cover John Carlis
liner notes Henry Cowell
liner notes ["apipa" translated by] Hamid Rashid
liner notes [translations] Akzam Agsemaglu
Pressed By Plastylite
Recorded in Azerbaijan, Daghestan, Tatar, Tajikistan, Turkistan, Kazhakstan.

This version has a paste-on cover on the front only - the back is blank.

8-page booklet containing song lyrics and liner notes.
The contiguous bits of the longer lists of Folkways records on p8 go up to P474 (1955) & FP947 (1956) which implies that this is an original 1956 issue.

The title is written differently on the labels:
Folk Music of the S.S.R. Middle East on the cover and front of the liner notes booklet.
Songs and Dances of the S. S. R. Middle East on the record labels.

© 1956 Folkways Records and Service Corp., 701 Seventh Ave., N.Y.C., USA.

Matrix / Runout: FP 916 A (Side A Label)
Matrix / Runout: FP 916 B (Side B Label)
Matrix / Runout: FP 916A Q O (Side A Runout)
Matrix / Runout: FP 916B Q O (Side B Runout)