X-Ray Audio: The Documentary

[@HIDHIFDB]

this explaint a lots to me, when the soviet union existed in the late 70´s early 80´s mexico had a warm relationship whith them so many proffesors came to mexico my dad was a professor in a university so one day he invited to our home a soviet enginer and when my dad showed him his record collection of rock records the enginer just started to cry, poor people.

[@GoneFishingAway]

I've also heard that during the 50s and early 60s in mexico, they banned or so to speak prohibited listening to rock and roll music that was in English. However, instead of bootlegging them and transferring them on x-rays sheets like what the Russians did during the USSR, they actually formed bands and translated or made their own lyrics on a popular rock and roll songs English to their native language, Spanish. Sort of like the cover but in a different language. One of the more famous bands from that era were "Teen tops" "Hooligans" "Rockin Devils" "Freddys" "Rebeldes del rock" Johnny jets" "Apson" "Juniors" "Carrion Brothers" "Locos del ritmo" "Crazy boys" " Los Yaki" "The Dug Dug's" "Los Sinners" "The Blue Caps" "The Spiders" and many many other Mexicans bands that came out during at that time. While I would normally prefer the original versions of the tracks they covered, some of those covers can sometimes overthrow the originals. It amaze me how so many songs produced and recorded from the US can inspire people around the world to create they're own version for they're native speakers to understand despite the relationships they may hold for the US.

[@HIDHIFDB]

@@GoneFishingAway Rock was only banned for Tv and radio, you can go to the store and buy a record.

[@GoneFishingAway]

@@HIDHIFDB For how long was the ban over there?

[@HIDHIFDB]

@@GoneFishingAway early 70's

[@GoneFishingAway]

HIDHIFDB So the ban lasted for that long until the early 70s? Wow, talk about a strict government. Well not as bad as the other countries during that time.

[@woopimagpie]

Wow, that rendition of Little Richard at 1:03 was actually pretty good! Fascinating stuff.

[@AlexDdaSilva]

once again the human resourcefulness prevails against oppression.

[@erikl1003]

+Alex D. da Silva Good thing they didn't have autonomous machines to enforce the oppression back then!

[@tarstarkusz]

Or some bullshit. All of the records had to be individually recorded. OK, so where did they get the source material? How many times can their radio receive one little Richard song in a day? They sat around with everything ready to go and then hit the cut button when the song started? If they were making them from actual records, why not just import and sell the records?

[@WapTek123]

@@erikl1003 the oppression enforcement autonomous machine back then is the same as we have now , you own mind

[@WapTek123]

@@tarstarkusz copy an LP record to a reel to reel tape & then smuggling the tape in & then use the tape as a master to make the dupe tape over & over to cut the xrays

[@michaelshoshani3230]

There's a slight transcription error around 9 minutes into the video. Nick Markovitch is quoted as saying records were sold around "GHOOM". He's talking about GUM, pronounced "goom", the main Soviet department store chain that had locations in major cities.

[@warmleatherette]

Dark times... even though some countries these days still want to control our minds. Respect to these strong people. All they wanted was to listen to the music they want.

[@erikgelfat367]

u dont belive how hard was to be this strong people, if some russian civillian would know that you listen to american music, or dressed in amercian clothes no one would talk to you, you would be a tratior

[@vinyleyezz]

So cool! Great documentary!

[@UnVeritableBolDeLait]

I bet you'd like to get one ;)

[@Radioaddict2200]

I own an xray disc

[@channelname4238]

What's on it?

[@Kylefassbinderful]

I love bite sized docs like these. Perfect for a short lunch break instead of playing games.

[@boogiedownbronx73]

yes around 1970 everything changed. Melodyia label produced some of the fines jazz in the world. I own a lot of Soviet Jazz & Rare groove records. Who would have thought they would be so funky.

[@gagarinone]

Inspiration, music doesn't have any borders! :-)

[@TinLeadHammer]

By that time jazz stopped being counter-culture. Indigenous rock-n-roll and twist could be heard in the movies produced during the 1960s Khruschev Thaw.

[@Salisbury2015]

Brought here by Techmoan. What a terrific documentary! These guys were real heroes.

[@Hitchhiker_a.d.R.]

Wait which of his videos brought you here? For me it was the other way around, my first thought while watching this video was "I wonder if Techmoan knows about these?"

[@GlowstoneWolf]

@@Hitchhiker_a.d.R. this is old but i think its the polish postcards video!

[@Hitchhiker_a.d.R.]

@@GlowstoneWolf Thank you so much! (and it's never too late for an answer)

[@TinLeadHammer]

They would have been heroes if they recorded political proclamations. Instead they were pirating and selling music, no better than liquor smugglers during the Prohibition: satisfy the demand and make profit. True communist capitalists.

[@boogiedownbronx73]

the X-ray is similar to the flexi^discs that were very popular in Asia. Also in the USA you were able to get some often in combination with food like a on a cereal box.

[@lethrbear32]

I had a few come in Mad Magazine and Rip too.

[@drewgehringer7813]

the USSR eventually had "legitimate" releases using flexi-discs too, most famously they were included in a music magazine for young people called "Krugozor"

[@pedrotome9119]

Thanks to you all, guys. You are teaching me about something I did never hear before.

[@kylearmitage9323]

Man these records should be used in haunted houses, they just sound so eerie.

[@thumpfinger]

That was fantastic I'm an X-ray tech and Xray instructor that would be great to hear. Very good video I really enjoyed it

[@VeeManny]

Great!! What a love for music.

[@525Lines]

It's like the thumb drives smuggled into North Korea with South Korean soap operas on them.

[@Rhythmattica]

Yeh....But did they make the thumb drives?

[@baileyharrison1030]

525Lines but a million times more creative

[@chrispza]

Now using micro-SD drives, which can be more easily smuggled. "... But nowadays, those devices become smaller, around this size of a small SD card. So in North Korea, young children call this SD card, nose card, because why they call it nose card? If their bodies are searched, they can easily put that card inside their nose to avoid searching. "

[@InspectorSmeg]

Of all the stuff they could have smuggled 😣

[@TheDogonline]

Спасибо!

[@TheMixCurator]

I was at Abbey Road this summer as a producer I know has collected a bunch of these bones x-ray vinyl's and decided to make an album from what they've collected. They essentially made covers of the songs that were smuggled in. I was there to film the recordings in the famous Studio 2 (The same place the Beatles "Get Back" was shot in. Hopefully the LP will be out in the New Year, with the idea to make a film/documentary about this as well for a wider audience!

[@siradri]

The Beatles certainly recorded most of their songs at EMI studios, later renamed Abbey Road Studios. But Get Back the song, the original film (called Let it Be) and Peter Jackson's Documentary was shot and recorded at Apple Studios.

[@MrTheunivideo]

Incredible. Just amazing.

[@luceroblaustein8687]

incredible story! can anyone tell me what's the music that sounds on the closing credits?

[@NihilQuest]

Very interesting doc, thank you.

[@starwarez73]

Love it!!! Thanks!!

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

"You choose, you give us the ribs odr you get these knives under your ribs." lmaooo heavy thuggin!!

[@worIdgovermment]

не допустите возвращения этих "Dark times"

[@chaitanyakrishnan]

brilliant, what ingenuity!

[@christotzontchev4798]

But why are none of the collectors showing genuine x-rays records? Shown are only common flexies and shellac records.

[@landtechnik4k]

I need that songname: 3:24

[@robertorussovisions]

Incredible history!

[@semraozturk6603]

What is the name of the song at the end? Does anyone have any idea, I would love to listen the whole piece.

[@icebob8555]

Cant stop the music

[@carbootstudios2459]

We've watched a bit of this as part of a presentation at my university.

[@WapTek123]

copy an LP record to a reel to reel "master" tape & smuggle the mater into the USSR, use the master tape to make a "dupe tape" to cut the xrays over & over from "dupe tape" & when your old dupe dies use the "master" tape to make a "dupe tape" again

[@roporsche]

clever.sounds like my 1 LP .STONES 1965😂thx 4 sharing.

[@sashaikevich]

Anyone know the song playing at 7:58?

[@TheRealTuesdayWeld]

+Alex Shaikevich it is The Real Tuesday Weld

[@sashaikevich]

+The Real Tuesday Weld I checked out a random song of theirs (The Day Before You Came) - I like it! Thanks for the tip. Do you know the actual song playing though?

[@sashaikevich]

+The Real Tuesday Weld Oh hang on, YOU are The Real Tuesday Weld. Sneaky sneaky self promo ;-) I like your sound

[@TheRealTuesdayWeld]

+Alex Shaikevich thanks! well I wrote a whole load of music influenced by this project and wonderful Russian tunes. but this is the only one in this film

[@sashaikevich]

+The Real Tuesday Weld It's only 6 seconds long. I was hoping to listen to the full track. Oh well. I have a few friends that like Parov, Gramatik, Waldeck, I bet they'll love your stuff!

[@LittleLion93]

Very nice, thanks!

[@JoeLaFon3]

You can't stop rock n roll

[@cronkitesatellite]

Fascinating

[@milantessler2663]

can anyone give me any info on the music in this video? great singing in the background several times throughout

[@almazotorresericdaniel8580]

Maybe pyotr leschenko

[@fodleg]

Brilliant!

[@Piffelandia]

Qualcuno conosce il titolo della canzone finale? Gli ultimi secondi...

[@No14me23]

mindblowing.

[@huseyinsahin9882]

SERDAR KUZULOĞLU buralardasın 😀

[@iliketowatch.]

Heroes!

[@obillorchkenobi]

Heroes

[@louminati4318]

Soon people will be meeting in secret just to have a chat.

[@ersatzvitamin1]

Real Soviet hero

[@kossboss]

This technique is utilized in the TV show "Fartsa" on Netflix; which should be renamed "Farsa" (so as to not be associated with a fart lol & still sounds like the russian word). That word translates to "Bootleggers" (or singular Bootlegger)

[@shirleymuhleisen683]

Do what you have to do🤠

[@vladimirsafronov6929]

В продолжение темы читайте мой рассказ о музыке на костях в автобиографическом сборнике "Джинсовый остров" www.proza.ru/2007/05/21-36

[@emrahcelenk]

vay arkadaş ..

[@guitarlad89]

Heeeeeeere's Boris!

[@lespaulofdoom9288]

2:02 What the fuck was he trying to say with that accent?

[@jevicci]

"I remember one record of Elvis Presley cost one month's salary."