SKALDOWIE - Progressive Rock Years (1970-1973) - Melodia, Amiga & Supraphon Tracks In Polish - AUT Enigmatic Limited Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE

What a treat for fans of Polish rock! The Austrian label Enigmatic has gathered together 12 tracks (lasting exactly 80 minutes) recorded in 1970-1973, sung in Polish but released in the countries of the Eastern Bloc: in Czechoslovakia (a super rare Supraphon single from 1970); in the Soviet Union (the excellent LP Skaldy from 1973) and in East Germany (3 tracks from the once popular Hallo compilations of 1972-73 - not released on the German CD). Of course the basis of this excellent CD is the two 20-minute versions of the suite 'Krywaniu Krywaniu', though the rest of the tracks are also faultless - even those pop-rock songs that we all know and like... I draw your attention to the Hammond-based Czech single - it is genuinely superb! Admittedly part of this material was once released in Poland (as the very average-sounding CD 'Skaldowie Out Of Poland'), but now the sound is so good and so clean that the older edition can simply be forgotten, although true fans will probably have both titles... If anyone does not believe that Skaldowie could play dynamic and, above all, classy (prog) rock in the style of Procol Harum or The Nice, they will certainly change their mind after listening to this CD. An absolute must!