Bolderājas dzelzceļš is the official debut 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...

, following the demo recording Madonas galerts. It was released through magnitizdat

Magnitizdat

Magnitizdat is a term used to describe the process of re-copying and self distributing live audio tape recordings in the Soviet Union that were not available commercially...

 in 1981, and 'officially' in 2003. The name of the album is Latvian

Latvian language

Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...

 for "The Railroad of/to Bolderāja

Bolderaja

Bolderāja is a district to the north-west of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It probably began as a fishing village. The area has been inhabited since at least the 10th century and possibly for a longer period of time but unfortunately there is no firm evidence because of variations in the course of...

" and is commonly misspelt as Bolderājas dzelzsceļš (even on the cover of the officially released CD

Compact Disc

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). Bolderāja is a district of Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

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Track listing

1. "Zaļais garais vilciens" (Ingus Baušķenieks/Juris Boiko)
2. "Sliktā dziesma par zaķu salu" (Hardijs Lediņš/Boiko)
3. "Čemodāns" (Baušķenieks/Lediņš)
4. "Lai tu aizmirstu" (Baušķenieks)
5. "Lokomotīve jūras krastā" (Lediņš)
6. "Nāc ārā no ūdens" (Lediņš)
7. "Avū avū baltas kājas" (trad., arr. Dzeltenie Pastnieki)
8. "Trijos naktī" (Baušķenieks)
9. "Mana kafejnīca ir salauzta" (Lediņš/Boiko)
10. "Dzeltenais viltus pastnieks" (Viesturs Slava/Mārtiņš Rutkis/Lediņš)

Credits

• Cover photography - Gvido Kajons
• Inlay photography - Vilnis Vītoliņš, Mārcis Bendiks

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
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...	2003 2003 in music -January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...	Ingus Baušķenieka ieraksti	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	IBCD 201