A collage of four photographs related to a Soviet vinyl record by the Pesniary vocal and instrumental ensemble. In the top right is the front album cover, showing seven musicians posed together in a studio setting. They are wearing stylized traditional folk clothing such as embroidered shirts, vests, and belts. One musician holds a traditional string instrument. Various musical instruments and stage props appear in the background. The title “Pesniary” and the phrase “Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble” are printed at the top of the cover. In the top left is a page of liner notes with descriptive text and a track list printed in Russian and English. The bottom two images show close-up photographs of the vinyl record itself. Both display the blue center labels of the Soviet Melodiya record company, with Cyrillic text indicating the ensemble name, song titles, and side numbers of the record.

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The first self-titled album (AKA 'I Dreamed of You in the Spring') by the folk-beat ensemble Pesnyary (Minsk, BSSR), popular in the Soviet Union, released in 1971 by the Melodiya record label.

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