...The second album called “Russian Songs” (XTV 85937-85938) came out three years later (i.e. in 1959 - Editor's note), also "at the author’s expense" with 1000 copies. On the disc, recorded in the Columbia studio, were 14 songs and ballads accompanied by Melitsa Brockert (piano). They again were selling the records themselves....
Excerpt from the article about life and art of Pavel Kripakov.