CZERWONE GITARY - CZERWONE GITARY - Spokój serca +8 - ITA Eastern Time Remastered Expanded Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE
price: 60,00 PLN / 15,00 EUR
Limited to 500 copies, a very rare Italian 2015 reissue of Czerwone Gitary's only truly rock album! Recorded in January 1971 as a trio, this fifth album in the discography is one of literally 5-6 best Polish rock records of the seventies! The band showed a completely changed, at times almost psychedelic face, and Seweryn Krajewski enchanted with the quite powerful sound of an electric guitar plugged into a wah-wah effect! The album contained only two slightly easier tracks: the beautiful "Płoną góry płoną lasy" and the rather charming "Uwierz mi Lili" that opened the original vinyl - relegated to track number 4 on the CD. The rest is real, at times very atmospheric, ambitious rock! Please do not pull a face, or shake your head in disbelief. This title is very rare on Polish vinyl, because back in the day almost nobody bought it and as a result the band, threatened with a complete loss of popularity, gave up rock for good... For over 20 years, though, "Spokój serca" has been quite popular and sought after among Western collectors of rare records - hence, presumably, this reissue! The content of the album has been supplemented with eight rare or even mega-rare, generally exquisite recordings from the same period, including the full version, extended by a minute and a half (compared with the rare vinyl EP from 1971), of the jaw-dropping "Pejzaż miasta" (now 7:30 long - with Seweryn's brilliant, extended guitar improvisation), several never-released radio recordings and several numbers from nice East German singles - including a superb version of my favourite "Nocne całowanie" - on this superb CD in as many as three versions! Inside the booklet are reproductions of rare record sleeves from the period. Note! This CD sounds excellent, very clean and dynamic - miles better than the hissy and muffled Polish version from the 90s! An absolute must! (JL)