During the harshest days of Soviet censorship, it was nearly impossible — and also very risky — to get a hold of Western music. But people in the Soviet Union became experts at devising creative, ...

A well-connected dealer in the Cold War Soviet Union could get an enterprising music fan some of the good stuff — American jazz, pop and early rock 'n' roll — for the right price. At a time when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the Soviet Union, some clever people realized that X-ray film was just soft enough to be etched by a sound recording device.