Ambient House remix of Sofia Rotaru's "Повiр очам" (Trust My Eyes) released in 1976 as part of EP "Sofia Rotaru sings Vladimir Ivasyuk's Songs" and Michael Shumacher's F#3 (dubspeekaRMX) (2022)

Sofia Rotaru - Trust My Eyes ft Thomas Schumacher - F#3 (dubspeekaRMX) Old School Ambient mix

This powerful rock ballad was officially released in 1979 as part of EP “Variety ensembles of Ukraine”, performed by Viktoria Vradiy, also known as Sestrichka Vika, Ukrainian rock singer, who debuted in 1975 as a singer in a rock-jazz band Arnika. This is a live and enhanced version of Прощай (Goodbye), recorded in 1975 at Arnika’s concert. 

Viktoria Vradiy feat Arnika - Goodbye (Live 1975) / Вiкторiя Врадiй & Арнiка - Прощай (Live 1975)

Rare live and enhanced recording of Ukrainian folk-song 'Myla moya myla" (My darling) in a folk-rock rendition by the Soviet Ukrainian band Arnika featuring Viktoria Vradiy. The song was never officially released, this is the only available version of it, recorded at 1975 during Arnika's concert

Arnika ft Viktoria Vradiy - My Darling (Live 1975) / Арнiка ft. Вiкторiя Врадiй - Мила моя мила (Live 1975)

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)

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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