Russian Opera on Asch Label c.1945

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Here's something you don't see every day:

http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/ASCH8001/

Prince Igor opera by Alexander Borodin performed by the Bolshoi Theater State Orchestra recorded in the USSR and released on ASCH label as a 5 (12") record album set in late 1945, album 800. After WWII and before the USSR became the cold war bad guys. Probably didn't sell a lot of these albums in the U.S. after 1948 or so.

I found some of these recordings with matching matrix numbers on the USSR label, this album is most likely pressed from those masters.

With a David Stone Martin album cover, to boot!

Enjoy! CDB