EP record Tangos Argentinos (Аргентинские танго) — Conjunto instrumental de Buenos Aires (MK / Soviet pressing, 33⅓ rpm, Д-004082 / Д-004083)

Audio Recording

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

EP record "Tangos Argentinos" (Аргентинские танго) — Conjunto instrumental de Buenos Aires (MK / Soviet pressing, 33⅓ rpm, Д-004082 / Д-004083)

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.285

Description

A small-format 33⅓ rpm vinyl gramophone record (likely a 25 cm / 10-inch disc) in a paper sleeve, manufactured in the USSR and carrying the blue "МК" label with its stylized bird device. It collects classic Argentine guardia vieja tangos performed by an unnamed "Conjunto instrumental de Buenos Aires," with bilingual Russian/Spanish credits. Side A (Д-004082): "Don Juan" (música de Ponzio), "Estercita" (E. Delfino), "Unión Cívica" (Santa Cruz), "Rodríguez Peña" (V. Greco). Side B (Д-004083): "Derecho Viejo" (printed "Derero Viejo," V. Greco), "El Nueve de Julio" (Padula), "El Amanecer" (Firpo). The disc label notes "Made in the U.S.S.R.," "33⅓ об. в мин.," the technical spec "ТУ 35," matrix "ХП 558-63," price group ("Третья гр., 0-80"), and a hand-etched runout "Д004082/4-1." One sleeve face reproduces the bilingual track lists over a scenic lake-and-mountains photograph (with the Aprelevka plant's "АЗ" torch emblem); the other is a Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga promotional back listing "Best USSR Variety Orchestras on Soviet Gramophone Records" (Druzhba, the Leningrad and Estonian Radio orchestras, Eddie Rozner, Oleg Lundstrem, the Moscow Variety Theatre and Uzbekistan orchestras).

Context

In other countries, Melodiya recordings imported from the USSR were often sold under the label MK, which stood for Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (Международная книга), the state agency that held a monopoly over the export of music records during the Soviet era. The fully Spanish track listing — "Conjunto instrumental de Buenos Aires," "música de…," "(Argentina)" — shows the disc was packaged specifically for Spanish-speaking export markets. What makes the object especially telling is that the USSR is here exporting Latin American music to Latin America: classic Argentine tango, pressed at Aprelevka, sold to Cuba. The Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga back cover, advertising Soviet estrada (variety/jazz) orchestras to foreign buyers, frames the record within the USSR's broader cultural-export and soft-power project.

Audio Format

33 RPM Record

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Album Detail

Contributors

Contributor

Conjunto instrumental de Buenos Aires

Role

Band

Record Label

Aprelevka Record Factory

Musical Genre

tangos

Release Date

1963

Place Recorded

Country

U.S.S.R., Argentina

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe, South America

Language

Spanish

Album Artwork Description

The cover shows an ocean landscape set in front of mountainous terrain, with clouds covering the mountaintops in the background and two rocks framing the mountain as a focal point.

Notes

Manufactured (pressed) at the Aprelevka Record Factory, Aprelevka (Moscow Oblast), USSR — identified by the "АЗ" torch emblem — and exported via Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, Moscow. The performance is credited to a Buenos Aires ensemble, so the musical recording is presumptively Buenos Aires, Argentina; whether the master is a licensed Argentine recording or a Soviet studio recording billed as a Buenos Aires group is not yet confirmed. Dating: the matrix "ХП 558-63" indicates a 1963 master/order, consistent with the pre-Melodiya "МК" export imprint (Melodiya was established in 1964). Best dated c. 1963.

Track Details

Title

Don Juan

Track Contributors

Contributor

Ernesto Poncio

Role

Composer

Title

Estercita

Track Contributors

Contributor

E. Delfino

Role

Composer

Title

Unión Cívica

Track Contributors

Contributor

Santa Cruz

Role

Composer

Title

Rodríguez Peña

Track Contributors

Contributor

V. Greco

Role

Composer

Title

Derero Viejo

Track Contributors

Contributor

V. Greco

Role

Composer

Title

El nueve de julio

Track Contributors

Contributor

José Luis Padula

Role

Composer

Title

El amanecer

Track Contributors

Contributor

Roberto Firpo

Role

Composer

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Back cover

Transcription

НА СОВЕТСКИХ ГРАМПЛАСТИНКАХ ЛУЧШИЕ ЭСТРАДНЫЕ ОРКЕСТРЫ СССР д 007081-82 Молодежный эстрадный ансамбль «Дружба» д 008043-44 Эстрадный оркестр градского радио д 007179-80 эстрадный оркестр п/у 3. Рознера д 007213-14 Эстрадный оркестр Эстонского радио д 5794-95 Оркестр п/у О. Лундстрема д 005806-07 Оркестр Московского театра Эстрады д 6865-66 Эстрадный оркестр Узбеки стана BEST USSR VARIETY ORCHESTRAS ON SOVIET GRAMOPHONE RECORDS D 007081-82 "Druzhba," Youth Variety Ensemble D 008043-44 Leningrad Radio Variety Orchestra D 007179-80 Variety Orchestra conducted by E. Roznor D 007213-14 Estonian Radio Variety Orchestra D 5794-95 Orchestra conducted by O. Lundstrem D 005806-07 Moscow Variety Theatre Orchestra D 6865-66 Uzbekistan Variety Orchestra

Language

Russian

Translation

BEST USSR VARIETY ORCHESTRAS ON SOVIET GRAMOPHONE RECORDS D 007081-82 "Druzhba," Youth Variety Ensemble D 008043-44 Leningrad Radio Variety Orchestra D 007179-80 Variety Orchestra conducted by E. Roznor D 007213-14 Estonian Radio Variety Orchestra D 5794-95 Orchestra conducted by O. Lundstrem D 005806-07 Moscow Variety Theatre Orchestra D 6865-66 Uzbekistan Variety Orchestra BEST USSR VARIETY ORCHESTRAS ON SOVIET GRAMOPHONE RECORDS D 007081-82 "Druzhba," Youth Variety Ensemble D 008043-44 Leningrad Radio Variety Orchestra D 007179-80 Variety Orchestra conducted by E. Roznor D 007213-14 Estonian Radio Variety Orchestra D 5794-95 Orchestra conducted by O. Lundstrem D 005806-07 Moscow Variety Theater Orchestra D 6865-66 Uzbekistan Variety Orchestra

Material/Technique

Printed

Dimensions

Height

21 cm

Width

21 cm

Parts

vinyl, record case

Accessories

Accessory

Case

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Aprelevka

Region

Moscow Oblast, Eastern Europe

Country

U.S.S.R.

Continent

Europe

Notes

Production

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Acquisition

Place

Country

Argentina

Continent

South America

Notes

music recorded

Web Links and URLs

https://www.discogs.com/release/15575291-%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%91%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81-%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0-%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5, https://www.discogs.com/release/15575291-%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%91%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81-%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0-%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5

Research Notes

Notes

Sources consulted: Wikipedia for the MK/Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga export label and for the Aprelevka Record Factory (Moscow Oblast; main Soviet pressing plant; merged into Melodiya in 1964).

Notes

"Derero Viejo" is a sleeve misprint for "Derecho Viejo"; note also that "Derecho Viejo" is usually credited to Eduardo Arolas rather than V. Greco, so the Soviet sleeve's composer attributions should be treated cautiously. Composer surnames appear in Russianized/abbreviated form (Ponzio, Delfino, Padula, Firpo).

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

May 27, 2022

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 16, 2026