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Post by romanduran on Dec 19, 2014 10:39:32 GMT -5
My black copy has matrix/runout:
first copy side A: C OE 5529/A B 4 side B: C OE 5530/A 12
second copy: side A: C OE 5529/A A 1 side B: C OE 5530/A 2
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Post by romanduran on Dec 19, 2014 10:50:03 GMT -5
I don't think it's very likely that a red vinyl was pressed in Chechoslovakia in 1986 for promo reasons. It was still a communist country at that time. But I could be wrong of course. Maybe there are other examples that prove me wrong. I lived in a communist country Czechoslovakia in 1986. I think that the words "limited edition" or "promo" were not in our vocabulary ... these words were not used in the music industry in Czechoslovakia ... but it's just my guess...and I don't remember if some vinyl was pressed on colour vinyl... it is still riddle for me.
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Post by amiestilo on Dec 19, 2014 11:09:21 GMT -5
My 'black wax' has matrix/runout:
side A: C 0E 5529/A 7 side B: C 0E 5530/A 11
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Post by poptrash on Dec 19, 2014 11:30:09 GMT -5
I don't think it's very likely that a red vinyl was pressed in Chechoslovakia in 1986 for promo reasons. It was still a communist country at that time. But I could be wrong of course. Maybe there are other examples that prove me wrong. I lived in a communist country Czechoslovakia in 1986. I think that the words "limited edition" or "promo" were not in our vocabulary ... these words were not used in the music industry in Czechoslovakia ... but it's just my guess...and I don't remember if some vinyl was pressed on colour vinyl... it is still riddle for me. So Roman, how did you get records back then? Did friends from the West send you records? Or wasn't that allowed? Or did records come in through the East/USSR or maybe through the former rep. of Yugoslavia? Was it hard to get your hands on DD records? Would love to hear your story! :-)
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Post by durancroatia on Dec 19, 2014 17:08:27 GMT -5
i remember waiting for a year for an album to come to yugoslavia.. good only knows where we purchased them
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Post by amiestilo on Dec 20, 2014 10:13:41 GMT -5
As far as I know back in USSR there were lots of records been brought by sailors and sold/traded on so-called 'black markets' - now we know these places as 'flea markets'.
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Post by durancroatia on Dec 20, 2014 12:55:14 GMT -5
i remember buying arena in a store where u could buy light bulbs, wire cables, shoes etc...
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Post by romanduran on Dec 21, 2014 18:59:35 GMT -5
I lived in a communist country Czechoslovakia in 1986. I think that the words "limited edition" or "promo" were not in our vocabulary ... these words were not used in the music industry in Czechoslovakia ... but it's just my guess...and I don't remember if some vinyl was pressed on colour vinyl... it is still riddle for me. So Roman, how did you get records back then? Did friends from the West send you records? Or wasn't that allowed? Or did records come in through the East/USSR or maybe through the former rep. of Yugoslavia? Was it hard to get your hands on DD records? Would love to hear your story! :-) I remember that music from West was big problem. Communist Party did not like the music from the west ... outside of famous bands like Abba or Boney M. They were famous even in the East (I think East Europe). My first meeting with Duran Duran was on third album "Seven And The Ragged Tiger", made in Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was great country for fans of music from the West :-) My neighbour had many recordings on vinyls, and he had a third album Duran Duran. I started looking for more music of Duran Duran and I found more recordings. In our library in our city (many books, but music on vinyls too), we had a place where they had many headphones and gramophones and we could listen to music ... yes and music from the West too, but only listen to. I do not know where the man acquired the music, but it was a wonderful place for us. I heard the first album for the first time here :-) In 1983 or 1984, my classmate brought me a cassette tape-recorded the album Rio. He had family in Italy and he recorded me Rio on the tape (I have not original tape). I still remember the feeling when I listening to the album Rio. In 1984, a friend brought me a tape Arena from holiday in Yugoslavia. Fantastic :-) In our territory was the music from the East only ... Dean Reed, Omega, Olympic, Elan, Karel Gott and more ... from the west it was Smokey, Abba, Boney M, maybe Queen. But this was official ... allowed. Young people listened to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols and other ... but secretly. We wanted the music more and more. We bought music in many ways: friends abroad (in the West), friends on holiday by the sea (in Yugoslavia) or on the black market, flea markets or secret exchanges. Notorious, made in Czechoslovakia was absolutely a great thing for me. I am very glad that it was (Notorious), even though I did not like this time (not music) ... Today, it is better. I met personally with Duran Duran at concert in Prague. I have signed of some CDs from my idols, I have friends around the world ... and I am happy that communism is gone! ... and I like Simon's words: the music between us :-)
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Post by rtm on Dec 25, 2014 8:04:38 GMT -5
^ what a great inside story
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Post by poptrash on Dec 27, 2014 11:37:05 GMT -5
Hey Roman, Very cool to read about a little piece how life was for you at the time. Although many people in the Netherlands complain about everything, these kinds of things makes me feel lucky that we haven't faced such difficulties as what you described. Great that that many things are easier now for you.
Happy holidays!
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