I’m Sasha from LongPlayVinyl, and in this episode I’m finally checking out the Kyiv Vinyl Fair in Ukraine. I actually missed Record Store Day this year because I was in a country that doesn’t run an official RSD event, so this monthly fair ended up being my “Record Store Day” workaround. Ukraine’s in the middle of a real vinyl resurgence right now—local artists are getting records pressed (often in Germany), and the demand for old original pressings is growing right alongside it. I spent a little over an hour digging and walked out with just two records—mostly because I’ve got basically zero room left in my luggage for the flight back to Canada. I grabbed a Tom Waits “Swordfishtrombones” bootleg pressed by Antrop (and if you’re into that stuff, I’ve got an older video where I show more Antrop bootlegs). The other pickup was a brand-new record from Dead Boys Girlfriend, a Ukrainian electronic band. Both were about $5 each, and if you’re ever in Ukraine, I genuinely recommend timing your trip around this fair—there’s Ukrainian music, Soviet records, western pressings, and even bootlegs of classics like The Beatles, Led Zep, and Pink Floyd.