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EAST OFTHE GROOVE
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МАШИНА ВРЕМЕНИ(MASHINA VREMENI)
В Добрый Час(Good Luck)
1986 · USSR · МЕЛОДИЯ (MELODIYA) · Vinyl, LP, Compilation
В Добрый Час (Good Luck) is a studio album by Mashina Vremeni that arrived at a pivotal moment in Soviet rock history — its official Melodiya release in the early 1980s marked one of the first times a genuine Soviet rock act had been granted legitimate state-label distribution for original material.
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