Here you will find precise descriptions of unusual Lo-Fi audio technologies, as well as excellent music restored from old vinyl and shellac records.

A. Machavariani – Violin Concerto, 1952 LP Rip

Aprelevsky Zavod, Classical, LP Remastering, Machavariani Alexey, TU-1kl-33, Vaiman Mikhail, Violin
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The concert is full of southern temperament and harmonies, Wyman performs it just magnificently, it is a pity that it was recorded so little. The label is TU-1kl 33: the orchestra is dynamic though distorted and harsh, the solo violin tells amazing stories! The recording was originally made in pieces of 3.5 minutes – the beginning of the first part, the entire second part except the last 3.5 minutes and the end of the final part recorded noticeably worse.

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N. Metner – Concert No.3, 1978 Melody LP Rip

Classical, Dobroven Issay, LP Remastering, Medtner Nikolai, Melodia, Piano
Anton Stepichev


The LP remastered from shellac records of the 1940s on the Russian Melodia in 1978 by Nikolai Morozov. Medtner paid little care for external effects in his music, which is partly why he was not as popular as Rachmaninoff or Prokofiev. All this, of course, does not detract from the importance of the maestro, on the contrary, only adds respect.

Nikolai Medtner – Concerto No. 3 (Ballad) For Piano And Orchestra, In E Minor, Op. 60 performed by the author, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Isai Dobrovein.

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A. Glazunov – Slavic quartet, 1953 LP Rip

Aprelevsky Zavod, Classical, Glazunov Aleksandr, Glazunova quartet, LP Remastering, TU-1kl-33
Anton Stepichev


The recording is magical, the instruments sing cleanly, merge into unusual-sounding chords, and create a touching, lyrical atmosphere. Unfortunately, it is these subtle-sounding recordings that suffer the most when digitized and uploaded to the site, and it is almost impossible to fully assess the characteristic features of the sound of such tracks on the Internet.

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Goedicke – Symphony No.3, Boris Haikin – 1956 LP Rip

Classical, Goedicke Alexander, Haikin Boris, LP Remastering, Mosoblsovnarhoz RSFSR
Anton Stepichev


Gedike’s Third Symphony, conducted by Boris Haikin, All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra. Mosoblsovnarchoz RSFSR GOST-1956, a sample of large-scale full sound of the 1950s. Piano is legible, tutti is expressive — strings and brass do not go into a scream, trombones remain “in the body”. The magic cantilena characteristic of the early 1950s TU-1kl records is already absent.

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Classical Guitar, Soviet 1960s LP Rip

Accord, Classical, Guitar, Leningrad Sovnarkhoz, LP Remastering, Melodia
Anton Stepichev

Four examples of the beautiful classical guitar.

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Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy, 1972 Melody LP mono Rip

Classical, Guitar, Ivanov-Kramskoy, LP Remastering, Melodia
Anton Stepichev


Listen to the magic of Ivanov-Kramsky's guitar – the best performance of the Preludes of Villa-Lobos. The sound of the record is too compressed though.

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Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy, 1948 78RPM Rip

Bach Johann, Classical, Fabrica Zvukozapisi, Guitar, Ivanov-Kramskoy, Remastering from shellac records
Anton Stepichev


Beuatiful audiophile Lo-Fi of the 1940s! Yes, at the record Factory right after the war, there was a chic (german trophy?) equipment at 78. Switching to 33 in the early 1950s was, of course, a disaster.

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Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy, 1956 LP Rip

Classical, Guitar, Ivanov-Kramskoy, Leningrad Sovnarkhoz, LP Remastering
Anton Stepichev


Impeccable intonation and taste – so you can characterize the guitar playing of A. Ivanov-Kramskoy, these tracks in particular.

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Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy, 1965 Melody LP Rip

Classical, Guitar, Ivanov-Kramskoy, LP Remastering, Melodia
Anton Stepichev


It sounds like a re-release of 1940s records. Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy is one of the few classical guitarists with a filigree sense of rhythm, hypnotic sound and calligraphic sound extraction.

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Louis Armstrong with Earl Hines, 1953 LP RIP

Armstrong Louis, Jazz, LP Remastering, Odeon
Anton Stepichev


Acoustic recordings of 1928, French remastered Odeon. Not that I liked Armstrong, but rather the magic sound of the music box in Basin Street Blues hooked.

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