What is this Beatles 78 record?

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What is this Beatles 78 record?

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Beatles - Taxman X-RAY OF THE USSR X-RAY BONE RECORDING
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beatles-Taxm ... Sw8DZfUxPB

Here is another "X-Ray" record for sale: USSR GEORGIAN X-RAY RECORD
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USSR-GEORGIAN- ... 0752.m1982

Does anyone know anything about these USSR X-Ray records?
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"Ribs" were recordings made from discarded xray films, in order to smugle and sell foreign music in the soviet union. They have very poor sound quality and could only be played a few times, but they were very cheap and enough for people to become familiar with western music.

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Thanks, Martin... I have never seen these before and apparently they have a unique history...
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Mormon S wrote:"Ribs" were recordings made from discarded xray films, in order to smugle and sell foreign music in the soviet union. They have very poor sound quality and could only be played a few times, but they were very cheap and enough for people to become familiar with western music.

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I'll also add that they are still being produced now, which is to say, faked. I personally wouldn't buy any of these as there's virtually no way to authenticate the "vintage" ones.
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But then they have to be recorded one by one with a disc recording machine, kind of Rek-o-kut lathe...?
Here it is a link about that
https://www.x-rayaudio.com/x-rayaudiobl ... -recording
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Bone Records - European House of History Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9NNfIk ... e=emb_logo
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