Sasha Polinoff And His Russian Gypsy Orchestra - Fastest Balalaika In The West
Sasha Polinoff And His Russian Gypsy Orchestra - Fastest Balalaika In The West Singer: Sasha Polinoff And His Russian Gypsy Orchestra
Title: Fastest Balalaika In The West
Label: Elektra ‎– EKS-7212
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Butterfly Labels
Country: US
Date of released:
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
Size MP3 zip: 1858 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1250 mb
Rating: 4.1✭
Format: MP3 APE AHX ADX AIFF MP1 DXD VOX FLAC

Tracklist

A1 Kamarinskaya 2:41
A2 Ukrainskoye Potpourri 3:10
A3 Kalinka (Little Berry) 2:08
A4 Mazurka 2:45
A5 Pesnia Rebakah (Fisherman's Song) 2:44
A6 Gypsy Song 3:39
B1 Toska Po Rodine (Longing For My Land) 3:03
B2 Yamschik (Coachman) 3:20
B3 Ticho Vait Vetirok (Gentle Breeze) 3:27
B4 Svetit Mesiatz (Brightly Shines The Moon) 2:36
B5 To Nie Vietier Vietku Clonit (It's Not The Wind That Bends The Branch) 4:00
B6 Gaida Troika - Proschay (Go Troika - Farewell) 4:07

Credits

  • Accordion – Leonid I. Kalbouss
  • Balalaika – George H. Mogiloff, Sasha Polinoff
  • Balalaika [Bass] – Alexis Hramoff
  • Design [Cover] – William S. Harvey
  • Domra – Constantin Poliansky
  • Domra [Alto] – Homo Freierman
  • Domra [Bass] – Boris Maidansky
  • Engineer – John Quinn
  • Liner Notes – Gene Raskin
  • Photography By – George Pickow, 3 Lions*
  • Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Jac Holzman
  • Supervised By [Production Supervisor], Engineer – Mark Abramson

Notes

This is the stereo version with different catalog number than the mono, "Panoramic Stereo" banner at top of front cover and Elektra butterfly labels stating stereo. Would be circa 1970 or later given the label design.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
EKL-212 Sasha Polinoff And His Russian Gypsy Orchestra* Fastest Balalaika In The West ‎(LP, Mono) Elektra EKL-212 US 1962
EKS-7212 Sasha Polinoff And His Russian Gypsy Orchestra* Fastest Balalaika In The West ‎(LP, Album, Gol) Elektra EKS-7212 US 1962
MDINT 9 127 Sasha Polinoff Et Son Orchestre Tzigane Balalaïka De L'Ouest ‎(LP) Mode Disques MDINT 9 127 France Unknown