Mashup of Sofia Rotaru's "Приказка" (Fairytale), cover of Bulgarian pop-song, released in 1973 as part of her third LP "София Ротару" and Groove In G Mix by  K2W0 (@k2w0music) and Dandara (@dandaramusic) 

Sofia Rotaru - Fairytale feat Dandara & K2W0 - Groove in G Mix

Incredible, but true: Soviet musicians in the mid-70s performed officially banned glam rock covers of popular Western bands. In 1975, the Ukrainian jazz-rock band Arnika played at their concerts a cover of the scandalous British hit ‘The Ballroom Blitz’, originally released by The Sweet in 1973. Of course, this song was never officially recorded either released in the USSR. This live recording, originally preserved in very poor quality, was restored and mastered by Old School Reinvented in 2025.

Arnika / Арнiка  - Ballroom Blitz (1975 Live) / Soviet Cover Of UK Glam-Rock

Arnika's rock influenced cover of "Колiска вiтру" (Windy lullaby), recorded live in 1975. Although it was never released by Arnika, Windy lullaby is one of the most famous songs written by Volodymir Ivasyuk which became widely known due to Sofia Rotaru's stellar performance. The song was included into Rotaru's fourth solo LP, released in 1976, and was part of a popular musical movie "Пісня буде поміж нас" (A song will be among us) filmed by the Ukrainian state TV in 1975, featuring Sofia Rotaru singing her signature 1970s hits in Ukrainian, Moldovan and Russian languages.

Arnika ft Viktoria Vradiy - Windy Lullaby (Live 1975) / Арнiка ft. Вiкторiя Врадiй - Колiска вiтру

Love Blooms Just Once (Тільки раз цвіте любов), written by Ukrainian composer Volodymir Ivasyuk in 1973, has become a national hit in Soviet Ukraine and across the USSR in 1975, when Sofia Rotaru performed it for the musical movie “Song will stay with us”, filmed by the Ukrainian state TV. In 1977, the song was included into Rotaru’s highly acclaimed LP “Sofia Rotaru sings Volodymir Ivasyuk’s Songs”. However, this masterpiece was performed by other musicians at the time, including jazz-rock band Arnika. This live version was recorded in 1975 with powerful vocals by Viktoria Vradiy. 

🎙️ Remastered using WaveLab, RX11, and vintage restoration tools to bring new life to a forgotten gem. This is just the beginning — more Arnika tracks from the same concert coming soon!

Arnika ft Viktoriya Vradiy – Love Blooms Just Once (Live'75) / Арнiка- Тільки раз цвіте любов

Alla Pugacheva's live performance [supposedly at the Golden Orpheus song contest in Bulgaria where she was awarded Golden Orpheus] of her mid-70's hit Посреди зимы (Amid winter) feat. ВИА Веселые ребятa (Vesyolie Rebyata), reworked and reverbed with Logic Pro

Alla Pugacheva / Алла Пугачева - Amid Winter (Посреди зимы) - Live 1975

A heartbreaking performance of one of the best songs in the repertoire of the queen of the Soviet stage of the late 70s - early 90s (later nicknamed the primadonna of Russian pop music) Alla Pugacheva - 'Приезжай' (Come Over) from the movie "The Woman Who Sings". This recording was made at Pugacheva's concert in Kyiv in 1979 and remastered with Logic Pro

Alla Pugacheva - Come Over | Live in Kiev - 1979 | Алла Пугачева - Приезжай

Recorded during Alla Pugacheva’s Grand Prix-winning appearance at the Golden Orpheus Festival in Bulgaria, 1975, this haunting love song captured both the vulnerability and strength of her voice — and a generation’s longing.
This restored version enhances the orchestral warmth and live ambiance, preserving one of the most emotional moments in her early career, just before the world would hear “Arlekino”
✨ Restored and reimagined in 2025 to mark the 50th anniversary in 2025.


🎙️ Alla Pugacheva – Ты снишься мне [You Appear In My Dreams] (Live at Golden Orpheus, 1975 – Restored)

Reverie

Высоцкий - Солдаты группы центр
текст песни
Солдат всегда здоров,
Солдат на всё готов,
И пыль, как из ковров,
Мы выбиваем из дорог —

И не остановиться,
И не сменить ноги,
Сияют наши лица,
Сверкают сапоги!

По выжженной равнине —
За метром метр —
Идут по Украине
Солдаты группы «Центр».

— На «первый-второй» рассчитайсь!
— Первый-второй…
Первый, шаг вперёд — и в рай!
— Первый-второй…
А каждый второй — тоже герой —
В рай попадёт вслед за тобой.
— Первый-второй.
Первый-второй.
Первый-второй…

А перед нами всё цветёт —
За нами всё горит.
Не надо думать! — с нами тот,
Кто всё за нас решит.

Весёлые — не хмурые —
Вернёмся по домам,
Невесты белокурые
Наградой будут нам!

Всё впереди, а ныне
За метром метр
Идут по Украине
Солдаты группы «Центр».

— На «первый-второй» рассчитайсь!
— Первый-второй…
Первый, шаг вперёд — и в рай!
— Первый-второй…
А каждый второй — тоже герой —
В рай попадёт вслед за тобой.
— Первый-второй.
Первый-второй.
Первый-второй…

Солдаты группы Центр

A song about the anticipation of love, Harbinger (Передвістя) written by Ukrainian composer Volodymyr Ivasyuk, was recorded by young Sofia Rotaru in 1974 and released as part of her EP the same year. The original mono sound was converted to stereo, the audio quality was improved using Logic Pro.

Sofia Rotaru - Harbinger (Передвістя)'74 | 2025 Remaster

Born in the USSR, raised on reel-to-reel and rhythm. A life soundtracked by Soviet estrada, Euro/Italo disco, and 70s Western funk — reimagined for dancefloors and daydreams.

🌀 From Kyiv, Vilnius, Tbilisi and Moscow’75 to Ibiza and Berlin ’25
Vinyl collector turned sound collagist. Mixing Eastern Bloc nostalgia with soulful tape grit and house grooves.

🎛 Genres: Disco edits • Funk reworks • Estrada • Soul tape collages • Lo-fi groove

📡 New drops weekly | Collabs welcome

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