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  | VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ ZE SZPULOWCA BIGBEATOWCA
GAD 108 (Barcode: 5903068120503) ~ POLAND ~ Pop & Rock
Recorded: 1965 - 1969 Released: 2019
This is an archival collection of Polish Big-beat (East European alias used instead of Rock And Roll, which was considered Western decadence, invented in Poland and later popular also in other countries behind the Iron Curtain). The album presents seventeen original songs performed by seventeen Big-beat groups from around Poland. All these songs were never previously released on record.
Before I actually listened to this album my skepticism told me that this is just another nostalgic collection of music that is best left alone to disappear into the historic void. Imagine my surprise when these incredible songs started to flow one after another, presenting an incredible versatile review of the music, similar to what British groups created in the second half of the 1960s, called Rock And Roll. It appears that the Polish Big-beat groups not only knew exactly what was happening abroad but also were able to play and sing this music with such authenticity, that if not for the Polish vocals, most of them could easily have been found in the BBC vaults.
Of course a lot of these songs were lost almost completely, since they were mostly performed live and if the group was very lucky their songs were recorded by one of the regional Polish Radio stations, where this collection originates from. The music industry as such did not exist at the time and the State owned Polskie NagraniaFind albums on this label could not handle the amount of new music that was springing all over Poland.
Kudos to Michal OwczarekFind albums by this artist, who collected a plethora of these gems and to Michal WilczynskiFind albums by this artist from GADFind albums on this label Records, who decided to release this collection, which is such a marvelous document of Polish popular music in the 1960s. Waiting for the next volume of this initiative!
| | Updated: 13/03/2020Posted: 13/03/2020 | CD 1 Remastered Recommend To A Friend |
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