In 80s, Soviet bands also recorded their own albums on tape and they distributed those by copying from tape to tape.
How they got hardware to make records is another fun story entirely, or more like a hundred: there's this book "100 tape albums of Soviet Rock" (100 мангитоальбомов советского рока) with in-depth comments on notable examples.
How they got hardware to make records is another fun story entirely, or more like a hundred: there's this book "100 tape albums of Soviet Rock" (100 мангитоальбомов советского рока) with in-depth comments on notable examples.