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An image of the vinyl album cover by Cristina Turcu (showing herself in a black dress) and the band Fraţii Peşte
Cristina Turcu and Fraţii Peşte 1992
Cristina Turcu Și Formația Frații Pește VG+/VG+
Europop/Romani/Folk 15€
Romania LP
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A fundamental record of the new (for those times) Romanian petrecere music; a pearl inside the production of the Eurostar label. Some of the tracks are sung by Cristina Turcu, some others by Frații Pește band. A must-have in your collection if you're into Romanian music (before the rise of manele).

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An image of the vinyl album cover by Boris Mashalov with his black and white portrait and his name written in cyrillic alphabet
Boris Mashalov 1980
Народни Песни В Изпълнение На Борис Машалов NM/NM
Folk 10€
Bulgaria LP
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A compilation of some songs performed by the best male voice of Bulgarian traditional repertoire, Boris Mashalov. Yes, it's a reissue, but it's still worth having it on your shelves: Boris Mashalov's voice it's creeping in the best meanign possible.

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An image of the vinyl album cover by the band Super Grupo Colombia (showing themselves in fancy beige suits and musical instruments on the grass and under a big tree)
Super Grupo "Colombia" 1977
Los embajadores. - Vol. 2 NM/NM
Latin/Cumbia 60€
Mexico LP
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The history of mexican cumbia in the "Colombia" style. This record comes from an age when defining a group or a specific cumbia song as Colombian (even if recorded and printed in Mexico by Mexican artists) was the fashion. Unmissable.

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An image of the vinyl album cover by various immigrants from Calabria to Milano non-professional artists with pictures from the suburbs
Various Artists 1977
Vol. 10. Calabresi A Milano NM/NM
Italian Urban Folk 25€
Italy LP
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This is an incredible document of life and dreams of a community of Calabrian immigrants in late 1970s Milan. More than an album, this is field recording of traditional songs played by non-professional artists. This LP is part of a larger musical study about vestigial traditional forms of music in the Lombardia region, published by the perished Italian Albatros label.

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An image of the vinyl album cover by various turkish-greek artists with a piece of painting of men with turkish hats, mustache and a baglamas
Various Artists 1981
Αμανέδες NM/NM
Aman/Rebetiko 10€
Greece LP
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A reissue with original recordings of rebetiko songs coming out directly from 1920s and 1930s Greek shellacs; in particular, this record contains what were (and still are) called "Amanédes" (pl. of Amanés), kinds of "arrhythmic" improvised sorrow laments of oriental inspiration sung by the best interpreters, such as Antonis Diamantidis "Ntalgas" and Kostas Roukounas.

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An image of the vinyl 45rpm cover by Serbezovski brothers (showing themselves in a family picture)
Braća Serbezovski 1976
Da Li Hoćeš, Brate, Aliju VG++/VG
Romani/Folk 7€
Yugoslavia 45 RPM
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Together with Šaban Bajramović, Muharem "Mumo" Serbezovski is probably the most famous Roma singer of all time. Here we have a 45 RPM made with his younger brother Ajnur with a classic Roma taste, yet clearly from 1970s.

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