Sliekutēva vaļasprieks is the first compilation album by Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 Dzeltenie Pastnieki

Dzeltenie Pastnieki

Dzeltenie Pastnieki are a Latvian band formed in 1981 in Riga, Latvia. Their name means "the yellow postmen" in Latvian, and is sometimes abbreviated to DzP. They were among the pioneers of new wave as well as reggae in the former Soviet Union...

, released on quarter inch tape and compact cassette in 1989. Oddly, neither a label nor a catalog number is specified anywhere on the sleeve.

The release is notable for the inclusion of a non-album track, "Karuselis upes vidū", originating from the sessions for Man ļoti patīk jaunais vilnis

Man loti patik jaunais vilnis

Man ļoti patīk jaunais vilnis is the second album by Latvian band Dzeltenie Pastnieki, released through magnitizdat in 1982, and 'officially' in 2003. The name of the album is Latvian for "I really like New Wave"...

(1982), and two out-takes from the sessions for Alise

Alise

Alise is the third album by Latvian band Dzeltenie Pastnieki, released through magnitizdat in 1984, and 'officially' as late as 2004.The album was based on the music the band recorded for an amateur stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass,...

(1984) - studio dialogue entitled "Cik zaļas acis zutim" and an instrumental mix of "Hercogienes dziesma".

The album additionally boasts the most exquisite packaging among the band's official releases, featuring a close-up of a bass guitar on the back, portrait photographs of the band members on the inner sleeve, plus a leaflet with track details inside.

Side A

1. "Viltus pastnieks dzeltenais" (edit)
2. "Čemodāns"
3. "Nāc ārā no ūdens"
4. "Bezcerīgā dziesma"
5. "Kāpēc tu mani negribi"
6. "Mana vasara aiziet"
7. "Man ļoti patīk jaunais vilnis"
8. "Peles dziesma"
9. "Kroketa dziesma"
10. "Cik zaļas acis zutim" (studio dialogue)
11. "Hercogienes dziesma" (instrumental)

Side B

1. "Karuselis upes vidū"
2. "Vienmēr klusi"
3. "Svešā malā"
4. "Sliekutēva vaļasprieks"
5. "Milžu cīņa"
6. "Nevaru saprast tā neko"
7. "Mākoņu sniegs"
8. "Pavasaris (ir grūts laiks)"
9. "Jaunais gads"
10. "Noguris un nelaimīgs"