Each major record company, to court the tastes of recent immigrants to America, maintained catalogues of ethnic music played by artists that came from the "old country." This was one of the Yiddish sides for Victor, a
spirited instrumental performed on balalaikas. The leader was Aleksandr Kirilloff who recorded many sides for Victor from 1920 through the electric era. The sonic quality is quite good for an acoustic waxing of stringed
instruments which are notoriously difficult to record. The disc from which this sample was taken had been played quite a bit, but on good equipment, so the wear was limited to the loud notes and some groove stress toward
the end. It responded very well to noise reduction.
