V.A. - The Best Of The Beat Groups Of Sofia (1968)

It seems that there were not many beat groups in Sofia around in 1969. This compilation (Balkanton BTA 1437 / 1968) collects only the songs of "Sreburnite Grivni" and "Shtoursite" plus one song from a band called "Glassovete". The style of the two main bands ranges from beat/psychedelic/freakbeat and some bulgarian folk influences. Pretty strange stuff but some songs could find easily their way on a "Worldbeaters" compilation. The climax is the cool freakbeat number "Song For The Crickets" by "Shtoursite".

Tracklist:
 1. Sreburnite Grivni: Proxima
 2. Glassovete: You, Serene Moon
 3. Sreburnite Grivni: Venus
 4. Sreburnite Grivni: The Blessed Frantic Youth
 5. Sreburnite Grivni: Give Me, Vusse, Your Little Hand
 6. Sreburnite Grivni: Zarezan
 7. Shtoursite: And A Star
 8. Sreburnite Grivni: The Boy, Who...
 9. Shtoursite: NSU
10. Shtoursite: Picture Book
11. Shtoursite: The Two Little Beat Boys
12. Shtoursite: Song Of The Crickets

Personnel:
[SHTOURSITE]
Petar Gyuzelev (gtr, vcls) [AB]
Veselin Kisjov (gtr, vcls) [A]
Kiril Marichkov (bs, vcls) [AB]
Peter Tsankov (drms, vcls) [AB]
Konstantin Atanasov (gtr) [B]

[SREBURNITE GRIVNI]
Valentin Stefanov
Alexander Petrounov
Georgi Stankov
Georgian Banov

[GLASSOVETE]
unknown

Band origin:
Sofia (Bulgaria)

Get it here (Artwork included / vinyl rip)

Listen to Shtoursite: Song For The Crickets