Yerevan Nights (Soviet Armenian City Pop 1986-1992) [OBI 2LP]

Various Artists - Yerevan Nights (Soviet Armenian City Pop 1986-1992) [OBI 2LP]

- 2x12” 140g Double-LP Gatefold with obi sleeve, album notes and digital download card - Remastered by Osiris Studio from archival reel-to-reel tapes used for radio and TV broadcasts - 16 tracks of city pop-esque nostalgia from behind the Iron Curtain, 12 of which have never been physically released - Fully licensed from the Armenian Radio Archive, a division of Public Radio of Armenia, with additional clearance from all composers and their estates The sixteen songs on this compilation were recorded while generational shifts occurred on opposite sides of the Asian continent: the rising actions of both Japan's bubble economy and the Soviet Union's slow-burn downfall are historically pinpointed in 1985 and reached a paradigmatic climax by 1990. 2x12” 140g Double-LP Gatefold with obi sleeve, album notes and digital download card Remastered by Osiris Studio from archival reel-to-reel tapes used for radio and TV broadcasts. Tatevik Hovhannisyan - Oor En Ayn Lapteruh? (“Where Is The Lamp?”) [1988]; Georgi Minasyan - Karnaval (“Carnival”) [1988]; Gayané Tunyan - Bari Luys / Yerevan (“Good Morning Yerevan”) [1988]; Mikayel Zakaryan - Zartonk (“Awakening”) [1988]; Nadezhda Sargsyan - Moshahav (“Blackbird”) [1988]; Ashot Ghazaryan / Margarita Avanesyan - Yerevanyan Meghedi (“Yerevan Melody”) [1989]; Zara Tonikyan - Yes Chem Karogh Ayspes (“I Can’t Go On Like This”) [1989]; Elvina Makaryan - Kez Hamar (“For You”) [1986]; Nariné Harutyunyan - Garnana Khostoum (“Promise Of Spring”) [1988]; Samvel Danielyan - Yerazank (“Dream”) [1991]; Garry Ayvazyan - Mysteria (“Mystery”) [1989]; Anzhelika Topalyan - Ashough Em Ko Sev Acherid (“I’m A Bard For Your Black Eyes”) [1989]; Raisa Mkrtchyan - Anound Vakhov Em Talis (“I Utter Your Name With Awe”) [1989]; Artashes Avetyan - Voske Ashoun (“Golden Autumn”) [1988]; Anzhelika Topalyan - Lusabatsn Aydpes Kga (“And So The Dawn Will Come”) [1988]; Aspram Khizandyan - Chem Hishi (“I Won’t Remember”) [1992]