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MK also pressed a number of Melodiya originals for the US market in the 1950s and '60s. For a while it was part of the Artia-Bruno-Colosseum group. I always thought of it as a branch of the Melodiya tree. -Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Dave Lewis > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:09 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] MELODIYA DISCOGRAPHY - was Medtner playing his 3rd > Piano Concerto > > MK stands for Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, which is the name of a large chain of > bookstores in Russia. At one time they were probably part of Melodiya, but at some > point they became a separate concern. Some releases on the Czech Multisonic label > originated with recordings from MK. > > Uncle Dave Lewis > AMG/Macrovision > Ann Arbor, MI > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Thomas Stern > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:59 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] MELODIYA DISCOGRAPHY - was Medtner playing his 3rd > Piano Concerto > > Does this include MK releases? > What is the relationship of MK to Melodiya? (I've seen both labels, and some > others - possibly relating to where pressed, but assume they are all state > owned and part of the same Soviet agency???) > Thanks, Thomas. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Larry Friedman > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:21 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Medtner playing his 3rd Piano Concerto > > > There is "Melodiya: A Soviet Russian L.P. Discography" by John R. Bennett > (1981, Greenwood Press), ISBN 0-313-22596-6. It is a wonderful source of > information for all classical releases of this label. There are plenty of > omissions and mistakes, but there is no other book like it, all 832 pages of > it. Unfortunately it is out of print, and prices for new copies go from > US$145.51 to $220.38. Used copies are even more expensive, from $176.52 to > $316.22. > > -Larry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > On Behalf Of Roger and Allison Kulp > > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 3:21 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Medtner playing his 3rd Piano Concerto > > > > Has anybody done a definitive discography and history,of classical Lps in > the Soviet > > era ? > > > > In any language besides Russian/Cyrillic,that is. > > > > If so,I would like to know author,title,etc. so I could try and track down > a copy.I did > > recently come across such a book for sale on the web,for Russian 78s,but > it was in > > Russian/Cyrillic. > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Medtner playing his 3rd Piano Concerto > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:58 PM > > > > [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > If you could send or post a scan someone could probably read it for > you... > > > > > > joe salerno > > > > > > > > > Punto wrote: > > >> Apologies for the discographic question, but I have exhausted my other > > resources at hand. > > >> > > >> I have in hand an LP that is of Soviet origin, but not Melodiya/MK or > > anything that I have seen previously. The acronym of the label name > appears to > > be something along the lines of BCT (with the "t" looking more like a > > gibbet). > > > > Before 1964 when the Melodiya trademark was developed for nationwide use, > each > > pressing plant had their own label and trademarks even though they were > all > > mainly pressing the same records. This one is a two-tone blue label, > right? > > BCG stands for Vsyesayuznaya Studya Gramzapese or All-Union Studio Record > > Factory, and I think it was the newly established Moscow plant around 1962 > which > > later became known as Gramzapis. This factory seems to also be the source > of > > the export pressings with the MK label around 1963 which were never > available > > inside the USSR since MK (International Books) was the export agency of > books, > > records, and postage stamps. Most pre-Melodiya LPs came from the Aprelvsk > > factory (sometimes the AZ torch logo or CCCP/USSR), Leningrad (sometimes > Akkord > > or LZ) in cyrillic), and Riga (sometimes Ligo). > > >> The catalog number is 06501/06502. I have been able to decipher that > > it is Medtner playing his Piano Concerto no. 3, but I can't convince > myself > > that the rest stands for "Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Issay > > Dobrowen", which is the only version that I have turned up > elsewhere.Anyone > > out there (Mike Biel, maybe?) that can tell me what I've got. If this it > > indeed a Russian pressing of the Abbey Road Philharmonia recording, it has > done > > a pretty good job of overlaying it with a layer of acoustic sludge/fudge. > > >> > > >> Thanks, Peter Hirsch > > >> > > >> > > > > All my Soviet books and guides are buried in disarray right now which is > why I > > haven't yet answered the Paul Robeson question over on 78-L from a few > days > > ago. It is possible it is that British recording because they did do > things > > like that. When I unearth the books and magazines, I'll look to see if > > there are any indications of what this is. > > > > Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1860 - Release Date: > 12/21/2008 > > 3:08 PM > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1860 - Release Date: 12/21/2008 > 3:08 PM