About magazines dedicated to music (part 2)

    General results:

  • only 19 of 50 offer reviews on musical discs;
  • the main reviews' mass is dedicated tо foreign discs, but the FUZZ magazine which allots a space for Russian discs;
  • only one magazine provides review classification on styles - the PLAY magazine;
  • reviews' quality of what a reader could obtain from the texts, get a notion of what kind of music is offered by a disc leaves much to be desired (AND THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER CONSIDERATION ON THIS IN A SEPARATE ARTICLE).

        Principal conclusions on the magazines' contents:

  • either Russians discs issued are not interesting from the point of view of journalists or discs are few in number at all;
  • there isn't a feeling that the magazines' directing managers wish to make serious and broad reviews of the issued musical products (on sale or present in stores) , including foreign ones;
  • perhaps, to have at hand something to choose from, I could think of subscribing, having nothing better, only two magazines, these are PLAY and FUZZ.

        General conclusion.

        I'd rather call my friends and ask them, whether they know stores with wide choice of musical products on the one hand and on the other - where it is possible to listen to discs free of charge and with no time limitations before buying them and consult shop assistants and receive advice on what is worth spending money for.

        I have called and now I knew. There are such stores.

    Valery Siver

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