Рок-Архив

In 1987 a Moscow music critic Andrei Gavrilov addressed Melodiya label with an offer to issue a series labeled as Pop Archive. At the end of 1987 Melodiya released only three records in this series named as "Рок Архив" (Rock Archive): 1. Deep Purple - Дым Над Водой / Smoke On The Water 2. Elton John - Твоя Песня / Your Song 3. Elton John - Городской Бродяга / Honky Cat Each record was priced 2.50 Roubles. In 1988 Melodiya stopped this series and launched a new "Архив Популярной Музыки" (Popular Music Archive) series of a slightly different design, and the above records with the same tracks listing were reissued as part of that series. All the records in the latter series were priced at a premium price 3.50 Roubles. Totally 12 records were issued in Popular Music Archive. Series of Мелодия's vinyls.