[78-L] three riddles

[Jan Hovers]

Dear Mike,
You are really of great help! Unfortunately my realplayer doesn’t want to play the Real-audiofiles of the website you have sent. Are you able to listen to the file of The Sounds of Jazz to compare it with the recording on my website, to hear if it is the same?
The biography of Tsfasman is really an eye-opener for me, as I have been searching for information on him for years. Thanks again.
But then I am also a little puzzled. I understand from your info that this record was recorded in 1938. And then again it was pressed/reissued in the fifties, as you can tell by the label. I have always thought that jazz was not allowed during the years of the USSR. Am I wrong in this respect?
The Russian lady, who helped me translating the label some years ago, translated the title as “Quick Dance”. Is that correct or would you say by what the label indicates that the title “The sounds of Jazz” is more accurate?
By the way, I surfed to russianrecords.com  but unfortunately it seems not to be online anymore. So I am sorry that I can’t say hello to your friend Alexander.
By the way, 2 years ago I visited Minsk in Belarus (in relation to the Beatles, but that is a different story) and to my surprise I walked into a sparkling tribute show in the main theatre with big orchestra and ballroom dancers, all in honour of the music of Tsfasman. I was surprised that his legacy was still so popular. And indeed, this same tune was on the programme. 
Many thanks!
Jan

 http://www.hovers.nl
 http://www.radionostalgia.nl
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But the -50 suffix does tell me that this 
pressing itself was made between 1950 and 56 when the next revision of 
5289 happened.

There is a discography on-line for Alexander Tsfasman (which is actually 
how his name is usually transliterated).

http://patefon.knet.ru/kdf/d_tsfas.html

 They list 6376 with the title "The Sounds of Jazz" recorded 8 Jan 
1938.  His bio is here.

http://patefon.knet.ru/kdf/tsfasman.html

Well, I do know a lot but the patefon site had some great stuff, and 
there is a small forum at another site russianrecords.com  If you join 
there, say hello for me to my friend Alexander Tikhonov who is one of 
the people who run it. 

 		 	   		  
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