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| Siberian Russian Folk Chorus (LP sleeve) Art Director Vladimir Chirkov Melodia C 01669–70, made in the USSR |
International records in thrift stores roughly fall under the two categories of those acquired by tourists and those imported by immigrants. (A third category is that of academic folk music archives, by far the best category but not too often found in thrift stores.) The records for tourists typically have English titles while immigrants’ records are usually in their native language. Last week I briefly discussed tourists’ records typically from countries where vacationers like to visit. The records brought in by immigrants are often from places tourists don’t usually go to like this one here from Siberia. Often these records are nostalgic and/or patriotic. My pick for this week’s song was a toss up between Mother Russia by Antoli Novikov (in Cyrillic) and an album by the Siberian Russian Folk Chorus (both in English and Cyrillic). I opted for the latter. The two best songs on the record are Age Old Pines Above the Shusha and Dear Siberian Land. Since somebody (a kindred spirit) already posted Age Old Pines (which happens to be written by the famous Soviet composer of patriotic songs Antoli Novikov) on his/her blog I chose the patriotic Dear Siberian Land (by Vladimir Chirkov, the art director of the chorus).
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