Two Recent Russian Beatle Releases

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Two Recent Russian Beatle Releases
by beatlesblogger
July 17, 2013

Got an email the other day from friend Andrey in the Russian Federation letting me know about two recent Russian Beatles releases I hadn't heard of:





They are both on the Doxy label. The first is The Decca Tapes [MiruMir Music Publishing / Doxy DOK326] which is on 180 gram vinyl and comes with a bonus CD of the same title, contents and catalogue number. There's an additional plastic bag for the CD - inside the cover. It was released on March 14, 2013.





The second (above) is 1958-1962 [MiruMir Music Publishing / Doxy DOY011]. This one comes as a box set, complete with clear vinyl, a 20-page LP-size booklet and a 6-page A4-size replica of the original "Love Me Do" press-release. It is a limited edition of 1000 copies and was released on May 30, 2013

These can be found on Amazon or Ebay. They're also available at the Music Direct site.

Andrey provided a little bit of background information about the MiruMir company. MiruMir in Russian is written as МируМир. This, says Andrey, is an old Soviet slogan which means "Peace To The World". You can find the Moscow-based label on two websites http://mirumirmp.livejournal.com/ and http://www.miru-mir.info/?lables.html, and they have a Facebook site.

MiruMir release a lot of LPs by Russian and ex-Soviet artists, plus the Doxy label (not to be confused with Sonny Rollins' label of the same name) release a very wide range of other artists from around the world.

Actually, in researching all this I discovered another Russian Beatles LP that looks like it comes from the same series as The Decca Tapes - only this time it's a release on Lilith Records, another subsidiary of MiruMir:



This pressing of The Savage Young Beatles [LR305] was released in 2010. It is also a 180 gram vinyl and comes with a free bonus CD copy of the same songs. It's available at the Music Direct site too. According to Discogs, Lilith is has been a Russian reissue label since 2004 for mainstream rock albums re-released on vinyl and compact disc for Western markets. The records are manufactured at GZ Digital Media A. S. (Loděnice, Czech Republic). For more on GZ Digital Media see my post "Where "Made in the EU" Vinyl Might be Pressed"

If anyone knows anything about the quality of these recordings above please let us know. There are varying opinions out there.