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This is really interesting... American disco music from the 1970s made it behind the iron curtain? Were these releases censored in any way and how common was American disco music in the former Soviet Union?

Hello,

Well, I was a baby at the end of the 70's so i don't really know about how or why these records were released. And I don't want to say silly things.
But.
At that time mainly the West-German stars had success behind the iron curtain. Several Ariola and Hansa records were released in the former Soviet Union. For exaple: Boney M., Amanda Lear, Amii Stewart, Ricchi E Poveri, Tina Turner......and later Modern Talking. :)

As I know these releases were mainly selections or singles containing the album versions. But they were not censored. Only Boney M's Rasputin was forbidden to play. So this track was left off from the Russian release of 'Nightflight To Venus' album. (I submitted this earlier)

Though 'Three Degrees' an American band, the record itself was licenced through Ariola Eurodisc GmbH. Munich, Germany. As it's written on the label. Maybe the rights for release Ariola records contained Three Degrees songs as well beside the German stars... (?)