Kazakh collector preserves recorders that powered Soviet bootlegs
Almaty museum keeps alive the story of how banned Western music travelled through Soviet homes ALMATY: For two decades, Andrei Klimenko has been amassing a collection of Soviet-era reel-to-reel tape recorders for a small museum he runs in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city. Western music was officially banned in the Soviet Union but enjoyed widespread popularity, […]
