y ago
Pink Floyd are the 70-ies, if memory serves. I had tape of the Dark Side of the Moon in 1977. That is a bit late, yes, but could any US resident claim ownership of the 1976 Belarusian single of the year in 1980? http://youtu.be/0rHjakawG8M http://youtu.be/0rHjakawG8M
- pvg 11y ago
  What does that have to do with the article? It sounds like a classic case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes
  - ommunist 11y ago
    The article claims the hunger for American bands among the Soviet teenagers and describes the exotic method for satiating it. I only pointed that situation was more complicated. There were 'voices of freedom' and anticommunism from one side and propaganda from the other. And yes, thank you for the link. Just this week I suggested Mr Simmons - the black American cyber cop is better to leave the US if he wants to land a better professional future.
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- PerfectDlite 11y ago
  > could any US resident claim ownership of the 1976 Belarusian single of the year in 1980? Could any US resident claim ownership of the 1996 North Korea single of the year? No? Blame The Censorship!

BEEdwards 11y ago

Maybe you didn't read the article or make it to the end, but it pretty clearly states that the time frame for this was 1950-1958 and then it became obsolete as technology changed and restrictions where eased. Not saying your point is wrong, just your complaining that the article doesn't cover things outside it's scope.

Roboprog 11y ago

US Censorship of foreign music would be an interesting follow up to this article. I don't know anything about it, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen...

ommunist 11y ago
It is more like market-embedded trait, than actual censorship. I was much surprised, how music landscape of the US is much less diverse than that of the UK.