With vinyl nearly impossible to buy, mixtapes became currency. A young person with a dual-cassette deck and a copy of Michael Jackson’s Thriller or Modern Talking’s You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul was a local hero. The quality was terrible—hiss, warble, generations of copies—but the joy was immense.
Notable Romanian artists of the 80s managed to produce disco-influenced hits under strict oversight: muzica disco anii 70 80 90